Blend Modes

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Jan 12

Textures And Blending Modes–Moss Landing 2

Photograph of boats in the fog at Moss Landing harbor blended with a background texture appliedA shot near the commercial fish dock on a foggy morning at the Moss Landing Harbor. The texture of the peeling paint was applied in the Overlay blend mode at 100% opacity. I like the way the birds seem to emerge from the holes in the paint.

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Jan 12

Textures And Blending Modes–Moss Landing

Photograph of sunrise at Moss Landing harbor blended with a background texture appliedStill waters and a beautiful sunrise near the bridge in Moss Landing, California. This was blended with two different background textures. I wanted to create a more painterly type effect.

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Dec 11

Textures And Blending Modes–Apple

Photograph of an apple blended with a background texture appliedA background of rusty painted metal was used to blend with a photograph of apples. Hard Light blend mode at 78% opacity.

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Dec 11

Textures And Blending Modes–Kitchen Counter

Photograph of fruit blended with a background texture I was testing a lens, looking for something to shoot, and saw the fruit on the counter. The texture overlay gives the effect of a still life painting. Overlay blend mode at 100% opacity.

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Dec 11

Textures And Blending Modes–Cannery Row

Photograph of a walkway at a Cannery Row hotel blended with a background texture appliedA rainy morning at a Cannery Row hotel in Monterey, California. This shot was overlaid with a photograph of peeling painted rusted piece of metal and blended with a Hard Light mode.

Blend Modes — Comments Off on Textures And Blending Modes–Dahlia
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Dec 11

Textures And Blending Modes–Dahlia

This was a close-up of the details of a beautiful Dahlia in a park in Monterey, California. It was overlaid with a picture of plywood and blended with the Soft Light mode at 80% opacity.

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Dec 11

Textures And Blending Modes–Golden Gate Bridge

Photograph of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco blended with a background texture appliedA rather ordinary shot of San Francisco’s famous Golden Gate bridge is made more dramatic by an overlay of rusted and peeling metal.

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Dec 11

Textures And Blending Modes–Red Poppies and Raindrops

Photograph of red poppies blended with a background texture appliedRed poppies in the backyard blended with a texture of raindrops on a window pane

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Dec 11

Textures And Blending Modes–Poppy Preserve

Photograph of the Poppy Preserve in Antelope Valley, blended with a background texture appliedI have been experimenting with Adobe Photoshop’s blending modes feature to see what the effect would be to blend some of my photographs with a texture. I found a source for 100 different background textures at a site called photoradar. The textures are quite varied and very nicely done. I looked for a texture that would complement a particular photograph and  overlaid it as a layer above the original picture. I then changed the blend mode of the texture layer from Normal to Overlay, Soft Light or Hard Light and then reduced the opacity of the layer. Not every experiment worked but I was happy with some. In the next several posts I will share a few. This image is from the Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve in Lancaster, California blended with a background of peeling plywood.
Here is a link to photoradar.com.