Tweaked blooms for Bloom Day: joene's garden

Tweaked blooms for Bloom Day

Violet blossoms are still my only contribution for February 2010's Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day. You can see them in my January post. Rather than take similar photos of them again, I thought I'd share what photoshop tweaking can do. You get some amazing effects with some flower photos.

Compare the pre-tweaked violet photo on the left with the tweaked one on the right.

The difference in the violet photos is subtle … the following less so.

Gerberas become an abstract art print.

Hydrangea takes on surreal hues.

A viburnum in snow with a watercolor look.

Any my favorite of this bunch - the sweet peas - glow with enhanced accented edging.

Head on over to Carol's place at May Dreams Gardens to soak in blooms from other gardens and feast your eyes with cyberspace's Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day.

January’s velvety violets: 2 years ago
November 2009 - Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: 2 years and 2 months ago
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: January in Connecticut: 25 days ago
An October Stroll: 3 months and 25 days ago
September’s Shades: 4 months and 25 days ago

Categories: Bloom Day (RSS), Focus on Flowers (RSS)
Tags: flower photos (RSS), Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day (RSS), May Dreams Gardens (RSS), photoshop (RSS)

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12 comments

#1. Caroline
2 years ago

My favorite is the watercolor-style viburnum, although the gerberas are very Warhol-esque. Happy GBBD!

#2. Nell Jean
2 years ago

Love the Violets!

Bloom Day pics are all fun, any way you look at it. I even have a Macro!

#3. noel
2 years ago

aloha,

what a celebration for bloom day, i love what you did with your tweeked photo's did you use photoshop or some other cool software? nice composition.

#4. joenesgarden
2 years ago

Thanks Caroline, Nell Jean, and Noel - yes I used photoshop.

#5. Cindy
2 years ago

I love your photos. I think the hydrangea is my favorite. Do you think the blue shades are due to the temperature? I always have yellow in the summer time. Thanks for the views.

#6. Melody
2 years ago

My favorite is the hydrangea bloom. My daughter (Marsanne) has a Bamboo tablet that uses a version of photoshop. She just got it for her birthday. Stop by our blog and see what she has done.

#7. Jeannie in Sacramento
2 years ago

thanks for the photoshopped pictures. that was fun. Jeannie

#8. joenesgarden
2 years ago

Cindy, the blue in the hydrangea is due to our acid soil. Glad you like the tweaking.

#9. joenesgarden
2 years ago

Melody, Nice photos on your site. Thanks for stopping by.

#10. joenesgarden
2 years ago

Jeannie, glad you stopped by.

#11. Carolflowerhill
2 years ago

Beautiful play with your images Joenes! I love them all.

#12. joenesgarden
2 years ago

Thanks, Carol. It's a lot of fun to play with the possibilities photoshop offers for image enhancement.

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