Birch Bark Scan

Gallery: FloraPosted December 27, 20141,092 views10 comments

Perusing my neighborhood while walking my dog I chanced to find a piece of birch bark. Then began the search for leaves still in a fair condition. Then home with our treasures to scan them.

Epson Artisan 730 All-in-One using the scanner. In Ps 5, minimal cloning to mend a few tears in the very thin sheet of bark.

Hope you enjoy this something of flora a little bit different… Comments and suggestions welcome.

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on December 27, 2014 at 7:45 PM

Lovely work of art - great smile !!

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Comment posted by Floyd Hopper on December 27, 2014 at 8:30 PM

Very nice. Personally, I would crop out the white in the upper part of your photo.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on December 28, 2014 at 10:16 PM

Catherine: Way cool. I like it! I also think the white could go away but this was really well conceived and superbly rendered. 2 thumbs up! >=))>

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Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on December 30, 2014 at 1:02 AM

Wow, great idea. The bark looks like cotton fabric! I would also take out the white at the top, but this is a fun type of art.

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Comment posted by John Launstein on December 30, 2014 at 1:46 AM

Way cool, Catherine! I clicked on the thumbnail mostly out of curiosity and am glad I did! As others have said, very well conceived and executed. While I can't disagree with the probable improvement of losing the white at the top, it does add something to the frame. Either way this is a really neat and creative image.

Registered on April 5, 2011, 223 Posts, 1193 Comments

Comment posted by Swathiraj G on December 30, 2014 at 7:33 AM

Nice art work Catherine. Not sure if you kept the top white for a purpose..I would have cropped that out...
Very interesting..

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on December 30, 2014 at 3:10 PM

Nicely envisioned work of art. Think it would look better without the light bark at the top.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on December 30, 2014 at 11:09 PM

I will agree with Bill and Floyd. Nice work! I liked the smile as well.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on January 2, 2015 at 3:11 PM

Great idea, Catherine, executed in lovely tones. I find the composition split between a kind of Japanese minimalism and a fun suggestion of a face, so not completely sure how to respond mood-wise ! Would like to see more of this kind of thing - it's very creative.

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on January 3, 2015 at 12:19 AM

Nice art-work and warm colorings. Scanning opens up a big creative door for more...

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