Sunflower II

[John Storjohann]

A different take on a sunflower; 180mm lens, f/11@1/125. RAW image processed and cropped in LR; curve for tone and color in PS; low opacity layer of Topaz->Simplify followed by a layer of Fractalius.

[denise ippolito]

John, I like the treatment and the comp. I might take some off the bottom if it were mine. The lines are fantastic! I gotta do this to one of my sunflowers!

[John Storjohann]

Denise, I went back and forth on cropping a bit more from the bottom myself...sometimes you just need a little push!

[Dave Woeller]

Wow, That sunrise will wake you up Bold, bold color and wonderful processing. I could see this printed LARGE and hanging in any gallery.

[Nancy Bell]

John, you have an incredible eye for flower images and wonderful processing treatments. The lines and colors are spectacular! Either crop works for me.

[Cheryl Slechta]

John, I like them equally well. Love the fractalius and the bright colors

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi John, the pano crop in the repost works quite nicely. The fract work on this blossom as with all your flower photos is applied beautifully. Very nicely done!

[Douglas Bolt]

Striking image, especially the repost. My initial impression was to try moving the center of the flower to either the left or right "sweat spot (rule of thirds)".

[Bill Dix]

Terrific image. The subject really lends itself nicely to the fractalius treatment.

[Anita Bower]

Nice work. I like the repost. Wonderful fracticuls and great colors and lines. Someday I'll have to get Fractilus.

[Bob Miller]

HI john...another vote for the repost> I plan on taking another look at some of my own sunflower images. TFS

[John Storjohann]

Thank you all for the comments!