Thanks for the kind comments. Trying to keep up with my sisters 2mccs and aberration in the MS Tourney.
Post was several adjustment layers with curves, selective color, and 4 passes of USM at varying settings.
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I love the effect you got with USM. Do you have a formula you use for the different settings?
Thank you Julianne. I have no clue how to sharpen with USM but I think I read somewhere (probably in a DPC forum) that it was best accomplished in several passes of small intensity - one pass after converting from RAW and the others after final resizing. I prefer to use high pass or edge sharpening, however, neither is legal in basic. (unless the rule has been changed)
Most of the detail in this photo was a result of using an excellent lens and the fact that I backlit with a green light and front lit with daylight. This allowed me to use selective color and curves to combine the textures as I saw fit.
Congratulations on your ribbon! I love the effect you got with USM. Do you have a formula you use for the different settings? I'd love to try that technique myself.
Wish I had taken it - but maybe I am too staid and dull to think like it.
Thanks for the boot it has given me - I feel motivated to do something similar - emulation is the sincerest form of flattery, they say, so thanks again
This looks like a silk flower to me.. (not a point deducter btw).. There's just something about the lighting that's giving it this strange effect. I would have liked to see the stem so maybe not such a close up.. Great focus. Overall a 6 for me so I give a 7..
Wow that's a gorgeous photo! The connection to the challenge topic is a bit of a stretch for me but I have to give you credit for taking a breath-taking photo........straight to my favourites.
brilliant shot, great light, textures, etc. Not totally convinced this works wtih the challenge so only a 6. Other challenge and I would score it higher
a unique STUNNER of a capture! this is so great! it is georgia o'keefe in a photograph, and I mean that as high praise, though you have certainly nailed your own artistic style! 10++
Transition from Stem to Flower
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