Monday 17th January 2005 - Day 30

The problem that I have with winter nights, is that following work, there is such little light that it is hardly worth going outside with the camera. Especially when the rain is hammering at the window. However, I've decided to experiment a bit, learning some skills in the process.

I was taken by the colours of these tulips - bought, not grown I hasten to add. However, I just couldn't get a satisfying picture, the green was so dominant, and I needed something happening. Short of buying in a wind machine - not enough room and all that - I allowed my imagination to be unleashed a little.

PS - Levels, Magic Wand to select greenery, used channel mixer to convert greenery to mono and tone accordingly, eraser to restore some areas of white selected above, radial blur, then adjusted opacity. Cropping and framing.

I tend to work on a new layer for every stage, allowing some flexibility with what I have done