Challenge 15 - Cuba

Thank you so much Judy! If you read my comment above, you will see that the original photo was not mine, but stock which I had the joy of playing and learning through via a Challenge contest. I still need to come back and put that in all the descriptions.

A very interesting and "storytelling" image! fv vote

Many thanks to Jeff, Odd, Sarah, Anne, and Patricia for your lovely comments. I am about to have a few minutes now to explain in the description, that this and my last couple of uploads are part of a group editing challenge. The object is for all participants to start with the same stock photo ("Cuba" in this case), and alter it using some form or "art" photo editing processing ie digital brushes, colored pencil, chalk...or whatever we choose. We also are at liberty to add, change, or delete elements of the original photo. This is my second "challenge" and I love what I am learning because of them, however my time to work on the images has been somewhat limited. I plan to continue to do these challenges and I believe the admin., at my suggestion, is starting a group soon whose purpose will be participating in these challenges. It's great to see what others have done....wonderful opportunity to learn and expand our skills!

Someplace I've always wanted to go! Love the texture and the black background of the doorway, against which the lady looks so small. Great work!!

Beautiful!

Wonderful image. I love the composition and the post-processing.

Awesome image Rory