Tag Archives: PSE

Still Life with Carnations V4

I was starting to run out of options by day four here; many combinations I tried were just variants of prior edits and then it came to me!  Try selective color but with a twist in this case.  With the … Continue reading

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Still Life with Carnations V3

I hope you’re still with me as I explore how many ways I can edit this one little teapot of carnations.  Having done two color versions I just had to go the opposite direction and go monochrome.  With this image … Continue reading

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Still Life with Carnations V2

From Lightroom to Nik’s Color Effect Pro to PSE and here you have version number two.  Where V1 was softer and brighter, here I raised the detail levels of the flowers and the counter top and darkened the colors a … Continue reading

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Still life with Carnations V1

I pointed the camera around the house to do some creative imagery with what was at hand since almost constant rains had put shooting outside on hold.  I decided to work with this teapot of carnations and see how many … Continue reading

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Two Tulips that didn’t make the cut…

Here are two more tulip images that I did not put on the voting ballot.  What do you think of these? This was created by adding a texture layer to the image And this one I did a sepia with … Continue reading

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And the Tulip winner is……….

Image number one, the full original color version, had the most votes (unless somehow the election was rigged – LOL) with the monochrome version coming in a very close second and images 3 and 4 being tied for third place.  … Continue reading

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Vote for your Tulip!

Ladies and gentlemen boys and girls…..it’s time to cast your vote for your favorite tulip image.   If you haven’t been following along (awwwww – sad face) then go back and take a look at the past few days worth of … Continue reading

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Tulip Image #4

And last but not least we have this image which when I first did it I wasn’t quite sure about it as it has left the photo building and entered the sketched one, but  it  grew on me because it … Continue reading

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Tulip Image #3

Hope you are still following along with me and my experimentations on this tulip image.  Remember, there will be four images with voting to begin on which one you like best to commence come Friday evening.  Now how did this … Continue reading

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Tulip Image #2

Today we have our second entry into the artistic rendering of an image contest.  Well, I call it a contest now.  Contest, opinion poll, whatever you wish to call it.  I hope you keep following to see what comes up … Continue reading

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