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A yellow rose in b&w

© Tiia Vissak

A yellow rose in b&w

Uploaded: March 11, 2008

Description

I made the initial photo at home. At first I played with its overall image balance (brightness, contrast & gamma) in MS Photo Editor: turned the background almost black, but this made parts of the rose too orange. Then I made a negative and so the rose turned blue and the background white. I played a bit more with the image balance and then converted the image to b&w in Gimp and after that, changed the image balance a bit again, cropped it and cloned out some dead pixels in MS Photo Editor.

Comments

Kristy A. Keene March 11, 2008

I really love this! Great Work Tiia!! #875086

Bill Knaps March 11, 2008

Great and beautiful work Tiia. Bill #5627500

Tiia Vissak March 11, 2008

Thanks!

I now add the initial image.

Tiia #5627511

Dominick M. Dimacale level-addict March 11, 2008

Lovely image and work here, Tiia.

Dominick #5627573

Laur Dumbrava March 11, 2008

Wonderful image, Tiia! #5627756

Anna M. Halasz March 11, 2008

Fantastic image.Great work. Anna #5627770

Tiia Vissak March 11, 2008

Thanks a lot!

Tiia #5627780

Linda Boehme level-classic March 11, 2008

Wow, great work, Tiia! #5627782

Nadya Johnson March 11, 2008

Interesting interpretation of this rose! And I hope you will post the original sometime, as it's such a pretty shot! #5627896

Lonnie M. Scott March 11, 2008

Very cool shot and work Tiia!! I have a similar shot in my gallery. #5627949

Tiia Vissak March 11, 2008

Thanks!

My initial image is in the comments of this photo (my comment is 3rd from above).

Tiia #5627979

Elida Gutierrez level-classic March 11, 2008

What can I say?

WOW!!!! #5627986

Patrick Rouzes level-classic March 11, 2008

interesting #5628123

Nancy (Peaches) Harker March 11, 2008

Great job Tiia!!! #5628181

Tiia Vissak March 11, 2008

Thanks a lot!

Tiia #5628229

Colette M. Metcalf March 11, 2008

Beautifully done! #5628265

Carol Sawyer March 11, 2008

Beautiful imge and great work, Tiia! #5628388

Jessica Jenney March 11, 2008

Terrific conversion and effects, Tiia! #5628404

Tiia Vissak March 11, 2008

Thanks!

Tiia #5628419

Karen Engelbreth March 11, 2008

Beautiful image - great work, Tiia!

#5628445

Dianna Murphy March 11, 2008

You amaze me at what you create! #5628719

Cyn Valentine March 11, 2008

Beautiful b/w..wonderful effects..great comp Tiia! #5628847

Tiia Vissak March 11, 2008

Thanks!

Tiia #5628853

Kathleen Rinker March 11, 2008

Outstanding work Tiaa, love the comp and effects!!! #5629165

Melissa G. Meiselman March 11, 2008

Outstanding work on this, Tila!! Great results from all of your editing!! #5629234

Ellen Hodges March 11, 2008

Like the b&w in thus image! Makes a very distinctive image. #5629301

Kay Beausoleil March 11, 2008

Superb work, Tiia! #5629400

Lonnie M. Scott March 11, 2008

I love a BLACK ROSE TIIA!! #5629429

David A. Simons March 11, 2008

This is outstanding work, Tiia. #5629550

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna March 11, 2008

GORGEOUS, Tiia!!!!! ♫ k #5629797

frank w. degenhardt March 11, 2008

Tiia- Good evening. Quite a unique look. It is always fun to try new things. I do like the black on white. The lighting and clarity are outstanding. I like that you wanted to try something else and went with the black. the patterns are so interesting.
have a wonderful day, take care, be safe. #5630138

Judi Morrissey March 11, 2008

Fantastic image! Love the effects. #5630162

March 11, 2008

Tiia, your work is always different from the rest, thats what make you stand out..way to be creative and original. Keep up the great work :) #5630326

Barbara Waldoch March 11, 2008

Terrific job, Tiia! #5630382

Evy Johansen level-classic March 11, 2008

Great job, Tiia! #5630422

Tiia Vissak March 11, 2008

Thanks a lot!

Tiia #5630544

Paul E. Earl March 12, 2008

Another terrific creation, Tila!! #5630687

Brett Dolsen March 12, 2008

A great creation Tiia.Wonderfull frame!!
Brett #5630701

Margaret R. Barry March 12, 2008

Fantastic creation, Tiia! #5630864

Su Sana E. P level-classic March 12, 2008

Neither drawing nor cartoon effects… Tiia, I love your treatment on this. You’ve truly inspired me here. #5630880

Tiia Vissak March 12, 2008

Thanks!

