The second picture was the original photo. I thought that it was great other than the fact that the holes in the trees where you could see the sky through the trees. So I stamped the foliage and placed it over the holes to cover the sky.

In the first picture I used a filter that would make the photo look like it was painted on a piece of canvas. I think this type of land scape looks like it is something that would be painted by a painter.

In the second I used a filter that made the feathers look like brush strokes. It also looks like it has been painted. It also hides little imperfections in the picture.

In the original photo the mail box blended into the tree line, so I lightened the tops of the trees, around the mail box and the sky a little to make the mail box stand out a little more.