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	Painted Susans f/ 8.0, 1/338 sec., EV +1/3, ISO-200, 12:29 PM, Philadelphia, PA. I worked from the original edited version of a non DA image that I took in early July. First everything was buzzed. That got rid of the purple flowers and some other items in the background. I selected the flowers and then the inverse and used Flaming Pear India Ink and then Twist on the background. I then took the flower layer and did the same thing except for changing some of the Twist settings. When I put all the layers together, I really did not like how the flowers looked...they blended into the background too much. I saved the image and reopened it in Corel Photo Paint. I used a oil paint smudge special effects tool and went over the flower petals. That blended the petals, gave it interesting color tones and some texture. Robert Mann
	Painted Susans: Original Unedited Resize and USM only Robert Mann
	Painted Susans: Original Edited Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation, USM. Crop. Cloned some items in the background. Robert Mann
	Painted Susans: Prior to Painting Of course on second glance, I think, had I been in a different mood, I might have just left this. But what bothered me was the lack of the formation of the petals...I wanted the flowers to stand out more. Robert Mann

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The original unedited, the original edited and the DA prior to painting follow.

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September 14, 2005

Chris Macer

Congrats on the finalist, Robert!