Remembering

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted January 20, 20111,273 views14 comments

Trying to get a little creative here . . . this is an oxe-eye daisy shot last July in Banff National Park combined with a texture (Soft Light blend mode at 60%) that I downloaded from Shadowhouse Creations. I debated adding some other textures to experiment further, but this worked pretty well for me with just the single texture so I decided to hold off on additional tinkering for now. I greatly appreciate any and all critiques!

Canon 5D Mark II, Tamron 90mm for 1/125 at f/4 (ISO 400).

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on January 20, 2011 at 8:39 PM

Charlie, the texture created the vignette-like effect I believe you're referring to. The original image had sort of a mustard green background that was pretty uniform . . . not bad, not terribly appealing. When I overlaid the texture as a layer in photoshop above the original image, the flower popped through but, aside from a slight change in color, the texture essentially replaced the original background.

I'm just starting to experiment with these myself . . . this image only required about 5 minutes of playing around, but I tried another image and gave up after 2 hours of unsatisfactory effort!

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on January 20, 2011 at 11:15 PM

Phil: Very nicely done. Well conceived and executed. >=))>

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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on January 21, 2011 at 2:41 PM

This came out really nice Phil.

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Comment posted by Barbara Sammons on January 21, 2011 at 9:33 PM

Phil, I think the texture overlay adds a nice dimension to your image and showcases the flower. These textures are very fun to work with, and yes, they can be challenging. I've used several from Shadowhouse Creations and have been very pleased with the results. The end result is up to you and I believe you've done a nice job on this one. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on January 23, 2011 at 12:11 AM

Phil, I really like the results here. I love the colors you chose and the light of the flower.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on January 26, 2011 at 12:55 PM

Beautiful work. Congrats on your EP.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on January 26, 2011 at 1:40 PM

Just a beautiful piece of art, Phil. Congratualtions on your EP!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 26, 2011 at 6:39 PM

Beautiful!
Congrats on the EP!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on January 27, 2011 at 1:16 AM

Wonderful mood with a great photograph. Good going, Phil and congratulations on the EP!

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on January 27, 2011 at 9:51 AM

Congratulations Phil on the fantastic image and your EP, stunning work!

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Comment posted by Vincent Nobel on January 30, 2011 at 11:02 AM

Very well done Phil. I've just discovered ShadowHouse and I really like their textures. This is well crafted. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Marc Ward on January 30, 2011 at 9:36 PM

Phil,

Very well done! Great colors and textures.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on February 1, 2011 at 6:38 PM

Hi Phil

Sorry i'm late for the show

Congrats on the EP.

Beautiful and very artistic work

Albert darmo. Canada

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on February 2, 2011 at 8:32 PM

Beautiful image Phil. I like the texturing here very much. Adds nice depth to the image and a mood that appeals to me.

pat

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