Natures Canvas
I photographed a picture frame and then made a montage using a number of flower photo’s I have captured in the last 12 months. The editing was done in Paint Shop Pro. Each flower was cut away from it’s background using the selection tool and then placed where I wanted it in the scene, on it’s own layer. I used the Deform Tool to scale down all of the flowers, except the Frangiapani. I made sure to reduce the length and the width of the flowers in equal percentages so that their shapes were not distorted which would have degraded the image quality.

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Teeze
Aww.. Purdy!
reflector replied
Thanks Teeze !
Adam Gormley
Hi Mate, beautiful image here, excellent artwork :)
reflector replied
Thanks very much !
Marilyn Harris
Oh Wow James!! This is so gorgeous!! You are getting very creative!! Love it!! :o)
reflector replied
Thank you Blossom, much appreciated ! :))
Virginia McGowan
ditto as blossom says !
reflector replied
Thank you Ginny ! :)
Babbler
beautiful !
reflector replied
Many thanks Violetta ! :)
david campbell
fantastic reflector
reflector replied
Thanks David ! I had a building bursting out of the frame but changed it all to this.
handprintz
This is lovely James,very creative and pretty well done
reflector replied
Thanks Trudi, I’m glad you like the effect !
shallay
Ha-ha! Great idea! Nature’s canvas indeed – with a very pushy frangipani!!
Cool concept, and like the frame :)
reflector replied
Thanks Shallay, the frangipani got there first so it had priority ! Glad you like it, there’s a lot of work in it.
Daniel Bowen
brilliant image, love the out of bounds technique, well done
reflector replied
Thank you Daniel, it was a great challenge !
pjd69
awesome james….unlike anything you have done B4….great work mate!!
reflector replied
Thanks very much Peter ! I’ve used some of the methods before but not in the same way as this one overall.
WJPhotography
Wonderful work :))
reflector replied
Many thanks Wendy ! :)
karenuk1969
Beautiful creative work :-)
reflector replied
Thanks very much Karen ! :))
EarthGipsy
Cool! Very clever. Oh So creative James – well done!
reflector replied
Thank you Sonia ! This one sprouted from another idea that I tried and I wasn’t happy with the look of it.
dinghysailor1
hi I commented on this earlier but it seems to have vanished – love the frame and 3D effect of those colourful flowers! brilliant!!
reflector replied
Yes, from this side I saw the fave but no comment – thought you might come back to it. Thanks for your support and the fave Maggie ! :))
michael byerley
this is simply beautiful !!!!!!!
reflector replied
Thanks Michael, it wouldn’t be much without nature ! Thanks a lot for the fave !
mekea
Cool work !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
reflector replied
Thanks Mekea, another similar idea wasn’t looking great and then I got this idea later !
sleepyeyedrar
Oh this is yummy James! Your work is amazing man. This is an instant fav… WOW I just love it …...
reflector replied
Thanks very much for your enthusiastic comment Sleepy ! :))
Lori Walton
Beautiful!!!
reflector replied
Thanks a lot Lori !
Angel Perry
Fantastic!
reflector replied
Many thanks Angel !
Larry Butterworth
Stunning and clever
reflector replied
Thanks for the great compliment Larry !
Sensiworld
Beautiful work !
reflector replied
Thanks Sylvia, I appreciate your feedback !
emanon
Clever, James, but haven’t a clue what you did to make it happen ;(
reflector replied
Thanks very much Emanon !
cieloverde
James …Un trabajo muy hermoso ,llamativo, y de un colorido precioso .Que bonito!!!!!!!!!.( Ahora no te puedes quejar ah ! )
reflector replied
Muchas gracias por el cumplido Lilliana! Gracias por lo que una de las favoritas!
linda858100
awesome,,love thoses colors
reflector replied
Thanks a lot !
othermail
Beautifully done James :)
reflector replied
Thanks for doing that Kylie ! I’m glad you like it !
Cheryl Lunde
So pretty and creative. I have no idea how you do this, but I like it :)
reflector replied
Thanks very much ! If you learn to use the Selection Tool [ most if, not all photo-edit programs I’ve used have them ] you can cut images up like having digital scissors. Then copy bits to other layers and make images like this, or more complex ones.
blamo
Brilliant james i caught this by chance never showed up …..........Supurb effect created
reflector replied
Yeah, I saw something from a lady appear as a new work tonight but she replied to my comment 8 days ago – Glitch City ! Thanks Blamo for the feedback and fave !
blamo
Certainly a bit different to your normal images James
reflector replied
It is different, even though A Place For Wishes And Dreams used no filters and multiple images in one scene.
JacquiK
Wow, wonderful.
reflector replied
Many thanks for looking Jacqui !
Antanas
lovely composition
reflector replied
Thank you Antanas ! This grew out of a similar idea with different subject matter.
chen cohen
great work james!!! so beautiful!!! well done!!!
reflector replied
Thanks a lot Chen for your nice comment !
misiabe80
Very beauty composition:))
Great work James!!
reflector replied
Thanks a lot Monika, I’m glad you like it ! :))
christiane
great imagination and creativity
reflector replied
Thanks Christiane ! It came from another idea with the frame and buildings [ instead of flowers ] that wasn’t working out very well.
Cheryl DeLong
Very pretty :) instant fav
reflector replied
Thank you Cheryl, I’m glad you like it ! :)
Michael Matthews
This looks great. I love the colours & the arrangement. Well done.
reflector replied
Thanks very much !
mab03
Wow this is great. I love it !!
reflector replied
Thanks very much, I appreciate it !
sunshine0
What a cool idea! I love it!
reflector replied
Many thanks, I’m glad you like it ! ... James