Tiia #5630888

March 12, 2008

Very cool, Tiia. #5630890

Donna K. Kilcher level-classic March 12, 2008

great job! #5631429

Ray Thoms March 12, 2008

Well done Tiia! #5631445

Tiia Vissak March 12, 2008

Thanks a lot!

Tiia #5631472

Chua Wee Boo March 12, 2008

So cool!!! #5631515

Colleen Braun March 12, 2008

awesome... #5631896

SaMi Martin March 12, 2008

Very creative Tiia! #5631984

Joy Rector March 12, 2008

love it, great job #5632165

Manuel Barrera March 12, 2008

Admire your ability to remember the steps, Tiia, I forget and often can not repeat the process 100% #5632201

Eugenio Diaz March 12, 2008

What a dazzling capture Tiia, striking lighting, tones and effects…Well done!!!! #5632280

Nadine A. Lewis March 12, 2008

Great job on this, Tiia! Creative use of effects! <>< #5632433

Mukesh Srivastava March 12, 2008

A great creative work as usual Tiia!! You always present new ideas to inspire other BP buddies. #5632560

Ronald H. Musser March 12, 2008

wonderful Tiia, you are so creative I throughly enjoy your work. Ron #5632594

Tiia Vissak March 12, 2008

Thanks a lot!

Tiia #5632633

Stan Kwasniowski March 12, 2008

Tiia, well done #5632659

Melissa Hintz March 12, 2008

Fabulous!! #5632752

Stephen Zacker March 12, 2008

Creative, unique and cool #5632999

Tiia Vissak March 12, 2008

Thanks!

Tiia #5633042

Ronald F. Fischer March 12, 2008

What a spectacular work of art!! #5633610

Tiia Vissak March 12, 2008

Thanks!

Tiia #5633675

May K. Vokaty March 12, 2008

This is amazing! #5634027

Joseph N. DiGilio March 12, 2008

This is an extraordinary rose, Tiia. Good work. #5634584

Emmanuel Panagiotakis March 12, 2008

Nice PP very good skills with PS
Super picture #5634977

Robert G. Stalnaker March 12, 2008

Somehow I feel you loved art in school, Tiia. Your creativity knows no bounds. Great job! #5635206

Robert K. Bemus level-classic March 12, 2008

Cool image, Tiia - great in B&W!! #5635327

Tiia Vissak March 13, 2008

Thanks a lot!

Actually I'm not goot at drawing or painting on paper or canvas, but digital tools help me do almost everything I wish.

Tiia #5635363

Stan J. Bendkowski March 13, 2008

Terrific image, Tiia! #5636536

Tiia Vissak March 13, 2008

Thanks!

Tiia #5636591

Erika Haight March 13, 2008

Beautiful effects Tiia!!! Amazing work! erika #5637653

Tiia Vissak March 13, 2008

Thanks a lot!

Tiia #5637682

Lorraine A. Cook March 13, 2008

The detail is PHENOMENAL in B+W, Tiia!<:)) #5638612

Tiia Vissak March 13, 2008

Thanks!

Tiia #5638656

Kaye Burazin March 13, 2008

Somethings B&W is beautiful. This is one of those times. #5640003

Carolyn J. Connolly March 13, 2008

WOW, Tiia - what a GORGEOUS yellow rose this is...and you've turned it into a REALLY interesting monochromatic piece of artwork here!! This is a VERY nicely seen, taken, edited...AND transformed image!! :o) #5640046

Tiia Vissak March 13, 2008

Thanks a lot!

Tiia #5640203

Cary Rogers March 14, 2008

Great lighting, composition and petal textures, Tiia! #5642539

Tiia Vissak March 14, 2008

Thanks!

Tiia #5642568

Dawn M. Schneider March 14, 2008

everyone has already said it all. this is stunning. #5642882

Tiia Vissak March 14, 2008

Thanks!

Tiia #5642921

Martie Last March 14, 2008

Wow! This is the cool stuff that keeps me coming back. Interesting and creative! #5643876

Tiia Vissak March 15, 2008

Thanks a lot!

Tiia #5645146

Heather L. Haderly March 16, 2008

AWESOME!!!!!!! #5650994

Tiia Vissak March 17, 2008

Thanks!

Tiia #5651814

Niels Sandal March 18, 2008

Artistic and unique #5658996

Tiia Vissak March 18, 2008

Thanks a lot!

Tiia #5659021

Toni Riggs March 19, 2008

Wonderful and creative image! #5666206

Tiia Vissak March 19, 2008

Thanks!

Tiia #5666262


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