This is a manipulated version of a shot that was taken minutes after this shot was taken. I was rushing to catch the sunrise, but could not resist taking a shot of these silhouetted cows (which couldnt be discerned later on on my monitor) near the tree. Looked great with the predawn blue. As karma would have it, it was cold, I was in a hurry and it was handheld resulting in a blurry picture. This is an attempt to "restore" the picture, and in the process learn some image manipulation :)

Title courtesy: outnbout

Original title: A tree and some cows

(duh! how boooring!)

flickr Explore 21 Feb 2007 #255

Model by Marcus Ranum

Moving on from the Verboten! image. Our heroine stalks around her Steampunk world.

The background is another plant room from yet another building shot recently.

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Day 298, and another outtake

*Better view large! * View On Black

This is a photo/image manipulation using Photoshop elements/CS3, Corel paint shop pro X2 and Photofiltre.

I used a lot of stockimages and brushes to create this.

Credits go to the photographers/artists who made the pictures/brushes i used.

Links to brushes:

Chains: henda-stock.deviantart.com/art/Chains-Brushes-34090024

Hair: maskimxul.deviantart.com/art/Hair-Brushes-Strands-15151668

vaia.deviantart.com/art/Photoshop-HAIR-Brushes-set-2-1455...

Links to stockimages:

Background: annerirestock.deviantart.com/art/57-61003359

Fog: www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=1125820

Girl: eirian-stock.deviantart.com/art/February-Winter-Morning-1...

Butterfly: shoofly-stock.deviantart.com/art/Butterfly-Stock-12-92270986

Partial chains: Sxc.hu

Rose: Sxc.hu

Bird: Sxc.hu

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Bailey Island, Maine

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Swansea Marina this morning. On seeing this beautiful sunrise, it was an easy decision to be slightly late for work so I could photograph it.

To spoil the romance of this shot just a bit: the orange sky was caused by the sunlight catching emissions from the chemical plants in Port Talbot, just across the bay!

Some more imagery for The Bonneville Barons. In my mind I was thinking 'barn dance' but this looks a bit spookier than I thought.

Ah well, it's only just gone halloween. Maybe I can still get away with it.

As ever. Yann shot against a neutral grey background and composited into this scene.

A before and after comparison can be viewed here: www.flickr.com/photos/bigpicture1966/8151040548/in/photos...

Strobist:

x1 Einstein640 boomed high just off centre right for main fill.

x1 AlienBees AB800 camera left and x1 AlienBees AB1600 camera right both shot through large softboxes to provide kicker light.

The old jalopy is a Daz 3D creation.

Thanks to DeviantArt for the background.

Once again, big thanks to Marcus Ranum

Another steampunk-esque image about... um... it's all about... know what? I have no idea what it's about. But lets face it, this one doesn't take itself too seriously.

I had some un-used Daz Studio renders and images from the previous pic and thought I'd hack another comp together.

This one almost ended up in my 'Hall of shame' but I worked on it a bit, redid some layers and threw a lot of filters at it. Now, I actually quite like it :)

OK this one's had the lot.

HDR

Diffuse Glow

Three layer blend Soft Light and Darken with Gaussian Blur and Unsharp on separate layers

Various Layers, curves etc

Desaturation

Phew!

Thank you Tigersgirl

In my mind, the zombie is not attacking. There is a piece of mistletoe hanging just above her head out of shot and he is coming in for a big sloppy kiss! :)

The before and after comparison is HERE

A simple backdrop once again for this shot. Altered all the colours on Sarah-Janes costume to keep a fairly warm/copper kind of feel.

My model Sarah-Jane is shot against a neutral grey background and composited into the scene.

All backgrounds are themselves composites of various elements to create a 'hopefully' dramatic theatrical quality.

Strobist:x1 Einstein640 boomed high just off centre right. x1 AlienBees AB800 camera left and x1 AlienBees AB1600 camera right to provide kicker light.

You have met this fellow before, but he thought you might also enjoy seeing his magnificent, vanGovian tail.

141/365. Getting to work keeping all my New Year's Resolutions:

Playing more music, shooting more films, taking (even) more photos and doing more work about the house.

Quite the handful!

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~This is photo manipulated picture, created for a photoshop contest site~ -- -050406

Memory Garden, Sun Village, Surprise AZ

Model by Faestock.

Some proper fantasy-based imagery here with more than a passing nod toward Game of Thrones. I have always had a thing for dragons, but could never quite get previous ideas to work. Kept persevering with this one as it looked like it had some promise. Quite liked the idea of dragons using their fire for something constructive rather than just burning everything down.

