November 26, 2018

I have an assortment of pictures from this past weekend.  The first picture is a reflection in the birdbath in the backyard followed by one of Linda's house decorations, which is a large pine cone with painted tips.  The next is another decoration.  She does a great job of decorating for the seasons of the year and the holidays.

The two picture of the birds are from the current table runner in the dining room.  The first bird was taken as a normal shot and a flash, but the second was taken with a piece of printer paper held in front of the flash to 'soften' the picture and to bring out more detail.  Notice the yellow and white side feathers, which are 'blow out' and the detail is blurred.  Also, in the next shot, notice the texture of the table runner and the black on the bird's head is more distinct.

The last four pictures are for some processing.  The first of then is a close up of the the table cloth.  I took this to save it as a texture that can be used to apply to a different photo.  Textures should be compatible with the photo to which it is applied and I just broke this rule.  What can I say... The models were inexpensive. 

After applying it to the base photo, the third in this series, I removed the texture that was over the 'models.'  I left the opacity of the the texture at 100%.  The last photo has the opacity pulled back to 30% as the final effect.