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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Texture Thursday/LEM Photo Challenge: Leaves/Fall

The lovely and talented Ashley and Jill have teamed together to share their awesome photo editing tips and tricks; this week’s prompt/theme is leaves so I used a photo of a purple wildflower that I photographed on last weekend's trip to the Monjeau Lookout Tower in Lincoln National Park.  Here's what I did in Picnik:

1. Manually adjusted the exposure;
2. Manually adjusted the shadows to darken things up a bit;
3.  Under the advanced settings tab, I selected curves and then applied the dramatic sepia setting with both the color override and fade set to 0%;
4. Applied the Kim Klassen texture, water-stained frame, in multiply mode at 30%;
5. Applied the Kim Klassen texture, autumn burst, in multiply mode at 80%;
6. Cropped the photo and rounded off the corners.

Here's a side-by-side comparison:


I normally shy away from using textures on my photos because I'm always afraid of going too far with it and taking a perfectly fine picture and turning it into a hot mess, but I think I actually managed to strike a decent balance this time around.  What do you think?


In addition to Texture Thursday, I'm also linking this photo up to the LEM fall photo challenge--be sure to check out this week's other awesome entries by clicking below:

The Daily Wyatt

And don't forget--if you'd like to learn how to make your photos go from good to wow, be sure to check out what's going on over at Jill and Ashley's blogs:

20 comments:

Veronica Lee said...

I think they're perfectly balanced, L!

Great colour combo too.

christine said...

Love, love, love this. I might even want to put it in a little frame in my house - it is in my two fav colors :)

Ashley Sisk said...

This looks beautiful with texture and I love the square crop.

melifaif said...

I LOVE it!!! Now please do share...I did not realize you could use pre-sets in Picnik??? Spill it....please!!!!

Unknown said...

Beautiful I love the depth that the texture gave to the image.

Anonymous said...

I love your edit. So gorgeous!

Cedar said...

I think the texture really works! Fantastic photo and edit!

Jaymi said...

wow the texture makes such a HUGE difference in that edit--I love it!

Sarah said...

Beautiful! I think textures look great when you're looking at someone elses's photo - when it's your own, it's hard to be objective!

Courtney K. said...

Beautiful use of texture! Loving the square crop and the great contrast!

Lori said...

You did a great job! I tend to go over board I think when using textures. This is beautiful.

4 Lettre Words said...

Such amazing color! Love that edit.

Mia said...

Stunning! Well done. :)

Gina Kleinworth said...

That color is amazing- and I really love the texture you added!

Dorothy said...

I think the purple really pops out because of the texture. Great job.

Carrie said...

That is a gorgeous flower and perfect edit! Love it!

Lou Belcher said...

I love how the texture you applied brought out the colors of the background. Beautiful.

Lou

Kim said...

You know how I adore macro. I love the texture, too.

Anonymous said...

I think your edit is perfect! I love how the texture just adds so much more and how you make the flower so much more vibrant!

ShonEjai said...

Your edits are fantastic. You took the photos to a whole new level!

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