...but also sort of lacked the energy. This is kind of an experimental work in progress. The flowers had the miserable little black spots, and I removed the worst ones. The original was color negative. Here I used the Green channel and applied an "S" curve for contrast. Then colorized using one of Donald's curves. Then liquified the border. Everything needs practice. But notice the slight texture in the petals? Not sure if it is something beating with the real structure of the plant, or if my scanner is starting to jitter. [Just what I need; first replaced the 'puter one part at a time, and now the scanner misbehaving. Grr...]