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Having read about the positive and negative aspects of participating in Flickr in several blogs, I decided to join and see what it was all about. My principle reason for doing so was that I thought it would make it easy for me to see what type of interesting work was being done by others. I was looking forward to finding other photographers whose worked I enjoyed, as well as finding new ideas that might inspire me.

One of the first people whose work I found myself drawn to was “Cate”. Let me first say that I have never been one to go for Photoshop ‘tricks’ or gaudy Photoshop manipulation, but, despite being manipulated, there was something I found enchanting about her images. I found them to be full of emotion; eerie and mystical. I really wanted to know how she achieved this look and to at least have the opportunity to try whatever the technique was on a few of my own images.

So I e-mailed Cate and asked if she would be willing to share with me how she had post-processed her images. She was gracious and kind enough to do so, and, despite the fact that I write very little about using Photoshop (there are many others that could do so far better than myself), I would like to take the opportunity to share the technique, which I will do in my next post.

But, first, let me share with you a few of Cate’s images that had motivated me to contact her. I reproduce them here with her permission:

Emerald
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Goldspun
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Enchanting

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Used With Her Permission