Feeling Blue

© Laura E. OConnor

Feeling Blue

Uploaded: July 16, 2005 07:38:22

Description

This is a photo of a white arched shutter on one of my windows. The sunlight was streaming through and I took several shots. I was bored and played with it in PS. Changed colors, hues, saturation, curves, levels - just about everything in the basic Image Adjustment menu. Then rotated 90 degrees and cropped slightly. Then added flood filter.

Have a GREAT weekend everyone!

Comments

Roxanne M. Bubar July 16, 2005

Oh my this is magnificent. I love the beautiful shade of blue. I love the image you have created. Well done. I wish when I was bored I could created something like this:) #279418

Gena A. Tussey July 16, 2005

oh, very well done! #1599935

Laura E. OConnor July 16, 2005

Thanks so much, Roxanne and Gena! #1600085

S J July 16, 2005

Fantastic abstract image and splendid effects, Laura!! #1600278

Colette M. Metcalf July 16, 2005

Oh Wow!! This is fantastic, Laura!!! #1600341

Goshka G. July 16, 2005

Love the blue interlaced with the black, Laura, in this beautiful abstract!! #1600366

Laura E. OConnor July 16, 2005

Thanks SO much for your wonderful comments, SJ, Colette and Goshka! Here is a peek at the original (hopefully)... #1600383

Jenny Bosmans July 16, 2005

TERRIFIC blues abstract, Laura! What a great job you did here! Love it! #1600411

Adilson F. Ferreira level-classic July 16, 2005

Fantastic abstract Laura!!!
Great colors and effects!!! #1600496

Lori Carlson July 16, 2005

Oh WOW! Crazily (word?) beautiful!!!! Love this image Laura!!!!! :0) #1600527

Ermanno Radice July 16, 2005

Gorgeous abstract image and wonderful effects, Laura!!

#1600829

Laura E. OConnor July 16, 2005

THANK YOU Jenny, Adilson, Lori and Ermanno!!!

Lori: LOL! Crazily sounds good to me! :) #1600900

April L. Brewster July 16, 2005

What an awesome image. I love the shade of blue. Nice abstract that would look great hanging on any wall. Good job! #1601051

Laura E. OConnor July 16, 2005

Thank you for your wonderful comment and compliments, April! #1601086

Debbie Hartley July 16, 2005

What an AWESOME image Laura! I love it!! #1601303

William C. Raco level-classic July 16, 2005

This came out beautifully, Laura
I love what you did!
Very pretty!

bill
#1601334

Laura E. OConnor July 17, 2005

Thanks SO much, Debbie and Bill!! I truly appreciate your comments and support! #1602272

Kara L. Hendricks July 17, 2005

Love this Laura!!! Wonderful addition of the flood filter here!! #1602615

Laura E. OConnor July 17, 2005

THANK YOU, KARA!!! :) #1602658

Kerby Pfrangle July 17, 2005

Laura

Beautiful abstract. Wonderful job in PS

Super job. Kerby #1603534

Karen Engelbreth July 17, 2005

WOW - fantastic abstract, Laura - wonderful PS work! #1603594

Laura E. OConnor July 17, 2005

Kerby and Karen...Thank you both for your wonderful comments! #1603678

Kate Jackson July 17, 2005

I love your work on this Laura! Beautiful colours and love the flood filter effect! #1603710

Noel Baebler July 17, 2005

Terrific work on this, Laura! #1603738

Michelle R. Kovach July 17, 2005

Great job Laura! Very creative! #1603777

Laura E. OConnor July 17, 2005

Thank you all so much, Kate, Noel and Michelle! Your comments are truly appreciated!!! #1603841

Jill Flynn July 17, 2005

Cool, blue and moody Laura! Love what you've done here!!!!! #1603917

Detrick V. Martin July 17, 2005

Wonderful image! #1603965

Jim Kinnunen level-classic July 17, 2005

Very creative and well done, Laura!:) #1603979

Laura Clay-Ballard July 17, 2005

fab abstract! Isn't it nice to have "toys" to play with when we get bored? LOL #1604031

