Grape Arbor (Posterized) Reference Photo for Painting

Grape Arbor (Posterized) Reference Photo for Painting, a photo by randubnick on Flickr.

I am getting ready to start a new painting, another oil bar painting of branches. Today I finally looked through my photographs, looking for ideas. I found some nice photos of grapes on the arbor at Long Hill Garden, here in Beverly, MA, originally posted here on September 16, 2010, (and the posterized version on September 20, 2010). This morning, I created my reference photo for painting. I cropped the posterized version to get the composition I wanted, and also modified the exposure and contrast to make things easier to see. Then I printed out 8 x 10 inch copies, the same size as the canvas I plan to use. So now I am ready to go.