Friday, June 19, 2009

Picture Perfect ~ Pleasantville

This Weeks Picture Perfect Theme is:

Pleasantville.

Above is the original.

 

My photo was cropped and then using a Picasa 3 program I turned the colour photo into Black and White. I then highlighted the orange butterfly and a few leaves on the tree into my Bright Colour Highlight. This photo was taken very quickly one afternoon as the monarch butterfly which was sitting on a flower in the foreground, made a sudden departure. I think the butterfly in the garden works very well in this weeks theme 'Pleasantville' from the 1998 movie of the same name. Thanks Heather have a fun vacation.

Milli 09

 

Pleasantville Version

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34 comments:

  1. A nice secluded corner somewhere and a colourful pair of curtains you call a Butterfly? lol
    That size?
    Ah, the miracles that is modern day photography limited only by the imagination of the photographer.
    Imagination? Do think you could do something for me?
    Hair perhaps?
    I know its Ascot Week and no I don't want a Butterfly Hat. lol

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  2. Wow. So you really caught it "on the wing". Great Picture.

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  3. Thanks I did catch it on the wing and you know I was disappointed at first LOL. Oh well. Sorry if the frame has changed I was not happy with the colour on the other frame.

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  4. Oh I like the frame...cleverly done Milli!

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  5. LOL@ curtains and no i don't have a handy top hat for your head there Bill.
    Butterfly monarch in my garden.jpg
    Click here if you would like to see the original photo.

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  6. Wow, very nice with that butterfly standing out like that.

    Pleasantville

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  7. Hi Milli, if anything needs to be colored in a drab grey world, it is a butterfly!! Like the effect.

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  8. omg, what a dainty effect!.. the original is gorgeous and I love what u did in the final editing...

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  9. love the effect of the orange on the grey.
    would not have seen the butterfly straightaway in the colour photo if u hadnt told me lol..

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  10. Thanks dear Milli!
    Gud luck all the way!

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  11. Wow!! Great job!! Most definitely a Pleasantville photo.

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  12. Milli, your talents have no bounds. This picture transformation reminded me of the dramatic effect of the girl with the red coat in the otherwise black and white film "Schindler's List."

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  13. That's really great, love the way the butterfly stands out!

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  14. Just flittering away.
    Well done. I really like it: both versions, the maturity of the first and the highlight of the second.
    http://busterp.multiply.com/journal/item/252/PPF_Pleasantvilleish

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  15. It is lovely. I love the Monarchs. I am not so good however at taking good pics of them! LOL

    Empress C's PP!

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  16. Love the butterfly! Great job!

    Glad you like my PLEASANTVILLE! Thanks for your kind comment! :-)

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  17. Very nice. almost looks wintry with a butterfly floating around.

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  18. Well done Photography is fun isn't it

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  19. hi its a beautiful pic keep it up

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  20. hi its a wonderful pic keep it up

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