Coneflowers are one of my favorite flowers, and I always enjoy spending time among them in our garden. As with all flowers, each one has its own personality, and this one really caught my eye. She seems to be looking up at the sky with a sense of joy I could feel as well as see. And I love the soft glow effect from the Lensbaby Velvet 56.
I wasn’t familiar with the Gerald De Nerval quote, but once I found it I knew i was the perfect complement to my lovely coneflower.
Processed with On1 Perfect Effects 9, customized preset from Nicole S. Young’s Portland Matte presets, and added Lemoncello from Flypaper Textures and Light it Up #19 From 2 Li’l Owls.
I’m late … This is really beautiful and I like all the processing you added to it. Glad you shared your blog link on FB. xx
Thank you so much for your kind comments and your support, Beverly! xx
This is such beautiful softness. Beautiful work.
Thank you so much for your lovely comments, Lyne!
This is really lovely- I love the hazy look and composition! I have Perfect Effects- just checked and I don’t have that preset- darn! I never think to do this kind of processing in that program (tend to just use it for landscape and gritty photos)- you’ve inspired me to explore some of the other options!
Thank you so much for your lovely comments, Melinda! I do find that some of the presets work better on the kinds of images you mentioned, but I’ve had good results with Portland Matte presets on some of my flower images. You can check them out here: Portland Matte presets.
I hope you have fun playing with presets and trying new things with your lovely images!
What a lovely photo , so soft and tranquil, love it so much !
Oh, you are so kind, Caz! Thank you so much!
Beautiful quote Anita and the picture is just gorgeous….so soft and inviting!
Thank you so much for your delightful comments, Kristi!
Anita,
Perfect flower and photo. Nice and gentle. Just what we all needed after yesterday.
Ann
Thank you so much for your lovely comments, Ann! And yes, we can all use some “gentle” after yesterday!
Your photo art is just beautiful , and I love the quote, fits it perfectly !
Thank you so much for your kind comments, Lynn! I’m so glad you like it!