Two orchids for viewing

Two orchids to enjoy


Cheers

 

Hi Frank,
yes it's my design. Thanks for viewing.

 

Hi David,

You got it right. It's motion blur. After isolating the background, I made it a bit noisy (using the noise filter) then applied a motion blur to create the effect. What I was trying to do is to making the background looking as it is behind a semi-translucent papyrus.

Thanks for the comment.

Respect

 

Hi Gordon,

In the original picture, the background was the parts of another orchid flower, leaves and stems. I isolated it then applied the following transformations:
1. put some noise in it (add noise filter)
2. create the blur effect usint motion blur filter
3. finally, colorize it red using a hue/saturation layer with colorize checked

That's one of my «cheating» ways to isolate the positive space (main subject) from the negative one (the suroundings) when I can't do it directly with the original.

Sincere respect, my friend.

 

Gale, a warm thank for your concern. I'm recover finely from my surgery. I can see clearly with my right eye now.

The orchid in picture #1 is a Lindleyanum phragmipedium.