No Escape
Paeony.
Well I thought you might like a rest from reflecting today (the Macro Mondays group theme) so I processed a paeony from last year (it’s been a while since my last one after all :) ).
Which is another way of saying I didn’t have time to implement my profusion of superb ideas (as you’d expect of me) for MM ;) (Don’t take me seriously, please, because I never do.)
This was an experiment. What I liked here with the original was the flow in the petals and the way they trapped the yellow stamen. I love paeonies for their random petal shapes and crinkly-wrinkliness, so I wanted to bring that out in the processing…
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image! Happy Pink Paeony Monday :)
[Handheld in daylight on the old camera.
Straightforward developing in Photolab 2 with no sharpening.
Then processed just in Topaz Studio 2 with a very light touch manually building a stack of filters to try and keep the realistic look but enhance what I enjoyed in the flower. (Do say if you think it’s too much - this was an experiment!)
So we had (from the bottom up) AI Clear; Precision Detail; Precision Contrast; Sharpen; Abstraction (masked to exclude the yellow); Smudge (very light); dark Vignette. All trying to be lightweight. Sounds a lot but really each stage was a minor change to the image.]
No Escape
Paeony.
Well I thought you might like a rest from reflecting today (the Macro Mondays group theme) so I processed a paeony from last year (it’s been a while since my last one after all :) ).
Which is another way of saying I didn’t have time to implement my profusion of superb ideas (as you’d expect of me) for MM ;) (Don’t take me seriously, please, because I never do.)
This was an experiment. What I liked here with the original was the flow in the petals and the way they trapped the yellow stamen. I love paeonies for their random petal shapes and crinkly-wrinkliness, so I wanted to bring that out in the processing…
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image! Happy Pink Paeony Monday :)
[Handheld in daylight on the old camera.
Straightforward developing in Photolab 2 with no sharpening.
Then processed just in Topaz Studio 2 with a very light touch manually building a stack of filters to try and keep the realistic look but enhance what I enjoyed in the flower. (Do say if you think it’s too much - this was an experiment!)
So we had (from the bottom up) AI Clear; Precision Detail; Precision Contrast; Sharpen; Abstraction (masked to exclude the yellow); Smudge (very light); dark Vignette. All trying to be lightweight. Sounds a lot but really each stage was a minor change to the image.]