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Bearded Iris
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Bearded Iris

by Keith Bauer

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted June 8, 2011205 views7 comments
This is a shot of a bearded Iris in my backyard. I've been playing around with Pixel Bender, and the Mixer Brush. This is the result for this particular image.

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

Canon 50D, 100mm Macro

Comments

7 comments
Comment posted by Barbara Sammons on June 8, 2011 at 12:17 PM
Hi Keith, I love how this image makes me stop and take time to look at all the different features. The processing is beautiful, the soft textures are striking and the lighting is great. I went to your website and I have to say the '39 Ford is my cup of tea. I love old cars and trucks. I think it's interesting to see the different ways to crop an image and this one works for me, plus you have filled the frame beautifully. Thanks for posting this image and for sharing your work.
Registered on September 20, 2009, 109 Posts, 323 Comments
Comment posted by Jeff Wiles on June 8, 2011 at 12:26 PM
Nice work! Intriguing creativity of colors and soft/diffused focus. Iris are really a striking floral.

:toast:
Registered on January 22, 2011, 43 Posts, 46 Comments
Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on June 8, 2011 at 4:57 PM
Exquisite artistic treatment of what had to have been a beautifully captured original image. I don't understand all the things you describe that you have done here, but is is beautifully done. :jump: :jump: :jump:
Registered on April 18, 2011, 329 Posts, 1985 Comments
Comment posted by David W. Kelly on June 8, 2011 at 8:16 PM
Very nice and whimsical. Reminds me of Cirque Du Soleil. :toast:
Registered on October 7, 2005, 883 Posts, 6590 Comments
Comment posted by Steve Balke on June 8, 2011 at 10:03 PM
Great colors and strange, convoluted shapes, Keith. It almost doesn't look like a flower. The word "bearded" in the title makes me think of a face and I begin to look for the beard in the lower center of the shot. "Beautiful but strange" summarizes my impression.
Registered on June 18, 2009, 229 Posts, 2915 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on June 9, 2011 at 5:32 PM
Terrific image. I like how your processing starts with the natural lines in the iris and then takes them way over the top. This still provides the essence of an iris, but dramatizes the lines and swirls.
Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Comment posted by Marc Ward on June 19, 2011 at 7:32 PM
Keith,

A very nice, soft graphic feel to this. Well done.
Registered on February 26, 2009, 304 Posts, 1365 Comments