Orange gerbera and dyed blue rose. A heavy crop. These are the some of the riches colors I got in shooting for this challenge. Too much in the background in the other and these just concentrate on the hues and tones of the two complements...with a little bit of texture and shape thrown in to, hopefully, make it interesting.
Post: Crop....Layer adjustments for levels, brightness and contrast, hue and saturation (all 3 at 50% opacity). USM. Resize. USM.
Considering the focus problems on this I am quite happy about the finish. Guess I shouldn't have used that 10x closed up filter. Liked the colors of this a lot and was glad to see others did as well. Here is the original, downsized and USM only:
Here is another version to consider: I think the orange in this latter version is no where near as rich though the focus is a bit better.
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Like this photo, although I wouldn't have any empty space in the upper left, I think I would have put another color their, maybe a red flower??? One of the better photos in the challenge though.
Strong focus on the petals of two different flowers. Complementary colors of blue paired with the orange/yellow is vibrant and rich in tones. Love the textures seen on the petals of both flowers for it gives the eye an added interest to look at. I was going to say that I would have prefered the two flowers to have been of the same kind so that the imagery of them being paired complementary colors would be stronger, but I do think this choice works. The reason? Different colors found in differnt flowers with different textures in the petals adds interest
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