A Golden Heart
by Anita Pollak
Title
A Golden Heart
Artist
Anita Pollak
Medium
Photograph - Photograph, Digital Manipulation, Textures Added
Description
This is actually a white dahlia, and it ended up black purely by accident. I was using a “selective color” adjustment layer in Photoshop to remove some gray in the petals, and I happened to move the black slider to the right instead of the left and I just loved the way the flower looked!
Of course I wasn’t happy with the background, so I isolated the flower and put a base texture (Vintage Clouds from French Kiss Textures) behind it. And then the fun begins…
I thought the flower needs more definition so I ran the Photoshop Poster Edges filter, and moved on to the background. I used several layers of Metallurgy from French Kiss Impressions V.4 set to different blend modes and opacities and finished it off with the grungy flourish from the French Script brushes, also from French Kiss Textures.
Nikon D700 with Nikon 105mm micro lens
Chosen as Image of the Week in the Artistic Aperture Group - December 6-12
Featured in the following FAA groups:
A Woman's Touch - 3/22/2022
100 Favorite - 1/18/2022
1000 Views - 1/8/2022
Crazy Artists - 7/26/2020
What's New - 5/18/2018
Collector's Gallery - 3/7/2018
Pin Me - Daily - 12/26/2017
Bath and Spa Prints - 12/25/2017
Arts Fantastic World - 12/21/2017
Digital Art And Photography For A Simple Imagination - 12/18/2017
10 Plus - 12/15/2017
Art for Eternity with You - 12/12/2017
First Friday Gallery - 12/6/2017
Daily Promotion - 12/5/2017
Images That Excite - 12/5/2017
The Artistic Aperture - 12/4/2017
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December 4th, 2017
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Comments (117)
Loredana Gallo Migliorini
Anita woow! I love them so much and appreciate even more your explanations of how you made this masterpiece. You are great at processing, the background is gorgeous and you have such creative skills! I also love that you list your equipment and the type of lens you used for this creation. Congratulations indeed, Beautiful title! I love everything about your art lory
Alex Mir
Congratulations, Anita! Your outstanding photograph is now featured in the 100 Favorite group! L/F/Ig
Gary F Richards
Outstanding composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L Congratulations on your features!
Geraldine Scull
Stunning artwork Anita ~ Amazing processing, nominating in the 1000 Views Group ! l/f/t
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups Special Features #19 promotion discussion. Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views Group....L/F/Tw
Diana Mary Sharpton
Nominating this gorgeaous photographic artwork for special feature on the 1000 view group... T/F
Carmen Lam
So beautiful image, well done, Nominating this artwork for special feature in the 1000 Views Group! L/F
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