Summertime Sights / Day 14: Velvet Trumpet.

Day 14 in a set of summertime pictures for July.

For the month of July - and as we are currently in the middle of a heatwave here in the UK, I'm celebrating summer and all it's many offerings!

A flower from one of the hanging baskets in the garden - I just thought i'd have a play with the editing and came up with this.

Only 20 more shots left to complete my first year on 365 :)

[Beryl Lloyd]

A stunner & a cetain fav for me Darren . I love the velvety texture & the bold colout of the Petunia ,and the background editing is superb --it really looks as someone had given a loud blast on the *trumpet * !!

[Darren Juden]

@beryl Thanks kindly Beryl :)

[Glenn Mostert]

Great shot Darren!

[April]

Thought perhaps it was a zoom blur. Great effect.

[Sue Wilde]

This is delightful

[Tremerryn]

Wow! A blast of summer - perfect.

[Jennifer]

Great effect! Love the colour.

[Carol W]

Wonderful colours and processing!

[Trisha King]

A favorite colour of mine. Love the processing too.

[Andreea]

Love the colour! Fav

[Michelle]

Great shot! I do like the edit.

[Ivan]

Super image and editing - Wow! - Darren.

[Kate Goring]

Love it. You did a superb job with the edit. Fav.

[Elin G. Reppe]

Wow! A FAV!

[Vijay]

superb composition ...like the PoV and the colorss. Was the effect behind by processing or zooming in - just curious since I have been trying something similar in my last few uploads?

[Dakotaburns]

Very cool effect (and great colors).

[Kev]

Great editing, Darren, but it's the composition that allows it. Nice one.

[Shepherdman]

Very striking image.

[Margaret Brown]

Gorgeous velvet petunia /surfinia, love it!

[Keith Batchelor]

Really dynamic! Love the colours.

[Barbara Havrot]

Gorgeous purples and a velvet look!

[Sarah Munnings]

beautiful lighting on the petals to capture the texture and love the editiing:)

[scott/scotthardingphotography]

very cool

[Barbara Sue]

What a fabulous interpretation! Great intense color! Congrats on being so close, but don't stop just because you finish your first 365 shots.

[ZambianLass]

This is superb

[Hazel]

What a fab flower and fab editing - have to get a tutorial on this some time methinks!!

[colie (Nichole Stewart)]

Awesome comp and edit job. It really makes it look grand. Happy summer and wow only 20 more days!!!!! Exciting!

[Dawn Moder]

Awesome shot!! Fav!

[Sarah]

what a cool effect - Fav for me too

[lunaksi]

Great edit, the colors are beautiful!!

[Al Bailey]

What a gorgeous colour! .... fab shot :)

[Sarah]

Cool shot!

[Susan]

Klassz lövés... tetszk ez az effekt!

[Karen Matthews]

Love the background effect. Almost feels like the flower is traveling at warp speed.

[Kd Wallis]

Very neat effect!! Artsy :)

[Laurie]

Beautiful! It absolutely does look like velvet! LOVE the processing!

[Lin]

Wooooo - now that is intense purple! Had to fav!

[Lisa]

love the processing!