Chinese Anemone with Textures Two

Posted by Anita (West Nottingham, United States) on 24 September 2009 in Plant & Nature.

I'm playing with textures again. I applied two textures, "free texture of 10" by joessistah and "faery disappearing" by Helenina Stock to a photo of a Chinese Anemone taken indoors with a white background.

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Comments (15)

Dulcie from Danville, CA, United States

Good choice of textures; well-suited to the almost ruffled character of the flower. This is another of yours that looks like a painting...love the way the flower turned out, appearing to be outlined in many areas. Very very appealing image!

24 Sep 2009 5:49am

@Dulcie: Thank you. I'm glad you like it.

Tomas Turecek from Czech Republic

Again that old herbarium look that brings memories to childhood. Great work with your camera and with textures as well. I wonder how you can think about merging more textures into one. Do you have final image in your mind and then you "only" search for appropriate textures and combine them or are you just trying various textures to see if it will work or not? I think that very thin layer could be applied also over the blossom.

24 Sep 2009 7:01am

@Tomas Turecek: I'm glad you like it. I have collected a few textures that seem to work well for me. I apply them one at a time as separate layers. If I don't like one, I remove it and try another. For this particular image, this was my second attempt--the first one just didn't do anything for me. I don't have a preconceived idea beforehand. I have found that usually a photo with a white background works best. I see what you mean by a thin layer on the flower. I removed some of the textures from the flower, but I believe you are suggesting I might have removed less. I can go back and try that as I saved all the layers.

Betty from Phillipsburg, United States

The background colors works really well for this flower. I also like the textures. Well done, Anita.

24 Sep 2009 12:49pm

@Betty: Thank you so much for commenting. I'm glad you like it.

Sue from Paducah, United States

I always find it interesting to read what "Thomas" has to say. In this particular instance, I agree regarding the texture.

24 Sep 2009 1:00pm

@Sue: Thanks, Sue!

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Gorgeous.

24 Sep 2009 1:47pm

@john4jack: Thank you.

Marilla from Turku, Finland

This is a masterpiece!

24 Sep 2009 4:43pm

Mark from Sterling Heights, United States

Wonderful piece Anita! You certainly have a great eye developed for this type of work.

24 Sep 2009 4:46pm

Frida from Sweden

This is wonderful. I wonder what kind of textures are you using?

24 Sep 2009 4:55pm

@Frida: I'm glad you like it. If you click on the links provided in my description, they will take you to the original textures.

Susan from Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States

Just beautiful Anita......i'll have to try some of these textures......

24 Sep 2009 10:06pm

mary from exton, United States

Wow! This really jumps out at me.

25 Sep 2009 2:46am

Tomas Turecek from Czech Republic

Yes, the flower and especially the blossom looks too clear and crisp to me while the background, and part of stem) looks older, like used and worn and it somehow creates not pleasing contrast. Maybe you wanted it this way, of course. Still, I think that applying a thin texture layer over the blossom would lead to more uniform look. Only my opinion.

By the way, thanks Sue :) Maybe I'm better advisor than photographer :D

25 Sep 2009 6:46am