yes another orton attempt

[jlabel]

This is some kinds interesting effect and colors here

[kat]

Well done! Nice compostion and color! what else can yah ask for!

[JAS_Photo]

Great bright colors. Very nice.

[Bambi]

everyone

[F8&Bthere]

Very nice choice of an orton-esque image! Kudos!

[Bambi]

thanks F8

[AntZ]

thanks everyone. I am just using a GIMP plug in so not sure how to control all aspects. I did a few times until I got the look I liked.

There are essensially 2 settings on the Gimp Plugin(the only one I've seen available) and that is how much blur(for the soft layer) and layer opacity to blend the 2. Actually I'm not sure if the opacity is a plugin setting. I think you just use the layer opacity slider in the layer window. Anyway it sounds like you've done what I do. Mess around with the settings and pic your fav. The next step is to do some layer masking so you can control which areas are sharper as well as layer opacity.

[Bambi]

There are essensially 2 settings on the Gimp Plugin(the only one I've seen available) and that is how much blur(for the soft layer) and layer opacity to blend the 2. Actually I'm not sure if the opacity is a plugin setting. I think you just use the layer opacity slider in the layer window. Anyway it sounds like you've done what I do. Mess around with the settings and pic your fav. The next step is to do some layer masking so you can control which areas are sharper as well as layer opacity.

funny that's what I was thinking! wondering if I could figure out how to layer a blurred image over a sharp one.

[AntZ]

funny that's what I was thinking! wondering if I could figure out how to layer a blurred image over a sharp one.

Thats what the plugin for Gimp does. If it is the only one I have found for gimp, you should see that in Gimp you have 2 layers. You can then change the opacity to change how much of the bottom layer comes through to the image. But it is applied to the whole layer. Layer masking will alloy to even more control to say bring more of the branches though with more focus than the rest of the image.

[Jason]

I'm not too familiar with orton, but I have to agree that the colors in this shot are awesome. Also very nicely composed, I really like how the branch runs through the frame.