On the left is my original uncropped photo. Once again I played with layers. I had my original as the bottom layer and placed a duplicate image on top. I desaturated the top image (turned it black and white) and then colorized it green. Using the eraser tool I erased the thistle flower from the top layer exposing the purple flowers from the layer below. Then I added another image of a vintage photo lens that I tinted sepia and multiplied the layers.
judy, this is fabulous! love the thistles, i'm always drawn to spiky flowerheads and seedpods.
ReplyDeletealso, this vintage lens effect you & your daughter created is wonderful, the soft edges and scratchy sepia quality.
do you use full-scale Photoshop? i only have an older Elements program, but haven't even mastered all it has to offer.
altogether a very striking image!
thanks LuAnne, I love them too.
ReplyDeleteI have photoshop 8.0 on my computer. My husband just bought the newest upgrade that has new bells and whistles to master. It's not easy keeping up with technology. I am glad I have a little extra help here :)
what a stunning photo! I play with photoshop... but there is just so much time in the day! I really love the link to vidcast, I spent a little to much time over there!
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing!
Love it!! The texture and composition are super. This is like what I did with "Guest In My Garden"...it is a Monarch catepillar (left in color) on the milkweed (changed to B/W) in my side garden. Direct printed onto fabric, pieced border, then quilted.
ReplyDeleteYour thistles would be great this way too!!
i will have to try these techniques. i've been playing/learning to use photoshop elements. i just love working with both digital and hands on paints, inks & stamps. isn't it fun?
ReplyDeletewe are so lucky to have all the tools that we do now. Can you imagine trying to do something like this with out a computer and photoshop?
ReplyDeleteSO beautiful. Thank you for walking us through your procedure. I'd love to be able to do some of this. I have Elements 2.0 so I need to do a bit of upgrading!
ReplyDelete~jane