red poppy 01
by tnun

Comment by inamo:
Stunning, looks like a watercolour painting

red poppy 01
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Comment by FrostyPaws:
Very interesting processing.

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Comment by Lydia:
A fascinating image.

red poppy 01
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Comment by tnun:
Here is the uncropped original


And patio's noise reduction
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red poppy 01
by tnun

Comment by tnun:
Thank you commenters and patio###.

pixelpig: good question. I think the noise is a product of bringing up more colour/saturation, decreasing the gamma/lightness, and all the torture I put it through - for sure the USM creates strange artifacts after awhile. As well I am working with a small jpg file(albeit the crop was slight on a 4mp image) although you wouldn't think that would matter at the sizes we post on dpc.

Will try to post original.

red poppy 01
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Comment by Jutilda:
Oh that is lovely. I like the delicateness and almost high key feel of it with the hint of grain. It's like a delicious abstract.

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Comment by pixelpig:
Sweet! Speaking artistically, the noise adds texture that is harmonious & interesting. I'm surprised to see so much noise on an over-exposed image (is it noise?) This is beautiful!

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Comment by sherpet:
This is also great, being the original, but I like what patio127 did with her processing of your awesome pastel image.

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Comment by drydoc:
Very unique presentation.

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Comment by patio127:
Very nice- like all the ripples in this - I'm guessing a poppy. Great edit :)