Barton+-+Texture


 * Original Photo: 1**
 * Original Photo: 2**
 * Original Photo: 3**
 * Final Photo**

For my background, I used my original photo one, of the tree in the forest with the sun shinning down at the top of the sky, directly onto the leaves. 1. To begin, I started off by cropping the original photo 2 which is of the flower. I took out the entire background of the extra grasses and trees to make it individually just the close up of the flower. 2. I added that picture into my background image, which was original photo one. 3. From there, I changed the color of the flower by going to hue and saturation. 4. To create a more leading line effect, I decided on placing the flower directly in the middle of the background image, so the focus of the lines would be on that specific flower and fade out into the background. 5. For demonstration of the two-thirds, the original photo 3 was used over the top of my original background to make the two-thirds look as if the sky was forming more than just clouds but another tree. 6. By showing the texture of that image in the sky, I used the transparent tool, to make the forest blend into the sky as if the leaves were shinning through the sun. 7. I made my image darker in the background by using the burn tool, which darkened my edges and leaves to add the color contract to my flower and the sky for color emphasis. 8. To make the flower look as if it was fading into the sky, by adding the extra purple/pink transparency color to the trees, I used the magic wand tool to add a shade of pink and placed that onto the leaves. From that, my tree leaves of the top turned into the fading color of my flower. 9. For the sky to be brighter than it was, by lightening this, I used the dodge tool, which lightened my blue sky to make it a pale blue. 10. Instead of leaving the background its natural color of plain pale blue and now darker greens, I changed it to more of a cyan color and light yellow color, which made my background pop out more causing the flower to draw attention. 11. To make that occur, I used the gradient tool which allowed me to adjust the colors of my background to make that a brighter and bolder color. 12. By finalizing my piece, I touched up certain areas with the burn tool to make some areas darker. 13. I also used the dodge tool to make the sky lighter in some places, but made the sky darker in others as well.

After making these changes, my final Combine 3 Texture photo turned out appealing to my eye, which in the end I was very proud of. It was pleasing to see how well the colors all came together to complement one another, however by also seeing the texture of the leaves by changing the final background of leaves. From these changes, I really enjoy my final piece of photography.