Resting Place?

[minatophase3]

I took this picture in an old cemetery I found earlier today, then had a little fun with it in PS. Do you like it? Comments are appreciated.

Resting Place?
http://www.thenationfamily.com/images/other/portland/may04/cemetary.jpg

-Tim

[ecobo]

REaly nice! Looks like it's comming from a movie.

[msol]

Yeah great, I agree with ecobo. (I guess the new Harry Potter?)
Please, please, please, tell me how you did this effect.

[minatophase3]

Yeah great, I agree with ecobo. (I guess the new Harry Potter?)
Please, please, please, tell me how you did this effect.

It was pretty simple, basically I did something like this:

Using Photoshop I created a duplicate layer, then converted the image to grayscale then duotone.

Then I created a motion blur on the duplicate layer.

Then I used the eraser tool and erased the motion blur on the headstone while leaving it on the background.

Then I darkened the background and gave it less contrast (again, the headstone is no longer affected by darkening because it has been erased from the duplicate layer).

Then I converted the image back to RGB color and clicked on the background image and changed the color to my liking.

I finally added a lens flare in the upper right corner and faded it by about 50% or so. Just played around with that one until I got the look I was going for.

Have fun with it and let me know if you need more details.

Tim