Thank you so much for your wonderful comments, thoughtful suggestions for edits, and favs for yesterday's lonely ship at sea (or as Joan pointed out, 'at lake' more appropriately -- just less lyrical). Certainly better post processing than today's!
This started out as an idea for ETSOOI with its flower theme. I think this actually ends up insulting both the flower and the fly! But too much time spent on it, and I decided failures should be posted as well as successes when one spends too much time on it (as well as computer crash and actually having to do it all over again!). Cognitive dissonance meant having to go ahead and post. No need to comment as I have no idea what one would say about it anyway!
Processed using liquify and 3D in PS, then textures using Topaz Texture Effects, then trying to save it doing something in LR which I can't remember, other than cropping.
Next step in the processing...because...really no idea why: https://365project.org/taffy/special-photos/2017-08-09
It may be a mistake, but I the studied whackiness rather appeals to my whacy sense of humour. And the colours are good too, lovely bright yellows. Fingers crossed your computer's not playing up again, perish the thought.
Has potential, perhaps the ring could be in the green range rather than grey. Playing around is a good way to learn. I think that I might follow your lead about posting the 'not up to snuffs' and invite feedback. Maybe even a theme?
Im not sure what to say - so you made me laugh saying you wouldn't know what to say. But, I am drawn to the bottom left corner and I think I would rather like the abstract result if you just cropped everything else away and presented that quadrant! having said that, what you have done looks immensely clever and sophisticated!
