Flowers and Fence

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted November 20, 2011340 views8 comments

This is from last month in the mountains of North Carolina, with some flowers my sister discarded. I really liked this concept, but the picture was just too symmetrical. I've worked with it a lot to try to come up with something that lessens/softens the symmetry. It may look like "just" a vignette, but it's had lots more done to it than that, including two applications of Topaz Simplify BuzSim and an application of Nik Color Efex Old Photo, all with changes in parameters, all to soften the image.

Comments and suggestions on the results are desired and will be appreciated.

Thank you!

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on November 20, 2011 at 3:08 PM

Barbara, this is very painterly where the softness of the image works well with the pastel colors. While this is very nice as posted, I feel that it could use more space up top (possibly an upward shift of the crop...if it's cropped). You might also darken the bright spots where the post and where the cross beam touch the frame gently. While those areas add to the sense of lightness, they attract too much of my attention.

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on November 20, 2011 at 3:14 PM

I love fence rails and this works pretty nice.

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on November 20, 2011 at 11:47 PM

Very cool. This is a winning 'country' life poster or card.

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Comment posted by Tony Colvin on November 21, 2011 at 11:12 AM

Very nice Barbara. I see that I have a whole lot more to learn.

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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on November 21, 2011 at 11:39 AM

I really like the muted colors and the processing.

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on November 21, 2011 at 10:23 PM

This is beautiful, Barbara. I really like the softness of this along with the colors. I'm impressed with all the processing you do. I don't have any programs besides Photoshop Elements and there is so much I don't know about that program, let alone trying to learn lots of other programs.

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Comment posted by Richard Olsen on November 26, 2011 at 11:58 AM

Very nice image Barbara. The painted effect works great with this image. I agree with Mark on the post and rail being a bit too light on the frame edges, but that's personal preference.
Well done!

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Comment posted by Paul DeCesare on December 9, 2011 at 12:42 AM

Beautiful artwork Barbara!

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