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| | Photo-Based Art Emulating natural-media painting techniques | 
09-04-2006, 07:35 PM
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| | | Just what you always wanted... ...another flower to paint.
Have fun and enjoy the journey.
Janet
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Last edited by Janet Petty : 09-04-2006 at 08:08 PM.
Reason: add "watercolor"
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09-04-2006, 11:15 PM
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| | | Amazing circle time again. I really like the effect, so shoot me.  | 
09-05-2006, 03:34 AM
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| | | Thanks Janet
Ikroll agree with you the effect works well
a ahb and what ifs again
Palms | 
09-05-2006, 08:58 AM
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| | Lovely photo Janet...Is it a hibiscus???
Pretty picture,so delicate....
Lyle....Like the effect too...gotta be different sometimes!!!!
Palms this is lovely...you certainly have tamed the wild AHB!
I have done two for you...Both done in PDpro with the smear brush,lighting effects and color emboss....the dark one i added Niks color solarize...one of my favorite plugins just now...
Thanks again Janet for the camera tip earlier in the summer..its made a world of difference to my photos....
Patricia...  | 
09-05-2006, 09:42 AM
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| | | A FLOWER!.....AYEEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!! ANOTHER FLOWER!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!! IT'S DRIVING ME SANE!
Whew! It was good to get that off my chest. Now for the image.
Steve
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09-05-2006, 01:29 PM
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| | I'm glad you are all having fun and enjoying being creative. Keep up the good work and keep inspiring.
Thanks Patricia for the kind words. I wish I remembered what I said. I've sort of slept since then if you get my drift.  I'm better at naming the wildflowers than the tame ones in my neighbor's garden. That means I don't have a clue what the name of the flower is. Sorry.
A big LOL to Steve. I like your sense of humor.
Lyle, shoot who? Not you surely.
Janet
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09-05-2006, 02:53 PM
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| | | Thanks all. Hey Janet,
Hope you don't mind if I share my result with my ArtWanted site. I will give full credit to your capture (and this thread). By the way, I do not sell anything I do. I just enjoy doing it (couldn't make money with my stuff anyway; lol).
Edit:
I also want to say that I really like your tinfoil looking rendering Patricia. Is NIK's solarize filter free or not (I have the Color EFex Pro filter)?  | 
09-05-2006, 05:43 PM
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| | I have 17 flowers that I could upload... anyone interested?
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Originally Posted by Steve Conway A FLOWER!.....AYEEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!! ANOTHER FLOWER!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!! IT'S DRIVING ME SANE!
Whew! It was good to get that off my chest. Now for the image.
Steve | | 
09-05-2006, 06:03 PM
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| | | Flower from Mars.
Looked unfinished, added a frame.
On the second thought it looks better without the frame...
Last edited by pavel123 : 09-05-2006 at 06:38 PM.
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09-05-2006, 08:16 PM
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| | | Pretty flowers! Steve, I have a plum tree in full bloom! *wicked grin*
I sometimes get to the point where I can't remember quite what I did, but I *think* it went like this -
Dry Brush, then Palette Knife, then Rough Pastels, pulled in both ends of the levels, the a simple frame.
Yup, that was it. I just did it again to check.
leanan  | 
09-05-2006, 10:03 PM
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| | Nice, I like your version Leanan
Here's my version edited in Paint Shop Pro 9 and painted in Deep Paint. | 
09-06-2006, 02:02 AM
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| | | Pavel, How do you think a frame in the deep purple/black of the leaves would look?
Patriciakay, you've done it again .. I love that dark solarized look. (takes notes)
leanan  | 
09-06-2006, 06:54 AM
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| | Janet...You advised me to set my light metering to center weighted averaging so that my macro subject would be sharp and the background softer...
Steve...Your sane picture is great ...i like outlines..
Lyle....Happy you like the tin foil look...works for me...Sorry but Niks is not a freebie...what you need to find is color solarize.....will look on the net later...
will report back if i find one...
Frank....I am up for more flower photos...dont know if Steve can cope though..
Pavel...love the colors and texture of your pic...
continued below...... Patricia.... 
Last edited by patriciakay : 09-06-2006 at 06:57 AM.
Reason: missed a few letters...
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09-06-2006, 07:02 AM
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| | Leanan.....You have done a really lovely picture.....with that outcome ...never be afraid to post....
Thankyou for your nice comment on mine...
Fox...Yours is a lovely painted look, nicely framed...
Patricia....
Photoshop can anyone tell me other than i blabber on too much...why am i always running out of space as i see in some threads a lot more is written than i do...Just curious  | 
09-06-2006, 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by leanan`si How do you think a frame in the deep purple/black of the leaves would look? | Tried a dark purple frame, it looks a bit morbid to me... :-)
Finally settled on a white one...
Patricia...Thank you |
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