Be Still 52 Week 2

Week two is about taking time to breath.  During the day to find a quiet calm space and for a minute to find a place of stillness before shooting.

The emphasis was on taking account of the negative space, space to give the subject room to breath.

A lovely excuse to buy a potted rose and a new pot.

I had fun with various perspectives.

Using chairs and ladders and my newly painted sideboard.

 

The final image is quite heavily textured, I was almost looking for the old sign printed on wood and a little faded effect.  The sad death of Maya Angelou this week pointed me to a very pertinent quote.

I am loving this, it is so very like play and there has not been enough of that in my life for a while.

I used two different textures by Kim Klassen, Paperstained, multiply blend at 49%, her Paperstained music, soft light at 100% and a gradient map and curves.  I removed most of the texture and gradient from the roses and the edges of the plant pot.  I am quite pleased with it, a little heavy maybe but lots of time to refine my style.

Before.

And after.