Dark Daisies by alophoto

Dark Daisies

Happy June!! It was gray and humid today. I took some shots of these happy sunny flowers on my walk today, but they seemed lifeless and dull against the sky. I went a little nuts with the processing and kinda dug the funky result that reminded me of mother of pearl.

Day 2 of my kids summer vacation and I find myself going a little nuts already from all of the bickering and boredom. So looking forward to getting away in a few weeks for the photo weekend in NYC. I will sooo need that break!

Here was the stage of the edit before I inverted it and made it black: http://365project.org/amandal/themes-challeng/2013-06-02
Cool editing---- and Happy June to u as well :)
June 2nd, 2013  
Fabulous processing! It looks like a piece of art!
June 2nd, 2013  
Oh these look really cool processed like this... look fav viewed on black! How did you do it? Or it was so ETSOOI'd that you don't remember? lol
June 2nd, 2013  
These look wickedly cool viewed on black, love the edit.
June 2nd, 2013  
@ozziehoffy I fiddled with the color (hue, I think) and then inverted it. Thank you, lady!!
June 2nd, 2013  
this makes me think of the word "groovy".......it's very cool! sometimes it's just fun to play with editing and I like your end result:)
June 2nd, 2013  
very cool processing!!
June 2nd, 2013  
nice
June 2nd, 2013  
Very cool!
June 2nd, 2013  
Great processing choices - makes for a really fun image!
June 2nd, 2013  
Nice shot and great processing.
June 2nd, 2013  
What an amazing result so beautiful and unusual. Love it Fav
June 2nd, 2013  
Love this effect. How long do your kids have off school? Mine are back on Monday for 6 weeks before they break up from the summer.
June 2nd, 2013  
Really really cool! I love. Beautiful and creative!
June 2nd, 2013  
Cool effect - looks like a daisy x-ray! : ))
June 2nd, 2013  
Very cool result! Reminds me of mother of pearl too.
June 2nd, 2013  
Love the surreal feel to this, great colouring too.
June 2nd, 2013  
Beautiful! looks like a painting.
June 2nd, 2013  
Funky cool!
June 2nd, 2013  
Great edit,like it a lot!!
June 2nd, 2013  
Psychedelic!
June 2nd, 2013  
@tonydebont Thanks so much for the fav, Tony. Really appreciate that:).
June 2nd, 2013  
Very fun! I say go crazy with processing. It's one of my favorite activites. My loss of (1000) kids in four days is made possible by moms like you who have to put up with some bickering and boredom for the summer! Thank you and good luck! :)
June 3rd, 2013  
This is so cool, Amanda. I love the processing you used. You will have a blast in NYC. Wish I could go as well. FAV
June 3rd, 2013  
Very funky editing! I like it!
June 3rd, 2013  
Nice processing.
June 3rd, 2013  
Very cool processing. I looked at the blue one as well. I like them both! Gray days are good for spending time with the editing.
June 3rd, 2013  
@darsphotos Thanks so much for the fav, my friend. I added one step back in editing...the blue and white version in my alternate album today. It maybe posted on May 31. I tagged you!:)

@rachelwithey My kids are off through August 20. Ahhhhhhh.....;-). Very excited to escape for the weekend at the end of June. I will need it! Thanks for your comments, lady!:)

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Hey friends, thanks so much for your lovely comments on this wildly edited shot. I've become more crazy with my editing the longer I do this. It's kinda fun for a change. Today I uploaded the step to the process just before I inverted and got the black version here. In case you are interested to see how I got this result. It's in my extra album on May 31.
June 3rd, 2013  
ETSOOI from the top drawer!!
June 3rd, 2013  
this looks very beautiful! great processing and colors!
June 3rd, 2013  
@seanoneill Is that a good thing? I think it is. Just making sure. Thanks, I think:).

@wind_of_the_sothern_sea Thanks so much, man!
June 3rd, 2013  
Funky!
June 3rd, 2013  
@helixconcepts I know! I kinda liked it for that reason, though...not just your ordinary flower shot;-).
June 3rd, 2013  
@amandal Thank you for letting me know, Amanda. Will check it out.
June 3rd, 2013  
Kev
Great processing!
June 4th, 2013  
Very cool! Nice job on this!
June 4th, 2013  
Great editing. We have 10 weeks of summer holidays and I am going nuts by week 4 or 5. Luckily we have Christmas to focus on in the fist couple of weeks but after that it is a long hot and humid couple of months!!
June 4th, 2013  
@thirtysevenways Nuts that your summer holidays fall over Christmas. I'm nuts by day 2. I've got to figure out how to get the kids to STOP fighting and screaming.
June 4th, 2013  
@snaggy @skpinny Thanks so much, friends:). Weird, I know, but I still liked it.
June 4th, 2013  
fun play! love the stray from "standard" :) your trip sounds like F-U-N and i am looking forward to your pics! summer for me is heaven where i am free to run in fields spinning with my hands lifted high and face to the son. hahahahahaha what can i say? i'm weird
June 8th, 2013  
Love the artistic end result. Happy June!
June 8th, 2013  
@moreyoulessme Thanks, Jerri. It's fun to try new things. Can't wait for my trip, but getting a tad nervous, too. I love singing and spinning in the sun. I get it:)!

@nadaa Thanks, Nada. You are sweet. You, too!!
June 9th, 2013  
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