Seed Pods and Leaf

Beautiful capture; nicely processed Keith.

A wonderful marvel, Keith.

I like the subject and the grungy background Keith. It is finished very nicely with the inner framing.

The grunge suits the see pods to perfection!

What a magnificent, creative and artistic artwork-photo, Keith. I love the texture, which adds to this quite nicely. The details on the pods is wonderful. It is such fun to play with filters until you find one that enhances your picture. Nice job on this one, it's very tactile and fun to look at.

Thanks for the comments on my frozen droplet and the insets too! By the way, the background of the frozen droplet has a colored texture applied at a minimal level...I tried it and wham, I got that gorgeous warm and colorful background, switching it from a drab grey. It wasn't bad before but the warm background, like you mentioned, really makes that picture special. :)

Art work. Thanks Keith

belle texture

That is lovely! You made a great job of that, Keith!

Thanks muchely everyone................much appreciated..!!

Wie schön der Zweig mit den Farben und Texturen im Hintergrund harmoniert! Eine exzellente Kreation, Keith!

Glad you approve Wilhelm. I'm not particularly good at it but I enjoy playing around in Post Processing. It's the only way to learn :-)

A true work of art. You put a lot of thought and then expertise into this. Result?
An astonishingly good photo!

You're very kind Andy. One of the joys of digital photography for me is being able to play around with my images like this. I can't draw or paint, so this is a reasonable substitute :-)

Interesting. I was told at school that I should concentrate on a career in art because that is where my talents lay (they said). I couldn't see it myself. (Maybe I should have, 30 years in finance in London and 10 as a business English teacher in Madrid...). But perhaps it translates into the fact that I value the broad effect of a shot rather that trying to make it technically perfect. It is also why I am perfectly happy with my smartphone and two pocket digitals (when they work, which means not now!).