Iridescent Roses, began as a study of flowers and leaves in the foreground, in black silhouette and reversed in white. They create a strong contrast to the bright, color-filled sky in a swirling motion. Together, the flowers and sky create an iridescent image.

The four images above, clockwise, show some of the steps I took to achieve various effects. The top-left image is a close-up photograph of roses. The next image on the right shows the silhouette results I can obtain in the program. The bottom-right illustrates a new brush in this version. A brush means that, using a cursor, an artist selects shapes and colors to make marks on the image. The last picture was created by applying the blur filter. More precisely, the radical blur filter creates the twirling effect