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Sinuous Snow Flake


 

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Sinuous Snow Flake
Sinuous Snow Flake

MERRY CHRISTMAS Photo Members!

Oh How I Love This
FUN FRAC FILTER!

This Is A Snow Flake
FROM OUR TREE.

I will include the original.

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TV 1/8, AV 2.8
MACRO HAND HELD
FRAC FILTER, CROP.
(DDR) 1209

Laura E. Swan

 
  The Original Image
The Original Image

Un-Cropped.

This is also the same image
from two days ago called
FLARING FLAKE.


COOL what filters can do, HEY?

Laura E. Swan

 
 
 
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December 16, 2009

 

John Connolly
  Real beaut work here Laura! I see you are having a ball with your frac filter!
Some people just can't get enough snow flakes....LOL!


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December 16, 2009

 
- Ann Coates

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  It's amazing what you can do with that frac filter. Very creative and beautiful Laura.


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December 16, 2009

 
- Nancyj E. Hovey

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  Beautiful colors, Laura...wow....nice fun in DDR & frac! 8o)


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December 16, 2009

 

Tammy Espino
  This is beautiful work!! :) Love those colors
The nakey cowboy is a cowboy who plays guitar down in time's square in his underware, cowboy boots and hat and is famous world wide, Close your eyes Ms.Nun!!


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December 16, 2009

 
- Sherran Andersen

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  Very creative... is this filter expensive?


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December 16, 2009

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  Hi John, Ann, Nancyj, Tammy and Sherran!

This filter was a B-day gift and is a plug in. It is compatible with my PSE7 program and likely all the other big ones too? I dont know!!! I am not sure how much they cost...I think around 45 dollars.

What is really fun about it is that the combinations are endless in the filter itself. So, one thing might look awful but keep using the sliders in different combinations, and you come up with all of these different types of effects.

If you look at this image and then go back in my gallery and see "Flaring Flake" to days back, you can see the vast difference.

I knew I'd love this filter and I will also love Topaz when I get it one day.

Thanks all, very much, and that is very interesting about the cowboy in his "unders"...!!! HA! MY EYES ARE CLOSED.

SEE NIR I M TYING WITH HEN CLOSED.

HA!


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December 16, 2009

 
- Maria Warren

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  WOW SIS. THIS IS AN GREAT AND SO PRETTY PHOTO LOVE IT THE COLOR IS VERY NICE AND THE EFFECT IS VERY NICE TOO WOW NICE WORK :)

(((HUGS)))


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December 16, 2009

 
- Maria Warren

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  A FAVORITE FOR SURE:)


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December 16, 2009

 

Monnie Ryan
  Topaz is great -- that one I've got -- but the frac filter is just something else, Laura! WOW! What a transformation. Outstandingly cool!


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December 16, 2009

 

Ron McEwan
  Outstanding piece of art work here Laura. Love it, I may be interested in the Topaz. I just finished working on HDR my first. Got a ways to go yet I think.


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December 16, 2009

 

Brett Dolsen
  Beautifull Christmas Art and love the colours Laura!!Brett


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December 16, 2009

 

Liz blahh
  Beautifully done!


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December 16, 2009

 
- Patrick Rouzes

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  Someone is having fun with that filter & doing a magnificent job with it! Another beautiful job here, Swanee! I see some December WINNERS in your gallery ,my friend! WTG!


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December 16, 2009

 

Nancy J. Locke
  WOW!!! FANTABULOUS, Laura!!!

Love your photography. :D

Happy Holidays, Nancy J Locke


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December 16, 2009

 

Stephen Zacker
  Super cool. You are indeed having fun with this filter


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December 17, 2009

 

ROLAN NARMAN
  Outstanding work with your friend fractalius Lulu! Lovely Christmas fun!


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December 17, 2009

 

Renata Gusciora
  Wow!Another awesome work,Laura!Incredible and unique effects!


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December 17, 2009

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  Isn't this FUN you guys? I am so tickled that you all like it!

Thank you Little Sister Maria, Sweet Monnie, Ron, Brett, Liz, Paddy, Nancy L, Steve, Bro-lan and Renata!

I'm really tickled! Thank you so much for all that you said.

The Frac Filter is a wicked tool to have in an artists arsenal! HA!

GET ONE!!!

-Laura :D



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December 17, 2009

 

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer
  AMAzing image, SSSLala. I can understand why you love this filter. And the colors are soooo lovely.
P.S. I love the original too. Very beautifully captured. Not a detail missed!!!


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December 18, 2009

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  Thank you SSSKiki!!!

:D

!!!


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December 18, 2009

 

Carol L. Fowler
  The frac filter is so PERFECT for this. You don't MIND ME capitalizing LETTERS, DO YOU? IT is SO ConAgeOUS when I READ all the CAPTIONS and RESPONSES!! LOL!


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December 20, 2009

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  tHaNk YoU!!!

nO. nOt At AlL cArOl!

i KnOw It Is. TeLl Me AbOuT iT.

