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Gorgeous. Love it! Just the right amount of blur and realism for my tasted. Fantastic shapes and composition. I'm especially drawn to the diagonal where the two flowers come together.
Your use of Impressions is tempting me to buy it.
How did you use the bkgd you created? I see bg areas that are not orange. Also, how did you create those curvy little lines of lighter color.
Fantastic work.
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To your credit, this says wild color without being over-saturated. The mix of colors and the shapes are both appealing. Your background approach works out very well. I like this a lot.
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Beautifully rich colours, like a tapestry. Would make a stunning large print! Lots for the eye to feast on in this one.
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Thanks all!
Anita, I used my blurred bkgd for the top half of the image. I still wanted some green to show for a "grounding" effect, so the flowers were not entirely floating in a sea of orange. The curvy little lines are part of the impression effect I used and the particular paint brush. (I love experimenting with the different paint brush effects!). The lines turned lighter & sparkly from the sharpening effect.
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An explosion of color, very nicely processed. Eye catching, well done
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Originally Posted by
Nancy Bell
Thanks all!
Anita, I used my blurred bkgd for the top half of the image. I still wanted some green to show for a "grounding" effect, so the flowers were not entirely floating in a sea of orange. The curvy little lines are part of the impression effect I used and the particular paint brush. (I love experimenting with the different paint brush effects!). The lines turned lighter & sparkly from the sharpening effect.
Thanks. I think the green does help ground the image.
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Gorgeous! It has the look of a pastel drawing. Are you sure this isn't a daylily? Sure look familiar...
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Thank you Diane! Now I'm confused about the difference between day lily and tiger lily. I looked up on the web and it seems that many images of both look the same. These orange flowers do not have tiger spots, but they are on very long stems, much longer than the smaller day lily plants that I have. Do you know how to tell the difference?
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Nancy Bell
Thank you Diane! Now I'm confused about the difference between day lily and tiger lily. I looked up on the web and it seems that many images of both look the same. These orange flowers do not have tiger spots, but they are on very long stems, much longer than the smaller day lily plants that I have. Do you know how to tell the difference?
Day lilies often have long stems. Here is an article on how to tell the difference:
http://www.ehow.com/about_4571206_be...-day-lily.html
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The foliage is different, with a tiger lily being similar to an Easter lily. The flowers droop and there are often spots (but I don't know if that is always). With a daylily a blossom only lasts one day.
http://www.theflowerexpert.com/conte...ers/tiger-lily
But then I found this (quick Google search) -- it seems the name is used for both, with "Oriental" being prefixed for the variety referenced above. I hadn't known that, having grown up with a purist -- my mother had 150 varieties of them! There are many hybrids with a range of sizes and colors.
http://www.gardenersnet.com/bulbs/tigerlily.htm
So tiger lily it is!! I'll bet they grow very happily in your new climate. Look forward to many more pictures of them!
Good reference by Anita -- she posted while I was writing.
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Whatever lilly it is, well done. I like that not all of the picture is a blur...ex: that little sharper edge in lower right. Two different stamen textures, good.
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Thank you Hazel!
Diane, Amazing that your mom had 150 varieties! That sounds like heaven!
Anita & Diane, thanks for the links. I'll check them out.
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Beautiful painterly effect, Nancy! Wall hanger, for sure. :-)
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