Friday, June 1, 2012

Photo Art Friday - June 1, 2012

Please note that my Flower Art Friday post is one post below or you can click on the link.


Hi, It's Friday and time for Photo Art Friday on Bonnie's blog, Pixel Dust Photo Art.  This weeks theme/s:  Any piece of Photo Art or a piece using Bokeh.  Bonnie even provided some Bokeh Backgrounds to use if we chose to do so.

Since the sun hasn't been out much this week I didn't get any shots with Bokeh in them so I decided to use one of her Free Bokeh textures for my piece.

I chose, Golden Bokeh Overlay for my piece.











Here is what I created:


I started with this picture of some Trillium flower in my flower garden, Thanks to Janet of Snapendipity I now know that my flower is actually a member of the Spiderwort family.  Although I don't care much for spiders but the flower plant is certainly pretty.

After uploading it on PicMonkey I did some color adjustments there, soften the photo a little and then added the texture on Hardlight at around 50% (I can't remember the exact percentage I used).  Then I earased the texture off the flowers.  After that I added another texture layer using Bonnie's texture: Sweet Thoughts.
I thought it added just a little bit more to the piece and I was happy with the end result.  Be sure to hop on over to Bonnie's blog and check out the other entries.  It's always amazing to see what everyone has created and also very inspiring.

Have a Great Weekend!
 


18 comments:

  1. You did a great job on your photo here!

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  2. Nice photoart.
    I did not know this flower.

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  3. Det blev en mjuk och fina bild på din trilliumblomma.Gillar också din vallmo. Ha de gott i helgen.

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  4. I love that blue, gorgeous with the texture too, it really works well :)

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  5. Beautiful edit and perfect texture for your photo...wonderful light! And I too used the golden bokeh this week, love it!

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  6. I love what you have done with this photo Ida!
    As a relatively new convert to gardening, I have been trying to find out the names of flowers that I like in my garden so that I can plant more. That plant, I believe, is known as Spiderwort. Some would say it is a weed but I think it is an awesome perennial that flowers for the better part of the summer once established!

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  7. Delicious flowers with beautiful colors. Excellent textures, bright pictures.

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  8. It is a gorgeous end result, Ida. The extra texture at the end adds a dreamy, vintage feel. Lovely work. Thank you for sharing with PAF!

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  9. Hi Ida, Thanks for visiting my blog! Your work is lovely, but I'm especially taken by the Oriental poppy. I've never seen one before - what beautiful colors!

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  10. Very beautiful flower shot! Nice bokeh too.

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  11. fantastic Ida! and while I'm not a fan of spiders either, I do love 'spiderwort'!

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  12. Oh, I love what you did to this photo!

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  13. Hi, Ida! Yhe bokeh texture look like a painting. Flowers and textures works very well :)

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  14. The bokeh enhanced your lovely photo very well. I haven't worked with that yet - maybe next time. You've inspired me to try.

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  15. Beautiful!! I need to spend a little more time at Picmonkey and try out some textures!!

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  16. a nice sunday, lovely flowers :)

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  17. Your edit with the Tradescentia is so beautiful. I like this flower very much.

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