Cactus

[Anita Bower]

I didn't get the name of this plant. Photographed in the conservatory at Longwood Gardens.

Processed in Elements 10: clone; Dust & Scratches filter; selective saturation, high pass and lightening; Topaz Adjust; CEP> Color Stylizer (first time I've used it); Kim Klassen texture Love applied 4 times at different settings, and her texture 1412.

Comments and critiques welcome.

[Dennis Bishop]

I like this a lot. The colors work very well together, it has great texture, and the composition is good.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Anita, I love the lighting on this one and the colors work really well together, including the black lines in the green. Nice one

[Indranil Sircar]

Wonderful composition, Anita. I like how those curved lines of the leaves from the center. Beautiful light and colors... the texture adds a lot to the image.

[Judy Howle]

Outstanding composition and colors in the image, plus I love the textures you used. I seem to have a hard time choosing textures for my images that look "right"

[Anita Bower]

Outstanding composition and colors in the image, plus I love the textures you used. I seem to have a hard time choosing textures for my images that look "right"

Thanks, Judy. I'm glad you like my image.
Choosing textures is hit or miss, trial and error, for me. Sometimes I come up with the right combination. Sometimes nothing seems to work. I think the textures you used on your Windmill photo work beautifully. They created the mood of older times, and gave depth to the image.
When there is a border on a texture and I don't want it to be included in my final image, I pull the edges of the texture out beyond the edge of my image so as to eliminate the border. Sometimes, I smooth a texture, or clone out lines or specks I don't want. Texture work is time consuming.
Be encouraged, you are doing good work.

[Dave Woeller]

Anita, you certainly have a way of bringing out the personality of a flower. Very nice work indeed.

[Maureen Allen]

Lovely processing, Anita. I think it's some sort of bromeliad.

[Kerry Perkins]

Very pretty Anita, I love the texture and the warm colors. You have some very strong compositional elements in the flower and bracts which work really well together. Nicely done.

[Anita Bower]

Thank you Dave, Maureen and Kerry. Maureen--a Bromeliad sounds right.