Udulutch,+Brittany-Texture

Brittany Udulutch
Mrs. Bjork Digital Photography February 26, 2014

Combine 3- Texture

These are the pictures that I chose to combine.
After a lot of editing, this is what I finished with.

Original Background:

 * 1) Crop
 * 2) Levels-Whiter snow

Cross:

 * 1) Polygonal Lasso around the entire cross
 * 2) Copied then pasted into Original Background
 * 3) Lightened the cross color so it didn't look too harsh
 * 4) went to "edit" then "Transform" and used the warp tool to make it look like it was tilted more towards the bench

Wreath:

 * 1) Lasso around the entire wreath
 * 2) Copied and pasted into original background
 * 3) Used the Magic Wand to delete the inside parts
 * 4) I went to "edit" then "transform" and used perspective tool to tilt it a little

My plan for this photo was to put a little more emphasis on this very sad cross for a baby. When I found it, it looked lonely and it had no flowers by it and I thought it was too cute to not do anything with it. I loved the texture of this decorated wreath and how you can just tell that it has sharp needles on it so instead of adding flowers to the cross, I added the wreath. I liked the look of the cross. It wasn't a huge, showy gravestone. It was a smooth, delicate cross for the baby it represents. In my picture of the cross I used to compositional techniques of a level horizon, fill the frame, and leading lines. In the picture of the wreath I used fill the frame and rule of thirds. On the bench picture I used rule of thirds and also leading lines. One thing that caught my eye was the beautiful cast iron bench. It made me think of that kind of bench where you see an old couple sitting together and hold hands and looking into the sunset, or in this case, a beautiful baby cross with a Christmas wreath under it showing people that their loved ones are cared for. On the cross, I really loved the little angels. To me it represents the baby's guardian angel who will always be around even in death. I feel I did a good job with what I was hoping to do. I am not an expert in Photoshop so for not knowing anything a week ago, I think I did pretty good. I wish I would have blended the cross/wreath in with the snow a little more and maybe add some shadows in so it looks more natural. I also would have liked to try fading a picture into the background the next time, but I wanted the focus to be on the cross and not on the cool effects.