Fractal Flower

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Canon 1ds Mark II, Canon 16-35 @ 34mm, 125 @ f22
altered with Photoshop filters and Fractalius plug-in

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Rollin,

I am not usually a fan of filter effects, but this is nicely executed, well done.

I have one minor suggestion, tone down that bright edge of the leaf exiting the frame along the lower right (as it leads my eye out of the image).

Good work,

[bnnrcn]

Which effect did you use Rollin ? it looks really nice

[Shadowman]

Very nice.

[redrew]

Thank you Dave, good idea, I missed it when I was cleaning up other bright spots.

Binnur, I used several filters. From the Photoshop filter menu "Distort" I added a little "Twirl". From the Fractalius plug-in I used "Neon Light" for the flower followed by the history brush to re-establish the original image in the center portion of the flower. I used a layer mask for darkening and cloning out bright spots in the background.

Thank you for the comment.

[NorthernFocus]

Interesting effect. Nice job.

[chauncey]

Rollin, I'm old and run-down and slow on the uptake, so...what is fractal?

[Smudger]

There appears to be something going on towards the right of the frame?

What I mean by this is that there is a straight line going from top to bottom about 2 cm from the right edge. Unless of course, it is just my eyes.

[Loose Canon]

Rollin I am a huge fan of filter effects. With the stipulation that they are used in good taste. In fact I use a number of them with my own work in the retouching process. Rarely in the artistic process, mostly for corrections and cleaning, etc.

I am an especially big fan of fractals. When done with taste their use can produce some amazing images.

This one rocks Rollin. It is gorgeous (just not enough yet that I’m going to load Windows on my Mac to run Redfield’s program! Yet! Keep ‘em coming and I may change my mind! I really like that filter!)

If you are looking for comments other than that (and I guess we all are) I might try locally increasing the contrast (and simply the contrast, no filter work. Maybe an un-sharp masking contrast. Oops! That is a filter effect!) on the inside part of the flower and see if that made me sing. If you were looking for that kind of look it might match up a bit more with the outside “ring”. Or a gradated contrast from heavier to lighter as moved toward the center might work.

But as is… um, did I say “rocks”?

[Wavelength]

Great

[redrew]

Thank you all for the comment.

Wm, I have no training in computer science but from what I have read a "fractal" is the alteration of algorithms mathimatically, resulting in a repeating pattern of some sort. For example the image of a flower that comes out of the digital camera is the result of mathimatical formulas called algorithms developed by computer engineers and mathimaticians. By altering the algorithms in Photoshop a different image results, generally a distortion of the original image.

Nigel, it may be that the image on your monitor is a little darker but on my monitor to the right and below the flower, the background contains subdued green leaves. In the original image the flower is a Peonie with a background of green leaves from the Peonie plant. I removed or darkened the leaves in the posted image.

Terry, thanks for the observations. I thought about gradually blending the center portion of the image with the fractaled edges but could not figure out how. You have given me some direction.