Beverly Caine
February 2021 - ORANGE ROSE
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About the Image(s)
I took this about 6 years ago but after I saw Marie Altenburg's webinar on working with textures became addicted to playing with textures and came up with this result. I highly recommend visiting her website - mariealtenburg.com and investigating the many ways to create, apply textures not only to flowers, but to other things as well. Check out my post on group 80 where I used an image of the New York City skyline with the same process. Looking forward to your comments on this one.
15 comments posted
This is so cool Bev. I too like to do these kinds of photos as you will see with my entry. I love the artistic look and what an improvement to the original!! Posted: 02/02/2021 11:49:06
Bev, I love the blurring/softening of the background in your photo. I will check out the website because I have photos that could benefit from this idea. The only thing I don't like quite as much is the change in color of the flower itself. I like the original rose's delicate shading. To me, the change in the rose itself makes it look like it's a few days old and starting to wilt. Posted: 02/02/2021 12:08:19
I like the placement of the rose in a square frame. I agree withMary that the softer tone of the original rose image look more natural and might blend better with the new background. There are a couple of places where the transition between the rose and the background is too easily seen. Have you tried using a background featuring more blue tones? It might make the orange of the rose stand out even more. What a nice capture! Posted: 02/03/2021 12:16:02
My first impression was "I love it" and then I read the comments. I had not looked at the original before but after Mary's comments, I looked at it and saw what she meant. I'll have to check Marie's website to see how to do this. I'm wondering if when you apply a texture, it affects the whole image of just the background. Obviously your image has great impact. Posted: 02/17/2021 19:44:18
I changed the shading on the rose looking for more impact. I put it into March's club competition and will let you know how it does. And, Margaret, when you apply a texture it applies only to the areas where you apply the texture. Posted: 02/17/2021 21:42:19
Thanks - that's good to know. I suspected it but wasn't sure. Posted: 02/18/2021 07:37:11
Part of my problem is when I submit for a club competition 9 out of 10 times it shows up a bit washed out so I've been tending to try to get the colors more intense. It's going in for March so I'll let you know how it does. Posted: 02/18/2021 08:03:17
(Group 51)
Thanks for visiting us at group 51 . Really like how the texture eliminates background and gives different ambiance to your splendid rose composition. Posted: 02/19/2021 09:54:06
Thanks Lynne Posted: 02/19/2021 11:53:58
Your edit really brings out the details of the flower petal texture. I like the flower in the original image, but think that your edit improved the background (compared to the blinds on the kitchen window). Great edit and image! Posted: 02/20/2021 10:24:34
Thanks Emily Posted: 02/20/2021 10:51:55
Love the composition and colors. I think it looks like a painting with the texture effect. I love it. Posted: 02/20/2021 18:15:16
Thanks Jean. I just submitted it to our camera club March competition. Keep your fingers crossed for me, I've been doing terribly so far this year. Posted: 02/20/2021 20:32:52
Good Luck you deserve it! Posted: 02/20/2021 20:36:35
Thank you. Posted: 02/20/2021 20:39:45