Texture Tuesday ~ the "Autumn Burst and/or Do eDition"

Kim Klassen's original theme for this week's challenge was, "Do." Today, though, she added a texture -- Autumn Burst -- and changed the theme to include using her texture "and/or" the original "Do" challenge. My entry uses both.  The text on my image, "Lead me to the CROSS," is something I pray/DO every day. Life has been full of unexpected challenges for the last year and a half. Challenges of the non-photography variety. I cannot imagine getting through them and moving forward without Jesus by my side.


Oh. And I also used Kim's "Autumn Burst" texture on my image.

Straight out of camera

FORMULA --

* Original layer: cropped to 8 x 10; levels adjustment

* Duplicated original layer and levels adjustment; set duplicated layer to SOFT LIGHT @ 36%

* Used a Hue/Sat adjustment layer and reduced saturation

* Added "Scripted Autumn" - MULTIPLY @ 65%

* Using a soft brush @ 25% opacity, erased texture from the cross in the photo.

* Duplicated "Scripted Autumn" - SOFT LIGHT @ 65% - again, erased texture from the cross
* Added "Autumn Burst" - OVERLAY @ 100%

* Used clipping mask made from digital brushes by Anna Aspnes (oscraps.com)
* Added text using VT Portable Remington font

Photo was taken in Happy Valley, Alaska, July 2011

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~ klb