Creative interpretations: Flowers from Carnation, WA

DannyRaphael · #1 08-18-2007, 01:03 PM

I shot these yesterday at "The Children's Garden" in Carnation, Washington which is near where I live.

Use them individually or craft a collage or add your own or...???

Enjoy.

lkroll · #2 08-18-2007, 08:40 PM

Wonderful captures Danny. Almost floraled out (other posts too; lol), but thought I would try a Gouche for this one. Here's the complete rendering; attached is a smaller crop (same quality level this time).

Kraellin · #3 08-19-2007, 01:16 AM

lovely pics, danny!

had a go with a 'glass making' filter in filter forge, one of my own making. the idea being to give things a glass-like look.

i also cropped the top off a wee bit.

palms1 · #4 08-19-2007, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Kraellin

lovely pics, danny!

had a go with a 'glass making' filter in filter forge, one of my own making. the idea being to give things a glass-like look.

i also cropped the top off a wee bit.

Craig that filter will have to go to the top of your list It is gorgeous But the area slightly to the right under the flower is drawing my eye as not quite right

Palms

lkroll · #5 08-19-2007, 07:54 AM

Very cool Craig.

Steve Conway · #6 08-19-2007, 08:54 AM

Palms, you let Danny beat you to the flowers this time.

Steve C.

LonK · #7 08-19-2007, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Kraellin

had a go with a 'glass making' filter in filter forge, one of my own making. the idea being to give things a glass-like look.

Agreed, one of your best filters. Would love to see more from it, Craig.

Alcar · #8 08-19-2007, 01:20 PM

Nice photos, Danny. This one was made using the Impressionist Plugin.
Alan

Michel B · #9 08-19-2007, 02:18 PM

Nice shots and amazing interpretations!
Here is mine, playing with smart blur for white contours, diffuse, texture, again diffuse, duplicate in soft light mode...

Michel B

palms1 · #10 08-19-2007, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Conway

Palms, you let Danny beat you to the flowers this time.

Steve C.

Good job Danny came to the rescue i was getting withdrawl symptoms, and i have virtually no flowers left in my garden,

but if you want some slug/ snail photo's i can get plenty of them

Palms

Swampy · #11 08-20-2007, 03:28 AM

Lovely flowers. Thanks, Danny!

Kraellin · #12 08-20-2007, 03:11 PM

thank you, palms

yes, i do think i see what you're saying. you're talking about that area just below the petals, between the stems, and on the right. that gray patch, yes? that is a bit odd. i'll do another

and thanks, lk

and thank you too, lonk

i love my glass filters. i have probably 50 or more of them, both mine and made by others. i somewhat pioneered 'glass' in filter forge... somewhat. my 'glass menagerie' filter won me a HIGH USAGE award on filter forge. the high usage awards are what go towards 'paying' for a free copy of the full version. i actually got my free copy by being in the beta program, but i've since won enough high use awards for two extra copies shld i want to cash them in.

steviej is also a glass maker and filter forge enthusiast. he's done far more than i have and is pretty much known over there for being the glass specialist. some of his filters are really amazing and some quite wild

and with over 3000 filters in filter forge now (and growing daily), i'd HIGHLY recomment anyone invest in the cost. it really is an amazing program. even if you dont want to make the filters, with over 3000 to pick from this is just an amazing bargain compared to the normal .8bf plugins and cost of those.

Janet Petty · #13 08-20-2007, 04:09 PM

Gorgeous flowers. And what everyone is doing with them is eye candy...errr flower candy. Nice, nice work folks.

Craig, your glass is great. I tried for some before I noticed yours. The tute I followed was too hard and I gave up. Nice to see your great results.

I've been away from the painting too long and have lost what little touch I had acquired. Sheesh, I feel like an ostrich. Every day is a new day. I'm relearning and re-exploring old, forgotten paths. Here is my try.

Janet

Swampy · #14 08-20-2007, 04:22 PM

Craig, 3000+ filters to choose from. That's overkill. If you find a couple good ones how the heck would you remember what they were to go back to them again. I know you are having fun playing with FF and some of them are really nice, like the glass one above, but some are also butt ugly. LOL

Janet, very nice! The frame works well.

GerryB · #15 08-20-2007, 11:05 PM

I'm trying to learn a smudging technique. Here's my first attempt.