Dried Flower Head
I love black and white photos, and I had been trying to learn how to use this feature on my camera, but didn't get too far with this effort. Therefore, I turn to my Photoshop to play around with.
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Dried Flower Head
The truth color of this dried flower head was dark brown, so I only had to apply sepia effect to bring it to this stage.
Zooming In
Even though it was dried, this flower head was still beautiful to me. In a certain sun light, it even looked amazing.
Growing Against the Wall
I don't remember what this flower was at the moment, but it grew wild against the neighbor's brick wall.
The Real Flower Head
Now, you see the truth beauty in this flower! The leaves turned light red, and the brown flower head was very attractive looking. Maybe I had a little case of craziness, but I think it is as beautiful as it once was.
Icy, if you are crazy then I am too! Mother Nature is looking more radiant and beautiful to me daily.
ReplyDeleteI hope you are feeling better. Take care & God bless!
Icy, I think you should definitely follow this up. The pictures are beautiful. They look classic and even more lovely than usual.
ReplyDeleteBlack and white are used to hide something ugly, certainly not these flowers.
ReplyDeleteThese are astonishing, even more beautiful than anything found in a flower shop.
ReplyDeleteIcy BC, welcome to Sepia Scenes! I'm so glad you decided to join our meme! Your macro photos are amazing! See how ordinary things can be extraordinary! Happy Sepia Scenes! :)
ReplyDeleteYou are not crazy, these are beautiful!
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ReplyDeleteGreat Shots! I love to use Sepia, it totally changes the looks of my pictures. Have a great day!!
Sherrie
Good morning Icey. Beautiful sepias. It totally enhances the remains of the flower. Your bottom picture with its fading pink shows its fragile delicacy.
ReplyDeleteI think both are lovely! Love the background on the color shot.
ReplyDeleteNice macro work!
I like both - I don't think I could choose a favorite. Great job
ReplyDeleteYeah, sometimes camera b/w couldn't be that effective as we want it to be. They are both magnificent in mono and in colored.
ReplyDeleteThese are just beautiful. You are an amazing photographer. I always love your work.
ReplyDeletei love flowers and i loveee brown! they're gorgeous even at that dried stage, isn't it?
ReplyDeletei love sepia as well, liked you been experimenting with it!
It's a great choice for sepia - the sepia allows the viewer to focus on form and structure, rather than on the brown dead bit :).
ReplyDeleteThis flower is lovely, even when it is looking brown, dry and dead.
ReplyDeleteThe sepia adds to its beauty, the lines are so well defined.
thanks for stopping by ;-)
simply beautiful!
ReplyDeleteEven it has dried up, it still beautiful :)
ReplyDeleteI like this series.
ReplyDeleteThe black and white really helped bring out an extra beauty to this plant. The color version is nice too, but this is an excellent way to present this.
ReplyDeleteIt turned out well in sepia1 It emphasizes the details.
ReplyDeletePictures in sepia has a nostalgic effect.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Ratty both versions are nice,but black and white really depicked the flower nicely.
ReplyDeleteI like both the sepia and the color, just because the flower has faded doesn't mean the beauty is gone. Your photos prove that point. I like the monochrome because it forces the eye to see details instead of the color.
ReplyDeleteMy camera also lets me shoot in B&W, it is a great feature because I can see what it will look like through the viewfinder. For sepia I have to manually change it.
nice shot..
ReplyDeleteit may be dry but still beautiful to look at.
ReplyDeleteI love both the color and the sepia shot of your flower. I wish that I still had some flowers that were making a show at this time of the year. Mine have all frozen to black crisp compost. Great pick for this week.
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