Neon Iris with Wild Columbines
by Conni Schaftenaar
Title
Neon Iris with Wild Columbines
Artist
Conni Schaftenaar
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art From Photograph
Description
When my parents built the house I grew up in, my mom planted irises in a V-shaped bed at the front of the house. About 30 years later, I took some corms from that bed when it needed thinning and planted them in a flower bed on the farm my husband and I had just moved to. Now another 30+ years later, they still bloom in late May. My friend, Crystal, took a photo of one perfect bloom over the recent Memorial Day weekend and said I could play with it in Photoshop, so here's one thing I did with it, turning a pretty blue iris or "flag", into a neon beauty by filtering and color manipulation. Some wild columbine growing among the irises provide some orange accent color in this digitally manipulated photo.
2nd Place Tie in the Photoshopped Flower contest, February 2022
2nd place tie in the Flora as the Subject contest, May 2022
Featured in these FAA groups:
Midwest American Photographers, June 2014
Elite Artists, June 2016
Photographic Camera Art, November 2018
The Artistic Aperture, February 2023
Uploaded
June 9th, 2016
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Comments (71)
Gary F Richards
Congratulations on your Top Finish in the contest… MONTHLY FEATURE FOR FEBRUARY - GROUP MEMBERS ONLY! F/L
Gary F Richards
Spectacular Neon Iris with Wild Columbines composition, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! F/L voted
Taphath Foose
Beautiful work, Conni!!! CONGRATULATIONS, your work is featured in "The Artistic Aperture"!! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" discussion thread and any other thread that is fitting!! 😊
Gary F Richards
Outstanding Neon Iris with Wild Columbines composition, lighting, shading, brilliant color and artwork! F/L voted
Gary F Richards
Congratulations on your winning 2nd Place tie in the contest… FLORA AS THE SUBJECT! Fl
Conni Schaftenaar
Thanks, Sarah, and thanks to all who voted this to a 2nd place tie in the Flora as the Subject contest!
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