Babine

Thanks for the play.

Thanks Ray and Patsy. Appreciated. The aged effect has always been a favorite with me but a challenge to get to where it retains the added colour and appears to be from the proper era. Here's where ...

... and trying for that elusive  'era appropriate' appearance. Anyone else?

Fun play. Thanks again Patsy.

The BG makes this one. Great choice Patsy.

Very nice work. I can only image the time that this one took.

Great choice of colours Ray. Very nicely done! As for the blotchy skin, I used Gaussian Blur and a mask to blend. I went from there, of course and to my tastes only, with curves adjustments for ...

A little bit of everything and then some more with this one Ray.  :^)

The post, birds + whatever that is on the rock in front of the bear.

I'm liking your postings Patsy as they provide a great opportunity to experiment with a bunch of approaches. I find it challenging to get the colours right with a saturation and lighting that is ...

To a duplicate, Apply Image/Blue Channel/Subtract/60%; apply a hide-all mask and use a soft white brush to selectively apply over the highlights; sharpen in Darken Mode.

Playing mostly with gradients, selections  and masks this time. Thanks Patsy.

Well done Ray and era fitting colours too.

Thanks Ray. A saturated version.

Thanks for the fun 'therapy' Ray!