Crepe Myrtle blur

[Cheryl Slechta]

This was taken right outside my front door. I have a crape myrtle that has huge trunks so I'm always doing blurs of them. This incorporated some leaves and spanish moss. I used Nik Viveza to increase the brightness and a little bit of saturation and then a slight Glass filter. I finished it off with a slight Fractalius layer.
f/18, 1.3 sec., ISO 100.

[Kerry Perkins]

Interesting blur Cheryl, and a different style than most. I like the green and brown colors and the wispy tendrils. The Fractalius is very subtle!

[Dennis Bishop]

There's just enough blur to give a very nice, soft abstract quality. I agree with Kerry about the green and brown, and I like what you did with the composition.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Hi, Dennis, thanks! I'm glad you're back - we missed you. I hope you enjoyed your Florida trip and I'm sorry our schedules didn't allow us to meet up for some photography. I'm anxiously awaiting your Dudley images

There's just enough blur to give a very nice, soft abstract quality. I agree with Kerry about the green and brown, and I like what you did with the composition.

[Nick Palmieri]

I love the effect. I think the composition may be slightly unbalanced..Almost as if you could cut it in half horizontally and have two images. The frac and the colors are gorgeous.