A Red Rose

Posted: May 8, 2012 | Author: Pat | Filed under: flowers, rose, Texture Tuesday | Tags: flower, rose, texture | 31 Comments »

“Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.”
Robert Bulwer-Lytton

KK textures used – faved, happyheart

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Flowers for Leontien

Posted: April 28, 2012 | Author: Pat | Filed under: flowers, rose, squirrel | Tags: flowers Leontien rosebuds | 18 Comments »

Arrested Development

Posted: January 17, 2012 | Author: Pat | Filed under: flowers, garden, KK, rose, Texture Tuesday, winter | 30 Comments »

The prompt for this week’s Texture Tuesday is the word “open”

KK texture used – embrace
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The Party’s Over

Posted: December 19, 2011 | Author: Pat | Filed under: Creative Exchange, fall, flowers, garden, KK, rose, texture | 38 Comments »

KK Textures used – Zuzu, JustCause, wonderfulmagic

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The Creative Exchange and

Kim Klassen’s Twelve Days of Texture

Rosebud

Posted: December 13, 2011 | Author: Pat | Filed under: Christmas, flowers, rose, winter | 20 Comments »

KK Texture used – Annabelle

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November Rose, Revisited

Posted: November 18, 2011 | Author: Pat | Filed under: fall, flowers, Photoart Friday, rose | 16 Comments »

It’s lost some petals, but still lovely in decline.
Using Photoshop
The first thing I do with any image is make a levels adjustment, followed by a curves adjustment for contrast. Before applying a texture layer, I oversharpen the image just a bit, using the high pass sharpen filter. After that, it’s a bit of playing around with textures and blending modes until I like what I see. Often, I’ll use a black and white adjustment layer on soft light to enhance some of the detail.