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Erik Neldner
{K:10846} 2/28/2005
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This is a really interesting series you're doing. Keep it up!
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Kiny Handes
{K:444} 2/10/2005
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Hi Cary, thank you for your comments. I've had a look at your work and read the notes re: how you achieve your 'pictures'-(ths word doesn't do justice to the images). They are absoulute works of art.. each one and the way you work them sounds so complex. I would like to add you to my friends list so I can try and learn from your work. Thank you, Kiny
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Patty Morena
{K:16598} 2/9/2005
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Cary, your macro details in your images are superb.
Congrats
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Don Loseke
{K:32503} 2/9/2005
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Wonderful work Cary. You are very creative. Don.
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Cary Shaffer
{K:9269} 2/9/2005
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Oops, hit send too early. Well, the final image took about 2 1/2 hours to accomplish, kept working with the original to get the same kind of effect, but was just not stisfied with the coloration or color balance, so the journey began!
I started by working up the slective color hue/saturation, brighness/contrast of the main flower, letting the background go darker, applied some sharpening, worked levels several times and got the final coloration from channel mixer. After each of these moves, I always use the fade tool to get the mood I am looking for and then go back to color saturation and brightnes/contrast to keep vibrancy. Used a little motion blurto further abstract the background, also stylize/find edges to highlight detail. Omni lighting effect was applied to the upper left to accent the original light direction and to add some lighting contrast. Some sketch/chrome was added to achieve the icy look and back to tweaking all the previous. So, you see it was a work, and I find if I just keep on moving with those basoc elements, it will eventually evolve. I always "save as" along the way so I have proressive images if I get too far off the mark and can't get back. Try it and see what you come up with, good luck and email anytime, caryps@msn.com CAry
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Cary Shaffer
{K:9269} 2/9/2005
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Hello James, thanks for your comments, the answer to your question is not simple, but I will try to explain. This was somewhat of a project starting from last summer, grew and nurtured these flowers in a hanging basket and shot lots of frames, never quite getting what I wanted. These are really small blooms, about 1.5 inches, but I like their shape, kind of like dough boys, plus a slight breeze made this one bend and move while they were heavy with water after my morning watering ritual. A pic of the original is included, which had the background color desaturated some. This was shot in daylight with off camera flash high and from the left. The yellow is from sunlight which came from the rear and the grey dots in the final image are from that and as you can see there is another area in the upper right, and as you correctly noted, would also have to be removed or altered if the two dots were gone, so I decided to leave them and, in my opinion, they add another element of natural randomness.
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James Silcock
{K:12501} 2/9/2005
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Great work on this image Cary, I am trying to work out which filter(s) you used. I love the huge range of reds in this image and the central composition works well.
I agree about the 2 dots at the bottom but removing these would highlight the only other blue/green part to the top right so you would probably have to get rid of that too, to stop it distractting the eye?
Thanks.
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ARMANDO ALCÁZAR
{K:42404} 2/9/2005
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Super pic, composition, color and title, congrats and God bless you my friend 
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ahmet özkan
{K:7216} 2/9/2005
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another really great image from you. greetings and regards...
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Cary Shaffer
{K:9269} 2/9/2005
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Paul, thanks for the comments, yes my thoughs exaclty, actually wrestled with that decision some, but I just figured it added to the chaos! CAry
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 2/9/2005
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Ok, I would clone out the two spots at the bottom, to create a smooth gradient only disrupted by your signature.
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 2/9/2005
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very artistic and quite lovely!
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