Cactus flower

Ted SzukalskiTed Szukalski Registered Users Posts: 1,079 Major grins
edited November 2, 2005 in Wildlife
Cactus-high-key-DSC08319.jpg

High key conversion done in photoshop to salvage this shot of a beautiful flower. The catus has flowered in our garden but it is located in such a lousy position I cannot get a good shot at it. Its flowers are so thin and amount of light goes through all the petals and merging all into a singluar colour mess.
The conversion I selected utilises colour IR filter to get the outlines.

1. to get the outline I have used Infrared:color from nik colo efex pro 2.
2. Delete background elements
3. Correct color to be a bit more natural
4. Mix with original at 72% - this gives the water colour looking background and softens up the clinical deletion of the background from step 2

(repost from STF - my apologies to these who visit both)

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited November 2, 2005
    I like the effect Ted. Good work. thumb.gif
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