Flower bed - gradual blur

i used a short working distance to make the distant part go out of

focus. i liked the effect. what do you think? also i got to improve

on making borders with PS. suggestions please. thanks

The photograph as is a brilliant shot. True you might have to work on the borders, although I like those flowers projecting on black border, the yellow color in the border is a bit distracting. The colors of the flowers against green are rendering a beautiful contrast. Good work, Congrats.

I like this very much. Great color. I don't think I'll ever learn borders correctly in PS. Good picture.

My rule of thumb about digital bordes is keep it simple. In this case, because of the majority of deep, rich values, I would suggest a thin black border, or a slightly wider black border with a complementary pin stripe.

 

In PS go: Image-->Canvas Size, then pick your colour and your size.

To do the pinstripe, make a square selection (0 feathering) out from the photograph a bit and right click. Select "Stroke" and you can experiment with stripe thickness, color, and offset to see what looks best.

My thanks to all for the valuable comments and suggestions. I hope I will improve one day.