This is a tropical Lily in my little pond. Nikon D200, 80-400mm VR at 400, f11, 1/250, +.67, flash + better beamer -1. I did an Orton effect on the image after doing a standard workflow then ran the result thru a Seeram illustration action. Added chop and english copy right on layers.
Thanks Fabs. The final product is from a full frame image, so I can't seem to get a vert. out of it that I like. Here is the orig. jpg with no workflow aside from resize. If you would like to play? Dan Brown
I played with it adding some canvas at the bottom. I don't have the Seeram action yet, just used posted edges, for a different approach. Not as good as yours, but an alternative :)