Against the Grain

[Kora Baker]

Decided to go mad on this one. Rose was extracted from its background. Bckrnd metal embossed. The whole thing desatted and then given the Nik antique solarising treatment. Looks a bit like an old fashioned tin tray

[Christopher Miller]

Very nice treatment, Kora. Does strongly resemble an old-fashioned tin tray. :) I might remove the three buds around the rose since they touch the frame. I think that would also help focus more attention on the rose.

[Paul Lagasi]

Nicely done Kora, I might even enlarge the canvas a bit around the frame..nice PP effect

[Indranil Sircar]

Very nicely done, Kora. It does look like an old fashioned tray. TFS

[Kora Baker]

Thanks for looking and commenting Christopher, Paul and Indranil. This was a tongue in cheek post. Deliberately going against the grain by going into the frame...or Out of the Box. Just a bit of Aussie humour:D

[denise ippolito]

Kora, I like the idea of going to the edge:eek: I think this would present better if you used the e4e4e4 color(that is the same color as our BG on BPN) as a backdrop instead of the white w/ thin border. Nice texture and toning.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Kora, lovely effect and I like Denise's suggestion for the border colour.
Best,
Nicki

[Kora Baker]

Many thanks for your helpful advice, denise and Nicki. And I'll not the BPN background color for this and future use. Very handy indeed!:) Kora

[Kora Baker]

I've changed my PS bckgrnd to e4e4e4 and it will help me view my images as they would appear here. I also changed the edges on this image and think it looks better. More like a plaque now than an old tin plate :D Kora

[denise ippolito]

Nicely done Kora.:)

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Kora. I like the repost better and I like your approach to living on the edge... :) The BG treatment gives it 3D look to me. Cool!

[Kora Baker]

So glad the repost improved the image. Many thanks for your feedback denise and Kerry. Really appreciated:)