MN State Park, North Shore, Lake Superior, 8/21/10
Started with a white sky over lake, low fog, late afternoon image and added the storm clouds and cement wall textures. Various blends and opacity layers.
All C&C welcome.
Split Rock Lighthouse
MN State Park, North Shore, Lake Superior, 8/21/10
Started with a white sky over lake, low fog, late afternoon image and added the storm clouds and cement wall textures. Various blends and opacity layers.
All C&C welcome.
super super , first of all i like as a theme , i beleive the natural pic is good as well .
Looks like it could be a scene from a thriller movie. Nice use of texture overlays and I like the way you have illuminated the lighthouse. You could always add a lens flare to the lighthouse as another option if you wanted a different look. Lot's of possibilities here.:)
denise, sorry I forgot to turn it ON ;)
Nice work Steve. The light really adds a lot to it.
Hehehehe!!:)Originally Posted by Steve Adkins
Very nice, Steve! I like how the lighting illuminated the lighthouse, and the textures add a lot to the forbidding feel of the landscape. If you wanted to, you could add a vignette to give it an even more forbidding feel. Nice touch turning the lighthouse on! :)
Super job Steve! Big time congrats on this one. Really beautiful base and the texture work gives it even more atmosphere. Laughed out loud when you turned the light on! :D
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Thanks kostas and Judy for your time, vision and support.
I'm going to play with a vignette, Christopher. New territory for me. Always fun ;)
denise, thanks for the lens flare idea. Helped me discovered more things in CS5.
And the best medicine of all, Kerry and denise, is the LOL :D
Final repost. Thanks for all ideas!!
An additional layer made from an image of granite was desaturated, adjusted for high contrast, and then the texturizer filter :) was applied.
Masked out the center to make it a pseudo vignette and blended 50% with softlight with the "original" lighthouse composite.
Applied a tiny bit of vignette in LR.
Always scared of overdoing it. Appreciate your comments.
Nice work, Steve! The additional texture and slight vignetting looks great. :)
Hi Steve, very nice composition and effect. Love the final post.
Steve, third time is a charm:) The light being turned on really added a lot to the image. Great job!
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Thanks, everyone for the comments and suggestions. Really appreciate it.
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