Little still life of a sprig of Lilac with textures and Topaz Labs* Impressionfilter.
The Photograph
- Canon 7D with Canon 60mm Macro lens
- Natural Light
- 1/8 second at f/8.0
- Tripod, cable release, mirror lock-up.
Here's the photo Straight Out Of Camera.
Post-Processing
Topaz Labs Clarity* Flower III setting is pretty much my go-to filter for post-processing flowers!
Textures
This little sprig of Lilac in a vase uses 3 textures.
- The crackled texture, Nougat, comes from the Craquelure Texture Collection.
- The colored vignetting is from combining 2 Artistique Edge Overlays in 2 different colors, purple and blue with a blend mode of multiply.
- I've also used a touch of the texture, Torrent, from the Autumn Rain Texture Collection.
- I grouped the textures, added a layer mask to the group and gently brushed some of the texture off the lilac and vase.
Topaz Labs Impression
- On a merged layer copy, I applied the Impasto II filter in Topaz Labs* Impression.
- On an additional merged layer of the textured Lilac, I then applied the Oil Painting by Jim LaSala filter. (Note - this is not a copy of the layer that I applied the Impasto filter, but another merged layer of the textured photo - with no filters.)
- With the Jim LaSala Oil painting layer above the Impasto II layer I used a layer mask on the Jim LaSala layer to reveal parts of the Impasto II layer - mainly to give more of an Impressionistic blurring to certain areas like the vase.
- I usually write this on the layer, but didn't this time, but both of these Impressions effects were at probably 50%. I rarely use full-strength Impression filters.
Resources
Textures Used:
Nougat from the Craquelure Texture Collection.
2 Edge overlays from the Artistique Edge Overlays.
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Cheryl Cementina
June 12, 2019
I really appreciate that you share your production notes. It gives me ideas, helps me identify things that I might not be doing right for the results I want, and most importantly, teaches me about workflow. Thank you!