Kind of dim, and you can see all the clutter in the background. Add to that the fact that my hands shake, and . . . well, it's a challenging situation! But that's what makes it fun, trying to make something good come out. So here's one:
Linkup to Your Sunday Best
I used two of Flypaper's new textures on this pic -- Tiepolo and Trapeza. For this particular one, it wasn't too hard to get the background dark and then go from there. The second one, I wanted to be more abstract:
Linkup to NF Inspiring Photography
I wish there were a way to emphasize the curves more -- that's what I liked about the image. Anyone have any ideas? I tried filters like poster edges, paint daubs, etc., but in the end I liked the unadorned picture.
Finally, I did one with three flowers. Here's the original:
These flowers were outside the main exhibit hall but still have a bunch of messiness in the background. Here's the finished product:
Linkup to Quotography
I like the way this one came out, though I wish there were more leaves -- I guess I could clone some in, but . . .
Does anyone else enjoy heading out with your camera to flower society shows? What kind of results are you able to get?
12 comments:
beautiful...the last 2 are my favorites!
What a wonderful processing job you did on all the photos. I actually love the one that is missing some petals....it makes it less than perfect...which in turn gives it a wonderful sense of character. These are just awesome. I need to spend more time with learning about processing...I just dabble in it from time to time. What programs do you use?
So very pretty Elise -- are those coneflowers in the last photos?
Nope, they're all dahlias. I loved the puffy-centered ones. The flowers face you, unlike coneflowers, if that makes any sense.
Love your blog Elise! Your style of writing is very inviting! :)
Thanks for the photo editing tips and I will be checking out your texture tutorial in a bit.
P.S. My two cats look very much like your Buttercup!
Thank you, Candy -- I'm glad I've gotten back to blogging -- it gives me a kind of community, now that I'm retired.
Lovely flowers and interesting to take part of your editing process. :)
I love what you made with the last shot. It looks great. I have never been to any of those shows. I´m not suer tehy have them where I live.
Your welcome to my meme. :)
So lovely flowers and pictures, gorgeous colors.
Marit, Norway
Stunning shots of the dahlias! I really love the processing of the second shot!
I just joined your blog, came over from Nancy's. Your dahlia photos are so pretty, they make me want to go out and find a big flower garden.
Simply gorgeous! Thank you for linking up!
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