Photography Experiments: Second Round 'Curiouser and Curiouser'

Using photograph taken in third round of my photography for Alice Theme:

 

I decided to use a cupcake instead of a slice of cake, and a bigger 'drink me' card.

Open chosen image in Photoshop:

 

Crop View:

 

Duplicate Layer FIRST:

 

Then Crop View:

 

 

Select scrabble tiles: 

 

Create Adjustment Layer Levels:

 

Modify Adjustment Layer Levels:

Create Adjustment Layer Vibrance:

 

Select Background:

 

Create Adjustment Layer Levels:

 

Select Cards:

 

Create Adjustment Layer Hue and Saturation:

 

Use Paint Brush tool to adjust edges: 

 

Use Clone Tool to remove 'spots':

 

Select Potion Bottle:

 

 

Create Adjustment Layer Levels: 

 

Use Clone Stamp Tool to edit 'spots':

 

 

Use Paint Brush Tool to fix edges of Adjustment Layer Levels:

 

Select Cupcake:

 

Create Adjustment Layer Levels:

 

Clone Stampl Tool to remove 'spots' (I keep finding more and more of them):

 

 

 

 

I'm happier with how this round of editing has turned out in comparison to the first round! I think the orange background represents the Alice theme a lot better than the navy/grey wicker texture of the previous trial. The difference in the size of the drink me and eat me cards makes a lot of difference, in comparison to the last one when they were too small and both the same size! I like the cupcake better than the cake because visually it looks more appealing than the slice of cake! I'm not too sure I like this photograph as the final, it needs something more...