Elm Tree in the Rain (Posterized Photo)

Elm Tree in the Rain (Posterized Photo) Originally uploaded by randubnick

Tonight it start to sprinkle, and then rain hard, during an evening "dog walk". By the end of the walk, I was drenched but I was laughing too hard to mind. I was also moving too fast to take any pictures. But tonight after I got home, I found an image that started with another walk in the rain, a few years ago. (I was walking and taking photos, and lost track of time, didn't notice the sky, didn't mind when it sprinkled, and finally took notice when it started raining buckets, and when I got home I was drenched and laughing, just like today.) This is one of the photos that I took on that walk, using my late, great first phonecam that took soft, fuzzy little images. Tonight I decided to salvage the image and I began by resizing it, and cropping it for the composition. Then I opened the image in Painter IX and posterized the photo, experimenting with levels until I had the effect I wanted. I also used some very soft color overlays in one or two places that were too bright. Then I re-cropped the image, and here it is.