Did not know post here or macro
Almost threw this was at least twice the size Cropped made B & W then brought the colour back in flower played a little with nik filters
Love to know what you think and how to improve it
Grahame
Water lilly
Did not know post here or macro
Almost threw this was at least twice the size Cropped made B & W then brought the colour back in flower played a little with nik filters
Love to know what you think and how to improve it
Grahame
Hello Grahame, I like your composition and the contrast of the bright colors against the dark pads. I would suggest blurring the background, whether with a soft blur tool or selectively using a blur filter. I find the water above the flower to be a little distracting because it is so sharp. If you have Color EFX Pro you could use the "blur vignette" - it's a quick way to do some selective blurring around the outer part of the image.
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Grahame, I like this. I might pull the curve down a little so that the background doesn't appear as grey. I tried it and it looked good. I like the composition and your creative thinking for this one.
I'm glad you didn't throw this one out, Grahame. Love the glow of the lower and agree you might try and darken/blur parts of the BG. Very interesting LRC.
Nice image and application, Grahame. Often the "preceived throw aways" can be some of the most interesting with cropping and a little TLC.You've shown that here.
If you have Topaz, I might suggest the use of the InFocus, to sharpen the flower a tad. It's nice as is, but you might find some adjustment brings out your vision more.
Love what you've done here. In addition to the advice you've already gotten, I would desaturate the color in the leaf(?) under the water below and to the right of the flower. I find the color in that portion of the image a bit distracting.
Curiousity got the better of me - I wanted to see what this would look like using the blurred/darkened vignette and desaturating that area on the lower right. I accomplished all the edits in PS CS5. To do the vignette, I created a duplicate layer and cut out the center using the elipse tool, refining it by adding a 25 pt feather, adjusted the curves, and applied the Blur More filter two or three times. Here is the result.Originally Posted by Dawn Currie
Thank you all for the suggestions have played with it and i think i may have over done it a bit. Please comment. Dawn i like yours a lot will post as soon as i can
Grahame
Really like this composition, Grahame. Love the style of B&W with spalsh of color put back in. Some good suggestions made to make it even stronger. Nice work!
Water Lilly 1 copy 2 play copy 2 by Grahame 161, on Flickr
Had a play comments please
Repost looks great!
thank you all for the comments it has helped me a lot
Grahame
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