Theme: Honeysuckle is a many splendored thing

[Nancy Bell]

I really liked the graceful & intertwining curves of the anthers as they reach out from the flower petals. Up close like this they appear both separate and part of the whole.

Usual processing in PS, a layer of Topaz Simplify 4 colored pencil light @ 75% opacity and a reduced layer of my own preset of Fractalius glow. The 2 filters added definition & emphasis to the flower parts with subtle outlines.

[Mitch Carucci]

A wonderful tangle of interesting forms!

[Dennis Bishop]

I like the colors, the tonal range, and all the lines and shapes. You did a great job of aligning the focal plane to get so much of the photo in focus. My inclination would be to use Select>Focus Area to capture what's in the foreground and, then, select the inverse and blur the background parts of the image some more for more separation.

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Nancy,

Greetings. Your image evokes the smell and taste from my longtime love of this flower. Thanks for posting.

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Kerry Perkins]

A great scent and lovely flower to see. Nice presentation of nature's own analogous color scheme (colors next to each other on the color wheel). I like your description of your thought process when making the image.

[gary ellwein]

Nancy, I like the color palette and the Fractalius Glow works nicely.

[Anita Bower]

Nancy: I really like the effect of the two filters you used in defining the parts of the flower. The flower stands out nicely from the bg. The limited colors--green, yellow, white--work nicely. I agree with Dennis' suggestion of blurring the back parts of the flower--it would simplify this image in which there is a bit too much going on.

[Anita Bower]

I like the colors, the tonal range, and all the lines and shapes. You did a great job of aligning the focal plane to get so much of the photo in focus. My inclination would be to use Select>Focus Area to capture what's in the foreground and, then, select the inverse and blur the background parts of the image some more for more separation.

I didn't know about Photoshop's select focus area function. Almost makes me want to get Photoshop!

[Dennis Bishop]

I didn't know about Photoshop's select focus area function. Almost makes me want to get Photoshop!

You might end up using that feature more than I do, Anita. It's not often that I take advantage of it, but it is handy when I need it. Flower closeups is a good application for it. Rather than just selecting in-focus over not, it has a slider that allows the user to select the focus threshold.

[Anita Bower]

You might end up using that feature more than I do, Anita. It's not often that I take advantage of it, but it is handy when I need it. Flower closeups is a good application for it. Rather than just selecting in-focus over not, it has a slider that allows the user to select the focus threshold.

It sounds great. I just am not quite ready to pay $120/year for the program when I have Elements that works well for most everything I do. But, I may learn of more features that cause me to change my mind. :-)

[Nancy Bell]

Thanks all! Dennis, I didn't know there was a slider with select focus. I just got Adobe CC and have not begun to explore what the new features are.