I am home now after my photo tour to three of the Balkan countries -- Slovenia/Croatia/Montenegro. This is the time when I look for interesting artistic possibilities with my pictures, and the first one I worked on is this closeup of a dragon's head on the Dragon Bridge in Ljubljana, Slovenia. I felt this subject called for a dramatic background since the original sky was solid white due to a thick overcast. It was easy to select the white sky with the magic wand tool, and then I expanded the selection (Select > modify > expand) by 2 pixels. This eliminates any telltale white line from the original background that may show up along the edge of the dragon. I then feathered the edge by one pixel (Select > modify > feather), and then I pasted the new sky into the image.
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