Stumping for a (be)cause?

I took a picture of this tree stump because I thought it would be a fun subject for Topaz filters. I used Detail, and dragged around the Levels adjustment in Photoshop. I like the effect on the bark, but I think the foreground leaves are a little too green. Of course, I decided this after I tossed the PSD file. Lesson learned...

Trees, with texture

This image of the trail we were hiking was rather blah out of camera - gray light, filtered by pine needles, brown dirt, brown trunks, brown & green needles. I played around with some overlays on this image. Earlier in the hike, I'd taken a picture of the rusty rail of a bridge, so I used that as my base overlay, to add some texture. I then added a second overlay from Jerry Jones' wonderful Skeletal Mess texture collection (found here...). After playing around with blend modes, I ended up with this.

Tilt!

Trees, up a hill in the early-morning sunlight.