Theme: Flowers in Drops

[Christopher Miller]

This is one of my all time favorite water drop photos. The flower is a peony. I posted the original shot of this several months ago in ETL(for those who didn't see it here's the link). For this version, I added a blur overlay, upped the saturation a little bit, darkened the edges with a slight vignette, applied the lens flare filter to the dewdrops to add a bit of shine, and finally added the starbursts using this tutorial: http://www.photoshopcafe.com/tutorials/glints/glint.htm

Any C&C are welcome!

[denise ippolito]

Christopher, I remember this image! Great original image and the new enhancements are terrific!!! Everything about this image including the color is fantastic!! Thanks for the link-I can't wait to try it. I think it will be a great link for the Holiday Greeting Cards Theme that is coming up next.

[Mark Fuge]

Nice image and application, Christopher.

You didn't get caught in the frame! Like the color and light reflections caught.

[Charles Wesley]

Christopher,

Really love the composition and colors. Like the vignette and starburts effects. Overall excellent imagery. Maybe an artifact in LLC that can be cloned out. At least I see something on my monitor.

Thanks for sharing this really nice photo...
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Charlie Wesley
St. Augustine Beach, FL

[Michael Zajac]

Christopher, A real show stopper. I agree w/ Charles,but very minor clean up. The reflections in the drops are great-are they real? They look awesome.

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks everyone! Charles, I see the artifact you mention; I think it's from the lens flare filter. Thanks for pointing it out. Michael, the reflections are real.

[Dave Woeller]

Amazing shot and pp work. Your skills are at the highest level.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Christopher, this is just amazing! Thanks so much for the link:)

[Fabs Forns]

I remember the imago too, I can see why it would be your favorite. Nice effects applied and thanks for the tutorial :)

[nzmacro]

Absolutely stunning !!. Both the macro shot and the effects Chris. Impressed with both. What I find with adding star bursts, is that they need to be softened slightly to give a more natural effect. With PS its not so easy. I use different software and that allows a multitude of variations to be done to things like star bursts, flares, etc.

I just love this to put it simply. Fantastic Chris. What a shot !

Danny.

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks for the nice comments, everyone. Danny, this was my first try at adding starbursts to a photo, so I'll most definitely be experimenting more with this effect :)

[Dave Phillips]

Vaguely remember this one Christopher as one that I really liked a lot.
LOve the feel of it on all aspects.

"Maybe" a bit cropped from top about half way to the stem

[Anita Bower]

Beautiful! Great effects.

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks Dave and Anita!