Another image from the AUG photowalk. I was walking with Steve's wife, Edna, over in the rose garden and was really drawn to these stunning orange roses. I looked down and found this cheap plastic rosary Jesus lying in the dirt under the bush. It was just such an odd thing to find. So I picked Jesus up and took him along for the rest of the walk. He's now hanging in my car. I am not sure what this says about me that I find this whole thing a bit funny.. but anyway... here's Rest Among Roses.

This image got several curves layers.. one for overall color and one to pop and darken the greens in the leaves. It also got a dodge/burn layer (blank layer set on overlay blend mode. Paint with white to lighten and black to darken, adjust opacity as needed). There was also a Black and White adjustment with a slight blue gray tint applied to the rosary to make it look more metallic and less plastic. Another burn layer to make the dark edges. Some lens blur to recede the background and a copy of the background layer with a high pass filter to really enhance the detail in the roses and rosary.