Cello by the Lake (Variations)

 

Cello by the Lake  (Version 5)

In a previous version, you couldn't really tell that it was next to a Lake because on that overcast morning, the sky melded with the water on the horizon.  In this version, I tried to make that division a little more explicit.

Here's the recipe :

Layer 1 : Background Image

Layer 2 : RadLab - Troy, Fuzzy Navel, Meadowlark

Layer 3 : Texture Kim Klassen Cool Grunge - Soft Light 100%

Layer 4 : Texture 2 Little Owls Fairy Tales 12 - Multiply 74%

Layer 5 : Texture 2 Little Owls Artisan 3(5) (on lake only) - Soft Light 63%

Layer 6 : Texture 2 Little Owls Artisan 2(5) - Soft Light 100%

Layer 7 :  Texture Kim Klassen Paper Stained Music - Soft Light 69%

Layer 8 :  Texture Sheet Music Notes - Soft Light 54% (with selective masking on and around the cello)

Layer 9 : Text - Jellyka Le Grande Saut

 Cello by the Lake (Version 3)

Here's the Recipe :

Layer 1 : Background Image

Layer 2 : RadLab to make black and white / desaturate
Layer 3 : Texture 2LO Fairy Tales 12 - Multiply 66%
Layer 4 : Texture 2LO Artisan 2(5) - Soft Light 38%
Layer 5 : Texture Coffee Shop Blog Decadence - Darken 53%
Layer 6 : Text - Jellyka Le Grand Saut Font

Final Treatment was I'm feeling lucky in Picassa before exporting it.  This brightened up the center area nicely.

In this one, I chose NOT to straighten the horizon (actually I tried, but my computer was not letting my save basic changes at this point, so I went with the flow ...).  I actually like this better is it gives the idea that the earth is round, that there's a curve to the horizon.  This way, the horizon line echoes the shoreline a little better, too.