Butterfly with Edge-Glow

[Douglas Bolt]

Canon 7D, 400 DO with tubes, f6.3, 1/1000, ISO 1600, monopod, cropped from horizontal. Reduced noise and blurred background, sharpened butterfly, and tilted a little.

Then, applied Edge Glow filter and tinkered with the adjustments, plus output sharpened.

Same image unmolested in Flora.

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Doug, thanks for transporting me back to my dorm room in 1968! Like this a lot. The neon/black light look is perfect, like a psychedelic scratching. It looks like a delicate glass sculpture lit from the inside. Very nice!

[Mark Fuge]

Hi Doug, thanks for transporting me back to my dorm room in 1968! Like this a lot. The neon/black light look is perfect, like a psychedelic scratching. It looks like a delicate glass sculpture lit from the inside. Very nice!

Was that before or after your night out, in downtown Berkley, Kerry!!! ;) :D



Nice image and application, Doug.

I like the bright colors and the pattern outline.

[denise ippolito]

Douglas, This really came out good! I love the black BG and the bright , glowing colors. The BF is positioned perfectly. Nicely done.:)

[Douglas Bolt]

Thanks, all. I think I like the filtered version better than the "unmolested" version. Lots of butterfly on a flower pics around. I wanted to make a print to take to the local camera club meeting tonight and discovered that I didn't save a PSD version before I reduced the filesize. I was expecting to have lots of trouble reproducing the look, but not so. Just moved the three Diffuse Glow sliders a bit and it came out very similar to the version above. One thing I'll have to remember is to save a PSD when satisfied with the look, especially those with numerous filters applied as smart objects.

[Douglas Bolt]

Mixed report on the filtered image from the camera club. Some loved it and others called it a trick photo.

[denise ippolito]

Douglas, It is always subjective-even when it is just a straight photo. I think it rocks!!:)

[Cheryl Slechta]

Douglas, I like it a lot!