Weekly Theme: Surreal Dragonfly

[Joel Eade]

Base image was a dragonfly in flight taken with Canon 180mm + 1.4TC hand held. Processing included CS5, Nik Color Efex Pro, Topaz Star Effects, Flaming Pear Flood

[John Storjohann]

Wicked image...but, at least to my eye, the star effect almost overwhelms...perhaps if it was on a separate layer, at lower opacity....not sure...and I wish there was just a BIT of separation between the dragonfly's "chin" and the "water". It is WONDERFUL conceptually...and my thoughts are just my take on YOUR vision...so take them with a grain of salt. LOTS of potential here!

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Joel, very creative work...I really like the addition of the star burst

[Indranil Sircar]

Joel, this is very creative and surreal! The details and color on the dragonfly is super... so is your use of flood. I like the staburst and its tiny reflection. Excellent processing.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Joel, very OOTB and creative! Although I like the stars it is the Flood filter that makes this image for me. Nice work.:S3:

[denise ippolito]

Very surreal looking and very OOTB! Great work with the filters. The trail in the reflection is great. I think the starburst adds to the surreal look but I must admit my first thought was the same as John's however after looking at the entire image again the starburst reflected does add a lot! Nice job!

[Anita Bower]

Excellent. Love the light at the tail end, which looks a bit like a helicopter rear rotor. Beautiful blue. Congratulations.