Having some Nik fun

[Andrea B.]

Suncups in Death Valley, 19 Feb 2016
As seen through a few Nik filters.

[Hugh_3170]

Nice effect Andrea.  Would make a neat decoration for a place mat.

[rosko]

Old painting effect !

Nice result and very creative, I like it.These flowers look like evening primrose (Onagraceae).

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Correct family, but the taxonomists move these species around a lot between genera.

Andrea: in the old film days, I occasionally got slides back with a good fat thumb print on it, or a lab tech had lost the film on the floor and stepped on it. We want more than just scratches. Bad Nik (...).

[charlie]

I find the flowers to look a little bit to clean and digital under the dirty "analog" overlay. I've found it is helpful to remove a some of the sharpness and detail from the underlying file when doing this sort of edit, it helps the two layers blend together which makes the inauthentic look more authentic   

[Erik Lund]

Very nice effect here!

[pluton]

Even though it is a simple layover effect, it hits me right now as pleasurable relief from the commonplace mania for digital-fueled hyper clarity.