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    Started with an image of poplars and wanted to emphasize the repeating trunk pattern against the green and sky. Used PB-oil, Frac, plus texture (shadowhouse "You'd be surprised")
    Several layer masks and shading combined with various blend modes and puppet warp. The light horizontal band reminds me of the carrier wave on an oscilloscope. Perhaps an abstract view of nature's beating heart.
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    Very cool and interesting looking abstract, Steve! Like the vibrant greens. The trees made for a great starting point, and I see what you mean regarding the oscilloscope wave. Nice energy to it - seems to oscillate between 2D and 3D. The longest vertical band on lft side may distract just a bit, but very creative use of filtering.

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    Steve, great, vibrant effect...good colors, good composition...if it were mine, I might crop the left side a bit, evicting the vertical band that Brendan mentions, and I would be tempted to take just a little off the bottom to tighten the composition. I love the feeling of depth and the almost eerie feeling it evokes..ghost trees! Well done!

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    Steve, this is surreal and an excellent one! I like what you have achieved here. Excellent vibrant colors. I too would be tempted to take that band on the left.

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    Another vote for removing the band on the left and maybe cropping some off the bottom. I love the effects on the tree trunks, plus the pale look stretching both directions into the rich greens. Excellent!

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    Nice image and application, Steve.

    Hope that isn't your EKG print out in color?

    Nice patterns and color to this. Like it.

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    Thanks folks! Here is a version with suggested changes.

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    Steve, Great suggestion by Brendan, I think the colors and the combined filters work nicely together. So cool!!

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    Steve, really well done. I like the repost the best Did you try flipping it 180 degrees so the blue wisps were on the bottom? That would be nice also. This really gets your imagination going - I like it a lot.
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    Thanks denise and Cheryl!

    Quote Originally Posted by Cheryl Slechta View Post
    Steve, really well done. I like the repost the best Did you try flipping it 180 degrees so the blue wisps were on the bottom? That would be nice also. This really gets your imagination going - I like it a lot.
    Great idea! Appreciate you sharing YOUR imagination!!

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    The image in Pane 7 is way wicked; excellent use of the effects. Those trunks are surreal. I'd love to see the image in Pane 7 with as much room at the top as you have in the ORIG.... I think that it would yield more of a tree look.
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