>>3303590Nice pic, the combination of branches framing the church and a barrier between us and the building really makes it feel out of reach. I'd personally not remove the fence. A barbed wire fence adds to the effect of the boarded up church.
[pic related] just tries to remove the blue from the tree's bark. Seems like the major contrast is between the green leafs and the blue sky. Having blue in the bark ruined the sharpness of that contrast. Effect was achieved by putting an S curve into the blue channel's curve... I also crushed the red and green out of the white end of their spectrums. This made the horizon's sky slightly blue instead of white.
I fiddled with some contrast and sharpening as well, but I'm not happy with the results (the top of the tree is way darker than I wanted). I was hoping to sink the barks cracks deeper, but I might have to mask that edit into the image as things get a little to dark when done globally.
Anywho... Here is a rough edit for ya. I might make another tomorrow, or something.