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Postby mic on Mon May 16, 2005 11:39 pm

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As you all can see I'm still in a very light sort of mood :roll:
Inspired by Bram Stoker's "Dracula"
There are eyes looking out of those clouds, or is it this red ?

Went for a walk in the park on Sunday with the Wife & Kids took a few random sky shots and a cross over a cemetary's fence. Extracted the cross and made the sky a bit moody,had a glass of red & thought of one of my favourite movies.

Peace be with you all :wink:

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Postby phillipb on Mon May 16, 2005 11:45 pm

Hey Mic, when you say "extracted the cross", I hope you don't mean extracted out of the ground. :lol:
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Postby Geoff on Mon May 16, 2005 11:57 pm

Very eery Mic, I like it a lot! :)
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Postby PiroStitch on Mon May 16, 2005 11:59 pm

Great photo Mic. Good thing you didn't create the pic on Fri 13th ;) Would've been even more eerie then
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Postby jethro on Mon May 16, 2005 11:59 pm

mic you now have PS in your control. is this some nice layering? if so well done! :D
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Postby mic on Tue May 17, 2005 12:40 pm

Thanks guys, :wink:

Jethro, yes Layering. :wink:

Would have liked a few more Critiques on this one, as I thought it came up pretty well as did the 4 of you who have already replied.

Whats happening people, are you sick of my dark mood and want the White Lighter back :wink:

Maybe I hit a raw nerve in a spirtual way, or maybe I lack Spirit :roll:

Critique, Critique away.

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Postby MHD on Tue May 17, 2005 12:42 pm

I think it would look better inverted!

Bit to much black space on the rhs
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Postby Glen on Tue May 17, 2005 12:47 pm

I like it Mic, would have preferred it a touch lighter for more detail but like the effect
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Postby MattC on Tue May 17, 2005 12:57 pm

OK, I'll bite. What happened on the left hand side of the pic just above the treeline? Grey patches/splotches? I did view it on two diffrent monitors - same on both.

Otherwise, I like what you have done with this pic. The red seems to really bring out the creativity. Gonna have to try it sometime.

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Postby big pix on Tue May 17, 2005 1:08 pm

Looks like you have had help from someone higher up......... great effect

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Postby sirhc55 on Tue May 17, 2005 1:10 pm

”Here lays Mic - gone but not forgotten” - great pic (but give up the red :wink: )
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Postby SoCal Steve on Tue May 17, 2005 1:33 pm

Splendid job, Mic. Very creative and well carried out.
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Postby mic on Tue May 17, 2005 1:47 pm

MHD, Ha Haaaa. Tried that.

Glen, yes a tad lighter, but I didn't want to wreck my dark mood :lol:

MattC, yes, well spotted I was a bit carless there with the Burn. Yep, get on the red, the white even a G&T :lol:

bp, yes there was a lot of spirit in my red :wink:

Chris, I might have a drinking problem. :oops:

Steve, Thanks Mate :wink:
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Postby mic on Wed May 18, 2005 12:11 am

For those who are interested.

These are the 2 images I Married in Goolish Weddlock.

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Postby marcus on Wed May 18, 2005 12:58 am

Nice image Mic!

Glad to see your enjoying your inverted WW avatar compliments without praising me (the almighty creator!) :wink: . Your Grandpa's hand shot has been a talking point at work. It will be with you soon.

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Postby flipfrog on Wed May 18, 2005 3:58 am

mic love this shot....
great PP work

great halloween pic...
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Postby dooda on Wed May 18, 2005 5:01 am

I like it mic. There is some grey blotchiness that sort of disrupts...I like the dark on the RHS. Its good stuff, it adds empty spookiness and that's good. I'm impressed that you could get that out of these images.
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Postby Neeper on Wed May 18, 2005 5:24 am

Very spooky looking!! I like a lot as well.
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Postby SoCal Steve on Wed May 18, 2005 6:48 am

Cool, Mic. I saw the eyes too. Clear as day. I really thought you had a layer with eyes in there too.

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Postby KerryPierce on Wed May 18, 2005 7:31 am

That's very artsy fartsy, Mic. I like it a great deal. :D
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Postby mic on Wed May 18, 2005 2:14 pm

Thanks Marcus, I did praise you, you you non Forum Junkie :wink:

Thanks Dee, :wink:

Thanks Dooda, :wink:

Thanks Neeper, :wink:

Thanks Steve, Glad to see you see the eyes. I'm not going mad :roll:

Thanks Kerry, :wink: Thats me, Mr Artsy Fartsy.

Cheers & bless you all.

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Postby mudder on Wed May 18, 2005 8:04 pm

G'day Mic,
This is intense :shock:

Be tempted to crop a bit of the right hand side, too much "blackness" on that side for me, would have liked to see the dark tree line continue along... Also wondering about what looks like some type of "halo'ing" type of effect on the tops of the trees. The sky is brilliant!

Very creative and done very well... Certainly has the feel you were going for... Good PP.
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