Henck-Texture

= Texture Project = In order to create my final combined image, I first took the background image and adjusted the hue to +9, the saturation to +21, and the lightness to -6. Satisfied, I then began working on the photo contained Neal. I used the magic wand tool to delete the background and select only his body. Once I got that, I inserted the layer into the photo of the foreground of the background picture. I erased the white portions from the old photo using the eraser tool and different brushes. I put his picture in the bottom right hand corner to give the illusion that he is leaning up against the border of the photograph. I also made him small because I wanted to insert another picture that was larger than him. I then opened my last and final picture. I used the wand tool to select the portion of the photo that I wanted. I then adjusted the picture so the brightness was -18 and the contrast was +57; I also changed the hue to -7 and the saturation to +17 to give it more of a reddish tone. I then inserted the layer and used the erase tool to erase the portions of the picture that I didn't want and blend the picture into the new one. I intentionally made the photo much larger than Neal and everything else in the photo because I wanted to focus on the texture of the plant and I also wanted the two objects to switch places. Normally miniscule, the fuzzy plant is now much larger than Neal and makes him look like an insect comparatively. I used the concept of the rule of thirds to create interest and also created a level horizon line. The space looks larger than normal due to the trees' bending shape making the area below them rise.