Laura Clay-Ballard July 17, 2005

fab abstract! Isn't it nice to have "toys" to play with when we get bored? LOL #1604033

Deb Holmes-Hatfield July 17, 2005

Terrific Laura, awesome effects, great PS work! #1604041

Laura E. OConnor July 17, 2005

WOW! Thank you Jill, Detrick, Jim, Laura C and Deb!!! I appreciate each of your kind comments! #1604086

Pamela Shane July 17, 2005

The depth of the color really caught my eye right of the bat!! Sensational effects here Laura!!! ~Pam~ #1604228

Cora Miller level-classic July 17, 2005

Hard to beat a well done abstract...especially one with such a rich, deep color of blue and a water reflection! Excellent work, Laura!! #1604542

Matthew D. Indes July 17, 2005

AWESOME! one of the coolest shots I've seen on BP! #1604674

Donna Roberts July 18, 2005

Oh My! The advantage of commenting late is getting to read all of the other comments and to see the original image too.
AMAZING work Laura!
Love it.
:-) from 'downunder' #1604850

Paul E. Earl July 18, 2005

WOW!!! This really is quite amazing. Great PS work which have really created a fantastic abstract. Well done!! #1605048

Laura E. OConnor July 18, 2005

WOW! Pamela, Cora, Matthew, Donna and Paul...Thank you all SO much for your amazing comments!! I can't express how happy you've all made me this morning!! Thank you! #1605581

Claudette Foote July 18, 2005

Fantastic abstract image and splendid effects, Laura!!

#1606035

Laura E. OConnor July 18, 2005

Thanks so much, Claudette! #1606785

Alisha L. Ekstrom July 18, 2005

WOW WOW WOW Laura...This is FANTASTIC. So creative & I just love that blue & black together. Love the flood filter. You really did a great job on this:):) #1607112

Laura E. OConnor July 18, 2005

*grin* Thank You Thank You Thank You, Alisha! :) #1607162

Daniel Diaz July 18, 2005

Gorgeous abstract Laura, this is magnificent!! #1607239

Heather Harpel July 18, 2005

Wow, great job! I love the colors! #1607620

Lynn Crawford July 18, 2005

Oh My, love all the effects, what a cool image :) #1607717

Chris Macer July 18, 2005

Beautiful shades of blue and effects in PS, Laura! Very creative. #1608020

Laura E. OConnor July 18, 2005

Thanks Daniel, Heather, Lynn and Chris for your wonderful comments on this! #1608286

Connie J. Turner July 18, 2005

These three shots are really impressive.I think you just stumbled on to something!!!!!! Awesome work! #1608416

Beverley A. Daniels July 19, 2005

Your hard work paid off!!!!! Fantastic! #1609723

Laura E. OConnor July 19, 2005

Thanks so much, Connie and Beverley! I really don't know much about photoshop, but just played with it. Thanks for your support and encouragement!!! #1609745

Judy S. Fung July 19, 2005

Great image and work, Laura! Love that blue. #1610545

Margot Petrowski July 19, 2005

Stunning!!!!! Excellent work!!! #1611583

Margot Petrowski July 19, 2005

Stunning!!!!! Excellent work!!! #1611584

Laura E. OConnor July 19, 2005

Thanks Judy and Margot!!! #1611659

July 20, 2005

Beautiful job Laura! Love the Blue and effect, excellent! #1613044

Laura E. OConnor July 21, 2005

Thank you, Reine! #1618157

Mary N C. Taitt July 26, 2005

WOW! This is impressive! I LIKE IT! Good work! Mary #1642071

Tammy Scott July 26, 2005

What an AWESOME abstract, Laura! Great color! #1642876

July 31, 2005

beautiful editing work laura! the blue you selected is perfect, you should get bored more often!! #1659102

