Grape Hyacinth
I enjoy these little spring bulbs in my garden.
I used a bit of Topaz Glow--my first experience with this filter.
Color Efex Pro--several filters but don't remember which.
Applied twice a texture by Clifton Baker that I modified: https://www.flickr.com/photos/133731...2/in/contacts/
What a great combination of blues! I wonder how it would like with the texture layers rotated 180 degrees so the lightest blue is in the upper left and the darker blues are at the bottom. I can't tell if the backlighting of the flowers is from the texture or something else. If it is from the texture, the rotation would take away a very nice feature.
Thanks, Dennis. I'll try a rotation.Originally Posted by Dennis Bishop
It was the texture. I was able to rotate one layer of texture only. The other layer, had masked out areas for the flowers. Instead, I lightened the upper left and darkened to lower right a bit. What do you think? Too much? More? Other?
I am especially aware lately of the color difference between RGB and sRGB.
I really like the lighter part of the texture behind the hyacinths like it is in the original. You lightened the upper left and darkened the lower right so well in the re-post, I'd suggest just doing that to the original.
Good idea. Will try that. Many thanks.
Third version. Dennis, I very much appreciate your continued suggestions!
Good job on that. How did you do the darkening and lightening?
I have an old-fashioned way of doing that. I use an adjustment layer >Brightness/Contrast. For darkening, I select Multiply blend mode which darkens the whole image. I then invert the mask (on a PC Ctrl + i), and using a soft white brush at low opacity, I brush in where I want to darken the image. To lighten, I do the same, except I choose blend mode Screen. It usually works well for me, though not always.
Third time's a charm, Anita. Lovely image (all three) and I've enjoyed the Photoshop technique discussion.
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I was just going to scan through the images without taking time to comment, but just had to say how lovely this is!
Then the geek in me came out. When using Multiply or Screen, it doesn't matter what sort of adjustment layer you use -- strange as it seems. You can also do the same with a Brightness/Contrast layer, making the adjustment and then masking the same way, or use a Levels or Curves, moving the middle slider or pulling the middle of the curve up or down. Then of course, you just leave the blending mode Normal. You have a little more control of the amount without having to resort to lowering the opacity of the adjustment layer if it is too much.
Diane: yes, your other approaches also work--I just tried using Levels. Thanks for mentioning them. As with so much in post processing, there are several ways to achieve the same result.
Glad you like this image!
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