More passion flower.

[flamin lib]

[MLAA]

1. Truly exquisite

What an intricate structure and beautiful, contrasting colors. Well done!

[flamin lib]

5. Thank you for the kind words and encouragement. nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. A beautiful pair!

And I love the soft texture of the photo.

A superb shot, my dear flamin lib!

[flamin lib]

3. Thank you so much Peggy.

I'm trying to broaden my horizons from the tack sharp detail and embrace the elegance of soft misty images and the feelings they might engender. I'm glad you found this pleasing as I'm still trying to match the effects of filters through post processing. I don't think I'll ever get there entirely as it is always better to get it right in-camera than to re-think it in post.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. I'd say you're doing much more than trying, my dear flamin lib.

These flowers in that photo are gorgeous, just right.

[flamin lib]

6. 😊

[MichaelSoE]

7. Soft is good :)

On the tech side ... what filters are you using in post?

[flamin lib]

9. Using Paintshop Pro 2020.

Under 'Adjust' scroll down to 'soften'. There are three options: Soft Focus, Soften and Soften more. I'm using Soft Focus and adjusting strength of softening, size of halo and transparency of halo for most pleasing effect.

[MichaelSoE]

11. Have you ever tried Topaz Adjust filters?

My experience of softening in post is that there are often halos.
The picture of the bleeding heart was done with soft filter on the camera.


This shot is original exposure. Nice and sharp.


This was using Topaz Adjust filters in post.


I am pretty happy with the results using Topaz. the only thing I had to do after applying the filter was add a curve adjustment layer as the softening filter lightened everything and I wanted the shadows and midtones close to the original.

[flamin lib]

14. As geeky as I am about hardware I'm software challenged.

I only use about 10% of what PSP does and post is not my favorite thing to do anyway. There is some really interesting SW packages out there applying AI to basic functions like noise removal and re-sizing and even skin smoothing but I just don't have the energy to learn that much new processing.

I'm still playing with the soft focus in PSP and hope to refine it.

All that said your Topaz application really looks good.

[Callalily]

8. Difficult shot from that angle.

And you executed it nicely! Very beautiful.

[flamin lib]

10. Thank you Callalily 😊

[mnhtnbb]

12. Fabulous shot.

[flamin lib]

13. Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it. nt

[RegexReader]

15. great pix

glad to see the work of those way way better than I am to give me level to reach for