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The Lilly
14-APR-2005 Robin Reid

The Lilly

Rancho Bernardo, CA



Like April 14a I am playing a bit in Photoshop. Here my goal was to catch the beauty of the flower and to knock out all background. I created a new layer using the multiply mask and then brushed the flower back to “original.” Then a black brush was used to fill in the spaces that didn’t go black.

I merged that mask layer and then made a new one and applied a filter-other-high pass at about 15. Blending mode changed to soft light.

Merged those two layers and boosted the saturation a bit.

I guess I didn't want you to think that I couldn't take a pretty picuture.

14a (NEXT) is a stitch shot.

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
1/400s f/14.0 at 55.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original
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Jessica Tidswell 16-May-2005 02:37
Wow, I keep coming back to this one. The flower is stunning especially against the black background.
Jeff Hall 05-May-2005 18:53
Nicely done.
cheryl 27-Apr-2005 00:29
This is stunning! I can't believe the colors!
audra baecker 22-Apr-2005 05:42
Like......really awsome photo Dude, hee hee,
Robin this is so cool, I love it
I only had to add the "Like" part cuz, you said it first!
Danny Barton 18-Apr-2005 16:58
OH! Vote!
Chris 16-Apr-2005 06:38
Great photoshopping. Excellent image to start with.
Sunny 16-Apr-2005 05:04
This is fantastic!!
Herbert Knufken 16-Apr-2005 00:39
Very nice
Di 15-Apr-2005 15:40
I didn't understand a single word you just said! Fantastic image, though! In fact, I'm voting.
Kenneth Zimmerman 15-Apr-2005 11:18
Well done, layers in PhotoSHop offer many oppertunities to "fix" photos.
My PaD from yesterday used a layer mask to blur the background.
Ian Clowes 15-Apr-2005 09:05
Tried this but failed so well done!!
laine82 15-Apr-2005 07:20
It made me think, starburst !! Robin I never realised you spoke a foreign language, or is it me & the ps block I have...LOL !
Cliff 15-Apr-2005 04:44
Yes this is gorgeous Robin - PS wizardry aside you nailed the exposure perfectly and this is as crisp as can be and is a beautiful find. Nicely done all round! Take bow, please!
Gary Winters 15-Apr-2005 02:53
It POPS, Robin!
Mark Hemhauser 15-Apr-2005 02:14
Spectacular! And nice photoshop work, too.
don nieman 15-Apr-2005 02:00
Wow, I didn't know we could do all that! Great piece of art work.
Jeremy 15-Apr-2005 02:00
And one other thing, I know you snapped the stitch photo(s) from your car, but did you actually do the photo stitching in your car as well? That'd be a real trick.
Jeremy 15-Apr-2005 01:59
Lovely photo. I used to do this to eliminate backgrounds for products on my retail web site, but I always used the polygonal lasso. I don't know if the clipping mask method is any easier, but it certainly makes you feel more artistic to "paint" the flower back on. Same goes for selective coloring.
Karen Leaf 15-Apr-2005 01:34
Gorgeous. Perfect touch with the black b/g.
We all know you can take purdy pics :)
ksharonk 15-Apr-2005 00:47
Beautiful detail .. :)
Hubert Steed 15-Apr-2005 00:21
Beautiful... Lovely work...
Gayle P. Clement 15-Apr-2005 00:21
Robin, this is wonderful. I've made so many attempts to catch the beauty of this flower with little success. Thank you for the thorough explanation of your process.
Matt Howard 14-Apr-2005 23:52
Very cool.