Name this bird
by pitsaman

Comment:
Cool picture!

Rainbow in the Mist
by slaakso

Comment:
Thats pretty cool! The scene almost seems too perfect :p

Cocaine, Eric Clapton
by tbarnby

Comment:
Cool tones. The blacks make it ominous, which is probably a good representation with that muck execed-caine to snort :p

Last Rites
by jackal9

Comment:
Very moody. I like it!

Tree House
by jackal9

Comment:
Very cool picture! Its a shame its gone.

Bonus Wheel
by jackal9

Comment:
Sepia works well on this. Gives it an archaic feel.

Day 25, Eight legged FREAK!
by jackal9

Comment:
I wonder why it's web is like that. Cool picture!

'34 Ford mirror detail
by jackal9

Comment:
Cool perspective!

Lil Buddah
by jasonarm

Comment:
lol, I have that exact same Buddha!

The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya
by lunachicken

Comment:


Here is the before :p Kind of a lot went into it. RAW conversion twice, once to get the sky and trees better, and once for the Stupa and foreground. Horizon line fix, and crop. Separated the sky, trees, stupa and foreground into different layers and did brightness/contrast, hue/saturation, selective color (most important /nod), and shadow/highlight (which is where the superimposed look came from) on each layer independently . Duplicated the tree and foreground layers and applied a slight gaussian blur at like 15% opacity. Added a layer of black around the outer edge on soft light mode at like 30% for the vignette. Did Luko USM (my new favorite tool) to sharpen. Cloned a couple of people out. Save for web.

The place is the Shambhala Mountain Center, a Buddhist retreat about a half hour outside Ft. Collins, Co. Definitely a cool place to take pictures /nod, several of my current favorites in my portfolio are from that trip.

Message edited by author 2007-09-09 13:51:58.