A New Day, A Different Way The creative and photographic endeavours of a woman trying to add color and beauty to her world.

Below is my photo for this week's edition of Pixel Perfect's Before and After Blog Hop.  This is a photo I took of a planter made out of the back of an old tractor.  I thought it was so pretty and would make a great subject.

Here is the before photo:

And here is after:


Using Photoshop Elements I first removed some bird droppings with the spot healing tool.  Then I adjusted the levels and the contrast.  Finally I added a slight texture to the photo.