-lAuRa :F


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December 20, 2009

 
- Nancyj E. Hovey

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  Photobucket
on your very deserving EFP! 8o)

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December 24, 2009

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  Wow! What a beautiful congratulations!!!

Thanks you so much, Nancyj!!!

-Laura :)


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December 29, 2009

 
- Irene Colling

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  Creative transformation of the ornament Laura. The shape of the snow flake is clearly defined but you've added interest with the fract filter.

Nice work Laura.


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December 30, 2010

 

Susan Weisensel
  This is very cool Laura, can you buy that plug in at Best Buy and do you just load it on your computer if you already have PSE7?


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December 30, 2010

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  You know I just LOVE that filter, Irene! It wasn't bought in a store but online for my birthday in 2009. I looked high and low in BEST and other places and always found it online instead. Under 50 dollars. It uploads as a plug in on PSE7. Didn't this one turn out looking like YARN? The Fract filter could have done a thousand different LOOKS with this....PSE7 DDR is hours of fun and discovery if a person has the time. It has always been rewarding. Time well spent! :)))

Thanks lots and HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU!

-Laura


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December 30, 2010

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  Susan, the above is meant for you, too! Sorry! :))) Irene and I have so many DDR conversations that I just began to prattle! :))) !!!


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December 30, 2010

 

Susan Weisensel
  Thank you Laura, now what web site do I go to to find it:)


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December 30, 2010

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  Here is the site!!! :) Copy and paste to browser!

http://www.redfieldplugins.com/Downloads.htm

Wonderful site!

SADLY if you have a MAC you are out of luck for FRACT. Hope you have windows!


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December 30, 2010

 

Susan Weisensel
  Thanks so very much Laura and yes I have windows.


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December 30, 2010

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  GOOD. You get ON IT GIRL and treat yourself to it!

AND NOW, in 2011, ... (DRUM ROLL) ... THE FUN BEGINS!


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December 30, 2010

 

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna
  This is one awesome snowflake, NL! Ya done good girl!

I understand that ALL your BP friends are invited to your house for a shoot! I sure hope you have a big enough home for everyone! LOLOLOL
:-) NN


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December 30, 2010

 
- Kathy Salerni

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  Whoa, outstanding work with the frac filter, Laura! I love this filter! You snowflake is so cool! Hope your New year is full of happiness!


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December 30, 2010

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  Oh YES Kitty Girl. Sweetest in the entire NB range. ALL of you are invited. I have guest houses galore and have been up for days sewing and making beds and sleeping bags while Dale builds TeePee's and cots.

Heyyyyyy wait! THAT was a DAY DREAM! BUT come on up anyway and we will get the old pink tour bus fired up and we will SEE IT ALL! MISS ROSE promises! :) So long as the motor starts!

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Hi Kathy! Loved your remarks, and thank you very much!

I HOPE YOUR NEW YEAR IS FULL OF HAPPINESS, TOO! :) !!!

-Laura :)


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December 30, 2010

 

Dick W. Wyatt
  Great fun effects !!

HAPPY NEW YEAR !


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December 31, 2010

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  Thank You Dick!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! :)


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January 10, 2011

 
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  Wow! Beautiful! Love it!


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January 12, 2011

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  Thank You CRC Sister! :D


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December 04, 2011

 
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  I believe you have been Fracing up Laura. Nice use of the filter. I have not used it before.


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December 06, 2011

 

Lana Arcemont
  Outstanding Work and Lovely Colors!


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December 15, 2013

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  HeeHee...RIGHT, Emile :))))) It is SUCH a fun filter!!!

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Hi Lana, Thank you and I appreciate the visit. :)

-Laura



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December 15, 2013

 

JO ANN CLEVELAND
  Love it Laura! I have that filter too and it creates so real beauties and this one is perfect!

jo ann c.


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December 16, 2013

 

Mary K. Robison
  How I wish I could have/buy that filter, Pom!! In the right hands (yours), the results are marvelous. It's a wonderful example of how the choice of effects can jump a photo from pleasing to superb!
WIN-WIN-WINNER!!!
And, again:
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and Dale and everybody else who you care about, which means Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone on the planet!


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December 19, 2013

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  Hi Jo Ann, Mare and Mr. Tree :) - I love the Fractalius Filter lots. It really only seems to work well with certain things.

Birds, Cats, Wood, Flowers and objects with sharp feathers.

It looks terrible on people and faces unless they are background crowds and finely tuned. Looks bad on a lot of things actually. HeeHee...

I loved the results of this one, too. Thank you all so much.

!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

Love, Miss Rosey Pom :D


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December 21, 2013

 
- Lydia Williams

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  This is gorgeous!!! Love it!


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December 21, 2013

 

Michelle Tinger
  awesome image


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December 22, 2013

 
- Laura E. Swan

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  Thank you Big Sister Lydia and Michelle! I had fun making this one!!

* * * MERRY CHRISTMAS! * * *


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December 22, 2013

 
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