Still Life, Polished
Another tentative step toward coming to terms with Photoshop. The original is here. Changes to this version include some burning in and the removal of wallpaper lines on the background (both per Redgum's suggestions), some burning in and dodging on the front of the tablecloth to make the central crease less visible, and an attempt to make the table appear to extend beyond the picture frame on the right.
I "extended" the table using the clone stamp tool, then burned in a "shadow." I'm not completely enchanted with the results; if anyone has a more elegant technique to suggest, I'm all ears.
Several commentors on the original suggested further cropping of the image. I'm still playing around with that--but will post a version as soon as I come up with one that's interesting or satisfying. I really appreciate everyone's comments on the original--my understanding of what's possible in Photoshop has tripled, at least, in the past few days.
Still Life, Polished
Another tentative step toward coming to terms with Photoshop. The original is here. Changes to this version include some burning in and the removal of wallpaper lines on the background (both per Redgum's suggestions), some burning in and dodging on the front of the tablecloth to make the central crease less visible, and an attempt to make the table appear to extend beyond the picture frame on the right.
I "extended" the table using the clone stamp tool, then burned in a "shadow." I'm not completely enchanted with the results; if anyone has a more elegant technique to suggest, I'm all ears.
Several commentors on the original suggested further cropping of the image. I'm still playing around with that--but will post a version as soon as I come up with one that's interesting or satisfying. I really appreciate everyone's comments on the original--my understanding of what's possible in Photoshop has tripled, at least, in the past few days.