What would YOU do to this image to make it better? This is for all the experimenters out there. I'm curious what can be done with it. A lot of you folks make suggestions after I have...

Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

This is for all the experimenters out there. I'm curious what can be done with it. A lot of you folks make suggestions after I have posted an image, asking to see the original. So, here is the original. Do with it what you will.

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Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

You've provided a good solid starting point, Bob. It will be interesting to see where the trail leads!

Jim-Pops Loc: Granbury, Texas

Thanks Bob for giving us your photo to try our hand at some edits. I'm always up to trying new techniques and processes.
My edit was made up using a butterfly I shot last summer. The background is made up of two layers I purchased from DailyTexture.com.

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Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

Jim-Pops wrote:

Thanks Bob for giving us your photo to try our hand at some edits. I'm always up to trying new techniques and processes.
My edit was made up using a butterfly I shot last summer. The background is made up of two layers I purchased from DailyTexture.com.

Thanks, Jim. A nice, bright start to the day, that.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

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sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

This is my rainy day passing time attempt at the Iris Edit experiment.

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Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

Linda From Maine wrote:

Abstract and a Japanese print feel to this one.

Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

sippyjug104 wrote:

This is my rainy day passing time attempt at the Iris Edit experiment.

Thanks for your input, sippyjug. Although the image was rendered as an almost "gloomy" look about it, the flower brings it back to life

Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

Jim-Pops wrote:

Thanks Bob for giving us your photo to try our hand at some edits. I'm always up to trying new techniques and processes.
My edit was made up using a butterfly I shot last summer. The background is made up of two layers I purchased from DailyTexture.com.

This is beautiful. I've tried several things so far with no luck. I love this.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Bob Yankle wrote:

Thanks for your input, sippyjug. Although the image was rendered as an almost "gloomy" look about it, the flower brings it back to life

Thanks, Bob. Of course it is a post-processed image with a bit of fantasy however that is what the title, "The Exploration of Digital Artistry" means to me which is images from an artistic viewpoint.

Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

Cwilson341 wrote:

This is beautiful. I've tried several things so far with no luck. I love this.

Oh. I'm pretty sure you will discover something wonderful along the way, Carol.

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

Bob Yankle wrote:

This is for all the experimenters out there. I'm curious what can be done with it. A lot of you folks make suggestions after I have posted an image, asking to see the original. So, here is the original. Do with it what you will.

I first created an abstract background from your original image. Next I did a cutout of the flower, duplicated it, then flipped the orientation of the second flower and merged together. Finally, added a drop shadow and a light vignette.

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Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

Fstop12 wrote:

I first created an abstract background from your original image. Next I did a cutout of the flower, duplicated it, then flipped the orientation of the second flower and merged together. Finally, added a drop shadow and a light vignette.

Thank you for all your work Fstop12. You're like me in several respects when it comes to stacking layers to arrive at a final result.

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

Bob Yankle wrote:

Thank you for all your work Fstop12. You're like me in several respects when it comes to stacking layers to arrive at a final result.

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

Jim-Pops wrote:

Thanks Bob for giving us your photo to try our hand at some edits. I'm always up to trying new techniques and processes.
My edit was made up using a butterfly I shot last summer. The background is made up of two layers I purchased from DailyTexture.com.

Beautiful shot with your additions.