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Florida

by Barbara Graham

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted June 7, 2012203 views6 comments
I'm always looking for images that I can work with as Florida images, mostly old Florida images, not as necessarily old images but old Florida. I really liked the way this palm tree looked with the lantana against the stucco wall.

I started with the Faded Glory preset in Topaz Adjust 5 and made changes to that, then used CS5 Filter Gallery Poster Edges, then Levels and Curves, then added a tiny white border. (I see that you can only see the white border in the larger version.)

I guess because I did all that and because of all the lines the image compression quality of the smaller version is only 83% and the larger 64%.

Comments, opinions and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Comments

6 comments
Comment posted by Allen Brooks on June 7, 2012 at 12:47 PM
Attractive subject matter to begin with and your enhancements have created a very nice piece of art. I can see this framed and hanging. Very nice shadow detail. I also think you did capture a sense of old Florida. Great job.
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Comment posted by Marc Ward on June 7, 2012 at 1:49 PM
nice work, Barbara... reminds me of an old Fla. postcard.
Registered on February 26, 2009, 304 Posts, 1365 Comments
Comment posted by David W. Kelly on June 8, 2012 at 12:06 PM
A little island feel. Sweet image Barbara. :smile:
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Comment posted by Bill Caldwell on June 12, 2012 at 3:54 PM
I like the tropical feel of this and that S-curve in the trunk is cool!
Registered on October 10, 2011, 62 Posts, 508 Comments
Comment posted by denise ippolito on June 15, 2012 at 10:42 AM
Great play with the shadow and filters.
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Comment posted by Ed Williams on July 19, 2012 at 9:29 PM
Cool shot Barbara. Love the texture and the simplicity of this with the stark white BG. Nice.
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