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    I stopped at Kanapha Gardens in between rain showers today and took this image in the Children's Garden. I used Topaz Clean and a slight Pixel Bender on it. I think I'll try another version tomorrow with Fractalius.
    Thanks for looking. Comments and suggestions appreciated.
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    What a nice, happy, whimsical image this is. I love the subtle processing.

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    Cheryl...you might consider simplify and some glow effects to give a dreamy look.....just a thought!

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    What a wonderful fun garden! I really like the smooth water effects and the soft squiggly look to the vegetation. I would consider cropping out the lower part of the pool with the up side down pig to give more emphasis on the dragon and the water. Then maybe bring out the blue of the dragon a bit more. I loved "Puff" when I was a kid!

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    Very whimsical feel to this and all great suggestions above. I might tone down the blue thing in the foreground- it isn't too bright but it catches my eye and it is on the frame edge. I do wish for a hint more tail. Love the processing and great eye to see the scene!

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    You sure have a wealth of interesting things to photograph there! I love it! Nice job with the filtering. You could probably use content-aware fill to remove the blue object in the foreground. I use it all the time in my photos especially my lotus leaves and it usually works great.

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    Thanks, Nancy. I agree about the crop but I couldn't part with the pig bottom

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    What a wonderful fun garden! I really like the smooth water effects and the soft squiggly look to the vegetation. I would consider cropping out the lower part of the pool with the up side down pig to give more emphasis on the dragon and the water. Then maybe bring out the blue of the dragon a bit more. I loved "Puff" when I was a kid!
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    Thanks, Judy - it's a great place to live. While I was there I took some lotus leaf images after all of your inspiring shots. I'll see if I can do justice to one of them The blue thing is his tail which was even longer than that. I should have worked on it so you could tell it was his tail.


    Quote Originally Posted by Judy Howle View Post
    You sure have a wealth of interesting things to photograph there! I love it! Nice job with the filtering. You could probably use content-aware fill to remove the blue object in the foreground. I use it all the time in my photos especially my lotus leaves and it usually works great.
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    Hi Cheryl, just a tad late getting around to this one, but I love it. The processing looks great for this fun image.

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