Textures are addictive!

[Penny]

I too have been bitten by the "Textures" bug that seems to be on the rampage at the moment! I have played around quite a lot with using textures to change (hopefully enhance) the feel of an image, but this is the first time that I have used one to basically change the background of an image.

This is the finished product:-



and this is the original straight from camera :-



I didn't like the busy background, and don't have the skills to extract these fine hairy seedheads from the image successfully so I;

1. Cropped and sharpened
2. Copied in a shot of some copper sheeting which I over-enlarged and blurred slightly.
3. Created a layer mask, and using an opacity of about 30%, cleared the texture away progressively from the areas I wished to keep.
4. Flattened the image
5. Made the borders using colours picked up from the image.

I'm quite pleased with the end result.

(I use Photoshop CS3)

[wulf]

Nice work. The background in the original is undistinguished and rather distracting; you have transformed the image into something much more striking.

Wulf

[xxpinballxx]

NIce work! Im also a texture junkie.....I just created a self portrait using 15 layers and 12 being textures!
there are so many ways to use them and so much fun once you get the hang of it.
It'll also keep you busy when its too cold to shoot but being from South Africa you really dont have that problem! LOL!
Nice transformation and in my opinion you took a snapshot and made it art!

[commongrackle]

I like the idea you have going here, with the texture, but for me...the solid bordered frame doesn't quite fit.

[peeperita]

i love your choice of color for your texture....you've made it a great graphic piece....

nice job

peeper

[windrider86]

Thats looks incredible. I am not so hot at layering but seeing this is quite an inspiration

[Penny]

Thank you all for your comments!

[photofun]

You've made a great transformation. I've really got to start experimenting with layers. Thanks for the inspiration!

[startlearn]

It is amazing!

[Penny]

Thanks to you both!!