Painted Susans [Contest Finalists September 2005]
Uploaded: September 14, 2005 21:43:10
f/ 8.0, 1/338 sec., EV +1/3, ISO-200, 12:29 PM, Philadelphia, PA.
I worked from the original edited version of a non DA image that I took in early July. First everything was buzzed. That got rid of the purple flowers and some other items in the background. I selected the flowers and then the inverse and used Flaming Pear India Ink and then Twist on the background. I then took the flower layer and did the same thing except for changing some of the Twist settings. When I put all the layers together, I really did not like how the flowers looked...they blended into the background too much. I saved the image and reopened it in Corel Photo Paint. I used a oil paint smudge special effects tool and went over the flower petals. That blended the petals, gave it interesting color tones and some texture.
Robert Mann September 14, 2005
The original unedited, the original edited and the DA prior to painting follow. #310565Chris Macer October 21, 2005
Congrats on the finalist, Robert! #1977200Donna W. Neal October 21, 2005
Congratulations on this well deserved finalist and good luck in the nextDiane Addonizio October 21, 2005
Congratulations! #1980575Karen Rahlf October 21, 2005
Beautiful. Van Gogh would love this. I love the swirls. Congratulations! #1981257Robert Mann October 21, 2005
THanks, Chris, Donna, Diane and Karen! I appreciate it very much! #1981776Stanley J. Contrades October 22, 2005
Your work and technique paid off in this terrific win and Finalist, RoB!!Noel Baebler October 22, 2005
Huzzah, Rob! Beautiful finalists! #1984313Lori Carlson November 13, 2005
Wow Robert Wow!!! Congratulations!! :0) #2071778Robert Jensen June 23, 2012
Outstanding work Robert #10196572Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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