Flower Power-some fun with photoshop

WIth the warmer weather comes new growth, flowers blooming and people out doing fun acyivties.There are so many photographic opportunities.. So our cameras are clicking, recording it all.

I have the bug, I’ll admit it. I take far too may pictures and I enjoy it, lately I’ve been having fun playing around with photo shop. l’ll share a few pics I took and some of my experiments too. I promise to go easy on you, not too many, well I’ll try.

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granbee says:

June 27, 2012 at 2:05 pm

I am wallowing with intense pleasure in these petals. I especially enjoyed the editing you did with some of these shots. Great material for your fabric art, dear lady!

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1. Barbara Harms Fiber Art says:
  
  July 2, 2012 at 8:07 pm
  
  Thanks so much, it amazes mw how fun and easy Photoshop makes it. I see a lot of wonderful photographers out there, who are so creative in their editing and are able to just conjure up such strikingdeas. One, who I follow on FB, Bonnie Bruno, is a master, producing artwork rather than just beautiful photos [I’m not saying there is anything wrong with beautiful photography,I love striking images} but she adds another layer of interest. Bonnie McCaffery does some striking images of flowers, very close up and I love what she is doing with her macro lens.I love photrography,evidenced by the multiple photos on my blog. -Barb
  
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  1. Barbara Harms Fiber Art says:
    
    July 5, 2012 at 9:23 am
    
    In the Photoshoto program there are severaal setting under special effects. One which effects transluceny and and several that effect
    the edges. If you get get the less expensive one it’s under $100, and works great fror us amatures. I was aiming for subtlness in most of them, luded or some with no effect whats so ever for contrast.
    
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Barbara Harms Fiber Art & More

Barbara Harms-Up Close and Personal I'm a fiber quilt artist, working in mixed media. I come from an “arty” family. I inherited the family “arty gene” & have been involved with art my whole life, painting most of it. I had despised in my early teens to be a serious painter. I joined the Las Vegas Artist's Guild, their youngest member at the time. I was totally out of my league, a teen, in a room of adults. I tried to avoid being noticed, a kid in a room of adult artists, I’m pretty sure they noticed. Being exposed to all those serious artists, was a great experience. So, there you have it, the "glorious" beginnings of my artistic "career"! I've continued to paint for most of my life. I was introduced to quilting after moving to Oregon and instantly fell in love it. It was new and exciting, I jumped in with both feet. As enjoyable as I found quilting, I began to miss the creative freedom painting affords. Then, I discovered fiber art quilting, I was finally home. My Process & Approach For me, it's the process of creating that holds the strongest attraction. I love starting with a tiny seed of an idea; vague and blurred around the edges, then I follow where it leads. My style is fairly loose and instinctual. The choices and decisions that come up as I work on a piece, are made based on my gut feelings. This can result in quite a few changes in direction. This approach can lead to many changes in the direction. The outcome can come as a surprise. I love that element of surprise. Sometimes everything just comes together & I think that this is one of my better ones. I can’t wait to show someone. I feel like a six year old, running home from school, a drawing in hand, can't wait to show Mom. At those times I'm smiling like the Cheshire cat.