My favorite flowers are those which are quite complex: orchids and epiphyllums. Epiphyllums often are called the orchids of the cactus world. They actually are succulents, which are basically cactus without thorns; while all succulents are cactus, not all cactus are succulents.
Today’s Friday Flower Fiesta features epiphyllums, but these are not just any epiphyllum pictures. These were in my throwaway folder, my “see-if-you-can-make-something-out-of-these-when-you’re-bored” folder. These were pictures that most of my photographer friends would have thrown away, deleted. Me? I keep them and eventually play around with them using various digital editing software and filters: Photoshop, Photo-Paint, PaintShop Pro, Fractalius, Topaz, Perfect Effects, Photomatix…. Some others, too, but those are the main ones I use.
So here you go, crappy photos made into Photographic Art stamps. The 12¢ is my favorite.
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My favorites: 1, 3, 4, 12. NONE are “crappy.” I fund myself smiling as I read this, because I’ve passed over photos that weren’t quite what I was hoping for. Sometimes it’s a matter of learning and growing as a photographer that prompts us to re-evaluate those near-misses. I like the stamp border–I’ve used it, too. Keep shooting!
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You should see the original pictures. They really were crappy………..LOL
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Russel, I picked a good day to drop in with the lovely orchid and epiphyllum photos…..Spell check wants me to spell that epithelium if they have the right word or, perhaps, the Latin terminology. Trying to get more time out of life! Phil
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Hey, Phil. Happy new year! Hope all is going well for you and yours over in your part of the world!
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It is hard to choose from these, Russel. I tend to favor the 2 and 8 cent versions, if I were to have to choose. They all look pretty good to me. Very cleaver the way you’ve turned them into postage stamps, which I notice you tend to do anyway. Nice effect. 🙂
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Thanks! I use framing to tell me visually if a photograph has appeared in a blog post. I have two types of framing, stamp borders/photo corners and such, and then my Photographic Art border, which tells me the picture is for sale at Fine Art America.
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The 8c is my favourite.
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So that’s as much money as you’re willing to spend, 8¢?…………………..LOL
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I guess. 😉 I was wondering how far an 8c stamped letter would go. Just next door, maybe?
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