I managed to take a beautiful photo of a bright red zinnia today and when I got it into CS3, I started to play around with it. I couldn't get over how the center reminded me of a belly button.
I added a radial zoom (filter/blur/radial blur) to all but the very center of the image and then 'pinched' the center (filter/distort/pinch). I think I desaturated the reds just a touch, too.
This is outstanding, my dear Jules!
The highlights on the radial give the whole thing a beautiful glow. Perfect choice of center compo that would also work as vertical.
I'm glad so many of you are enjoying this one. I'll check what I did when I get home tonight and try to set up a simple tutorial in the education section so you can all give it a try.
Hi Julie,
I like the silky radient glow on this one. Very good use of lines and ridges in a symmetrical pattern. The center placement of the flower in frame works well here. Congrats...:cool: