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Gallery: Photo ArtPosted June 12, 2015225 views7 comments

These nasturtiums from my garden have been played with in PS, and Perfect Effects 8, and other textures.

I'm not quite sure when something is considered "Photo Art" as opposed to "Flora." Can someone please elucidate? Would this photo be considered in the "Flora" gallery?

Thanks in advance for any comments and also ways this image could be improved.

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7 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on June 13, 2015 at 9:42 AM

Kathy, I think the answer to your question lies in how much and what type of manipulation you apply in post processing. For me, as long as the adjustments are in brightness, limited cloning, subtle color tweaks, and possibly some blurring then I think it could go in flora. In this image, it looks like there's some "movement" that was added in post processing at which point I'd say it has become photo art. (As an aside, I think you could easily argue that most of the images posted to this web site are photo art in that they're intended to be an artistic representation of the natural world.)

You've got an attractive color scheme and the added motion works well at focusing my attention on the flower center (lower left), which is nicely sharp. For me, the colors and your processing create a sense of foreboding as I can imagine the sharp area being the mouth of a science fiction critter....

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Marc Ward on June 13, 2015 at 12:08 PM

Kathy - this definetly belongs in Photo Art. By adding textures, this image would probably have been moved from the Flora Gallery to the Photo Art Gallery by Bill, Phil, or Ramamohan (the Flora Gallery moderators). Thanks for posting, this has lovely colors.

Registered on February 26, 2009, 304 Posts, 1365 Comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on June 13, 2015 at 12:16 PM

The use of textures brings this image into Photo Art because it combines two images, one of which may or may not be taken by the photographer. The general adjustments, crops and small area of cloning are fine for floral but once you go beyond realism, add canvas or use a software program to an extreme point (such as the vignette in the image I posted last week), it becomes photo art. Everyone has their own standard, but that sort of sums it up for me.

Registered on March 23, 2006, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments

Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on June 16, 2015 at 12:37 AM

Thanks, everyone. Glad to know that I got it in the right gallery and I think it's pretty clear when a photo has become "photo art," though we all want our photos to be artistic!

Registered on November 11, 2011, 404 Posts, 1639 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on July 2, 2015 at 4:56 PM

Hey Kathy,
I truly admired your vision and creativity and the unmistakable style of your work that is such an inspiration and joy to view.
Congratulations on the WP . . .