Hi Diane, I love this spherical image of the hydrangea enclosed in a box. The sharpest blossom on the upper left stands out nicely against the blurry background and other slightly blurry petals. Beautiful curves in the circle and nice center star too. I didn’t realize you could get this effect with an action. I have been using ICM to create circles of flowers and I found the image needs a good center. This image is special to have one more prominant flower balanced with pieces of curving petals.
Hydrangea’s are tough no matter what the variety, Diane. This is very nice lemonade. It really pulls my eye into the image. I could see playing with other colors for the background as this doesn’t do much for me, but I’m not sure where it should go.
Thanks, @annlouiselyman and @Dennis_Plank! The orbital action is a crazy mix of polar coordinates moves – I can’t imagine how someone came up with it – but it’s fun! Dennnis, the BG color results from the action and I can never predict what it will be, but it could be modified after the fact.
I’ve played with the polar coordinates and spherize filters and they do make for some crazy images. I shouldn’t be surprised that someone has come up with specific actions using them.
What a fun image Diane! It brings back memories when I was a kid playing with marbles. Not sure if marbles are still a thing with young kids but I’d buy a set if they were themed like this. The image has beautiful curves and the petals are perfectly positioned. Nice work!
Thanks, @Dennis_Plank and @Alfredo_Mora! I’m trying to find the directions for this online – will post when I can find them. I stole it from somewhere, years ago, but no idea where.
