quick masked central area
radial blur on bg
burn brush for bg blending
invert selection
gradients
flipped
more gradients
flipped again
and a bunch of little tweaks in between
sharpened central area
it WAS the rose.......really!!
Thanks for looking and c/c
Dave, Very creative and I can definately see that the rose was the starting point. I can see how the image had multiple flips and an invert in order to get something of this nature. I also like how the backround was handled. Nice presentation....