Last week I had a major problem with my Internet connection and couldn’t post for a couple of days … then of course there was all the problems of trying to catch up with posts and comments. The up side is that I worked on my One Four Editing and tried some new (for me) tricks to create this week’s (and next week’s) edit!
Here was where I started out .. I wanted to have more of the tree in my next edit and although the important photo is still the rose, so I re-cropped and use the HDR app from Picasa 3:
At this point, what I wanted to do was add a little something in that washes out too white sky. So I took out my stylus and began to out-line where I wanted to put in the sky using Artweaver 5, which came with my stylus and drawing board:
As you can see, not really a perfect job with the clouds … so I went back to Picasa and did a little warming up to see what would happen:
I’d warmed and saturated the photo but alas … the rose got rather washed out … so I went to Artweaver and painted in the missing parts of the rose!
And there’s this week’s finished product!
Here’s the gallery so far:
- original
- Week One
- Week Two was the most voted for the February Edit
week two is so beautiful!!! The warmth of the colour pulls me in and the rose is electric!! The composition is perfect too. A lovely image to begin!
Thanks I didn’t get the colors quite right, but I decided to be happy with it 🙂 and I too like the black and white with a spat of color in wk one! Thanks for the great comments Cybele!
Most interesting….I like the added clouds, and I agree with you that the colours are probably not quite right, but kudos for you in trying!
Thanks Sue it was a fun experiment!
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Ooh I really like this, Georgia! It has warmth, you’ve brought back some detail in the surrounding foliage without losing the focus on the rose, and the sky is a nice addition too. Great result!
Thanks … it was fun to experiment and finally get to use my Christmas present!
Thanks … it was fun to experiment and finally get to use my Christmas present!
That’s very important! 🙂
Sure is! 🙂
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I love the warmth in this. It gives an added depth to the image.
Thanks Raewyn .. it was a pleasure for me to learn so much!
I like that you filled in the sky as it needed to be done. The colour change with this image is interesting and feels warm and dare I say slightly more romantic ; like a memory seen through rose ( or warm) tinted glasses.
I really think your week 2 edit is striking. The cloud effect is dramatic and the red of the rose echoed in the foliage is great.
Love the warmth of the image in week 2.
This is lovely. It’s soft and dreamy. And I think you did a great job with the clouds.
It’s absolutely gorgeous — and it really has the feel of some of the vintage postcards I’ve been collecting — it has the feel of great turn-of-the-century ephemera — really quite stunning. Even if you weren’t happy with the colors, it seems perfect to me.
Thanks so much .. I thought it kind of looked like the stuff you used to find on Valentine’s day candy boxes 😉
It does!
Early vintage advertising 😀
Lol … but they actually hand painted them I think, anyway they certainly didn’t use “cheap” computer tricks 😉
I love cheap computer tricks! Bwah ha ha ha!
[Opening my trench coat … ‘pssst …. hey buddy …. wanna computer trick? cheap?’]
Oh dear. [Shaking my head.]
ROFL …
Gee you did such a wonderful job with this Georgia. There is so much more life in the image now 😃😃 ..and I really like that you left the tree in – its very interesting. The rose still stands out and the harmonious hues all work together.
Thanks Robyn! A lovely comment … most encouraging!
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Great added warmth to this image, it tells a lovely story this week. The clouds look great and I like that you tried to add more to the rose, nice job!
Thanks Carrie … maybe a tad too much added to the rose … but it was a fun learning experience!
This looks great, the added sky changes the atmosphere dramatically.
I agree .. more than painting the rose filling in the blank sky made a great difference! Thanks for dropping by!
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