13 May market mums {133/365}
My Husband gave me mums on Mother’s Day. hardi-har-har.
I turned them into this …
Fun! I started out with a few actions and some adjustment layers and then I threw a few textures on there, most notably ‘market square’ from the talented Kim Klassen. Pretty, isn’t it? Check out her photo stream … seriously beautiful. And her textures are for sale now! Go Kim!
And now I’m late posting this because I messed around for over an hour trying to get a mouseover code to work for the before and after.
I stand defeated.
For now, anyways.
So yeah, no fancy mouseover lookit me code happening here. Here’s the before …
I love playing around with textures. The only drawback is that I can quite lose track of time messing around trying to get things looking just the way I want them. Before you know it, I have fifteen layers going on in photoshop and I’m ready to hit delete and start over because I’ve thoroughly confused myself. heh.
I suppose there are worse ways to spend my time ;)
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geneil
Posted at 08:08h, 14 Maythis is lovely–both the before and after. I know what you mean about textures… although I only have a few. I really can overdo it. so fund though! Glad you had a happy Mother’s Day.
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janice
Posted at 09:16h, 14 MayIt’s addicting!!! :)
Sasi S
Posted at 08:28h, 14 MayI know how PS actions/textures would take quite a bit of time. For that reason, I try to keep my action set to a minimal.
I like both these – the old-fashioned one is simple with wonderful details and the “textured” one reminds me of ‘soft/fade’ action from PW blog (which is free by-the-way).
.-= Sasi S´s last blog ..Photo 365: Day 133 – Karl Rosenfield Peony =-.
janice
Posted at 09:16h, 14 MayPW’s action sets rock. On this, it’s actually the texture work giving it the soft fade :)
Louisiana Belle
Posted at 11:33h, 14 MayI do the same thing in Lightroom. Get so carried away with presets that before I know it I’ve been at the computer for four hours.
Love the texture and soft feel on this.
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janice
Posted at 12:08h, 14 MayThanks girl! I hear ya … I think I need to set myself a timer or something. LOL …
Tug
Posted at 19:42h, 14 MayYou KNOW how I love textures & actions, LOL. Beautiful shot, it would look great in Donna’s sunroom. ;-)
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janice
Posted at 00:52h, 15 MayHA! omg I still haven’t sent her the other one!!! Totally forgot.