This is my first time to do a blur. It's fun! I had several layers with a normal flower, a swirl blur under a zoom blur and Topaz adjust applied before the zoom blur to bring out details. Topaz Clean applied after the zoom blur. Layer masked the stamen and center and flattened before I applied Topaz Clean.
08-06-2010, 06:52 AM
Mark Fuge
Nice image and application, Judy.
Nice for the first blur attempt. Would even be nice for your 20th! ;) :D
08-06-2010, 06:52 AM
denise ippolito
Judy, I love the amount of blur on the flower and the colors are great. I kinda wish it were less centered, maybe a bit more right and bottom in the frame. Glad to see the layer masked Stamen. Looks awesome!!!
08-06-2010, 11:24 AM
Jackie Schuknecht
I like the blur Judy, and you did a good job w/ the mask. Good first attempt. The colours almost give it a HDR look.
08-06-2010, 02:05 PM
Judy Howle
Thanks for all of your comments, much appreciated. I agree the crop isn't ideal but I was experimenting so I used the one I'd already cropped and exported from Lr. From now on I'll crop bigger and leave more room to try different crops. I will re-do this one too and hope I can duplicate the settings in Topaz.
08-06-2010, 06:27 PM
Christopher Miller
Nice work, Judy. Love the dramatic feel created by the zoom blur and great complimentary colors. Agree with above on the crop.
08-08-2010, 11:50 AM
Cheryl Slechta
Judy, nice job. Great zoom and I like the work you did with the mask and Topaz.:)