The 2014. is coming to its end and all I can wish for the next year is to be just as good as this one was to me. Nice and easy, slow and steady…unless I decide to be wild and reckless. 🙂 Otherwise, just leave me be.
Here it is, my second to last 2014 After Before Friday, with my little snowman. This is my Christmas Wreath, hanging on my front doors.
Funny story: I had an old Christmas Wreath that I made by myself years ago. Last year I thought it was a time to change it, so I bought a beautiful, big wreath with frost and little red berries all over it. What I realized too late was that it was too heavy, so it ended up to be a centerpiece for my dinning table. And the centerpiece with the addition of one little snowman ended up hanging on my front doors. Ok, maybe this is not a very funny story. 
The only interesting thing I did was using Focal B&W effect, which gave me nice fadeout from the center of the image. I hoped this would work well with the frosty vignette, achieving a soft transition from a very colorful little snowman to that frosty edge. Nothing spectacular, but it was a helpful experiment for future ideas. In past I had trouble with that frosty vignette, it just didn’t look good on any image, I am glad I figured out how it can work.
So, one more AfterBeforeFriday left. Then it is time for a little holiday hiatus. Prepare yourselves to be dazzled by our 2015 edition, full of new surprises, names, challenges and most of all, lots of fun.
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Snow's Fissures and Fractures 
Beautifully done! Love it. 🙂
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Thank you!
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just like last weeks image this could work well as a christmas card. I like the process that has made the final image.
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Thank you, Ben. Honestly, I don’t really like the final image, but I like the post-processing path that helped me learn few new things.
I need to work on better quality images, this way it looks like I don’t know how to snap a decent photo. 😀 And I have some decent images, I swear.
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I love this little Christmas gnome(?) He made me smile!! creative work Lore!! I love it!
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Oh, I like that! Christmas gnome. Although it is technically a snowman, I don’t care – from now on it is my little Christmas gnome. Thank you, Cybele! 😀
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Hey, Loré, this just made me smile 🙂 Great effect put to fun use. And now, as you say, you have another tool in your workbox! And, by the way, I thought your story was funny 😉
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Yes, I learned something new. That frosty vignette really doesn’t work easily, you need to work hard to make it look good. It’s funny how dark vignette improves almost any image and the frosty one makes it look so cheap. Tnx for thinking my gibberish is funny. 😀
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I love your gibberish, so just keep right on gibbering. Is that a word? If not, it should be 🙂 And not “cheap”; how about “outside the box”? 😉
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H Snow, learning something new is one very good reason to be a part of the after-before forum! I think it is important to learn and experiment. Loved your story. A little like buying a fridge and then realizing it doesn’t fit (which we did!) see you again soon.
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I really like this ABF forum, learning new things, receiving much appreciated feedback, observing post-processing from different perspectives. Thank you for your kind words.
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The tight crop is perfect. And the Focal B & W Effect is also a great choice.
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Tnx, Emilio. I am still amazed by what we can achieve in post-processing.
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