A Time For Withering
I had never noticed a flower in this state of decline before. The petals had browned and curled over on the ends and it actually looked more visually striking than a healthy bloom on the same bush.
This floral montage was created in Paint Shop Pro by enlarging and cropping the original photo and making it the base layer. Then I extracted the flower from it’s background and placed it on the layer above, at 100 % scale. I adjusted the Layer Modes to soften the contrast of the enlarged Layer, so that the small original stood out from the background image.

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Trudi's Images
Lovely work with the contrasts James, very effective and pretty colours
reflector replied
Thanks Trudi ! The original [ smaller ] image kind of disappeared into the background without that change to the bigger image.
Antanas
lovely work indeed…
reflector replied
Thanks for your encouragement Antanas, very much appreciated !
Scott d'Almeida
excellent
reflector replied
Thank you Scott ! This is one of only a few staged shots I’ve taken indoors.
Gail Bridger
This is exquisite work!
reflector replied
Thanks for your very nice comment Gail ! ....... James
Lori Peters
This flower is aging gracefully, for sure. A great find, James. I love the colors. xoxo
reflector replied
Thanks Lori, it’s reverted to compounds and atoms by now ! :)) I posted a sepia treated image of a close-up of this about a week ago, but this is the full colour long shot. Thanks for the fave !
Larry Butterworth
marvelous work
reflector replied
Thanks Larry, very much appreciated ! I like trying different variants of S/C work.
cherylc1
Wow gorgeous capture and colors!! outstanding detail~ sh’es growing old gracefully for sure!! Awesome capture!
reflector replied
She’s turned to dust, actually ! :)) Thanks for your awesome comment Cheryl !
anaviktoriaarts
Beautiful work, and an excellent concept!
reflector replied
Thanks very much Ana, it was interesting to play around with this photo !
Dana Roper
Beautiful! Your portfolio is very impressive – this has to be one of my favorites!
reflector replied
Thank you for the compliment Dana ! You have some very nice work in your Gallery, crossing many styles ! :))
blamo
Works supurb James ….........some old flowers are stunning Fine Example
reflector replied
Thanks a lot Blamo ! It was nearly impossible to capture this on the plant [ the fence was too close to keep it out of the frame ], so I brought it indoors for a staged photo the other week. Thanks for making it a fave !
Carol Berliner
Wooooooow amaaaaaazing work!! I looooove it! Instsant fav!
reflector replied
Laughing here ! I hope you don’t over-extend your Wooooooow and cause ligament damage one day Carol ! :))
Thanks very much for your great feedback and the fave ! :)
blamo
Thats what i call dedication ….........
reflector replied
It was frustrating to see it blooming and know that most of the best ones were too high to point ground wards and avoid the fence. Indoor shoots don’t usually turn out too well for me, so it was a nice challenge to understand my camera and photography more.
Babbler
lovely image
reflector replied
Thanks a lot for your feedback Violetta !
AlMiller
Looks great as a card james
reflector replied
Having a look at that card just now made me think I might move the little image over to the right ! Thanks for that Al !
Caroline (KARO...
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reflector replied
Thank you Caroline !
shadyuk
Superb Capture !
reflector replied
Thanks Shady, it was a great find in the yard that I brought inside to shoot !
GloriaDK
this makes a lovely card James, nice colours too.
reflector replied
Thanks Gloria, very much appreciated ! I can see you are working the ” late shift ” tonight ! :)
dinghysailor1
wonderful work!! really beautiful
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reflector replied
Thanks Maggie, I just had to use this long shot – the colours are so different to the sepia processed close-up one the other week.
Barbara Brown
Beautiful work!!
reflector replied
Thanks for your support and making it a fave Barbara !
luanda
WONDERFUL WORK! At first sight it seems a colored lace! LOVE IT!
reflector replied
Thanks a lot Daniela ! That small flower looks like Silk to me.
bubbleblue
lovely
reflector replied
Thank you, it sure made a nice subject for something that was past it’s prime !
shallay
Outstanding, reflector!
reflector replied
Thanks Shallay, very much appreciated !