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Michael:It's the best one for textures definitely.
For a different approach, here I've used Luminosity and added 50 Saturation and dropped the Levels to the flattened result.
Oops, got carried away there, sorry folks - it's not a "Bokehgraph".
Yes it is (I wouldn't cheat on my own thread!)Is this a blended image? For my OOF images I go wild with the saturation, clarity, vibrance - whatever, controls. I use them like paintbrushes.
Yep - everyone will recognize this as a stunning Stage Two Bokehgraph. Stage Two is OOF image with other stuff layered on.According to someone I know this image belongs here too as the underlying layer is out-of-focus
Now, I'm a dynamic kind of guy, so you know which one turns my crank. Lovely idea and execution. I bet the music sounds good too :clap:Both shot with the 14-140, the daisy has a bit of RAW conversion PP, the second shot is as shot on dynamic mode
And I've taken the liberty of adding another more obvious albeit random and not necessarily ideal texture, this being a mere example.I added a texture to an earlier image I posted:
"Mosque House"
Thanks Michael. This is where I have to go next. I ordered the book you recommended on layers, masks etc, but have to admit that my experience so far is limited to just blending two layers. This stuff takes time to do, doesn't it? I was used to downloading to Lightroom, making a few small adjustments and signing it off. But here, you can spend hours on one image:banghead:.And I've taken the liberty of adding another more obvious albeit random and not necessarily ideal texture, this being a mere example.
To your picture I applied another layer on top with a textured galvanised door and set it to "Multiply" and just left it like that (I would have set the Levels a bit higher and masked off the windows and door etc.), so you can see what my idea of the "grain" on top of the "out-of-focus" mix would be like.
I must admit it's not that easy to come to a satisfactory conclusion - but one must battle on, n'est ce pas?
I like this one even more."Fall Tree 50"