Playing with Photoshop

This week I went to a BBQ at Jess and Andrews house.  I took the opportunity to bring my camera , because they have a FABULOUS backyard!!  (Thanks Maggie and Jerry!)  It comes with rolling green grass, bamboo clumps, bushes, rose bushes, stepping stones, and unique sculptures.  One of those sculptures is a squatting sumo wrestler figure that I just love.  I took some pictures with and without the flash and was using a polarizing filter to decrease the glare.  The non-flash picture turned out the best, since it was dusk.  

Once I got home I decided I would play with it in photoshop and see what cool effects I could come up with.  First I adjusted the Brightness/Contrast, Highlight/Shadow, and then amped up the green red and yellow.  Next I cropped it to focus on the sculpture more.  Then I applied a diffused glow filter.  I had to play with the various levels with that until I got it just how I liked it.  Once that was set, I added a layer and applied a glowing edge style.  Again I had to play around with that until I had it how I wanted it.  Once that was done I flattened the image and saved it.  All done!

Let me know what you think.  :-)