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Friday, October 7, 2011

hydrangeas

What with overcast weather meaning few photos and lots to do workwise, the only creativity I’ve managed in the last week is some photo art prompted by Bonnie’s Photo Art Friday

I combined a closeup of hydrangea bloom with a photo of the river and tried all the different blending modes.  Then I was thinking about ways to compare the effects and ended up showing 2 effects in each image (I used a gradient mask).  The frames are from The Coffee  Shop Blog

I will definitely be playing with this merging again.

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13 comments:

  1. hannahOctober 7, 2011 at 9:07 AM

    You'll stay hooked now: it is so addictive.
    Such vivid colours from you today.

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  2. Nadege,October 7, 2011 at 9:46 AM

    Textures are quite addictive. Love your first edit, such bright colors.

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  3. ShonEjaiOctober 7, 2011 at 10:23 AM

    There is something I like about each edit of the photo. The first one threw lots of white in and make the subject hard and ragged and I liket that. The secont edit softened every thing out. Well done

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  4. kareninkenaiOctober 7, 2011 at 11:13 AM

    Cool modernizing rendition. It can truly be habit forming. Thanks for sharing. Karen in Kenai

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  5. johannaOctober 7, 2011 at 11:16 AM

    i love hydrangeas und you edited them beautifully!

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  6. ElizabethOctober 7, 2011 at 1:29 PM

    Just gorgeous! I love the look of hydrangeas but you have taken that look even further. Very nice.

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  7. Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed.October 7, 2011 at 2:25 PM

    Very nice. My fav is the first where you take it from a hard edged look to a softer one. Great work. Thank you for sharing on Photo Art Friday.

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  8. humelOctober 7, 2011 at 5:42 PM

    Oh, Helena - these are beautiful! So artistic :)

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  9. Geri October 8, 2011 at 12:02 AM

    Soft and pretty!

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  10. IdaOctober 8, 2011 at 12:11 AM

    Great job. Both are really nice. I love the vibrancy of the 1st one.

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  11. Tatjana ParkachevaOctober 8, 2011 at 10:19 AM

    Nice work.

    Regards and best wishes

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  12. MiriamOctober 8, 2011 at 1:08 PM

    gorgeous work, I love the second one. I am hooked on this technique at the moment, it is addictive!! just need to post them...

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  13. MarilynOctober 8, 2011 at 5:50 PM

    Two totally different results. Beautiful editing. I'm hooked on the editing to get a million different looks.

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