Trying something different on a racing photo

[steelerdirtfreak]

Usually my racing photography is pretty straight-forward - shoot it, minor editing, and print it. Just present the cars as they are.

But last week I was reading a couple of photography blogs and they were pointing out how texture can really add to a photo.

I thought I'd give it a try, just to see if I liked it and to see if it added anything to a racing photo.

Here is the original photo that I started with:


Using Photoshop Elements, I then converted it to a sepia tone, added a texture layer of old paper, set opacity to around 60%,
merged down, duplicated the layer, and then set the blend mode to multiply and adjusted the opacity until I liked the result.
I flattened the layers and the this is the result:


So what do you think? Does it work? Was it worth adding the texture and style?

[BLS439]

I think you did a great job. It looks well done.