Bird's Eye Primrose Fractalius

[Andrew McLachlan]

A Bird's Eye Primrose from Ontario's Bruce Peninsula National Park with Fractalius applied to a background layer and opacity reduced slightly. Look forward to comments.

[Brendan Dozier]

Well done, Andrew! Great base capture, like the color combinations and light watercolor feel. Nice work with the subtle fract application, warm tan BG contrast nicely.

[Steve Adkins]

Awesome presentation and processing, Andrew. BG color adds a very nice touch.

[denise ippolito]

Andrew, You are rea;;y doing some nice stuff with that filter. Great subtle use and the pink is perfect for the theme!

[Dan Brown]

A fine work of art, Andrew! Love it! You've exposed just the right amount of detail, IMO!

[Roman Kurywczak]

The bloom really pops off the BG! Nice subtle use of the filter too!

[Paul Lagasi]

We do have some lovely wildflowers in Ontario...lovely work and effects, perfect for theme....Nicely done

[Cheryl Slechta]

Andrew, I really like the color combination and the way the bg color is reflected in the centers of the primroses (I wish we had them in Florida). Nice subtle fract work also.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Thanks all for the comments...most appreciated.

[Anita Bower]

Lovely! I like the level of fractilus you used. The flowers stand out nicely against the BG and retain their delicate look. How did you get such a clean bg? Looks great. I would like to see the stem more emphasized to help ground the flowers and not have them look like they are floating. If you want the floating effect, then I would eliminate the stem.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Thanks Anita, These flowers were growing on a small hump in the sandy fen where I found them and they were blooming about 6 inches or so above the ground. They are also very small blossoms - I was in very close with my 105 macro lens, as a result the DOF field was quite limited, so the clean background pretty easy to achieve. I was also shooting them straight on as opposed to a downward angle which may have brought out unwanted detail in the ground. I didn't check, but I think this was shot at either f16 or f22.

[Anita Bower]

Thanks Anita, These flowers were growing on a small hump in the sandy fen where I found them and they were blooming about 6 inches or so above the ground. They are also very small blossoms - I was in very close with my 105 macro lens, as a result the DOF field was quite limited, so the clean background pretty easy to achieve. I was also shooting them straight on as opposed to a downward angle which may have brought out unwanted detail in the ground. I didn't check, but I think this was shot at either f16 or f22.

Thanks for the description.