Why do I keep doing this to myself? Yes, I’ve found another photo challenge, but when I read Stacy Fischer’s post regarding the After-Before Friday over at Visual Venturing combined with Robin Kent’s magnificent image, well… I just couldn’t help myself!
If you haven’t already visited Robin Kent’s blog, Photography by Kent, you really must to so. This is his image for the After-Before Friday Challenge.
What is this exactly? It’s where on the first ABFriday of each month all participants edit the same photo. Cool huh?
Now, here is my version of the above iconic photo. I’ve cropped it, I’ve removed most of the people, then added a Grunge Filter to create the feel the photo is much older than it actually is.
To view all the other submissions for this awesome event visit Stacy at Visual Venturing. I so love how we can all look at the same image but see it so differently – BRILLIANT!
Coffee fuels my photography! 
nicely done
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Cheers! 🙂
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I think I’ve used that same grunge filter or one very much like it in combination with oters and I love it every time. Great job, Joanne.
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Cheers Emilio – my son tells me I over use that grunge filter, actually he tells me I over use ALL the filters, but as you can see that hasn’t stopped me, lol! 😉
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What do kids know? If it works, use it!
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Really nice work, Joanne. Thanks for participating. I like the old postcard effect; it comes off really well. I’m looking forward to seeing you on Stacy’s forum again.
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Thank you so much Robin for your kind words but your image made it so much easier. Am looking forward to dipping my toes in again over at Stacy’s and who knows, I might even learn to use Photoshop by then, lol! 😉
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Hey Joanne, I tried and tried to remove the people but PS just didnt want to play with this image so Im glad someone managed to get it to work. I really like what you did here, the lighter grunge effect works really well, it looks like a postcard thats a bit faded and scuffed and scratched from being in storage for many years 🙂
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Thank you so much! I remembered the old photographs I’d find in my father’s office desk, the way they’d aged was just as interesting to me as the photos as often I had NO idea who was in them! 🙂
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I really like the vintage vibe that you created with this photo. Great job!!
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Thank you so much Kirsten, and thank you for dropping by! 🙂
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I love the old postcard feel you’ve made the image into.
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Mission accomplished – thank you so much, lol! 🙂
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oh wow the size of that place! I love the old feel you added 🙂
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Cheers, I was really happy with the end result! 🙂
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It’s perfect! 🙂
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Wow, you make it sound so easy, Joanne 😀 I really do love the vintage feel with the purplish cast. It really does look like an old, wornout photo (I like how Desley characterized it 😀). I’m so glad you managed to find the time to participate this month (and hope you’ll be back for more)!!
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Thank you so much Stacy for your kind words and for the chance to participate. I certainly hope to have “another go” next month! 😉
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Yay!!
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Such a wonderful edit. 😀
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Oh I like this vintage look. Very cool, like an old postcard that’s been around the world.
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Woo hoo, if that’s what you see then my work here is done, lol – thank you! 😉
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Lol my pleasure. It’s very cool.
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