The Heart Of The Season... [Photography Contest Man Made Architecture Transportation Industry Pictures]
Uploaded: December 11, 2006 11:20:17
Is Jesus!
This started out as a long exposure of our Christmas Tree Lights with intentional camera movement. I added an overlay layer & did a gradient flood fill in a red, green & white gradient that I made in PS. Then I created another layer & did the flexify filter in the shape of a heart, added a selection border & then layered in the selections to make the rest of the hearts.
f29.0, ISO 100, 3.5 Second exposure, no flash, 28-70mm lens.
Tonya R. Boles December 11, 2006
Lots of work Michelle, for a great image. #570692Sherry Stricklin Boles December 11, 2006
Pretty colors and design, Michelle...Very festive!! #3691666Melissa G. Meiselman December 11, 2006
Terrific colors and lights with interesting effects, Michelle!! #3691673Michelle R. Kovach December 11, 2006
Thank you very much Tonya, Sherry & Melissa! I appreciate all your comments!Joy Rector December 11, 2006
gorgeous #3691850Dr Silly December 11, 2006
Cool :O)Candice C. Calhoun December 11, 2006
Cool holiday photo, Michelle!ccc #3691887
Lisa D. Greer December 11, 2006
Awesome! You soooo know this is a winner, right???!!! :) #3691906Michelle R. Kovach December 11, 2006
Thank you very much Joy, Doc, Candice, & Lisa! I appreciate all your comments!LOL Lisa, I'll take your word for it! :)
At least its a winner in your book for sure! :D
Have a great day!
Michelle #3691931
Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas December 11, 2006
Beautiful effects Michelle!,Michelle R. Kovach December 11, 2006
Thank you very much Amalia! I appreciate all your comments!Judy A. Lawhon December 11, 2006
Love the title and the effects are great, Michelle!! #3692174Michelle R. Kovach December 11, 2006
Thank you very much Judy! I appreciate all your comments!Brian Lobdell December 11, 2006
Love the "color blizzard" Michelle, and the character you gave to the composition with the addition of the heart images.... and it all comes together with your title! Great work! #3692788Michelle R. Kovach December 11, 2006
Thank you very much Brian! I appreciate all your comments! LOL I wasn't sure about this one but the more I see it the more I like how it came out. :)Linda McLellan December 12, 2006
This is great! I too have been experimenting with intentional movement when taking Christmas light photos. Your work inspires me. #3693996Michelle R. Kovach December 12, 2006
Thank you very much Linda! I appreciate all your comments!Ronald F. Fischer December 12, 2006
Fabulous work here, Michelle!! #3694771Michelle R. Kovach December 12, 2006
Thank you very much Ron! I appreciate all your comments!Kara L. Hendricks January 24, 2007
WOOHOO!!! Congratulations! #3860622Datha Y. Thompson January 24, 2007
CONGRATULATIONS Michelle!!! Awesome work :0) #3861788Sherri Gorman January 24, 2007
Congratulations on your awesome finalist!!! #3862229Shawn Jennings January 24, 2007
Congratulations on your finalist, Michelle! #3862359Michelle R. Kovach January 24, 2007
Thank you very much Kara, Datha, Sherri & Shawn! I appreciate it!Les Rhoades January 25, 2007
I would leave a longer comment, but I’m busy still following the lines.
Congratulations on your FINALIST
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Janine Russell January 25, 2007
Michelle, congratulations on your finalist. #3865473Michelle R. Kovach January 25, 2007
Thank you very much Les & Janine! I appreciate your comments!Candice C. Calhoun January 25, 2007
Big Congratulations!ccc #3866466
Michelle R. Kovach January 25, 2007
Thanks Candice! Good luck to you as well!Susan Fox January 25, 2007
Great photoshop work! Congrats! #3867719Michelle R. Kovach January 25, 2007
Thank you Susan!Cathy M. Gromball January 25, 2007
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist, Michelle!Cathy :) #3873107
Michelle R. Kovach January 26, 2007
Thank you Cathy! I appreciate it!Sherry Stricklin Boles January 27, 2007
Congrats, Micelle! #3877474Michelle R. Kovach January 27, 2007
Thank you Sherry! Congrats on your Win!Donna La Mattino Pagakis February 10, 2007
A great finalist image Michelle, congratulaions!!Your gallery is looking beautiful!! I love all those cute baby portraits!! #3932966
Michelle R. Kovach February 10, 2007
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