Cades Cove Scratch Art

[Cheryl Slechta]

I had already worked on this image of a tree in Cades Cove before I remembered we had Scratch Art for a theme. I originally had converted to B&W in LR, then inverted in PS6, applied a heavy dose of Oil Paint and then Nik Tonal Contrast. For the theme I increased the blacks in Selective Color.:S3:

[Judy Howle]

Very nice! Thanks for the explanation. I used some of that workflow in my first one.

[Anita Bower]

Nice work and interesting effect. What is scratch art?

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Definitely scratch art Cheryl! I love the detail in the tree.

[Kerry Perkins]

Cheryl, good image for the theme - it works really well. I like the composition, with the single tree in the foreground and the stand of trees in the distance.

Anita - I posted a little explanation of the technique here Scratch Art upcoming theme (http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php/112692-Scratch-Art-upcoming-theme)