Hi Brenda

Nice shot
I would maybe crop off the darker edge in the bottom right.
Not sure either what you want to achieve, but have done these two, they both soften the image slightly.

PW done with PS CS2

Simon

Make a duplicate layer.
Then go to the bottom layer and apply Gaussian blur - 1 per 100 px an longest side (ie image of 800x600 would be radius 8)
Edit/Fade Gaussian Blur" and select the mode as "darken."

Go to the top layer and repeat the process, but select the "lighten" mode.
These layers will not look good at this point.
Top layer set the opacity to 50%

NB if you want crisp petal edges duplicate image before doing the postwork, and then layer the PW image over the original, and erase the PW layer back with a small soft brush, and apply sharpening to bottom layer USM PS7 CS etc or smart sharpen CS2

2,
Duplicate layer
Hue and saturation
Hue 0
Saturation -70
Lightness 0
Brightness and contrast
Brightness 15
Contrast -15
Duplicate current layer
Gaussian blur
Radius 1 per 100 px an longest side (ie image of 800x600 would be radius 8)
Set blending mode of current layer to overlay
Merge layers.

Message edited on: 01/12/2006 19:45

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