Photoshop Fun Friday

As typical I'm a day late and a dollar short.  It must have been that sleepless night that threw me off.  Or it's just a retired thing and I lose track of what day it is.  Anyway...I meant to post this yesterday...on Friday.  I'll try to pay closer attention next week.

I have had so much fun playing with an image I found on Facebook.  This young dancer is incredibly talented and the photographer caught the moment perfectly.

Here is the original photo as I found it:

It was hard to try to perfect it, but I decided to crop it and alter the background - this is my second attempt:

Then I tried out different filters - this is dry brush:

This is watercolor:

This is sponge:

This has poster edges:

This one I added some texture overlays:

Then finally (and my favorite) I added text:

The variations are subtle but each one seems to carry its own little bit of magic.

Long Live the Dancing Queen