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Just trying to make something out of an unsatisfactory image.
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Dave,
I like the intensity you added to the original as well as refining the outline of the leaves and petals. The water color treatment works with this original well in creating a more interesting composition. I prefer #1 because of the increased number of color layer and how they transition from one shade of color to the next. The second looks like you painted it with water colors also but you used a lot of water so the details are washed out.Also, your manip accentuated the lighting and amped up the contrast which really grabs the eye of the viewer.
Photography is the art of observation. It has little to to with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them. Elliott Erwitt
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Zuiko 14-150 mm zoom, Zuiko 2.8 60mm macro, Sigma 2.8 Fish Eye. Nikon D5100Here is a play. Selected the BG. Did a color change and gradient with blue. Then a render clouds. Inverse selection and adjusted levels on the main subject.
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Cameras Canon SX160IS, SX740HS ELPH 170IS Photoshop Elements 2021, Topaz Studio, Adjust, and Simplify
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I used Affinity to create the following.
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[*]I duplicated the original in Topaz first and then created an additional layer that was a black outline of the leaves.
[*]Then I brought both the original and the Topaz outlined versions into Affinity.
[*]I distorted the outline black and white version stretching it out a bit and set it as the background layer.
[*] After pushing the colors and changing the tones in the original I layered it over the Background.
[*] A change in opacity of the top layer (colored layer) revealed the black and white outlined layer a bit.
And here is the result.
Photography is the art of observation. It has little to to with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them. Elliott Erwitt
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Zuiko 14-150 mm zoom, Zuiko 2.8 60mm macro, Sigma 2.8 Fish Eye. Nikon D5100
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