Last edit for the March One Four Challenge, a very interesting photo editing project hosted by Robyn Gosby at Captivate Me. It has been a good month of experimentation, and as always I have enjoyed the interaction with other participants. We learn a lot from each other and it is entertaining.
Week Four Edit: Glowing Edges
For this last week, I decided to be a bit ‘out there’ and let my humble cabbage butterfly on the rosemary bush really glow. It is electric and colourful, and although it might not be to everybody’s liking, it was fun to play. I started from the cropped version of week 1 and using Photoshop Elements 9, I applied the filter stylize/glowing edges, then tweaked the edges width, brightness and smoothness till I was happy with the result. Here it is:
Butterfly – Week 4
Just as a reminder, here is the progression since the start of the month:
Time to vote!
Being the last week for this month, in fact for two months since April will be a review of past work, I am including a poll for you to vote for your favourite edit.
Thank you for voting, and thank you for your encouraging comments. It is very useful to get feedback and suggestions, it’s even better when it is as supportive as it has been. Be sure to review other participants’ work by clicking on this One Four Challenge link. There are over 30 of us taking part in this wonderful photo processing exercise, with some very talented people in our midst.
Sv-Anui 
An interesting departure!
Do you like the effect?
In all honesty, not for this subject, I think…..
Oh well as I thought, not everyone will like it, but it us fun to play!
But of course! 😀
Hey Sue,just realised the poll daddy widgets wasn’t displayed. I have now fixed that so if you want to vote for your favourite, it’s working!
OK, I’ll hop over…
This is nice. This is a favorite technique/”look” of mine, and you pulled it off nicely by keeping the background n the background so the glowing edges of the butterfly stand out. Good work!
Thanks Joanne – glad you like it.
Hi Joanne, just realised the poll daddy widgets wasn’t displayed. I have now fixed that so if you want to vote for your favourite, it’s working!
I like this week’s photo! But I cannot vote??
Try again Aletta, I fixed it a few days ago and just came across your comment now!
The technique isnt a personal fave but good on you for giving it ago. I think I might have liked it better if the background around the butterfly was less cluttered maybe and it allowed more focus on the key componenents?
Fair enough!
Hey Stacey, just realised the poll daddy widgets wasn’t displayed. I have now fixed that so if you want to vote for your favourite, it’s working!
I like this electrified version!!!
Thanks Cybele!
ps: the poll daddy isn’t there for me!
Odd i’ll check when I get home
I ‘ll check back tomorrow too!
Interesting effect, I can’t really decide if I like it or not 😀 I think it would work better if you would only apply the effect on the butterfly and the one branch/flower it is sitting on and keep every thing else black… ? Maybe an idea to try for April? My favorite is the one from last week!
Thanks Sari – it was just one for fun this week😊
I think you did a really good job of it! This is a hard effect to pull off and you did it very well!
Oh thank you – that is very kind of you.
I like the spherized image from last week as it was the most intriguing take on the image. Really great series this month.
Thank you Ben for your encouragement!
The glowing effect is fun and different. I like it! Glad you tried something new!
Pleased you like it Karen.
I wasn’t sure about this weeks but after looking it over for a bit, I do like it. It reminds me of an outline of a Lite-Brite or something. The inner colors in the butterflies wings are really special.
My favorite is the FotoSketcher, week 2. I think because it helped soften the whole image, which has a few soft spots with the tight crop. It gave an overall look that I appreciate! Great job this month 🙂
Thank you for taking the time to comment, Carrie. Really appreciate your support.
I love what you said Chris – we are learning, having fun and being inspired!! Awesome!!
What I really like about this week is that youve had fun doing something completely different. Reminds me of a neon sign 😃
I voted for version 3 though. I love the light and the whole effect.
Very nice experiments and series this month Chris!
Thanks Robyn for your kind comments and vote. It had been this month…
This reminds me of those glow-art light things when I was a kid, do you know what I’m talking about? You would put different colored plastic pegs into holes and when you turned it on it would light up in the design you made. Lite-Brite! (I just looked it up) Very cool version this week. 🙂
I voted for last week though because I really like the magnifying glass effect. 🙂
Thanks Nic!
Lovely image to choose for this month’s edits. My personal favourite was the first edit, the crop was great and I really liked the subtle light and luminance the image has. Not sure about week 4, its very different, obviously, but I’m glad you had fun with it, after all what is this for?! 🙂
Thank you so much for your kind feedback Katie. It was good fun!
I like this week’s edit – it’s very interesting and I can imagine it drawn in pastel – but my favourite is week three’s. 🙂
Thanks for your feedback and vote Louise. Looks like a few votes are going for #3!
Beautiful edits all through the month, my personal favorite is week 1, soft light makes the butterfly almost ethereal.
Thank you for your kind comments all the way through Lore!