Day 85 of 365 - Smithy Cottage!

Welcome to day 85 of 365 (Finished image after Editing)

The original photo was taken in Stivichall or Styvechale Croft, Coventry (Stivichall is the ancient parish name, Styvechale is the more modern spelling). The photo is of Smithy Cottage. The cottage is brick-built and probably of late-17th-century origin. It is a Grade II Listed cottage that was restored after it was damaged by bombing during the Second World War. We pass this cottage a few times each week on the way home from my daughters choir practice. It has been for sale for a while now and we joke that if we win the Lottery we would buy it. One day Maybe !!

As always the shot was taken with my iPhone 5. The photo was taken using the App Cortex Camera for iPhone, before any editing. The file is saved as a 12mp Image (the default for Cortex Camera when using an iPhone 5). The original image can be found here: Unedited original Image.

First of all I used PhotoToaster to edit the image. The edits were made by sharpening the image. I then applied the Lomo filter with the Cross Cut effect. Next I used the App Scratchcam to add some scratches and texture. I then used an App called Distressed FX to add more texture to the picture using the Birds overlay and the Lade Texture. Last of all I passed the image through an App called Alt Photo using the Technicolor (Two-Strip) Vintage color filter.