Trying something different

I have been experimenting with some of the photos taken at East Ruston Old Vicarage:

It started with this view taken inside one of the greenhouses. I felt it would benefit from a sepia toned monochrome to give an 'old-time' feel. Although it worked well enough, I thought it could do with something extra. This lead to this version:

 I will not go into the technical details here, but by blending in the original colour image, it has brought out an orange glow to some of the subject, such as the leaves in the middle of the top half of the photo. I quite liked the effect so I tried it on some others. Some worked better than others.

With this one, the tree leaves to the top right went to a light grey which tended to dominate the view. So I had to do further work to tone them down:

This is the original effect on a scene in the California Border, with the statue as the prime subject:

 For comparison, this is the original colour image:

And for this version, I have given it a red tint:

 

Feel free to comment to let me know what you think of these experiments. The full set of originals can be seen in my gallery.