For Photo Art Friday this week our challenge is to share any macro image (with whatever manipulations you choose) that pleases you.
I am still learning how to take macro images so I have played with the crop tool for this challenge 🙂
This is two copies of the same image with one turned 180deg to give me a blue background and the other cropped to put the flower head in the foreground. I used Bonnies texture, Abstract Elements Drops of Jupiter, altered the blending mode, added a frame & stamp, felt happy and called it done.
This is three images, the sea shore, a close crop of a pink rose and a close crop of some grasses. All at various blend modes until I felt happy. Three textures: Bonnies Heavenly, Purple Dust and Splash of Gold. It’s my favourite. Not forgetting a frame of course.
This is two images. The base one is of a plate of strawberries which I added a swirl effect to. I closely cropped one strawberry with leaves, and placed it on top, altered the blend modes, brushed away some texture from the leaves and put a vellum overlay on, added a frame, liked what I saw and called it done.
This is an image of a white tulip with one petal missing. I closely cropped the flower head and added 3 of Bonnies textures: Sweet Secret, Dream Wonder and Splash of Gold texture. I really liked the yellow stamens spilling over onto the yellow part of the gold texture.
I always liked the original photo of the Iris because it reminds me of a lovely afternoon spent with a girlfriend. I have given it a new lease of life by adding a Topaz Simplify action, a texture from Ruth West and a vellum overlay from Bonnie and yes, a frame.
What’s with the frames? Quick and Easy frames was something I learnt on Kim Klassen’s fabulous Beyond Layers Course.
I had a really lovely day off today, It was freezing cold outside so I stayed in and played.
I am linking to Photo Art Friday where there is some very beautiful digital art today.
I hope you have a wonderful Easter Weekend, that the weather is kind to you and all your eggs are chocolate. I on the other hand will enjoy my first glass of wine in seven weeks…Cheers.
I love all of your images, but especially the first one – those colors are beautiful! Happy Easter to you, too – enjoy that glass of wine. 🙂
Some lovely work here Miriam! I especially like the first and the last ones. (Your photos took forever to load – are you uploading them in a WEB format? Perhaps it is WordPress acting up!??)
Thank you for sharing your photo art with PAF – it is always a delight to visit here.
Wow so many great edits….There are all so different and unique. I love your Blue piece and the Strawberry one the most.
I like the blue, it´s so nice.
I love them all! (I think the first and last ones are my favourites, though.)
The last work of art looks very pretty. Looks like a painting. Very well done 🙂
Such pretty pictures for Easter! I’m blown away by what you can do – ever thought about bringing out a gift card collection?!
Happy Easter to you as well! I so enjoy reading about your manipulations. When my plate of learning is less full, I am interested in learning more about this. I love the first one!
My, these are very artful … so skilled! I especially love those blue tones …
Very lovely processing – especially like the Iris and quote. Thanks so much for sharing. Visiting from PAF. Karen
Yes, these are gorgeous! I think my faves are the first beautiful cornflower, the iris and the strawberry, brilliant!
Miriam, your treatment of these photos is spectacular. I love them all.
I’ll think of you when I’m having my glass of wine tonight.
Wonderful work you present here! I think my favorite must be the first and the last one! The blue tones are lovely, and I really like the composition in the last one!
Have a great new week:)
Wow, unique!
You got soooo many photos done this week.
I can usually only get a couple done.
And that first one…the blues…gorgeous!
Excellent work!
Yes, I used Flaming Pear – Flood.