The Father's World Discoveries
Fern and Leaf
Posted by Barbara Kile (Ft. Worth, United States) on 5 November 2009 in Abstract & Conceptual and Portfolio.
Texture overlay with stroke and darkened selection applied
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Scott F. Schilling from San Martin, United States
This makes me feel warm but at the same time I know it is autumn! Very nice work!
5 Nov 2009 6:34am
Dulcie from Danville, CA, United States
Wonderful combination of colors, shapes, and patterns. Beautifully combined and "framed."
5 Nov 2009 6:36am
Tomas Turecek from Czech Republic
Now THIS is art! It's simply wonderful - colours, composition, combination of subjects, texture, frame. Everything work just perfectly for me. One very small nit (It wouldn't be me ;)) - maybe the overlay texture of ferns could be a little bit more transparent. Especially over the red leaf the structure of fern in texture is visible and it distract me a bit. This is only a small nit which can't hide the artistic quality of this masterpiece! Hat off!
5 Nov 2009 7:10am
@Tomas Turecek: Thanks, Tomas. Some of the structure of the fern came from Topaz Clean, which 'cleaned up' the fern detail, but gave it more of an artsy look as well. I was ok with it in this case and was pleased with the overlay so I left it at 90%. It's more intense than what I usually do, but then, I usually do flowers, not ferns, so I stepped 'out of the box' here. :-)
Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Beautifully done, I like very much the detail and the colors, good composition.
5 Nov 2009 7:13am
Anina from Auckland, New Zealand
WOW!!! Both thumbs up from me! This is wonderful! Great tones and processing. Well done
5 Nov 2009 9:08am
Ed Vatza from Lehigh Valley, PA, United States
Excellent composition and beautiful execution. At first, I wasn't 100% sold on the overlay as presented but it grew on me. Very nicely done.
5 Nov 2009 11:50am
@Ed Vatza: Thanks, Ed. I'm often surprised when I hit the blending mode and see what the result is. I changed the colors of the texture before blending and was happy with the greens/golds and reds I got. I even left it at 90% opacity which I often don't do.
Ralph Jones from Detroit, United States
Very nice processing, it looks like an HDR image.
5 Nov 2009 2:17pm
Thea from Leeuwarden, Netherlands
This is really a wonderful picture..I love the processing and the intens colors!
5 Nov 2009 3:09pm
Nance E from Cary, United States
It looks like a painting. It would be neat to see it in its original form also as a contrast. Beautiful.
5 Nov 2009 3:10pm
@Nance E: Thanks, Nance. It was really a macro of a fern leaf against an out of focus bg. I used Topaz Clean to clean up the leaf, and then used a quilt fabric image (changing the colors in 'hue' to blend with my golds/reds) and did the overlay at 90% opacity.
Marilyn Cornwell from Toronto, Canada
A beautiful still life composition and gorgeous treatment! Fabulous!!
5 Nov 2009 3:20pm
Bishop from Houston, United States
A really nice work here - the slightly transparent red leaf works as it is, and I like your explanation of how you got the effect! :)
5 Nov 2009 4:38pm
zOOm from Paris, France
Amazing work on textures, it really looks like real golden leaves !
5 Nov 2009 7:06pm
Bill from Pacific Northwest, United States
Wonderfully created and executed. The light versus dark and sharp versus soft focus give the image such great depth.
5 Nov 2009 9:59pm
marc battault from clermont ferrand, France
i like it ,a beautiful masterpiece!
Five stars!
kiss
5 Nov 2009 10:11pm
Jen from Bartlett, United States
Ferns or flowers, you have an eye for beauty. Keep it up, we learn so much.
5 Nov 2009 10:56pm
Susan from Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States
Beautiful job......seems you must have more patience than I do most of the time....and it certainly pays off for ya!!!
5 Nov 2009 11:01pm
@Susan: Thanks, Susan - this was really one of the easiest as I didn't do any painting on the layer mask. :-)
Sarito from Basingstoke, United Kingdom
Looks like a painting.. wonderful work. Like the presentation.
6 Nov 2009 9:17am
mascha from kootstertille, Netherlands
Beautiful colours and a great composition, it looks like a painting!!
Good work!!
bye Mascha
8 Nov 2009 7:03pm
Ron from Saint Louis, United States
Lovely work, Barbara ... beautifully realized autumnal tableau ... ron
9 Nov 2009 1:52pm
Barbara Kile from Ft. Worth, United States
Thank you very much to all who stopped by and left a comment!
9 Nov 2009 2:28pm
@Ernest: Thanks so much, Ernest.
@bekkah: Thanks, Bekkah!
Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan
Most artistically presented...a fern frond in autumn!
16 Nov 2009 5:48am
@Japanalia: Appreciate your stopping by and thanks for the comment!
Nikon D300
8/5 seconds
F/16.0
ISO 200
120 mm (35mm equiv.)