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Spent some time at the Botanicals yesterday with Jay...the Lotus are nearing peak already...last week there were only about 10 blooms. ISO of 800, f/16@1/125, 180mm macro with 1.4x teleconverter attached. RAW image processed in LR; cropped to create a pano of the Lotus. Used Fractalius on a separate layer and lowered the opacity to 46 percent to bring back some detail and depth; used Topaz Simplify-BuzzSim on a layer with the blend mode set to Saturation and the opacity lowered to 76%.
John, I like the way you framed this. I'm wondering if you have a tiny sliver more room on the bottom. The entire bloom seems like an electric dance of color. Lotus are one of my faves and I never seem to get a chance to photograph them, I can't wait to see more from your day!
Hi Denise; thank you for the comments...I had to reconstruct the bottom sliver I added using Content Aware and Cloning...there were some distracting elements in the original that would have detracted from the final image...enough added? Or were you thinking more?
John, this reminds me of artwork in a Buddhist temple. I love the colors and the fractalius effect - you've got that swirly thing going on again that is beautiful.:S3:
John, You did a great job with the addition. I think that it makes the left petal seem more like it's in the image and not teetering on the edge.
Hi John, lovely blossom and treatment for the image. The fract work is lovely as are the colors too!
