Becker-Texture

Final Image 1. I used the lasso tool to cut out the part of the tree I wanted, I used the erase tool to get rid of the excess left over. Then I used the blur tool to soften the edges. Then I made the opacity of the image less. For the flower I lassoed the entire image and chose gaussian blur and I lessoned the opacity. Next I lassoed the section of the flower I wanted to increase the saturation and make stand out. Then for the spiky sort of plant, I lassoed the section I wanted and erased the extra parts I didn't want. Then I blurred the edges to soften the image and lessoned the opacity of the image. I repeated this 3 times and rotated the image and layered them on top of each other. Then I tried changing the image to black and white and I likes the contrast a lot better. I framed the image with the tree and the spiky plants. Also using black and white I emphasized the contrast. I emphasized the texture and played with having some areas be soft, and some standing out with high contrast. I feel I was successful, although I like each image separate better than when I combined them. I think that the photo at the end doesn't look realistic or very interesting. I am happy that I learned a lot about photoshop, but so far I like making art with my hands better than with a computer. I hope for next time that I consider what I was my project to look like while I'm taking pictures so I make sure I get all of the shots I need to make my final.