One more play with textures and blends, original on the left:

One more play with textures. I love the artistic look the blends give to my images. The comparison image is below, original on top:

I’ve been spending some time learning to do other things in the post processing of my images. One thing is learning to use textures to give a different feeling to an image. Many photographers are using textures for senior photos and the grads love the feel textures give to their images. Textures fit well with today’s teen lifestyle. Do you like the newer version of the pensive mood with textures added? Does it add to the mood of the image? Compared to the black and white version posted in June, which one do you like best? Dark and moody or light and airy?

Here’s another one. The original is the 2nd image in the profile collage above: