Sony A77II - Watercolor Mode
Minolta 200mm macro
ISO 400, 1/320 @ f5.6
About the only things blooming in our garden are hibiscus but at least they are providing me some showy subjects. In the normal capture there were too many distracting BG elements so I thought I would try this approach. Added the oil paint in PS. All comments welcome. >=))>
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That oil paint thingy works well with this. It really makes it nicely graphic. The only thing I see is the bright end of that cut or broken stem directly below the flower. It has a distinctive shape and contrasts with the area around it so it sticks out (so to speak).
Beautiful photo and I like the oil treatment. The colors are fantastic. I am not as concerned with the stem end as with the light green square with the dark area in it at the left of the stem end. Not very noticeable but I do seem drawn to it a bit.
