Digital Flower Art
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Digital Flower Art
When is a Photo Not a Photo?
There was a time when people said 'the camera does not lie.' It was never really true, as there was always the darkroom in which a certain amount of image manipulation could be done. It was often necessary to adjust an image to make it look correct to the human eye, which is more sensitve than any camera. Today, of course, we can whizz off a hundred shots on our digital camera, download to a computer and change the images as much as we want. So now the camera doesn't itself lie, but we can have a great time playing with images and turning flowers into floral art.I've found this can produce some startling results with a very contemporary look that transforms a humble flower into something unique and special. Have fun scrolling through this lens and see the wonders of the computer age in flowers!
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Links For Cool Stuff To Aid Budding Photographers
- Photoshop Tutorial
- Best Photoshop Tutorials Online - Want to learn how to use Adobe Photoshop fast?
- Digital Advisors macro photography link. Very comprehensive site.
- A great blog full of tutorials and tips on all aspects of photography, but I picked out a macro one for you.
- Macro Flower Photography Tutorial
- A Well laid out blog showing and telling how to get good flower shots
- Wild Flower Photography
- Great article on photographing wild flowers. There are other well written tutorials here, too
- Photography.com website
- Very good general resource for photographers. Info on cameras, equipment, techniques etc
Echinacea Flower Gone Digital
Flowers are very beautiful just as they are. However, they have also always been the subject of artist's work. Digital art is just a new way of using nature for inspiriation. I take lots of flower photos that aren't suitable for this kind of treatment, but echinacea works wonderfully well. If you want to try this type of flowers to floral art, you really need a good bit of software to enable you to do it. I chose Photoshop, with all its complications! Not an easy programme to learn, but wonderful effects can be had when you spend the time to play with it to see what you can do. This technique, a type of digital mapping, works well with images that are graphically clear. Soft colours and blurry, dreamy shots just don't give you the punch this method needs.
Photo Editing Software for the PC and Mac
Camera Poll
Inspire Yourself
Have a digital flower mousepad at your fingertips
Make Your Own Digital Flower Art
Learn to play!
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Take photos of just one flower or leaf. Look for simple patterns in nature.
Isolate your subject-keep the backround plain and simple
Once captured, take your shot into your processing programme and increase the contrast.
Play with the colours. Change them, distort them
If you have photoshop, play with filter effects until you find one you like.
Be creative! Play. Art isn't formed by being too serious!
Zazzle Cards I've created using digital flower art
Sunflower Poster by Beezazzler
Here's a great example of digital art photgraphy
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Let me know what you think of this lens. Is there stuff you'd like me to include? Do you know any digital art geniuses? Here's the place to tell me.
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WriterJanis
May 26, 2012 @ 1:56 am | delete
- Your work is stunning!
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SoundFinance May 23, 2012 @ 6:16 am | delete
- What a lovely lens
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caffimages
May 23, 2012 @ 5:33 pm | delete
- Thank you Sound Finance! For your visit and compliment.
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Rob3
May 17, 2012 @ 4:52 pm | delete
- Great stuff, and love your creations. I've only digitized a few flower photos in the past, must have another go sometime.
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caffimages
May 17, 2012 @ 5:39 pm | delete
- Thanks Rob! Yes, have a play. The results can be worth it!
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veryirie
May 16, 2012 @ 8:07 pm | delete
- Brilliant work! I've never seen this done before. Hey, don't forget to credit yourself for the pictures in each module. :)
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lascrittrice
May 11, 2012 @ 7:09 am | delete
- beautiful work!
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caffimages
May 27, 2011 @ 7:02 am | delete
- Thank you everyone for your kind comments. It's good to have the validation of my peers!
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TapIn2U May 27, 2011 @ 6:10 am | delete
- Now that's modern art! Amazing how you can create classic designs using modern technology. Very much enjoyed this lens! Great job! Sundae ;-)
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TapIn2U May 27, 2011 @ 6:10 am | delete
- Now that's modern art! Amazing how you can create classic designs using modern technology. Very much enjoyed this lens! Great job! Sundae ;-)
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Adobe Photoshop CS5 [Old Version]
Amazon Price: $585.97 (as of 05/31/2012)
I have spotlit Photoshop beause I've never regretted buying it. I use Photoshop exclusively for all my photo editing, and find I can make lovely artwork as well as doing basic photo editing. It has so many functions that the Adobe support that comes with buying the product is very welcome. Once you've registerd your purchase, Adobe run video and written tutorials, a place for you to get together with other users and solve your editing problems. There is plenty of reularly updated advice about the functions of Photoshop and its add-ons.
It can handle RAW files and some of the editing done in RAW is far superior to anything you can do with a jpeg. White balance correction, spot removal and fine tuning colour balance are all much better done in RAW.
That said, it is truly amazing what you can do with a jpeg. Nothing takes the place of a well taken photograph, of course, but once you have that shot, what do you want to do with it? Perhaps turn it into a piece of art, or a poster with text, or a birthday card? All is possible with text overlay and the layering system that enables you to build up your finished work bit by bit. I can definitely reccomend Photoshop for any serious Photographer or graphic designer.
