....now I think this is an improvement......

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....magic wand and extract tool used along with an alfa channel, also with some blur on the alfa channel.....



had to crop the bottom of the flower as I forgot to leave in the stork......
I am blaming it on the Stella......':P'

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.....sorry the Stella is kicking in......forgot to add that I also added a curve to the background and a gradient to make the plain blue sky, top to botton, go dark to light......I think this helps......yes the Stella....

[gstark]

Nice, and great detail on the petals.

I'd have preferred this in a portrait orientation, though; that's what the image seems to be calling for to me.

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.....blame it on the Stella.....':P'

[Paul]

Reminds me of "The day of the Triffids"
Gorgeous yellows in the middle, I would like to see the sky a bit more saturated to see the difference if possiable.
Can you also decrease the size of the 35mm border tractor holes?

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.....after the Stella Mmmmm......

.....Gary tried the Portrait, and you get 1/3 flower 2/3/sky not really a good look.......

.....Paul, the 35mm frame is what it would be if you enlarged it on your scanner, i.e.: all in correct proportion......

.....Also forgot to add that the post processing was done on a 12inch powermac using PSCS2.......and here is the original if you missed my other post.....

[PiroStitch]

Yeah it's a slight improvement Heheh I love being a cheeky bugger Great PP work BP

[stubbsy]

BP - this shows the power of PP beautifully (which it is!)

[Slider]

Great stuff BP. That is a great improvement. Very nicely done.

[Alpha_7]

WOW!

I just finished installed PSCS2, and I can say I'm inspired by seeing what you've done. Can I ask how long you have spent on PP to make this amazing transformation occur.

Great stuff!

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...... the above took about 20-30 minutes but I was following a tutorial in Russell Brown's book, it comes with a c.d. of videos and I can say it is one of the best tutorials that I have, I have done this again with 2 other images and it took about 15 minutes, when you have time have a look at this site, there is something there for everyone.......

http://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html

[Alpha_7]

Thanks! I don't think I'm quiet ready for that sort of PS work, but I'll bookmark that site for later reference (out of interest, have you posted your other PS shots ?).

[Big V]

Fantastic transformation, very stylish..well done

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......thank you all for your kind comments........ as you know I am not new to photography, but new to digital, D70 for about 18 months and new to Photoshop CS about 14 months and PSCS2 for around 3 months......and the digital darkroom has been a great learning curve, with printing and PP with PSCS2, I try and learn something new with Photoshop every day......and I like to share my learning experience......