Rose Whimsy

[Steve Adkins]

Started with a wild rose, squared image, applied polar coordinates and found a butterfly :) .
Image blended with frac layer.
All C&C welcome.

[denise ippolito]

Awesome Steve! The colors and the BF are perfect. I really like the center of the flower comes up from the bottom. Nicely done.:)

[Judy Howle]

I like the comp on this one, the BF and the flower center at the bottom. I'd never have known it was a rose!

[Douglas Bolt]

Very nice! Great use of PC. Care to share the original image of the rose?

[Steve Adkins]

Care to share the original image of the rose?

Sure Douglas.
I'm pretty sure this is the one I started with... or one very similar.
Here is how you could duplicate the process up to the frac blend...

- Crop tight to flower petals.
- Change IMAGE SIZE to square and uncheck CONSTRAIN.
- Filter > PC (use Polar to Rectangular)
- Rotate image 180 degrees
- Filter > PC (use Rectangular to Polar)

There might be other ways to get there but this is what I did.:)

[Cheryl Slechta]

Steve, this is really neat! It does look like it's own little mini world. The stamens look like little mushrooms and I love the butterfly.:)

[Glenda Simmons]

I love it! You ended up with a really unique image. I have tried this process a few times, slightly different way to get there, as you said, and you just never know what effect you will have. I have had more to go to trash, then to save, but it is fun. " Surprise package" lol

[Kerry Perkins]

That's a home run in my book Steve! Really nice job on this one. Love the colors and the amazing transformation. These are really fun to do and difficult to visualize. Nice!

[Douglas Bolt]

Hi Steve,

Thanks for posting the starting rose. It helps me see how you made it all come together. Excellent final product. I'm inspired.

doug