impression of a wet day ....

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 Using a  rainy day window   to emphasise  a wet day in Tenby in January ....lots of time for experimental fiddling now that we are in CV lockdown ..

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Polly, I really like the the idea and the effect you have created here particularly how you have just retained some subtle colour to the point where I can see this a wall hanger.  However, what bothers me a little is the lamp post.  The extra bit of detail it provides is I think needed, but It's dominance and tends to split the comp. into two parts. The trouble is that I'm not sure what you can do about it.

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I agree  with you John ..       I may go back and just remove it altogether before  processing or  reduce the saturation to help it disappear  and fade into oblivion....  .. I’ll have a go at it again later   .... but meanwhile thanks very much for you constructive feedback .. tis really appreciated . One’s  never sure  when embarking on these manipulation adventures, just whether it will work out like you want it to ...so thanks for the encouragement.

 

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Here we go...   I've tried  to make it less obvious without removing it altogether ... I have  couple of other pics in the same street ....slightly different point of view so I my try with those and or start afresh with the original and remove the post completely before processing it ..see what you think ...it's a bit better I suppose...

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Every time it rains I  try to get photos of the rain spattered windows upstairs with just the sky in view so that it isn't always the same overlay I use ...So far they all have clouds in varying degrees of drama so I really want a flat grey  sky now  to add to my library ... Of course this isn't everyone's cup of tea in photography  and I understand  that....

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Oh ... for anyone who is interested , here is what the original  pic looked like before the crop.. I took  few  with the intention of  using them as a base point for an image  that was impressionistic, using reflections ...

 

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Here is a view looking the opposite way...  this time I did a motion blur vertically first ....then a very small one horizontally ..dialled back the  saturation, then  used the history brush to retrieve slight amount of detail before adding  that rainy window overlay...It's all a bit of trial and error  though ..

 

Texting in the rain ..