Thanks Tina! no rush.
Kim
Here is what I did. I held a green card stock behind the dandelion. The green paper was kind of a varigated green and white not a solid color and took the shot.
Then I used this technique posted by Westiemom/ Anita:
Duplicate the layer
Run high pass filter (filter, other, high pass) about 3
Set blend mode to hard light.
Combine layers (shift/Ctrl/Alt/E)
Filter>stylize>diffuse>Anisotropic. ( I usually do this step 2 or three times to get a liquidy, smooth painted look.)
Unsharp Mask 150/.3/0
Smart Blur 3/12/high
You can also increase the contrast if need be.
Tina B