Thanks Chuck. I have built a preset (or a macro as it is called) in Photoscape X Pro that is just some basic color and sharpen adjustments for outdoor semi-shaded scenes. I then used Smart Photo Editor gallery mounted watercolor effect 006. It was developed, along with hundreds of others, by Andrew from PB - he was one of the early contributors and I use many of his.
Thanks David - it certainly did make me feel good, in spite of the tremendous amounts of pollen (not from the flowers but from the trees). We've had such a wild and miserable spring, this was a much needed respite - until today! I hope your spring is turning out milder.
It may be the flowers themselves but these have a very Japanese feel to them, which I like. The colour is a bit excited for me but they are very well done and the border you have chosen works well too.
Thanks Gethin - there is a Japanese feel to that garden right now. The borders are courtesy of Smart Photo Editor - I can easily change matting and color, so even someone as artistically challenged as me can stumble on to a match eventually. I took a number of photos of the garden very early in the spring, just after a bad ice storm, and the place looked like it does during the late fall and winter - weird and strange, as is much of Memphis. A collection of true odds and ends - machinery parts, a railway caboose, two graves, strange little "things" of a rusty and indeterminate nature and a "museum" house that never seems to be open. It was a private garden with some lovely grounds, left alone for many years and finally gifted to the city. If I can catch the "museum" open, I'll document it further.
I like the frame you used on these beauties. It makes them stand out and makes feel like I am in an art gallery. Very nice 😊
ReplyDeleteThanks! Gallery mounted watercolor effect 006 courtesy of SPE from our friend Andrew from PB. Wonder how he's doing?
DeleteThanks Chuck. I have built a preset (or a macro as it is called) in Photoscape X Pro that is just some basic color and sharpen adjustments for outdoor semi-shaded scenes. I then used Smart Photo Editor gallery mounted watercolor effect 006. It was developed, along with hundreds of others, by Andrew from PB - he was one of the early contributors and I use many of his.
ReplyDeleteVery nice series of images. Makes you feel good inside!
ReplyDeleteThanks David - it certainly did make me feel good, in spite of the tremendous amounts of pollen (not from the flowers but from the trees). We've had such a wild and miserable spring, this was a much needed respite - until today! I hope your spring is turning out milder.
DeleteIt may be the flowers themselves but these have a very Japanese feel to them, which I like. The colour is a bit excited for me but they are very well done and the border you have chosen works well too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Gethin - there is a Japanese feel to that garden right now. The borders are courtesy of Smart Photo Editor - I can easily change matting and color, so even someone as artistically challenged as me can stumble on to a match eventually. I took a number of photos of the garden very early in the spring, just after a bad ice storm, and the place looked like it does during the late fall and winter - weird and strange, as is much of Memphis. A collection of true odds and ends - machinery parts, a railway caboose, two graves, strange little "things" of a rusty and indeterminate nature and a "museum" house that never seems to be open. It was a private garden with some lovely grounds, left alone for many years and finally gifted to the city. If I can catch the "museum" open, I'll document it further.
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