Nature abstract - C&C are welcome !!

[Tejal]

Kindly share your C&C for my below shot.

Regards,

Tejal

IMG_8800 as Smart Object-1 by Tejal Imagination, on Flickr

IMG_8800 as Smart Object-BW by Tejal Imagination, on Flickr

[bnnrcn]

I like both of them Tejal. I think the B&W image needs some more pop. Reducing the highlights a bit might help

[JBW]

would you consider a wider or shorter crop? It's a great shot with so many ways to process it. Well seen.

[Ziggy]

I like both of them Tejal. I think the B&W image needs some more pop. Reducing the highlights a bit might help

I agree.

[Radu Dinu Cordeanu]

I propose you Adobe Elements.So ctrl j for a copy of the image then Enhance-Convert to Black and White-infrared,then Enhance,again-Adjust lighting-Shadows/Highlights to light shadows and dark highlights,then create a new layer set foreground color to red and with brush tool at different densities colorize this layer-the great density on the left bottom corner,then Layer-Merge down.Now you have the green background and a red layer.Set the blending mode for the layer to difference and merge it down.If you will colorize with green instead red it will obtain another result.



No more than 15-20 min.
Something more complex presumes Filter-Distort-Liquify-warp tool



All the best

[Geoff F]

An interesting idea, Tejal, but the tip of a foreground leaf, that is coming from the bottom left corner, is out of focus which rather spoils the effect for me. No problems with background areas being soft but the foreground should ideally be all sharply in focus.

[tao2]

Hi Tejal,

Really like the green. Don't worry about sharpness; the point of the abstract image is tae generalise form, whilst emphasizing lines and colour. Ah wouldn't add or change colours in PP either ...else why take that particular photo in the first place? IMO ah'd keep it as is - it works.

The B+W doesn't work for me. Lack of tonal range is common when converting a digital colour image.

[Shadowman]

Different, painterly like.

[Wavelength]

I too really like the original where as B&W does not work in this case, mostly because of the lack of tonal range; i like the first color conversion by Radu too

[Tejal]

I like both of them Tejal. I think the B&W image needs some more pop. Reducing the highlights a bit might help

Thank you Binnur for your comment and valuable suggestion.

[Tejal]

would you consider a wider or shorter crop? It's a great shot with so many ways to process it. Well seen.

Thank you for your comment. Thank you for your suggestion. .

[Tejal]

I propose you Adobe Elements.So ctrl j for a copy of the image then Enhance-Convert to Black and White-infrared,then Enhance,again-Adjust lighting-Shadows/Highlights to light shadows and dark highlights,then create a new layer set foreground color to red and with brush tool at different densities colorize this layer-the great density on the left bottom corner,then Layer-Merge down.Now you have the green background and a red layer.Set the blending mode for the layer to difference and merge it down.If you will colorize with green instead red it will obtain another result.



No more than 15-20 min.
Something more complex presumes Filter-Distort-Liquify-warp tool



All the best

Oh.... Great...!!

So different... I will try out something like this .

[Tejal]

An interesting idea, Tejal, but the tip of a foreground leaf, that is coming from the bottom left corner, is out of focus which rather spoils the effect for me. No problems with background areas being soft but the foreground should ideally be all sharply in focus.

Thank you for your feedback.

[Tejal]

Hi Tejal,

Really like the green. Don't worry about sharpness; the point of the abstract image is tae generalise form, whilst emphasizing lines and colour. Ah wouldn't add or change colours in PP either ...else why take that particular photo in the first place? IMO ah'd keep it as is - it works.

The B+W doesn't work for me. Lack of tonal range is common when converting a digital colour image.

Thank you Robert for your comment.

[Tejal]

Different, painterly like.

Yeah different than my routine posts .

[Tejal]

I too really like the original where as B&W does not work in this case, mostly because of the lack of tonal range; i like the first color conversion by Radu too

Thank you Nandakumar for your feedback.

[Milehighguy]

Tejal ... the famous American photographer, Alfred Stieglitz, made similar pictures in 1927 and 1928 on gelatin silver plate. They are named "Garden Iris - Georgetown, Maine" and "Wild Iris - Maine". After seeing your work herein, I remembered the shots within a portfolio history book of Stieglitz, Steichen and Strand's work. They have reference numbers 55.635.1a and 55.635.1b in the Alfred Stieglitz Collection, which you might find online. They are black and white. The use of tone, positive and negative space and detail are interesting. (The original prints are 24.8 x 19.3 inches.)

[Tejal]

Tejal ... the famous American photographer, Alfred Stieglitz, made similar pictures in 1927 and 1928 on gelatin silver plate. They are named "Garden Iris - Georgetown, Maine" and "Wild Iris - Maine". After seeing your work herein, I remembered the shots within a portfolio history book of Stieglitz, Steichen and Strand's work. They have reference numbers 55.635.1a and 55.635.1b in the Alfred Stieglitz Collection, which you might find online. They are black and white. The use of tone, positive and negative space and detail are interesting. (The original prints are 24.8 x 19.3 inches.)

Oh this is something very interesting. I never knew anything about this. I need to check more on this on Google. Thanks you.

[Milehighguy]

You are welcome. If you are not familiar with Stieglitz, he was married and in a relationship throughout his whole life with Georgia O'Keefe; perhaps the most famous American women painter and graphic artist of her time and certainly renowned now. One of her famous quotes is, "Nothing is less real than Realism ..." Understandably her works, especially in later life, tended to be quite abstract. Her early works in New York City tended to the form of the graphic artists such as Stieglitz, obviously an influence. Check her out, too. She did some really neat stuff.

[Tejal]

You are welcome. If you are not familiar with Stieglitz, he was married and in a relationship throughout his whole life with Georgia O'Keefe; perhaps the most famous American women painter and graphic artist of her time and certainly renowned now. One of her famous quotes is, "Nothing is less real than Realism ..." Understandably her works, especially in later life, tended to be quite abstract. Her early works in New York City tended to the form of the graphic artists such as Stieglitz, obviously an influence. Check her out, too. She did some really neat stuff.

Sure. And thanx again.