Tree peony

[palms]

I did not want you all to think i had gone off flowers !
and i know that Steve (Conway) will be suffering withdrawal symptoms it has been that long, so here is a photo from
stockvault for you all to enjoy

I used the pst tool here (hope Swampy gets to have a look ) using one of Swampy's brushes

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[0lBaldy]

Beautiful Palms

[geepee52]

Love your version Palms.Here's mine using Topaz, Impressionist and some textures.

Thanks
Grant

[Peter S]

Nice one Palms and a good find.

Peter

[ghealy]

Great image, Palms. Thanks for sharing.

My attempt using Fotosketcher and DAP's new v2 Aquarell template. Layered in PSP with some selective erasing.

@ Grant & Peter. Wow! Both excellent paints. Obviously I have a good way to go yet. <smile>

[lkroll]

Added some intaglio relief (bumpmapping) to get a Collagraph print effect.

[MiningArt]

Nice colors. Heavily painted, ran through Impression and brought in the corners a bit.

[palms]

Wow oh wow great versions from everyone

Grant love the colours and the texture

Peter again the colours and the background are super

ghealy you have managed a lovely softness there and you dont have that far to go

Lyle again nice softness and colours embossing (bump mapping)really adds to it

John brighter colours and the vignetting works well

thanks all lets hope for some more

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[Nasturtium]

palms1-Wow! This is a gorgeous picture to play with.
Messing around with Tracey&Harold's actions/presets

And then adding some texture by putting the texture on a layer on top, turning off the visibility. Selecting highlights (^+alt+~) and using that selection to mask off the texture (make it so the texture shows through the highlights). If that makes any sense. In the 1st version I created a high pass layer and played with the blending mode.

[palms]

Originally Posted by Nasturtium

palms1-Wow! This is a gorgeous picture to play with.
Messing around with Tracey&Harold's actions/presets

Nasturtium great work and thanks for the link got the actions and they look very interesting. just what i needed another avenue to go down

and i agree a great image for playing with shame i might have to try and get the flower to grow in my garden so that i can take my own photo's of it

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[Nasturtium]

Here's some tips on how to recover highlights (which Tracey&Harold's stuff tend to blow out)
http://www.flickr.com/groups/ibrakef...7621857230156/

[amica999]

Thanks for sharing, Palms...
Really lovely renditions by everyone.
I started with Fractalius and liked the result as is, so I stopped.

Second is some sort of watercolor...

[palms]

Originally Posted by amica999

Thanks for sharing, Palms...
Really lovely renditions by everyone.
I started with Fractalius and liked the result as is, so I stopped.

Second is some sort of watercolor...

both are beautiful Amica

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[amica999]

Thank you, my Dear...not having that much time to play as much as I would. My daughter condemmed me to knitting (!) a baby jacket....

[palms]

Originally Posted by amica999

Thank you, my Dear...not having that much time to play as much as I would. My daughter condemmed me to knitting (!) a baby jacket....

hope your knitting goes well so far mine has taken two months and have only done the back, good job daughter in law has another 3 months to go ( gulp that has gone quick )

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[Veralisa]

Amazing to see so many *fresh* visions. Beautiful image Palms, and thanks.

Nothing new here. First, desat, with selective color in mind. After applying denoise then went to pull out the yellow and then yes/no on the green. cropped and gave a, http://www.brushking.eu/Category/Bor...x-Brushes.html, frame.

[palms]

Originally Posted by Veralisa

Amazing to see so many *fresh* visions. Beautiful image Palms, and thanks.

Nothing new here. First, desat, with selective color in mind. After applying denoise then went to pull out the yellow and then yes/no on the green. cropped and gave a, http://www.brushking.eu/Category/Bor...x-Brushes.html, frame.

very creative Veronica the selective colour works well

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