Pixels and Paper June Challenge

Have a look at this beautiful inspirational picture for the June challenge over at Pixels and Paper.

I love the bright red bench against the subdued greyscale of the rest of the scene, and the wet, misty atmosphere looks great. I decided to incorporate those elements in my layout too but, instead of my layout looking wintry, I used an Autumn scene. Have a look at what I came up with.

I created this look by using only a few Autumn tones against a mainly black and white photo.  First of all, I converted the photo to black and white to highlight the wet, misty atmosphere. I then added colour to the path to highlight the Autumn leaves. Finally I coloured the umbrella red to draw the eye into the photo. I really like the way the umbrella provides a stark contrast to the black and white background (just like the red bench in the inspirational photo).

I used simple Autumn elements to complement the picture. I placed the leaves in the foreground in such a way so that they looked like an extension of the leaves in the photo.

Hope you like what you see and thank you for stopping by :)