Steve Estill, APSA, EPSA
About the Image(s)
This wet summer has been good for the gladioli, which have given us quite a show. I find the textures in the flowers intriguing.
Original 1 is an HDR image from 3 bracketed macro exposures.
I thought it may be fun to have a flower head with twin stigma and extra stamen, so I duplicated and flipped the image, then masked the second image to suit.
Then I thought it would be amusing to have another Glad, so enter Gladys (Original 2). Then just a matter of masking and reducing saturation and opacity.
Stamped up and used Topaz Studio 2 Cornflower shadows preset at reduced opacity, because I liked the toning and brightening effect. Nik 6 Viveza to increase the contrast and structure a little, and there we have it. Twice the joy!
6 comments posted
  Posted: 09/13/2023 07:59:21