Windswept Wildflowers

[Andrew McLachlan]

Shot this one of a wildflower field not foar from my home a week or so ago. It was cut and baled a few days later. An eight second exposure with polarizer and 3-stop ND filter then I did a zoom blur with reduced opacity and a touch of the twirl filter in CS4. I cropped a little off the top and bottom also.

Look forward to comments.

[denise ippolito]

Very cool Impressionistic look Andrew, the colors and lovely. The twirl adds some motion. I bet the original is just as nice.

[Dave Woeller]

I like the colors and blur of the shot. To me, the swirl almost looks 3-D and floating above the blurred flowers which is really cool. Wonder if anyone else sees that.

[Judy Howle]

I really like the twirl effect! It adds a new dimension and looks almost 3-D. Very creative processing Andrew!

[Nick Palmieri]

I like the colors and the twirl, nice one.

[Indranil Sircar]

Nice composition, Andrew. I too like the twirl. Nicely done.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Thanks folks very much appreciated!

[Anita Bower]

I wonder what the original looks like. Lovely colors. The swirl looks like a tornado to me, sort of hovering on top of the field.

[Mark Fuge]

Nice image and application, Andrew.

Interesting effect and nice pattern with the twirl.

[Glenda Simmons]

Really like this, and can see it as a large canvas print on a wall...maybe in the office of a psychiatrist