Old Beauty

[Christopher Miller]

Finally came up with something for this theme. I used quick mask to select the black-eyed susan and then replaced the BG using two of my textures. Then I desaturated the image, applied a few texture overlays using one of my textures and two textures from Shadowhouse("Softly Aged Sepia" and "Softsick"), desaturated the vignette around the flower a bit, desaturated the reds and upped the yellow saturation, and finally added a slight blur overlay. Comments and suggestions would be most appreciated.

[denise ippolito]

Christopher, I really like the way this one looks. I love the bending stem and the face of the flower. There is a small dark area near the top of the stem. The vignette is perfect!!!

[Judy Howle]

Very nice textures and I like the processing of the flower and the vignette effect.

[Steve Adkins]

Lovely effect, Christopher! Thanks for sharing the process and textures.

[Richard Lovison]

Christopher,

Great use of effects to create the feeling of age.The curve of the stem and tilt of the flower make for a graceful composition. Well done.

Richard

[Andrew McLachlan]

Christopher, lovely work, I too love the curve in the stem. Beautifully done!

[Indranil Sircar]

Excellent composition, Christopher. I too love the curved stem with open face of the flower. Nice texture and the effect.

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks everyone! Much appreciated. Denise, thanks for pointing out the dark area on the stem, that's an easy fix.