Turn shabby and plain photo into great one with Photoshop!

Turn shabby photos into great ones with Photoshop!

  ​Today I would like to show you how to convert a photo of the Statue of Liberty in New York into Photoshop. I digitally recreated some of the photos I took while visiting the Statue of Liberty that were shabby and I was afraid to erase them.

  You can digitally convert the simple, plain photo above into a variety of colors as follow as below.

  I converted it like this: The pink color of the Statue of Liberty is my daughter's point of view. She recommend the color strongly. 

First, import the photo as above.

 And go to Filter---> Stylize---> Solarize. 

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Above is a result after solarize effect. 

​And next, you can go to Image---> Adjustments---> Hue/Saturation. 

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And then adjust the value of Hue/Saturation/Lightness like below. 

For more effect, go to Filter--->Stylize---> Oil paint. 

And then adjust the value of Stylization/ Cleanliness, Scale, Bristle Detail and Lighting. 

  And go to Filter---> Render---> Lens Flare for express a lightning behind the torchlight.

Last, you can add a touch for reflection from the lightning on the river. 

Below is the final result.