A broken heart..............

My processing skills need a lot of work and practice to reduce the frustration and length of time a relatively simple task currently takes.

Thanks to everyone for all recent comments and favs, you are all very generous with your time and critique.....much appreciated. :D

[mervyn hobbs]

love it very good imagination

[Mike O]

This is awesome!

[Livia]

Looks wonderfully minimalistic! Great idea, good work! 8)

[Jennifer Ruge]

This is lovely! Your processing skills put mine to shame.

[Shanne]

love the minimalism - and processing gets easier with practice

[Chris]

Wonderful - love the idea and the way you turned it into an image.

[marlboromaam]

This is pretty cool, Ruth! Nicely done!

[Jane Pittenger]

Great job. Like the idea and use of empty space feels right on

[Humphrey Hippo]

Beautiful composition. Very thought-provoking. Love the splash of red.

[Pyrrhula]

great minimal art pic. well done

[Pat Knowles]

I am trying to think how you did this...is it a leaf in milk? Wonderfully inventive Ruth!

[Jen Hudson]

A heart that is broken and bleeding. Superb shot.

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

@happypat My imagination did not stretch to milk Pat!!!! Grace found the leaf and I just placed it on a white paper and then processed and processed !!!!! Got very frustrated trying to do selective colouring (nail varnish) in Gimp, managed it in the end and not sure if it would be better without it or not!!!! :)

[Pat Knowles]

@ruthmouch I just thought the leaf was sinking a little round the edges in liquid & definitely better with the colour, that's what makes it so special!

[Ariel]

This is good and it works. The selective colouring is perfect here. Creative, well composed and original, what's not to like?

[Ruth Greene]

Quite well done!! Very artistic adaptation of a broken heart!

[MonicaE]

I think this is great, Ruth. You are definitely way ahead of me but I have the same problem processing photos: it takes me too long and it means more sitting which bothers my back.

[Steve Hankins]

Very imaginative and great processing.

[bruni]

You know they say that red brings out the other colors..here it looks like the heart is bleeding..you did absolutel great with your processing.

[Simon]

Lovely shot Ruth!

[CHARLES MALLIA]

beautiful work

[Andreas]

Well done, nice minimalistic shot

[Cliff]

My processing time is also too long but if I were able to produce something like this, I'd be well pleased.

[ladyjane]

A lovely and creative shot.

[tony j sisti]

Great imagination and processingr, broken hearts are hand to mend......

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Very creative shot.

[bep]

I'm impressed...

[Skip Tribby]

I don't know what you were trying to achieve Ruth, but I think this is a great work of art!

[judith deacon]

I think your processing, and your imagination, are working just fine, this is a really neat image.

[katy]

I love it! The simplicity of it appeals to me so much! Fav!

[Myrna O'Hara]

Very creative and having this in the lower right hand corner just feels right somehow.

[Meredith Jones]

Worth the frustration. Great shot!

[☠northy]

this is wonderful!

[beachradish]

Very expressive in its simplicity!

[Sabine]

creative shot ! I like the result of your hard work.

[Peter de Graaff]

Great composition Ruth

[Sue]

Wonderful composition Ruth .... very creative!

[Princess Fairlane]

Very creative Ruth! beautiful composition and processing :D

[Lisabell]

Wonderful composition and selective coloring. I know what you mean about the length of time it takes when you’re just learning. My Gumby and Pokey shot took far too long1

[Olga]

and this a wonderful processing and composition...I love it :)

[Vicki Dixon]

beautiful work!!!

[Ruth Lueth]

Wonderful minimalistic and very creative. Worth to do all the work on it. FAV

[Janelle]

I really like this. Very simple , yet eye catching. The red definitely works well. Fav

[Linda Lorraine]

BEAUTIFUL! So relate to your frustration...I don't know how to do this.

[Juliette Packham]

really like this - I know what you mean by time taken to edit - it can be so frustrating to do the simplest of things! Great job here though

[Ann Jones]

Very imaginative and full of creativity!

[Pam]

Very cool shot!! The processing is great!!

[Sandie Reardon]

Hi Ruth, Your efforts are well worth these results. I don't take time for processing, but will some day when I retire and have new-found hours in each day. This artwork is absolutely lovely.

[Caroline]

Oh cute. Pretty.

[Anna]

So very lovely!

[David H.]

What a wonderfully though out image!