Letter "K" Tree

Here is my letter "K" using the picture of the tree I had taken. I cropped out the tree using the polygonal lasso tool and then I flipped the image over vertically to get the top end of the tree to the bottom and the bottom of the tree to the top of the photo. The reason why I flipped it is so that it make the letter easier to read. After getting the background out I used some threshold to darken the image and then brought it into Illustrator. In illustrator I traced the picture and then by expanding I put some cuts in the letter for some effects. This is one of the copies of the letter that I plan to do and plan to have another one made.