Sunny Day

Another "accidental" high-key shot from the Sunflower maze. I so wanted to restore this shot but it was impossible. The sky was so blue, the clouds were really nice and the sunflowers were at just the right angle to the sun. How disappointing to discover I'd turned the ISO dial in the wrong direction! Fiddled around with it, added the posterize effect, darkened, put in contrast, then took them off, then added an effect whose name I forget now and that brought the colors SORT OF where I wanted them to be. At first I wasn't crazy about it, but now it's growing on me.

[Bill Fenske]

fun edit Ann

[Allison Williams]

Love this wonderful watercolor treatment. No matter what you did to achieve it, it looks like a lovely watercolor to me.

[Lee-Ann]

Lovely editing.

[Leigh Anne Sanderson]

Pretty!

[aikimomm (phoebe)]

Works perfectly in high key!

[Nicole Campbell]

We are not having a sunny week at all so it is nice to see some blue sky in your image

[alia_801]

Love the hyper-real colours :)

[Joyce]

I agree with Alison it looks like a lovely watercolour. Great editing Ann

[Tremerryn]

Love the processing.

[Nina Ganci]

wonderful

[Colleen Brown]

Wow this looks so so good

[Jane winfrey]

It turned out nice - just not what you were expecting :)

[bkb in the city]

Great shot against the blue sky

[Suse♡]

Intriguing edit

[katy]

Your choices for editing what you thought of as a failed shot have created a beautiful piece of art, Ann!

[Dione Giorgio]

This came out pretty well. Very nice.

[Graham Thresher]

Great shot.

[Denise (lyndemc)]

I think it has an artsy look to it. You saved the picture from the trash bin!

[Islandgirl]

Very cool editing Ann!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@colleenbrown88 @thresheg @tremerryn
Thank you Colleen, Graham and Tremerryn for your generous favs!!

@bill_fe @allie912 @leestevo @lsanderson55 @aikimomm @nicolecampbell @alia_801 @thistle @ninaganci @janewinfrey @bkbinthecity @susale @grammyn @sangwann @lyndemc @radiogirl

Thank you Bill, Allison, Lee-Ann, Leigh Anne, Phoebe, Nicole, Alia, Joyce, Nina, Jane, Brian, Suse, Katy, Dione, Denise, and Kathy!

Thank you all for the encouraging words and positive feedback on this picture! It drives home Jane's point- sometimes it turns out nice even if it's not exactly what you wanted. You folks are the best!

[Julia]

beautiful green against the sky

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@juliac Thank you Julia! The processing helped to recapture some of that.