Fix-it Friday

I decided to partake in the Fix-it Friday challenge again over at I ♥ faces. This week, the before picture was so cool that I decided there wasn't a whole lot to improve upon, so I chose to apply a different effect. This was the first time I tried this technique with my new software and it took all of 3 minutes. What do you think? Click on the pictures for a larger view.

BEFORE

AFTER

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ADDENDUM:
This was so much fun, I started trying it on a few of my photos. Here is one of my daughter Chloe on a garden bench.