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The frame goes nicely with the outlining of the petals. The whole effect is bright and whimsical. I like the reduction in color outward from the center to the background petals. Right away, I knew I liked it, and some of the reasons were obvious. While putting them together, I realized that the third quadrant (lower left) of the sunflower has more color than the rest of it. Perhaps my attention moves back and forth from there to the center, making the image seem to move and adding to the lively feel.
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My first thought: it perfectly fits the theme. My second thought: Lovely yellow, overlapping petals. I love those petals! Excellent work. How did you take this photo? Did you use backlighting? How did you get the transparency in the petals? The bit of fractilius is excellent (I keep saying I must try that program, but never seem to make the time). I'm not crazy about the frame. I like the frame in itself, but not so much with this flower. It could be that I would prefer a square crop, or, that the B&W of the frame is a bit jarring against the colors of the flower.
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Another thought: what is the lines of the frame were the color of the center of the flower? Or, even a dark yellow?
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Thanks Dennis & Anita! Anita, I also was not satisfied with the frame color and played around with it. It is actually a dark blue desaturated, but it turned out more grayish. I wanted it to repeat the outlines of the petals. I will play some more. I also wondered if the frame pressed down on the top of the image too much.
I used strong backlighting outdoors with a bright sun. I think the variation in saturation is from the angle of the sun. It must not have been square behind the flower. The transparency must be a combination of the very bright sun and thin, single petals not overlapped by others. I took tons of images that day with a bouquet of sunflowers since the working with the lighting was so fun! I did need to use PS to lighten the center. I further lightened the petals with a curves "lighten" preset, applied 3x. The fractalius is a setting I created that I call "outline" and use it just for that and bring back most of the color.
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The two versions have entirely different feels, and I like them both. It would be interesting, I think, to occasionally have an unprocessed image, here, that anyone who wanted could process and post so we could see what the differences would be.
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Originally Posted by
Dennis Bishop
The two versions have entirely different feels, and I like them both. It would be interesting, I think, to occasionally have an unprocessed image, here, that anyone who wanted could process and post so we could see what the differences would be.
My camera club did just that. Then, we each explained what we had done. It was very informative and fun.
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Anita, I did play with the image after reading your post. I settled on a pale yellowish-green. How did you add your colors? I really like the variations and the blurred look!
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Originally Posted by
Nancy Bell
Anita, I did play with the image after reading your post. I settled on a pale yellowish-green. How did you add your colors? I really like the variations and the blurred look!
I used a soft brush with "color" mode selected. Does that make sense?
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I love the bright, cheery look of this image, The white bg and lovely yellow colors really make the image sing. I like the frame but think it would look more convincing if the lines of the frame went in front of the stem and not behind, although that may be something you did to make the image more interesting. I also like the idea of changing the color of the frame elements, and Anita's color work very well. Might be worth experimenting with.
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Anita, thanks! I'll try that & see if I have any questions.