This pretty, peachy iris just showed up on my garden doorstep this spring. She wasn't expected. Certainly wasn't invited. She just turned up, stayed and blossomed into a beautiful lady.
I've never had a "volunteer" iris before. This one has been quite a treat. Somewhere between a peach and a tan color, she adds a hue to the back garden that I believe is only possible with iris.
Today I introduced my son to the PicMonkey editing tool and had some fun playing around with Iris to demonstrate some of its features. Here are some of the results:
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I love your original photo and how you framed the shot; although any flower is beautiful to behold, somehow isolating an element of the flower creates a more interesting photo to me because it isn't how I see flowers as I simply pass by. I've been playing around with that concept myself and have posted a few pics. Isn't it interesting how different a photo feels and how sometimes the content seems to morph when we play with color and effects in editing?! I think both the first b&w in your series and the soft teal wash effect are so striking that they would make stunning enlargements and could hang in an art gallery :) So nice!
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Thank you for your kind comments, Robin. Like you, I am fascinated by the seemingly endless perspectives on something that seems so simple at a distance. Photo editing tools can definitely broaden our view of flowers and the world.
DeleteSuch a beautiful iris and it's great that you've used all the effects. I love the brown effect ; )
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How fun to have a beautiful volunteer iris appear in your garden. I really haven't had time to play around in Picmonkey. Hoping things will slow down one of these days so I can do that.
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Beautiful shot and nice edits!
ReplyDeleteInteresting post processing but I love your volunteer just as she is. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad the developers of Picnik have forged on with PicMonkey since Google decided to offer a diluted version of Picnik only to their G+ users.
Don't you just love volunteer plants? This iris is gorgeous! Thank you Ann, for sharing on Weekly Top Shot #31!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful iris! I really must go try out picmonkey. I keep hearing good things about it, and your edits are lovely.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots and very interesting editing!
ReplyDeleteLove seeing the various editing techniques. This is a great shot! Thanks for linking up with Flower Art Friday!
ReplyDeleteThe isis is gorgeous! Nice editing.
ReplyDeleteLove irises . . . lovely shot. Thanks for sharing the edits from PicMonkey. I have been hearing it mentioned quite a lot recently and feel it is time to check it out.
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