Watch Out

I did some embellishing on this macro of some watch "innerds" that I took at our macro workshop the other day.

[Taffy]

I like the industrial artistic look here.

[Henri Russell]

My goodness, it looks like a hugh machine gear.

[Nicole Campbell]

I like this image Ann, has a nice industrial feel to it

[Lynda McG]

Nice effect!

[Lou Ann]

This looks like a big machinery gear, depth perception is fab!

[katy]

It's a terrific image to start with. I want to know how you embellished it

[Milanie]

Terrific processing - such awesome focus.

[wendy frost]

Well captured and great textures.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@taffy @henrir @nicolecampbell @lyndamcg @louannwarren @grammyn

Thank you Taffy, Henri, Nicole, Lynda, Lou Ann, and Katy!

@grammyn I'll do my best to remember! I started off with the usual- sharpen, some contrast and even vibrance to bring up the metallic quality. Then I messed around with the colors with a pre-set effect or two and one of them added the "texture". I was all set to bump up the color a second time when the black and white effect showed up on the main page of my processing program. It made me say "Ooooo" right away so I abandoned the color and left it in black and white! That's about it I think.

[katy]

That is a lot of steps but the end result is definitely worth it. Thanks and for going to the trouble to explain

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@grammyn It's mostly just what they call "pre-sets". I don't really fiddle with the sliders much. Easy to please I guess!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@milaniet @wendyfrost
Thank you Milanie!
Thank you Wendy!

[Kathy]

I like the tones in b&w but I'll bet it's pretty in color. I can see those rich coppery and brass colors mixed with silver. Nice clear details