Overexposed image on purpose, hand held, taken upside down decided to leave upside down,some usual colour contrast saturation adjustments, USM, rock and waves effects (irfanview), possibly more USM. Just playing.
Might have been more finetuned if I had access to the noise reduction in the gimp, but computer modifications and snaffus temporarily prevent access to this as well as to earlier flower pictures at the moment. Normal broadcasting expected to resume next week.
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.
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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