Although this image is probably too dark to tell, I used a texture (Old World) by Jerry Jones who shares an incredible amount of free textures, frames, brushes, digital mats, digital art and even fonts on his Shadowhouse Creations blog. He recently asked those of us who use his work to spread the word and so while I have mentioned using his textures before, I am doing so again. There are many sites that charge for those things and you can purchase them and then find you only use one or two out of the set --- you won't have that problem with his. But be careful, I have heard that collecting textures can be addicting... someone I know has THOUSANDS, but I won't mention any names.
Nice job controlling flash and still maintaining this as a low key shot. You're right about the texture not being visible. And I know who you are talking about...
ReplyDeleteIn this case I used the texture to change the tone of the image (it made it more golden) and to add an edge, although the edge is pretty much in the dark.
ReplyDeleteWith or without textures, this is a nicely composed and lit photo. I really like how the tones are so close throughout the photo. It makes you look more closely at everything. Good job.
ReplyDeleteNice job Cindi. Great tones and texture in a really nice composition.
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