Weeping Willow Leaves

Gallery: FloraPosted December 27, 2011137 views10 comments

This dried weeping willow leaves image is another in my series of scan art. The leaves were placed directly on the glass bed of my scanner and scanned into a .tiff file and then processed in Nik Software's Viveza. It is an interesting process and one I find very challenging.

Comments, thoughts ... all are very much appreciated.

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on December 27, 2011 at 11:07 PM

Barbara: Great color and detail in the scan. My only nit is the tight framing. This would work better for me if none of the tips or stems were touching the edge. I do like how you arranged the leaves. >=))>

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Comment posted by Barbara Sammons on December 28, 2011 at 11:57 AM

Bill, thanks so much for your comments. I see what you mean and I agree. This is such a new process for me and I learn something new each time I try a scan, but I think the idea of using a scanner is so interesting. I just need to work on the layout and overall design. Thanks again and I hope to post more in the future.

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on December 28, 2011 at 10:57 PM

Barbara this came out beautifully!

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Comment posted by Philip Southard on December 28, 2011 at 11:43 PM

A really neat image Barbara. Other than the aforementioned edges being tight, this looks great. Looking forward to more.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on December 29, 2011 at 2:36 PM

Beautifully done, Barbara! Great presentation and array of colors. Scanning can yield some eye-catching results, and this is certainly a fine example.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on December 29, 2011 at 9:34 PM

Really wonderful composition and color arrangement.

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Comment posted by Barbara Sammons on December 30, 2011 at 4:50 PM

Thanks to everyone for your comments and thoughts. I will continue to work on this method of photography to see what results I can achieve. Happy New Year to everyone. I just posted "Calla Lilies" in this gallery ... another one from the scanner.

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Comment posted by Todd Bielby on January 1, 2012 at 3:13 PM

This is really nice Barbara i like it!

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on January 4, 2012 at 9:55 PM

Hi Barbara

i think you are progressing beautifully on your work with the scanner. the colors and detail are very good. Have you mastered adding canvas in photoshop?
Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Barbara Sammons on January 4, 2012 at 10:36 PM

Todd and Albert, thanks so much for your comments. Albert, I have done some work with the canvas texture in Photoshop but have not tried it on these scanner images. Good idea and one that I will try. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

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