Laura E. OConnor July 31, 2005

Thank you so much, Mary, Tammy and Emma!! Believe me, I wish I could be bored like this more often! THANKS ALL!!!! #1659123

Tammy Scott August 20, 2005

Congratulations on your finalist! #1739924

Sandy Landon August 20, 2005

Congrats on this creative photo!! #1740074

Sharon Day August 20, 2005

Wow, this is a beautiful abstract, Laura!!! Big congratulations and good luck next round! #1740933

KHAWLA Haddad August 20, 2005

Congratulations on very creative finalist, Laura! #1741318

Pamela K August 20, 2005

Great PS work! Congrats and good luck!

Pam #1741771

Laura Clay-Ballard August 20, 2005

fab post work. congrats
#1741923

Lori Carlson August 20, 2005

Whoohoo!! :0) #1742032

Noel Baebler August 20, 2005

Huzzah, Laura! #1742145

Kara L. Hendricks August 20, 2005

Gorgeous use of the flood filter!! WTG!! COngrats to you!! #1742262

Laura E. OConnor August 20, 2005

WOW!!! THANKS SO MUCH EVERYONE!!! Congratulations to everyone who got finalists for July! Good luck in the next round, All!!! #1743286

S J August 21, 2005

Congratulations on this fantastic Finalist, Laura!! #1745505

Chris Macer August 21, 2005

I still love this shot, Laura! Congrats on the finalist! #1746275

Rakesh Syal level-classic August 21, 2005

Congratulations, Laura on this stunning finalist!!! #1746378

Laura E. OConnor August 21, 2005

Thank you, Gentlemen! I appreciate your comments and your enthusiasm for this image! #1746446

Donna J. Taff August 21, 2005

Congrats on your finalist wins, Laura!!! #1746606

Ken Grooms August 21, 2005

Congrats on this winner! #1746739

Jennifer Rennison August 21, 2005

Congratulations, Laura! Beautifully colors and ps work!! #1747001

Alisha L. Ekstrom August 21, 2005

I KNEW this was going to be BACK!!! WTG my friend!!!! CONGRATS...GOOD LUCK!!! I got your e-mail about the collages...I just got home a bit ago so I'll chat at you tonight or tomorrow!!! I liked your collage of "CURLS"...Talk to you soon!!! #1747304

Debra Booth August 21, 2005

Congratulations, Laura! Very cool image--great PS work! #1747335

Ermanno Radice August 21, 2005

Congratulations on this wonderful finalist, Laura!! #1747480

Laura E. OConnor August 21, 2005

THANKS Donna, Ken, Jennifer, Alisha, Debra and Ermanno!! #1747519

Cora Miller level-classic August 21, 2005

Congratulations, Laura! #1748840

Matthew D. Indes August 21, 2005

Laura, Congratulations on your awesome finalist!
It's a winner! #1748870

Laura E. OConnor August 22, 2005

Good morning, Cora and Matthew! Thanks so much! Matthew...I hope so!!! ;) #1750470

Cathy M. Gromball August 22, 2005

Congratulations, Laura! Excellent work!

Cathy :) #1750878

Anne D. Eigen August 22, 2005

Congratulations and best wishes with this very creative, awesome image, Laura!!! #1751047

Heather Harpel August 23, 2005

Congratulations Laura! #1756643

Dan McConoughey August 23, 2005

Laura, this is really cool. Very interesting lines and use of the flood
filter.
Maby someday I'll get past camera tricks and get into using PS tricks.
Great image and congrats on your finalist.
Many thanks for your comments and encouragement on my inages. #1758555

Laura E. OConnor August 24, 2005

Thank you Cathy, Anne, Heather and Dan! Wish it was a winner, but it still is, in my eyes. ;)

Dan, you're very welcome. Your gallery is just beautiful and your winner was a VERY well deserved one. I just learned some PS tricks, but most of PS is WAY beyond my expertise, as are many camera tricks. You could teach me a thing or two (or three)! :) #1760633


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