Brown+-+TextureCombined



[Insert Original Images - Do not have them right now]

My texture combined project has a lot of changes in it. Some are very clear, and some are smaller and harder to notice. Here is a list of what I changed:
 * 1) Inserted 3 other images that I cut on from original photos.
 * 2) On the background I tweaked the vibrance to bring out the mid-tones in the image.
 * 3) On the background I also tweaked the exposure to decrease the brightness of the snow.
 * 4) On the background I used the burn tool to trace out the letters on the gravestone. I did this because they were fairly hard to read because the gravestone is over 100 years old. (I also did the same around the gravestone although it is harder to see).
 * 5) On the flowers I also tweaked the vibrance to match the background.
 * 6) On the flowers I tweaked the exposure to decrease the sensitivity of the whites.
 * 7) On the letters that say ART, I used the burn tool to darken the letters and make them more visible.
 * 8) I used I technique I learned last year to make very accurate shadows. I used this technique on the flowers and stick I added to make them seem more natural. The shadow is actually a clone of the original tilted to match the angle from the sun. I then lowered their opacity and applied a slight blur to fade the edges.
 * 9) I increased the vibrance on the stick to make it stand out (it was originally hard to see against the grass).
 * 10) After the layout was complete I spend a while tweaking the vibrance, exposure and contrast on each element to make them fit together. I then increased the contrast on the flowers to make the reds darker and the whites a little bit brighter.
 * 11) I took the burn tool and made adjustments on the flowers and details on the gravestone to bring out texture.

I used rule of thirds and a some leading lines to compose the photograph. The rule of thirds comes in where I placed the additional images. The leading lines come from the gravestone and the stick flowing into each other.

There is texture all over this photograph. The gravestone has a lot of texture and I used the burn tool to emphasize parts of the texture. The flowers and grass also have a lot of texture. I intentionally manipulated the snow to decrease the amount of texture there in order put emphasis on the other elements.

My concept for this project was to show how sad and gloomy graveyards are, but then show that they can also be beautiful.

I feel this project turned out fairly well. The concept is very good and it does a great job of showing different types of texture. One thing I would change is that the image seems too "gray". I could change this by increasing the vibrance throughout the image.