Red Leaf with Texture

Red Leaf with Texture, originally uploaded by bossbob50.

When one is outdoors, one finds images. When one is shooting still lifes indoors, one creates images.

I've been quite excited and intrigued by the technique of combining a "standard" photo image with a photo (or drawing) of a textured scene. It is new to me and I wished to try.

Of course there is a learning curve, what images are good for this; what textures work for me; how do I see images and scenes; the technical issues of photoshop?

This is attempt number three. The first, which I should put up, let's not be embarassed by our failures, or lesser successes, stymied me and I didn't try again for two to three weeks.

I've no idea what i'm doing, but I've bookmarked a number of you guys and gals that are doing it. I'me going to learn. Flickr is fantastic.