Morning Light [Contest Finalists December 2004]
Uploaded: December 31, 2004 22:08:11
The rainbow spindrift is the original unretouched photo. The dome and city were added to make another in my sci-fi series. All work done in Microsoft Picture It.
Katrina M. Scheidler December 31, 2004
Hello, Shirley. I love this. Can you tell me how you did the dome and the pic inside, please? This is great! #200804Tommy Luca December 31, 2004
Yes, please share how you created this magnificent image ... I like it. It stirs the imagination! #1006669Shirley D. Cross-Taylor January 01, 2005
Thank you both so very much! The dome was created from one of my photos of a marble. I removed the lower half and used selective transparency for the inside. The city is a combination of several variations on a single cityscape that I have. I warped some of it and cropped and cut and pasted and blended until it looked the way I wanted. I reduced the contrast of the city quite a bit. I added a large rainbow colored flare to the dome, which I spread over half of the picture, then I added the smaller, brighter flare. #1007803Lori Ditlefsen January 18, 2005
Very nice work Shirley! Congrats! #1043353Shirley D. Cross-Taylor January 19, 2005
Thank you very much, Lori! #1048909Terry Lennox January 20, 2005
This photo really caught my eye, great composition- I love fantasy photography- have you any more ??Terry #1050105
Donna La Mattino Pagakis January 20, 2005
Amazingly beautiful and original. Congratulations on being featured in the digital darkroom newsletter. Very well done. What a fantasy!!! #1051412Shirley D. Cross-Taylor January 20, 2005
Thank you so very much, Terry and Donna! Terry, if you'll look in my gallery, you'll see several other sci-fi fantasy type creations. #1052578Terry Lennox January 28, 2005
Hi Shirley, Ive just checked out your gallery and what can I say - it has really inspired me to try out some new things! Your gallery is full of Truly beautiful images- really took my breath away!Shirley D. Cross-Taylor January 28, 2005
Thank you for the kind words, Terry! Glad to be an inspiration.:) #1069522Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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