Accidental Inverse, A Tutorial

One day, I was doing what I do every chance I get…play with Photoshop Elements.

I took this photo of a leaf in a mud puddle a couple of weeks ago, thinking that I could possibly do something with it later on. When I opened it up, it jsut looked like a leaf in a mud puddle. Go figure.

I was bored with it, so I went to open up another photo to play with. That’s CTRL O in a PC. And instead of hitting the O, I hit the I. This will invert the colors to the opposite color on the RGB color scale. It’s an awful explanation I know. Anyway, I inadvertently got a cool blue leaf with the reflection of the trees in the the mud turning to an icy winter blue.

The like the photo on the left more, but for some reason I didn’t post it. After inverted the color, I did an Auto Sharpen, Auto Contrast and Auto Color Correction.

So cool, so to speak.

I put a texture on it, and rounded the corners. Here’s a link to the texture I used. I feel badly that I don’t remember where I got it. It was free so I’ll have to go back and research it so I can give that person their due.

I kinda like it. This is what can happen when a not-so-great photographer meets Photoshop Elements.