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Soft & Romantic
Textured &/or Manipulated
I love agapanthus, especially in the bud stage. While exploring photographic possibilities in a large patch of flowers, I spotted a recently opened bud cluster with two buds touching in a way that looked so much like a kiss that I was utterly fascinated.
The image title comes from the classic love song, “As Time Goes By,” featured in the movie Casablanca.
I spent a good bit of time trying lots of angles on the “young lovers” and finally settled on this as the basis of a textured image prepared especially for a challenge in the group, Flower Works – Manipulated with Texture. (Olympus E-5 & Zuiko 50mm macro, f/4, 1/320 sec., ISO 200, partly cloudy/morning sun, handheld) Textures courtesy of Leslie Nicole’s French Kiss Textures and Shadowhouse Creations.
Top 10 in “Decorate with Script” challenge in Flower Works – Manipulated with Texture group
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Passionate about photography, especially nature subjects!
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Beautiful detail and creativity.
Thank you so much, Karen. It means a lot to me that you appreciate the effort I put into this. :)
– Celeste Mookherjee
This is wonderful, Celeste … such a lovely soft and romantic image.
Good luck with the challenge:-)
Thanks, Brenda. I had fun with this one.
– Celeste Mookherjee
Gorgeous work, Celeste. Good luck with the challenge.
Thanks very much, Maggie!
– Celeste Mookherjee
!!!!!!!! : )) !!!!!!!!! This one just made my grin! So beautiful (and cute, if a flower can be cute). Love it!!!
Thanks, Christine! That’s very close to my reaction when I spotted these buds in the garden.
– Celeste Mookherjee
You couldn’t have selected a better and more fitting title to go along with this flirty and lovely image, Celeste… Once again, you nailed the color….I used to think angles were your expertise, then edges, now colors…. you do it all….Gorgeous work.
Thank you, Katherine! The colors are a little less vibrant than reality, but that’s the effect of the textures.
– Celeste Mookherjee
fabulous capture
Thanks very much, Ariana!
– Celeste Mookherjee
Lovely use of the texture Celeste and what a charming duo . . . .
Thank you, Teresa. I think it will be fun to see the variations on the texture in the challenge
– Celeste Mookherjee
Lovely image and perfect touch of texture. xx
Thank you very much, Nicole. Having just read your interview in the Flower Works newsletter, I believe I have one thing in common with you: I’m loathe to give up the sharp flower detail I work so hard to capture, and so my textured images always have layer masks — and I often use texture layers with opacities well below 100%.
– Celeste Mookherjee
A wonderful image, looking beautiful with the texture !
Thank you, Inge. I had a lot of fun with this one.
– Celeste Mookherjee
Wonderful work Celeste
Thanks very much, Malcolm!
– Celeste Mookherjee