Daffodils on Parade

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted January 24, 201289 views7 comments

I purchased a small pot of daffodils from my local nursery, cut the blooms from the stems and placed them directly on the glass of my scanner and scanned them in for processing. Once I was happy with the colors and textures, I made a duplicate layer, cropped it tight and then laid it over the original. I did this several times to get this effect. Just trying different compositions with this technique of scanner art.

Equipment: Epson Perfection V33 Scanner
Post Processing: Nik Software's Viveza and Color Efex Pro

Your feedback is always much appreciated.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on January 24, 2012 at 12:04 PM

Lovely design, Barbara. I didn't realize I was looking at Daffodils until I read your back information. The image reminds me very much of the Corn design used by American Indians in the creation of rugs.

Really interesting work.

Carol

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Comment posted by Bill Caldwell on January 25, 2012 at 10:21 AM

This is really interesting, love the bold colors--it certainly grabbed my attention!

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on January 25, 2012 at 11:06 AM

Barbara this is very cool , love the framing of this scan !! Great processing and the lighting is just perfect !!

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on January 25, 2012 at 6:14 PM

Looks great! Wonderful job of composing. If I remember right, the Disney artists were supposedly on "something" when they did Pink Elephants on Parade, what's your excuse?

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Comment posted by Barbara Sammons on January 25, 2012 at 11:10 PM

Hey Mark, great suggestion though. Maybe it's the bright lights from the scanner that are playing tricks with my head. Or is it just that creative side of my brain that hasn't been tapped? I do remember those dancing brooms in one of the Disney movies ... hmmm, I may need to think about that for a creative piece.

Thanks to everyone for taking a look and your comments. I love working with the scanner and my creative side and I do appreciate your comments very much.

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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on January 27, 2012 at 10:44 AM

A very nice abstract Barbara. The center of the image begs for some text of some sort. Really nice.

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Comment posted by Barbara Sammons on January 27, 2012 at 10:00 PM

Thanks David. You're right, the certain does seem like it could use something. I thought I would just leave it blank and then add text when I wanted to print it as a card. I've got lots of ideas for more abstracts using this scanner method, so we'll see. Thanks for all the feedback.

Registered on September 20, 2009, 109 Posts, 323 Comments