The dragons are 3D renders saved out as transparent PNG files. Easy to drop into photoshop then.

Have made one amend to the image and re-uploaded. I didn't like the vague glow in the sky in the top left so I put in a more detailed moonrise.

Nelly Furtado

Fantasma

Mi Plan

Slave4Britney

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Q tal chic@s? :D! Espero q todo super bien...

Ok pes... comparto con ustedes este diseño de Nelly Furtado, (el segundo que hago de ella en toda mi vida xD), esta vez para la cancion "Fantasma" que viene en su nuevo album " Mi Plan"...

Esta cancion me la recomendó Santi y hasta me dedicó un blend con el titulo de esta song :D! (gracias :D!)... y me gustó mucho pes, creo q es de las mejores de su nuevo material, (aun no lo he escuchado muy bien todo pero pronto lo haré xD)...

Este diseño es un regalito para Angel Montoya.. si si... Pollito/Pollo/AngelPollo/ etc jaja xD... un "pajarito" me dijo que fue tu cumple y desde hace un buen de tiempo que tenia ganas de obsequiarte un blend :D!... y buee. aqui está xD mil años despues jaja..naaa pes...

Esto tambien es de parte de Mike para ti jejeje :D!

Espero que te guste, y pes Felicidades un poquititito atrasadas jeje..!!

La imagen es de 524 x 624 px... Recomiendo Zoom ;)

El diseño, queria algo algo freak con un toque de fantasia y un poquito "dark"...La cancion "Fantasma" no es nada "dark" pes... asi que bueeeno..

ehm.. varias partes del vestido y otros detalles son pintados, no tengo blends en estos tonos asi que jugué un poquito con estos colores... y muchas cosas pes.. xD esta vez les dejo caps de proceso de edición ;)...

Es todo.. Saludos a todos ;)

Pd: Mikecin gracias por ayudarme a a conseguir la info de Angel (?) jajaj xDDD

Pd2: FSM, donde tas? tengo un icono nuevo que te gustará xDDDDDDDDDDDD slap654879845 xD

pd3: Almis, ya ni me saludas U_U jajaj naa xDD abrazo almis bonita ;)

pd4: Dick21, leo apenas tu comment del blend anterior y pes gracias!, sii tengo listos unos blends de Britney, los subo muy pronto con calma y sin prisa xD :D Saludos! :D!

pd5 Karlitaaa LP xDD un abrazototote, eres incre xD

pd6: Makillo no te eh visto online, ya me borraste pes U_U xDDDDDDD jajaja naa broma xDD ajajaja

pd7: Kervincillo un abrazo va?... charlamos luego U_U

pd8: Bettoo extrañame ok U_U (WTF?) xDDDDDDDDD

Pd9: Pross Pass cubbameeperuafrolebculeetc xD Saludooooooooooos!!

aaaaaaaaaah ya me cansé pes.. y a todos todos! un gran saludo :P

yyyyYEPPPP! Same Two Leaves..

they just have such a dynamic organic quality in their death "spiral".

I used Photosohp to enhance the colors. See the original version below.

made with unsplash: unsplash.com/

"Imagine all the people living life in peace.

You may say that I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one....."

(John Lennon)

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Thanks to Jerry Jones for the texture.

Digital creation

The cast and crew of 'Halloween Hell 3' take time out to pose for a group photo and wish everyone out there in Flickr land, a very happy halloween - bwah ha ha ha ha!!! :)

Back row Left to Right:

Far left is Clinton Batty. He's a stygian demon from the depths of hell. He really does like Pina Colladas and getting caught in the rain.

Next is Xerr. He's a Danubian Devil Dog. Not only does he like to chew newspapers and slippers, he's also quite partial to depleted Uranium.

The big fella in the middle is Dave Dawson. Dave used to be chief editor for the National Enquirer, but was sacked after admitting to the public that George W Bush is actually human.

Next up is Andrew 'Super-zombie' Saunders. He loves embroidery and watching the Hallmark channel every chance he gets.

Far right is Emily Smith. She's feeling quite pleased with herself after landing a walk on part in Brad Pitt's latest film 'World War Z'. She is credited in the titles as 'zombie'.

Front middle:

Sarah-Jane Morgan. She's a model, actress and plays a mean cello when not fighting off the hordes of hell at Halloween.

The gang say 'hi'

I usually don't waste a shot and each shot is precious to me. I think it is because I started with film cameras and the cost involved is a lot more in those and you have to be careful. Old habits die hard!

