Color Scheme

The original image is the yellow bird.

I decided to make the bird red and make the background both yellow and green. This is using a secondary color scheme;  two primary colors and a resulting secondary color for a total of three colors represented in the graphic.

Basic color correcting

Here is my color correction. The like the colors of the leaves and the nesting area is not as dark as it was. I brightened up the overall image.

Duotone

Here is Duotone David. I cropped the original picture, changed it to Graysale and then Duotone and added the green. Was going to add purple but the green looked better.

Lab work- Painting

While in Italy a few years back, I was lucky enough to see Michelangelo's David. For me, one of the highlights of the trip. Anyway, We took a little tour and they brought us to a magnificent viewing spot that had a replica of David. I took a picture at this location and here is my  painting example.

Selection Tools

This photo makes me laugh. I took Albert Einstein's head and put it on Jim Morrison's body using the selection tools. I wanted to use the body of Johnny Depp, but the picture was too small and at first I couldn't figure out how to make them similar size. I realized later, I had to take the image and adjust the size, so Einstein's head wouldn't be so big. This is the result.

Art Filters

I took this photo on a trip to Yosemite. It's of one of my son's about 10 years ago. I used the Fresco Filter and some blending options. I also used the elliptical marquee to select him. I then did an inverse and changed the background with the texture filter called craquelure, or something close to that.

Lesson 1

Here is it. My first Photoshop Lesson done. Let me tell you, it wasn't easy for me and I had some struggles. I am not very tech savvy (yet), so it was hard for me to even get to the first lesson. I wasn't sure what I was doing at all or how to figure out the answers. With a little help from my family, a good friend and the internet, I got through it! Thank you :-)