Antiqued Bird

[Judy Howle]

This is a yellow-rumped warbler changing color, last spring. I followed a tutorial I found online to make an image look old, color-wise, but it didn't go far enough and was too yellow. I added 3 textures and and matted it with an "antique" matte from PhotoFrame, 2 textures over the matte also.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Judy,

I love what you did with this one. It looks great as an antique photograph. Well done!

[Steve Adkins]

Very Cool, Judy! Wonderful image, detail and texture.

[denise ippolito]

Judy, I think that the framing and the pose are great. The perch is lovely but seems a bit large for the bird. The aging looks great!!

[Cheryl Slechta]

Judy, I love the pose and the textures you created. It really does look like an old photo. I think I would have preferred seeing the perch extend beyond the oval to the frame (maybe lighter but visible). Nice job.:)

[Kerry Perkins]

Nice antiquing job Judy, I like the look you got. The oval mat is very nice and the textures work really well. For your reference, Christopher's tutorial is posted in the workflow sticky. Very nice!

[Christopher Miller]

Beautiful work, Judy! Excellent toning and aged look, and I love the subject and the antique, oval mat. I'd be proud to call this mine! :)

[Paul Lagasi]

Nice job, old time framing and pp work..tfs

[Judy Howle]

Thanks to everyone for your comments! Kerry, I had read Christopher's excellent workflow. I looked at it again and my workflow is about the same. I didn't to add in my description that I used one texture in multiply blend twice, with Levels on one and I used Levels and only applied it in certain places to the whole image. I used hue/sat adjustment layer on the bird and on the whole image as it looked too red after saving it. I also used a layer mask on 2 texture layers to remove half or more of the effect from the bird and some off of the frame.

[Judy Howle]

Judy, I love the pose and the textures you created. It really does look like an old photo. I think I would have preferred seeing the perch extend beyond the oval to the frame (maybe lighter but visible). Nice job.:)

Thanks Cheryl! I thought I'd just try to make this one really look like an old photo so I didn't think about having the branch show through. Good suggestion for future framed subjects!

[Indranil Sircar]

This one is very nice, Jude. I really like the oval mat and the antique feel to it. Nicely done.

[Judy Howle]

Thanks Indranil!

[Dawn Currie]

Wonderful! Congratulations - well deserved win

[Anita Bower]

Congratulations on your win. Very nicely done. The tones are soft and gentle to go with the fluffy bird. The oval frame adds even more to that old look.