Black-eyed Susans

[Christopher Miller]

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m244/CAMiller290/BPN/P8300058ResizeBPN.jpg

Another black-eyed susan photo from last year.

My post-processing was as follows:
Desaturated a bit with a channel mixer layer set at 45% opacity
Duplicated everything in a new layer and set it to overlay with 15% opacity
Duplicated everything again, applied some gaussian blur, and set that layer to 50% opacity
Duplicated the unblurred image, placed it on top at 25% opacity
Applied a very faint cream vignette around the edges

Any C&C are welcome!

[Alfred Forns]

I like the overall feel a lot The desat works well and sets the tone Might like to see the flower a more off center and a vertical crop might not be a bad idea with the long stems !!!

[denise ippolito]

Christopher, I love the feel to this! Alfred's suggestions are good. Very nicely done!!

[anita ray]

I like your PP concepts.

[Christopher Miller]

Alfred, thanks for the suggestions. I'll try recropping to move the flowers a little more off center. Unfortunately I don't have enough room to do a vertical crop, but I'll remember that for next time.

[Harold Davis]

this is right in my wheelhouse!! i love the feel. the PP is great. puts a soft spotlight on the flowers. very nice!!