painterly dahlia

Found this pretty dahlia in the gardens of one of the local wineries.

Textured with an overlay then lift a duplicate copy of the flower to the top layer, attach a "hide all mask" to that layer & then paint back areas of the flower at varying opacities.

Sorry to be so tragically behind in uploading & catching up...roll on the weekend!

[Gail]

I love the paint-effect... so much like an oil painting! Simply beautiful, Lyn.

[Patty]

Monet would be jealous Lyn, this is beautifully done!

[Fiona]

Gosh this is beautiful - painterly indeed!

[Nicole Campbell]

It looks like a painting Lyn, very lovely

[Terri Morris]

Very good processing.

[SIMMY]

Beautiful shot love the soft focusing on the edges

[Sue Boyd]

Beautiful - fabulous detail and love the focus!

[EvaHenriette]

Beautiful shot.

[Inge]

Beautiful processing! Fav!