I had this idea floating around in my head for quite awhile. Taken with a point and shoot, I then converted it to B&W and then used a history brush. A funny aside here, I had had forwarded this image to a friend who is actually quite bright, yet they asked, "Won't the paint kill the flowers?":confused:
It is certainly superb as is, but has me thinking about those folks that do the images that appear to have elements outside of the frame either entering or exiting. I wonder what it might look like with the arm reaching into the frame from outside.