Theme: Flower Abstract

[Paul Lagasi]

Back to work last night, vacation over and just getting over jet lag. On this vacation I practiced zooms, any chance I got. This was a flower bed in the town of Karlsruhe...I used Fotosketcher Oil painting effect on this, out of camera, image. Good to be back.

[Indranil Sircar]

Nice abstract, Paul. I like the explosion of colors. Great idea to try Fotosketcher on this zoom-blur.

ps. adding weekly theme to the image...

[Mitch Carucci]

A flood of color! Great.

[Anita Bower]

I like the explosion of color!

[Jay Sheinfield]

I agree on on the explosion of color. lot's of energy and drama to the image. I might have eased off on the texture a bit, but that's a personal preference. It might also have been interesting to frame this with the center in an ROT position. No matter this still works well for me!

[Mark Fuge]

Very interesting image and application, Paul.

Nice texture and colors.

[denise ippolito]

Paul, Great to have you back! I think Jay makes some good suggestions. As presented I might take a sliver off the top. Beautiful explosion of colors and the texture adds a little something to it. I'll have to give it a try on one of mine.:S3:

[Cheryl Slechta]

Paul, welcome back and I hope you had a wonderful trip:S3: I love the explosion of colors and the texture is a great idea. Maybe just a little less texture would be nice also.

[Susan Candelario]

Paul it's nice to see you back. Nice technique and filter application. Love the colors.

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[Andrew McLachlan]

Hey Paul, great to have you back, hope you enjoyed the trip. Love the colors and the fotosketcher application on this. very nicely done!

[Steve Adkins]

Love all of it, Paul! Great zoom, texture and colors. Lots for the imagination to play with. :S3: