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The symbol of remembrance, this came out of an experiment…trying for selective colour in a crop of wild beauty
and after wrestling for hours with a pesky lasso i managed to briefly subdue it (a first!) and then fumbled the keyboard…arriving somehow at this after rubbing out some scruffy bits with photoshop elements 6.
Original image taken with a compact nikon coolpix 4800
Comments most welcome (will brace myself) and especially tips would be much appreciated!
Thanks for looking !
Cheers
ding
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PS Amazingly this was featured on the home page on 19/12/09 with some wonderful artists work..
Hi! I’m lucky enough to live in the beautiful Scottish Borders and love trying to capture a moment to savour…
Thanks so much for looking
Cheers
Maggie
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Comments
Wow Wow!!!!!!!! Absolutely gorgeous Maggie!!!!!
Wow! here too sharon… nearly fell off my chair to read your reaction!! thanks – you’ve made my day!!
– dinghysailor1
Superb Maggie, great work …
thanks for that lovely comment tom – I’m stunned and so relieved but cant quite believe it …me and the lasso and PS arent exactly best buddies…LOL…
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– dinghysailor1
Stunning work #1.
Well done.
thanks capn – i hoped it was a suitable image for the appeal… cheers
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– dinghysailor1
coming from an artist like you thats so special… thanks
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– dinghysailor1
OOOOOOOO Maggie!!!!!! We’re doing ART now!!!!!! I mean SERIOUS ART!!!!! WOOO HOOOOOOO!!! This girl has all kinds of creative things just busting out of her, that’s for sure!!!!!! Another Maggie – Fave for my fave box!!!!!! Stunning!!!! how I love poppies … and your experiment is a huge success!!!!! Let’s just sit back now and watch the Features roll on in!!!!!
aw blush lois …teehee wish i was a tenth of the artist you think i am my wonderful friend… but thanks so much and am glad its ok to send to the appeal for sale….
cheers good friend
maggie
– dinghysailor1
This a beautiful piece of art. Caught my eye right away. Composition has a perfect flow and balance..the eye moves through the image…starting and ending with the powerful pop of Red poppy. A fav 4 sure.
Maggie, I’ve got a couple of dozen poppy shots in my computer … just this gorgeous red … but they were taken out in the field … on a breezy day … and I’m not happy with the dof … plus … I apparently don’t do red very well (LOL) … so anytime I see a really good poppy shot my mouth just waters!!!! Not to mention your EXTREMELY clever artistic treatment!!! Yes, sweetie, it’s good enough!!!! Now, run to enter it into some groups, too!!!!!
Don’t know how you do this – too clever for me, but such a successful experiment Love it!
Shirley
teehee thanks but not clever… a typo gave an amazing transformation….lol… but now sure what i did….:))))
– dinghysailor1
…not..!
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– dinghysailor1
Wow, what drama in such a simple shot. Wonderful.
thanks john .. i’ve been very moved by the plight of all involved in the bushfires and I wanted to try something worthy of the wildlife and phoenix appeals. I’m touched you like it … thanks so much
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– dinghysailor1
Gorgeous image, maggie, I love the orange and black on white, stunning! Dee
thanks so much dee!
– dinghysailor1