It's 'N' week

I'll be posting these N's for  Carol Leigh's  alphabet class today.    Top left was a stenciled N on a sign, shown as I photographed it.   I took it and ran it through a filter on Photoshop called Cutout.  Played a bit with the controls and liked this version (top right).




This worn-out N is as photographed,  I think it was from a sign in Mission Beach area.

















The final N was  just a plain N, added layers of texture, played with the Blend modes and came up with this version.





Do you have a favorite?

M week in the alphabet photo class

I'm up-to-date with my posting in the class, now I just need to get out & shoot some more letters!  

Top left green M:  This is just as shot.  I'm not sure why those two brown lines are there, the rest of the letters in the sign didn't have them.  Maybe because it's a capital M?    Other letters were lower case?

Middle red M:  also just as shot.  It came from a stenciled sign on some very weathered cement.

Bottom blue M:   It was a blue M on a  plain white background, so I decided to add some texture to it and played a bit with the color.