Equilibrium

It was a grey damp day here yesterday so I decided to take some still-lifes indoors as the light was soft. I used my favourite 50mm lens at f1.8  which accounts for the fairly shallow depth of field. The backdrop is a piece of pale blue velvet that I rediscovered yesterday morning while rummaging in a cupboard!
The processing is fairly subtle as I didn't want the texture to overwhelm the subject.
The original RAW image was processed in Camera Raw using a pastel tones preset I've created.
Then I opened it in photoshop to do the texturing.
Burnished Clay @ Hardlight 47% With some of the texture removed from the lower portion and the stones using a layer mask.
Sail cloth @ Screen 11% removed from the stones as above.

See it on Flickr

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Soft dune days

One of those soft yet mild overcast days in August when the low sea clouds come in over the land from the Mediterranean.
In France we call it the 'Marine' pronounced Maran it brings damp dark weather that can last for up to two weeks in winter!
Luckily in summer it's short lived, tending to blow away in a few days.
Before I textured this image I used the Painterly effect.

Raw Linen ~ Opacity ~ Overlay @ 48%
Antique Liaisons ~ Opacity ~ Overlay @ 52%
Unpublished Silk texture ~ Opacity ~ Hard Light @ 42%

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