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Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
Location: Polvadera, NM
Date: Aug 19, 2007
Aperture: f/5.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/25
Galleries: Abstract, Overlays
Date Uploaded: Dec 10, 2008

Viewed: 422
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)

 This is an old image that I wanted to try something different for me, adding text and birds. The bird image was mine I took last week, and I turned it into a brush. The Japanese script I 'borrowed' from some university's rare book collection online I found by searching google images (if I were doing anything else with this rather than posting it here I'd use kanji brushes rather than borrow an image of course). The original image is something I took out a car window while driving, and the overlay is the same one I used for my southwest Christmas image that I don't know where it came from.

Processing:
Crop image
Create duplicate layer, set to multiply mode
CEP Tonal Contrast
Duplicate layer above, multiply mode, 70% opacity, trees mostly masked out
New layer soft light mode, paint a bit of green to accentuate tree detail
New layer for birds brush (black), add drop shadow, outer glow and bevel and emboss effects, difference mode
Duplicate above layer, multiply mode, 44% opacity
Add texture overlay, multiply mode 88% opacity
New layer with blue gradient to bring some blue back to sky, overlay mode 37% opacity
New layer soft light mode, paint with black to darken ground up a bit
Add japanese document overlay, mulitply mode, 77% opacity
Copy just the script from the document to a new layer, add drop shadow and inner shadow effects, 68% opacity
Resize
Add border

Original:


Oh, and for those who miss my cats, I did post one in the Side Challenge Marathon the other day:

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Canon EOS-D60
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/16/2008 11:58:23 AM
Very cool! It looks a lot like the place mats they use at various Japanese restaurants around here.
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Apple iPhone 5s
 12/11/2008 04:36:01 PM
Very cool. Reminds me of my time I spent in Japan. Thanks for sharing all of your processing steps with us.
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 12/11/2008 08:46:29 AM
You have Kanji brushes?! And you know how to use them. I'm awed. This is cool, too ...
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Sony Alpha a6000
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 12/11/2008 06:17:12 AM
Very cool, very interesting to look at.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 12/11/2008 02:31:53 AM
Cool and quirky overlay.
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/11/2008 02:10:27 AM
I like this rather a lot. I would like to see the text a different colour or perhaps a slight drop shadow in white would help it to show up. I love the effect on the trees though. :)
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 12/10/2008 11:08:14 PM
Oh I love the Chinese writing.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 12/10/2008 10:47:07 PM
Interesting, you turned one of your photos into a brush? I'm going to have to look into how to do that. This is very appealing.
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Canon EOS-60D
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 for Canon
 12/10/2008 08:02:57 PM
All the layers work really nicely together..the color, the text...very nice.
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Sony Alpha a6000
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/10/2008 05:22:31 PM
I have to agree with Roger-really impressive,Colleen :)
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
OM System 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO M.Zuiko Digital ED
 12/10/2008 03:05:51 PM
this is far out colleen and very different from your usual style .. where's the cat !!
love the combination of the trees, the japanese writing and the birds .. excellent colours .. :)
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Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S Micro Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 VR
 12/10/2008 12:58:44 PM
It has a frenetic feel to it while at the same time almost a zen-like calm. Captivating.
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