Clover

[Christopher Miller]

Just an ordinary clover flower that I photographed awhile back and texturized using three of my textures and "Latte (http://shadowhousecreations.blogspot.com/2010/04/organic-texture-set.html)" from Shadowhouse Creations. I also added a blur overlay. Any comments and suggestions would be most appreciated.

[Indranil Sircar]

Another excellent composition, Christopher. I love it as it is... the colors and the texture is fantastic. TFS.

[Jay Sheinfield]

It's a beauty Christopher..........love the textures and the soft feel. Beautiful detail in the flower just where it want to be.............the colors put this over the top for me........excellent!

[Anita Bower]

Beautiful! I wouldn't change a thing. The textures bring out the beauty of the flowers. Love the composition. The soft colors are perfect. Excellent.

[Patti Edens]

Agree with all that has been said. This is just beautiful. I really like the composition with the budding flower in the background. Colors are lovely.

Christopher, Is the "blur overlay" you mention similar to the "Orton Effect" tutorials? It doesn't seem to me as if this has that effect.

[Christopher Miller]

Patti, the blur overlay technique I use is similar to the Orton effect, though it's more subtle and doesn't cause a contrast boost like the Orton effect does. What I do is I duplicate the image layer and then apply Gaussian blur, usually with a radius of about 20-30px, and then lower the opacity of the layer till I like how it looks(for this image I set the opacity to 35%).

[Mark Fuge]

Nice image and application, Christopher.

Only comment is that it might be interesting if there were a third flower. But nice as is.

You know ... three "bud" clover! :o Also things in three composition wise.

[Patti Edens]

Thanks Christopher. That explains why you don't have the glowy, contrasty look that I associate with Orton, but the nice softness of the blur. Cool! I appreciate the explanation. So much to learn... :) and such fun.

[Judy Howle]

I love this one, both the colors and the textures and softness. Just perfect!!

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks very much, everyone. I appreciate all your comments!

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Christopher, a little late getting around to this one, but I love it and agree with all that has been said. Well done!

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks Andrew! I appreciate you taking the time to comment. :)

[Cheryl Slechta]

Christopher, I think I remember this one. Beautifully done.:)

[Christopher Miller]

I've posted similar clover photos before, Cheryl, but not this particular one. Thanks for commenting!