Floral

[oltenius]

Peter, I liked your AHB. Thank you for the kind words!
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Patricia, Thanks! Nice painting and frame.
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Regards,
Dan

[Swampy]

Thank you Janet and Peter.

Hey, Peter, how often do you get a boquet of flowers from a lady? LOLOL You deserve it for all the great photo's you put up for us to play with.

[Peter S]

Originally Posted by Swampy

Thank you Janet and Peter.

Hey, Peter, how often do you get a boquet of flowers from a lady? LOLOL You deserve it for all the great photo's you put up for us to play with.

Not that often, and mainly from the lady with a lake in her yard.
Thank you, hang on I supplied the flowers, have I been conned here?????

Peter

[palms1]

Nearly there i think this leaves me with just one to try

Palms

[Swampy]

Almost a jeweled effect, Palms. Very nice

[LonK]

This made with a technique I developed a couple of years ago. I called it "Puffy Flowers". It's an interesting way of introducing depth to a painterly image, don't you think?

[Swampy]

Very interesting, Lonnie! Care to share your "Puffy Flower" technique? It has so much shine and gloss... good stuff.

[Peter S]

Very interesting Lonk had to look at this a couple of times. Don't puff them up too much they may explode.

Mine done with AHB plus a lot of detail thanks to Ro's tips. Still need to play with that a little - may have over done it a bit.

Peter

[Peter S]

Now I was only doing what you guys have suggested and this came out.
Do you think I made the paint too runny???

Peter

[Kraellin]

boy, i'm getting behind. too many good renditions to comment on everyone's. palms, i liked yours. very delicate. ziapha's sticks in my mind also. very nice. and patricia, you do come up with some great frames

this one is from a new filter forge filter i'm working on. it's called 'the monster'.

[Kraellin]

also from 'the monster'

[Kraellin]

and one more...

[palms1]

Craig the "Monster" is looking like a winner in order of preference 1st 3rd 2nd

Palms

[LonK]

Thanks, Dee Dee and Peter. I've attached a couple more examples of the technique.

Actually it's pretty simple (like most things) -- just takes a little experimentation. PhotoImpact has what's called the "Button Designer", which essentially helps you bevel virtually any shape. For this, I make color range selections and apply beveling to them. To these I sometimes add shadows. Stacking several of these can lead to some interesting results.

Don't know if PS or PSP or ? have similar functions, but Eye Candy's Bevel Boss plugin does just about the same thing (though it seems to lose any transparency). Hopefully, someone will give it a try and share their findings.

[pavel123]

Lonnie, great effect.
I particularly like the pictures you posted as examples.
I tried to do the same in PSCS2.