Zinnia Impressions [Photography Contest Photoshop & Digital Darkroom]
Uploaded: October 08, 2007 06:19:19
A patch of zinnias still in bloom due to our warm fall weather this year...105mm macro lens, f4.0, 1/400s. Slightly cropped and applied impressionist plug in to full res image background using sponge daubs with custom color black, resized and sharpened.
Jeff Robinson October 08, 2007
Very beautifully accomplished Gerri! Jeff #756630Dianna Hauf October 08, 2007
Gorgeous Gerri! Excellent effects and colors! #4897366Gerri R. Jones October 08, 2007
Thanks Jeff, appreciate it! :) #4897384Gerri R. Jones October 08, 2007
Appreciate your nice comments Dianna! :) #4897428Kay E. Mahoney October 08, 2007
Nice work, Gerri. Love the effect. #4897469Gerri R. Jones October 08, 2007
Thanks Kay for the nice comments! :) #4897614Melissa McCabe October 09, 2007
Gerri, this is wonderfully exectuted - colour, composition, effects, the works! Well done! -mm #4903549Gerri R. Jones October 09, 2007
Thanks Melissa...really appreciate your kind words! #4904338Karolyn J. Seeley October 10, 2007
Gerri, this is so well done...some great PS skills, I struggle with learning them but keep trying. This is a rally lovely piece of art. #4908006Gerri R. Jones October 10, 2007
Thanks very much Karolyn...the impressionist plug-in is fun to try out with all the different art styles...a lot of trial and error depending on the subject. For this image, after some initial adjustments with levels and curves, I did a quick mask selection of the foreground flower and de-selected to work on the background applying the stamp sponge daubs-fine using the custom color black...Brush-100, Coverage-98, and Pressure-100. I flattened the image and after resizing, sharpened to get more defintion in the "painted background". Glad you like it and really appreciate your time to comment! :) #4908489Terry Cervi October 13, 2007
What beautiful DA effects and a beauty of a photo, Gerri! Nice work! #4919926Gerri R. Jones October 14, 2007
Thanks Terry for stopping by and the nice comments! #4923315Janine Russell October 17, 2007
Gerri, great colors, lighting, composition and effects. #4941355Gerri R. Jones October 17, 2007
Thanks very much Janine! Your comments are always welcome and appreciated! #4942186Debbie E. Payne October 22, 2007
This is lovely, Gerri. Great color and style. Love the effects! #4961963Gerri R. Jones October 22, 2007
Thanks Debbie for taking the time to comment! Appreciate it! :) #4962797Shirley A. Kinney November 11, 2007
Another awesome image, Gerri. #5059898Gerri R. Jones November 11, 2007
Thanks Shirley...appreciate your comments! :) #5060044Gerri R. Jones November 13, 2007
Thanks very much to the Judges at betterphoto for the positive comments on my image...it was fun to work on this to try and achieve a painted look, so your comments are much appreciated! #5069788Jennifer L. Alder November 26, 2007
Congrats on this wonderful finalist, Gerri! :) #5129081Debbie E. Payne November 26, 2007
Just saw your finalist, Gerri . I knew this one would make it! Good luck in the final round. #5129142Donna La Mattino Pagakis November 26, 2007
Congratulations Gerri, this is gorgeous!!! #5129154Gerri R. Jones November 26, 2007
Thanks very much Jennifer, Debbie and Donna...appreciate all the very nice comments! #5130602Evy Johansen November 26, 2007
Congratulations again, Gerri!! Very beautiful finalist!! #5132115Gerri R. Jones November 27, 2007
Thank You Evy for taking the time to comments...always so nice of you! #5137665Linda Blair November 29, 2007
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