Orton Effect - Sunlit Wheat Field

Another week and another new technique learned through my PPSOP course.  Its called the Orton effect and its made to make your photos look painterly, ethereal, and romantic.  I tried it on this picture of a sun lit wheat field with a dark brewing storm in the background.

Here is the original image:

©Matt Graham 2009 - Sunlit Wheat Field (original)

Here is the Orton Effect image:

©Matt Graham 2009 - Sunlit Wheat Field (Orton Effect in Photoshop)

Canon Digital Rebel XSi
Canon EF 17-40 mm F/4L USM at 20mm
1/80 sec at F/8.0 (0 EV)
Singh-Ray Warming Circular Polarizer

To do it go over to Darwin Wiggett's article.  He does a great job explaning the technique.