Columbine

[Nancy Bell]

I visited an aspen grove that must be a garden of the gods. Wildflowers were abundant and varied with a dense, rich backdrop of vegetative greens. I was so amazed that on my way home I stopped at the local Forest Service Information office to give them the flower info & location so they could share it with people wanting to see Rocky Mountain wildflowers.

With this columbine image I wanted to convey those rich bkgd greens. I used Pixel Bender, oil paint to soften the image, a bit of fractalius to add back some edges, a thin black border from Nik Efex Pro, then Topaz buz sim for a bright, simplified image.

[Bob Miller]

Hi Nancy! This is a very pleasant image to look at. I love the lines in the petals and buds...well processed! TFS

[Jackie Schuknecht]

I like the angle to show off the petals, and the simplified lines and colours. Very soft colour of purple too, which I love!

[Kerry Perkins]

I love the complementary colors and clean lines. Nice discovery that you made and very nice of you to share the location. The background is delicious!

[Cheryl Slechta]

Beautiful portrait of some beautiful flowers, Nancy I like the lines that you got from Fractalius.

[Nancy Bell]

Thank you all! I'm heading back to the flower grove this weekend to see what else is blooming.

[Anita Bower]

Lucky you to live near such a treasure of nature--wildflowers. Lovely work in this image. I like the composition, with the Columbine looking up and the three buds framing it at the bottom. The processing is very nice and the colors are gorgeous. I would clone out that one leaf in the lower right corner. What filter in CEP did you use to get the black edges?

[Nancy Bell]

Anita, thank you. The black edges in the image are from a very light application of fractalius. The black image border is from Nik Color Efex Pro, image borders.

[Anita Bower]

Must be CEP 4, not 3.