touch-up tuesday

OK folks, as promised, here is a photoshop touch-up.

The before:


The after:


Here are the steps for those who are interested:

The SOOC shot. (straight out of camera)


Ran the soft light blending mode at 50%.


Ran a slight curves adjustment.


Used MCP's Magical Color Finder Brush at 50%.


Used the healing brush tool and the clone stamp to erase the white flower in the top left corner, and that green thing underneath it.


Added texture using the soft light blending mode.


Masked the texture off the flower. (See how it looks dirty above? The texture covers the entire picture, and you need to erase it from your subject).


And voila! The final result.