Blue Palm Swirl
Original photo of this young palm leaf was taken outdoors in natural sunlight. The leaf was separated from the shadowy background by very bright backlighting. By spot metering on the leaf for exposure, the background went totally black. Changed color to blue in ps8 and added swirl effect in photosuite (I liked the original but just started playing around and liked this better! Of course it has been raining here for 4 days straight!!!)
Uploaded on April 23, 2004