I have this empty corner of my living room that is crying for a 20 by 30 framed poster collage to complement the one hanging on the wall near the adjacent corner of the room. Yesterday, I made an attempt, experimental at best, to create this wall hanging using the theme of flower photos that I took on a recent trip to the Biltmore Estate located near Asheville, NC. My goal was to use the various tools in Lightroom to modify each of the flower photos for use in the collage. Secondly, I wanted to use the layers application in Pixelmator to create a design that gave a feeling for the beautiful outside gardens in spring with the more fragile flowers nurtured inside the Atrium that borders the Gardens. Most of this work is purely experimental. I purposely decreased the opaqueness of the black oval background to allow a hint of the large garden shot to show through, hopefully without interfering with selected photos from the outside gardens and the inside atrium. If nothing else, I find the colors interesting and the design works for me. I will have more of an opinion once I hang it on the wall. It may come across as more of marketing visual than a photographic collage, but it was fun trying.
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