Lotus Glow

[Judy Howle]

Soft glow image using various Nik Color Efex and Topaz Adjust filters and a PhotoFrame edge effect.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Judy, I think this is one of my favorites of your lotus images so far. The soft glow and subtle frame seem to fit this photo well. Nice work!

[Maureen Allen]

This is beautiful, Judy

[denise ippolito]

Very soft and pretty feel to this. The way the lotus is opening is very appealing. The Orton effect looks great.

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Judy. Lovely pastels and your treatment of the background helps to focus all our attention on the flower. Your frame works well here too. Very nicely done!

[Indranil Sircar]

Judy, this is excellent! Love the soft glow and the color... it feels like the flower is opening up to light. Great effect and processing!

[Judy Howle]

Thanks everyone! I later remembered some of the processing steps in more detail: I used one of the vintage film presets in Topaz Adjust that created the "look" without the diffusion and it added noise that I couldn't find a way to remove in the plugin. I then used Magic Bullet Photo Looks with one of my favorite presets, Green Pearl, which is quite diffused but also quite contrasty, and reduced it to 50% so it wasn't so contrasty. I then used Topaz Adjust with an HDR type preset that brought out detail on a duplicate of the layer below the Green Pearl and masked so it only affected the center to bring out more detail there, at about 50% or less opacity also.

[Julie Kenward]

Judy, I saw the thumbnail and didn't think I was going to like this but wow...it really works! It just goes to show you can't judge an image by the thumbnail!

[Judy Howle]

Thanks Jules! Yes I get the same impression sometimes from the thumbnails.