Calla Lily B&W

[Elisabeth-Ann]

Well, I can honestly say this was an accident - the image was taken in colour and converted to B&W using the channel mixer, the cut and pasted onto a white background, and using the history brush set to lighten, 50% opacity and about 50% flow to remove some of the shadow and the stalk.
C&C welcomed.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/AnnGay/CallaBWSignatureWeb.jpg

[D. Craig Flory]

I like it very much. If you added a stroke accent line, inside the outside edge, in a nice grey tone it would look even more terrific.

[Elisabeth-Ann]

I like it very much. If you added a stroke accent line, inside the outside edge, in a nice grey tone it would look even more terrific.

thank you, funny you should mention that, because I did that on the original after I posted this!

[rdking01]

I like it very much. If you added a stroke accent line, inside the outside edge, in a nice grey tone it would look even more terrific.

i'm guessing you tell me how to add a stroke line just as you ststed?

[MagicallyDelicious]

Its gorgeous.

[Elisabeth-Ann]

i'm guessing you tell me how to add a stroke line just as you ststed?

You go to Select>select all, then Edit>stroke, choose your colour and position of the stroke, then hit OK. If the stroke is going to show within your picture frame, it's a good idea to zoom in to about 200% and fix the corners with a 1pixel paint brush too, otherwise they look a little soft, as there is a pixel space in each corner.

[Elisabeth-Ann]

Its gorgeous.

Thank you MD!

[D. Craig Flory]

She was mostly correct. What I mentioned doing would need you to: add a new transparent layer. Then you select a color / shade from your subject layer. Click on your transparent layer and select the rectangular marquee tool. Draw a rectangle. Now click Edit > Stroke > and pick how many pixels & usually as inside mode. (Most of the images I work on here get only one pixel of stroke)

You can also do the same thing to the outside of the background layer.

i'm guessing you tell me how to add a stroke line just as you ststed?

[Stavhp]

Very nice
What oes it look like in colour?

[KYBOB]

Excellent, Elizabeth Ann! I like it a lot.

Bob

[Elisabeth-Ann]

Very nice
What oes it look like in colour?

Thank you, I posted the colour one in the Nature thread

Excellent, Elizabeth Ann! I like it a lot.

Bob

Thank you too, Bob.

[rssfhs]

nice macro! kind of looks like the flower is lying down to relax after a hard day's work!