I was at this falls on a cold day and after taking shots from the side (you have seen a couple of those), I wanted to get a straight shot of a part of the falls. I had to wade through slick rocks in the frigid water (tripod unstable) and was standing in knee deep water to take this shot, free hand long exposure. It looked ok on the monitor but when I came back home, it had shaken (after all, it was handheld, what did I expect?, dumb, dumb me!). I just loved the falls from that view and thought of playing around with it in PS and restore it (hehe I like that term- gives some quality to the original!). I wanted to start off with a watercolor effect (maybe because I have picturised this in my mind for a long time, just havent had the time to paint it) and once I saw the effect, I looked no further. I just loved it!

Hope you like it too :-)

Have a wonderful Thursday!

Natural Dam Falls is just off AR-59, about 15 miles north of I-40 and AR-59 intersection at Alma, AR. It is not too tall (about 8') but spans the entire width of the creek and is a sight during high waters!

I recommend Large on Black!

flickr Explore 8 Feb 2007 #106 Thank you all!

I could not resist one more OOB. I am getting the hang of it. This is more work than selective coloring, but as much fun. This one contains two OOB's.

Photograph "painted over" in Corel Painter IX.5

Going through a steep learning curve here, folks. Bear with me.

From a scanned photo taken in 1987.

While it was a beautiful scene, the photo was not of the quality I like to post on Flickr.

Finishing touches done in Paint Shop Pro X.

See it LARGE.

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Still young... still with dreams.

Still hoping and dreaming about another world, a world full of magic.

Can I ever enter this fantasyworld...

Who knows.

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Part of: www.flickr.com/photos/brendaatje/3722053714/

This is a photo/image manipulation using Photoshop elements/CS3, Corel paint shop pro X2 and Photofiltre.

No Stockphoto's used, all used photo's were made by professional photographer Adam Shane. Created a fantasyworld with 7 beautiful photo's and painted a part of the bridge and a few plants.

Please visit Adam Shane's Website and Flickr.com profile:

www.adamshane.com/

www.flickr.com/people/adamshane/

Thanks Adam! ;-)

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Originally inspired by the 'Wanted' movie poster. A moments reflection after the hideous deed has been done.

My model Sarah-Jane is shot against a neutral grey background and composited into the scene.

All backgrounds are themselves composites of various elements to create a 'hopefully' dramatic theatrical quality.

Strobist:

x1 Einstein640 boomed high just off centre right. x1 AlienBees AB800 camera left and x1 AlienBees AB1600 camera right to provide kicker light.

Thanks to DeviantArt for cool background elements.

You had better wear a Poncho, it's really Saturated! out here! And keep an eye out for the Black Bear that shredded the Hemlock on the right!

Orton applied at 85, 8, 100.

A couple of additional adjustment layers from the Gimp (initial adjustments via Capture NX), for local contrast etc.

Composition is slightly off I feel due to having to crop a little off the right for a person walking into the scene as i shot. I carelessly didn't see them until i got home! : (

010308 ~This is a photo manipulated picture, created for a 'just for fun' photoshop contest site.

Wild vegetation through a paint filter

121207 ~This is a photo manipulated picture, created for a photoshop contest site~

... this is how my soul feels sometimes

Model: Mariel

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if you like music too (as I do), please listen to my jazz compositions

at my soundcloud.com site Paper Plane Factory

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and/or listen to my doughter's talented voice

at her site Sophfire Alphafrau

 Same street, different angle,

different lights and colors.

View larger size, please.

154/365. I suffered a particularly bad dose of creative block today. So bad in fact that my head literally exploded.

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Camera: Minolta X-700

Lens: Tokina 4-4.5/35-135

Film: Fomapan Classic 100

Aperture: f 16

Exposure: Unknown/ Long

Filter: Orange

Image Edit: Snapseed, Pixlr Express, Android Gallery App, Photoshop

Processed in Caffenol for 26' at 19C°

by Alex Kemp Lomomograph @ www.facebook.com/lomomograph

Explored....© All rights reserved. Written permission is required for use of any of my images .

Sesión: Artística.

Estilismo: Olfo.

Por favor, no use esta imagen en los sitios web, blogs u otros medios de comunicación sin mi permiso explícito - Todos los derechos reservados © ARTISVAL Rodolfo Velasco.

Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission - All Rights Reserved © ARTISVAL Rodolfo Velasco.

Mi web: www.rollcreativo.com/

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Thanks to lenabem-anna for her lovely textures

www.flickr.com/photos/lenabem-anna/

Thank you Kayla.

Tomb Raider meets Splinter Cell in this quickie composite I put together whilst waiting for a load of camera batteries to charge :)