Rosey

Posted by Jen (Alpharetta, United States) on 14 March 2007 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.

After being inspired by many of you and your incredible post production talents I decided to mess around in ps and see what I could do with a rose....diffuse glow, a little blur, a little this, a little that and tada here she is.
Too much, not enough, just right, or any suggestions?

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Comments (17)

DTW from Orlando, United States

I like it, looks good the way it is now.

14 Mar 2007 5:36am

Bronnie from Christchurch, New Zealand

Soft and glowy, don't you wish you could remember just what you did?!!!

14 Mar 2007 7:26am

@Bronnie: LOL, yes I do!
The experiment was alot more fun than the book : D

kaveh from TEHRAN, Iran

beautiful flower shot! GREAT!!

14 Mar 2007 7:37am

@kaveh: Thank you Kaveh!!

Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States

Good experiment Jen! Keep it up!

14 Mar 2007 11:11am

@Craiger: Thanks! My ps skills aren't that great but I'm trying.

M.E. from Encino, United States

you did very well on your pp, Jen! this is lovely.

14 Mar 2007 11:43am

@M.E.: Thanks M.E.!

Sarah from United States

This is lovely and soft, great job Jen!

14 Mar 2007 12:24pm

Dan Meyers from Macomb, United States

Lovely capture Jen. Nice work today.

14 Mar 2007 12:40pm

Fred from Easton PA, United States

I like it !
But since you asked just for fun you might want to notch up the saturation just abit and add a touch of violet by sliding the hue button slightly to the left to give it alittle more dramatic coloring.

This is a perfectly good photo as is, but you be surprised at what fun it can be to play with those variations !

14 Mar 2007 4:06pm

@Fred: Hey Fred!
Thanks for the suggestion, I will definitely give it a try! I am such a novice at ps any help is greatly appreciated! It's amazing what you can do with it and I know I have barely touched the surface.

Yvon from Meerkerk, Netherlands

You did well, keep it up!

14 Mar 2007 5:47pm

@Yvon: Thank you and I will...it was fun!

badala from Leiria, Portugal

That's beautiful!! And very romantic…

14 Mar 2007 6:31pm

Myst from Bologna, Italy

I love it! Great job!

14 Mar 2007 7:59pm

Ken McCoy from Orlando-Daytona Beach, FL, United States

It looks good. If you're going the "blur" route, you might also try adding some fake grain. It really draws you in now, though.

14 Mar 2007 10:50pm

@Ken McCoy: Thanks for the visit Ken and thanks for the suggestion! I will defnitely give it a shot!

Wayne from Melbourne, Australia

I love it as it is...but perhaps if you're going with the blurred look you might to want to try doing a lomo-esque effect and also darken the edges of the photo so that the focus (to counter-balance the blur) is on the flower...which by the way is so pretty =). Great job Jen!

15 Mar 2007 3:57am

@Wayne: Hi Wayne! Thanks for the suggestion, though I have to admit I have no idea how I would go about doing that. I am a novice at ps but I am slowly learning! : D

Wayne from Melbourne, Australia

Hi Jen...you could try to do a render of light...like do a spotlight on the centre and adjust the lighting levels accordingly (i'm not using very professional terms here because I don't really know what they are either) =D...that way the brightness will fall on the centre and fall off towards the edges

15 Mar 2007 12:40pm

@Wayne: ooo never thought of that...so many wonderful suggestions this week! Thank you!

Mike Cash from Kiryu, Japan

I think it came out very nicely. The basic pp I do with all pictures is a simple contrast masking (duplicate layer, desaturate, invert, gaussian blur, then blend). Although the "overlay" blending mode is the norm for that, for some images I find that "grain extract" gives more impact. After I do the contrast, I go into the levels and adjust the sliders. Sometimes I will intentionally clip off quite a bit of the shadow end (as in the girl at the bus stop) in order to lose distracting detail in the shadows. Recently I like using color mapping for various tinting effects. My post for a couple days from now uses a layer mask to isolate the main subject, with the remainder of the photo having received a faux film grain. Lacking PS, I use GIMP for all this, and less frequently Paintshop Pro XI.

15 Mar 2007 1:20pm