On Sun. I went to J.C. Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, NC. It is part of NC State University. These images are of the Gloriosa lily. It is a tropical plant orginally from India or Asia. It is considered an invasive weed in Australia. The image on the right is as taken with no post processing. Camera+ HDR mode. The iPhone does not have RAW image capabilty. The flowers were in a shaded area but there was bright sun.in the area. I did not see the foliage with blue cast and did not think about changing the WB to shade. So when I viewed the image on the computer I felt it was too blue. On the left image I increased the mid tones, and then selected color variations and decreased the blue by 2 and increased the red by 1. When I tried to sharpen or apply a vignette the stamens got pixelated. So, I omitted that change. I posted the left imaged to FB Photo Nuts Group.
My white ornamental Ginger Lily just started to bloom (9/24/15). I have been trying for days to get a good image but it has been raining for 3 days and windy. So, I am going with the best capture I could get. I shot these with native camera app for the iPhone 6. I did try to adjust exposure because of white blossoms. The image on the left was edited normally in PSE 11. The image on the right I wanted to try for an altered art effect. I cropped to a more square image and used the lighten/darken sliders, sharpened to the max to show more texture in the petals and give a more painterly appearance. I did not clone out the rain drops. As a result of the super sharpening the grass in the foreground and background became more pixelated. Too bad photography does not allow you to pass on the fragrance of these blossoms.
