Theme: Sunflower Burst

Added light rays to this sunflower in PS to make it look like it's shining with light. I also used a variety of hue/saturation and curves adjustments. For those who might be interested, here's process I used for the light rays:

1) Duplicate image layer
2) Apply Image > Adjustments > Threshold > usually about 100
3) Apply Filter > Radial Blur > Amount = 100%, Blur method = zoom, adjust blur center to where you want the light to come from
4) Repeat blur if desired
5) Set layer mode to screen and adjust opacity as desired

Any C&C are welcome!

Looks excellent. The light rays really makes this come to life. Great pp and thanks for sharing the steps.

Christopher, You made the flower glow and I like it!! Your placement of the subject is also well handled. For my eye I would prefer the right leaf to be as clean as the left. However, you created a very creative and pleasing image!!

Christopher, I like the way you made the flower seem to "shine" I think the color and lighting are very nice. But you used just enough blur-very nicely done!Thankyou for including your workflow. I agree w/ Dave about the leaf.

Wonderful effect, Christopher. The light rays really add to the image. Great pp work and thanks for sharing your process.

Nice image and application, Christopher

Thanks everyone! Dave, the right leaf was because of a wire fence that was in front. I tried cleaning up the leaf a bit. Let me know what you think.

Hi Christopher, A definate improvement which I feel did the trick. Nice job and nice image!!

Thanks Dave!