Yes I like the look of this this & it looks far more manly:-) I wouldn't do too much of Cats techniques Carole as his picys look quite girly:-)
I luv the look of this now, goodun Carole.
Here's an update without that petal Rod. I did this a long time ago and since I don't have CS2, I had to mess around in Elements to try and get the x-ray effect that Photocat has done for some of his entries in the CSLR challenges. This is actually the inverse of a dark red rose on a white background and a bit of fiddling around with levels, contrast etc. CJ