Butterfly On a Painting [Contest Finalists January 2005]
Uploaded: January 29, 2005 07:40:05
I have submitted this image before, but with a totally different treatment. For this piece of photoart, I wanted to create the illusion that a real butterfly had been fooled by a beautiful painting of lavender. I hope I have succeeded. This was taken at the lavender farm in Stone Bluff, OK in June of 2004. F3.6, shutter @ 1/294. I don't remember what filters I used to get this effect, it's been a while ago. I hope you like it.
Michelle R. Kovach January 29, 2005
Great job Sista! It does look like the butterfly landed on a painting! Very cool!Casey A. Hanson January 29, 2005
Very well done DA!Lisa D. Greer January 29, 2005
Beautiful DA!!! I do believe you succeeded!! Great job! :) #1070998Roseann E. Dreasher January 29, 2005
I like this idea! I would experiment further with some of the paint effects in PS...like fresco, etc. #1071073Dale Ann Cubbage January 29, 2005
Thanks so much Michelle, Casey, Lisa and Roseann.Roseann, I have tried some different filters, and I liked the Monet feel of this one best. I'll attach one of the other versions.
da #1071091
Arya Bandyopadhyay January 29, 2005
Nice image....beautifully rendered, DA!!! #1071107Kathryn (Love) Scheet January 29, 2005
wow! mission accomplished imo!Mary J. Costa Pearson January 29, 2005
I LOVE IT!!! Great work Dale Ann! I love how the butterfly has a 3-d effect to it... I think you succeded at the look you were going for! #1071121Carolyn M. Fletcher January 29, 2005
This is so cool, DA.. Love it!!!! #1071228Jessica McCollam January 29, 2005
Very nice, DA! Love the filters you used to achieve this effect! You did an excellent job!:) #1071232Darren K. Fisher January 29, 2005
WOW it works for me, such a great piece of art you have here DA. Bravo. #1071374cj patterson January 29, 2005
beautiful! #1071505Donna La Mattino Pagakis January 29, 2005
Nicely done Dale Ann!! Love the imagination you used in this image. Very original!! #1071655Kara L. Hendricks January 29, 2005
So nicely done Dale Ann, Love the softness of the flowers and the detail in the butterfly!! Just superb!! #1071813Jim Kinnunen January 29, 2005
Wonderful, Dale Ann!! #1071857Kip T. Berger January 29, 2005
Pretty image D A!!! Possible friendly ideas: apply a texture to the Monet style painting to give it a slight canvas feel ; apply a 3d frame around the painting ; apply a small drop shadow for the butterfly hovering in front of the painting. Great job, regardless if any further work is done! #1071960Deborah Sandidge January 29, 2005
Great work, Dale Ann, beautiful image!! #1072015Dale Ann Cubbage January 29, 2005
Thanks so much, Arya, Katheryn, Mary, Carolyn, Jessica, Darren, C.J., Donna, Kara, Jim, Kip and Deborah for those wonderful comments! And thank you Kip for those excellent ideas . . . you got my mind going!da #1072040
Kristy E. Lane January 29, 2005
Well done...I was fooled:-) Great image, Dale Ann! #1072114Kip T. Berger January 30, 2005
Got your e-mail DA. Hope I made sense in possible ways to achieve in my explanation. Wasn't sure which program you were using, but the basics usually are cross platform...just different ways to get there. Here's a concept of what I visualized you doing ...submitting example into post..hope it is o'kay. #1072247Laurence Saliba January 30, 2005
This is wonderful Dale Ann!!! #1073359Dale Ann Cubbage January 30, 2005
Thanks so much Kristy, Kip and Laurence. Kip, thanks for the demonstraton! It looks great!da #1073898
Michelle R. Kovach February 18, 2005
Congrats on your finalist sista! Good luck!Claudia Kuhn February 18, 2005
Beautiful Dale Ann, congratulations! #1112380Kara L. Hendricks February 18, 2005
Congrats Dale Ann!!! #1112397Darren K. Fisher February 18, 2005
Yahoooo way to go DA. #1112980Ellen Peach February 18, 2005
Great job, Dale Ann...congratulations! #1113051Mellanie February 18, 2005
congrats dale ann! #1113207Larry Lawhead February 18, 2005
Congratulations on the great finalist!LarryL http://lsqrd.blogspot.com/
Kelly Abernathy February 18, 2005
Congratulations on a wonderful finalist Dale Ann! -K #1113606Murry Grigsby February 18, 2005
Congrats Dale Ann! #1113856Donna W. Neal February 18, 2005
Congratulations on your well deserved finalist Dale Ann. You had faith in this photo and thank goodness you reworked it and put it through again!Jim Kinnunen February 18, 2005
Congrats Dale Ann!!! #1113916Deborah Sandidge February 18, 2005
Beautiful, Dale Ann - congratulations!!! #1114190Sharon Day February 18, 2005
Congratulations on this terrific finalist, Dale Ann! #1114512Casey A. Hanson February 18, 2005
Congratulations Dale Ann! #1115179Dale Ann Cubbage February 18, 2005
Thanks so much Michelle, Claudia, Kara, Darren, Ellen, Melanie, Larry, K., Murry, Donna, Jim, Deborah, Sharon and Casey! I am so excited to have this selected!da #1115268
Danilo Piccioni February 19, 2005
Congratulations on your finalists!Dado #1115511
Karen Engelbreth February 19, 2005
Congrats on your finalist, Dale Ann! #1115729Eric Schneider February 19, 2005
Congrats on your finalist! Good luck, #1115820Anette Linnea Rasmussen February 19, 2005
Beautiful job Dale Ann!Best wishes Linnea #1116240
Debra Booth February 19, 2005
Excellent job, Dale Ann! Congratulations!! #1116339Lisa Deaton February 19, 2005
Congrats Dale, beautiful image!! #1116542Tammy Nuxoll February 19, 2005
Congrats Dale Ann!!!! #1116661Donna J. Taff February 19, 2005
Congrat's, Dale Ann!!!! #1116683Jennifer Rennison February 19, 2005
Beautiful, Dale Ann, Congratulations on your finalist!! #1116779Dale Ann Cubbage February 19, 2005
Thank you Danilo, Karen, Eric, Linnea, Debra, Lisa, Tammy, Donna and Jennifer, for those well wishes!da #1116790
Robin L. Wehrman February 19, 2005
Congratulations on your outstanding finalist, Dale Ann!! #1116926Stephen Zacker February 19, 2005
Wonderful. Congratulations #1117001Patricia Robinson Trapp February 19, 2005
Congratulations, Dale Ann. I am intrigued with the photographers within this community.. supportive and unbiased. #1117312Susie Peek-Swint February 19, 2005
Wonderful work Dale ~ many congrats! #1117448Jessica McCollam February 19, 2005
Way to go, Dale Ann! Congrats!:) #1117672Dale Ann Cubbage February 19, 2005
Thanks so much Robin, Stephen, Patricia, Susan & Jessica for those great comments!da #1118741
Donna La Mattino Pagakis February 19, 2005
I'll say it again, this is lovely, congratulations Dale Ann!! #1119167Adilson F. Ferreira February 20, 2005
Congratulations Dale Ann!!! #1119528Karen J. McDowell February 20, 2005
Stunning image, congrats Dale Ann! #1119724Colette M. Metcalf February 20, 2005
Congratulations to you Dale Ann!! #1120104Gail Vitikacs February 20, 2005
Indeed, a lovely work of art Dale Ann! #1120321Dale Ann Cubbage February 20, 2005
Thanks so much Donna, Adilson, Karen, Colette & Gail!da #1121301
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