Yesterday I posted some images of a stack of books that I used in my Be Still 52 still life shoot over the week-end. Only with the books there were also a vase of tulips, a vintage camera, and some vintage photos. Today I want to share with you all a close up of one of the tulips that I shot with my DSLR and processed in Lightroom and Photoshop. This first version was just processed in Lightroom for crop, exposure, etc. Nothing else was done to it.
![Opening (v2) David Hayes, 2015](https://www.thewoventalepress.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/opening-2-1024x1024.jpg)
In my second version, I opened the first version in Photoshop and layered a texture that Kim Klassen had provided called Simple Set #1. I like how this gives the image a bit more depth as well as “dirtying up” the edges a bit.
![Opening (v3) David Hayes, 2015](https://www.thewoventalepress.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/opening-31-1024x1024.jpg)
For this version I removed the Simple Set #1 layer and applied in its place a layer called Simple Set #2. A little darker and “dirty”… certainly a difference to the original version. I’ll let you decide which one is best! (I like this version…but I’m that way.)