Iris

[palms]

Well it has seemed like a long time since there was any flowers

Palms

[amica999]

That is beautiful, Palms. I am not so very creative tonite, but thought I'd post anyway

[kilty560]

I used a bunch of blending modes about 2 textures and filters just having fun and relaxing after a long day. Lovely work you guys!

[lkroll]

Crystalized for you Palms.

[palms]

Amica that is beautiful and thank you

Daiaina that is what it is all about i think having fun and relaxing nice work

Lyle lovely crystal work

Palms

[Peter S]

A rare opportunity to paint a flower, what no cat in there????????


Happy New Year to ALL

Peter

[Dron58]

Fine photo.
Happy New Year!!!

[palms]

Originally Posted by Dron58

Fine photo.
Happy New Year!!!

Vitali beautiful any chance of a work flow?

missed seeing you around lately !
Happy new year to you and your family

Palms

[kilty560]

Happy New Year Everyone!

[palms]

Originally Posted by kilty560

Happy New Year Everyone!

And a happy new year to you also lovely work

Palms

[GerryB]

Originally Posted by palms1

Well it has seemed like a long time since there was any flowers

Palms

Hello, Palms. I haven't been in the forums for quite a while so I thought I'd have a look to see what has been happening. What a beautiful flower and interpretation. I love your simplicity. I am going to give this one a try when things die down around here. Thanks for the inspiration.

Hau'oli Makahiki Hou
Happy New Year in Hawaiian

[amica999]

Originally Posted by Peter S

A rare opportunity to paint a flower, what no cat in there????????


Happy New Year to ALL

Peter

Peter, I really like that one. One thing worries me though, just how could you miss that cat in there? Happy New Year to All

[beefy24]

Happy New Year Everyone...

[Kraellin]

very clever, beefy

i just went simple on this one.

[palms]

Gerry again you have been missed hopefully you will be back more soon

Amica love it, (ha ha Peter)

beefy happy new year and i also echo what craig has said very clever

Craig simple but elegant

Palms

[Kraellin]

thanks, palms

i also wanted to comment on peter's. i like that almost irresdescent background. we dont do enough irredescents here. very lovely!

[Kraellin]

and from simple, you can go a bit more complex

[Peter S]

Originally Posted by Kraellin

thanks, palms

i also wanted to comment on peter's. i like that almost irresdescent background. we dont do enough irredescents here. very lovely!

and from simple, you can go a bit more complex

Thanks Craig I like the effect you've got there.

Amica - how foolish of me not to see that coming DOH

Peter

[oltenius]

Palms, Thanks for the great pic!
Very nice interpretation everyone.
Dan

[palms]

Craig i also like the more complex

Dan really like that can we have hint what you used please ?


Palms

[oltenius]

Originally Posted by palms1

Craig i also like the more complex

Dan really like that can we have hint what you used please ?


Palms

Palms, Thanks for the nice words!
I extracted the flower and changed the background, I painted Iris in Painter with Acrylics>Captured Bristle, Equalize, without clone color paint in different colors with low opacity, in PS I used USM, S/H and H/S...
Dan

[Kraellin]

thanks, peter

thanks, palms

i like that, too, dan. very lovely!

[GerryB]

I spent a lot of time on this one. I usually smudge on a copy of the photograph but this time I did it completely on a separate layer. The background was done using the colors of the iris. The wood frame is a new one for me. I found the tutorial for it http://psdtuts.com/articles/inspirat...ion-tutorials/

[palms]

Gerry very nice work
smudging on a separate layer is more time consuming ( it slows the puter down some ) but worth it, or sometimes do it just for intricate bits like ,eyes, hair etc plus you get to see just where you have missed

thanks for the frame link will have a look at that soon

Palms

[lkroll]

To Palms; a little forgiveness in advance in that I used your rendering to start the ball rolling (I hate extractions and your's was fantastically already there). I then convolved it into an ice sculpture since it definitely is my current binge. lol

[Kraellin]

are you doing those by hand, lyle?

[lkroll]

I used lightness selections and fill them with textures. I sort of outlined it here, but still takes more involvement then I would like (you know how I like filters). Not really hard to do, but the attack itself takes some thought making it more time consuming then I would like (this one only took around 20 minutes; Palms extraction saved me a lot of time). Glad you like the result.

[palms]

Originally Posted by lkroll

To Palms; a little forgiveness in advance in that I used your rendering to start the ball rolling (I hate extractions and your's was fantastically already there). I then convolved it into an ice sculpture since it definitely is my current binge. lol

Lyle no forgiveness needed you are always welcome to use what i post either before or after ps
and it is very apt that you are in a ice binge as it is freezing over here in Blighty nice work i like it

Palms

[Kraellin]

ok, lyle, go you got me wondering what filter forge offered in the way of ice. this first one is sort of ice, if you think of the iris being buried under some ice. otherwise, it looks more like a reflection. take your pick

and the rest of these were just some i did while wandering through other filters of FF.

[lkroll]

Cool results Craig; your second comes close to getting Ice. 2 minutes of filter work is much better then 30 minutes of what I have to do. lol

Well, I am getting better at it (meaning faster) at it.