A New World created

[Joel Eade]

I made an image similar to this earlier and sort of stumbled on to the technique. This one was deliberate....beginning with a macro image of a Tiger Lily :)

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Joel,

Greetings. Hey, very trippy. Nice lighting on the planet. Good show!

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Cheryl Slechta]

Hey, Joel, this is really cool and beautiful. I can see the Tiger lily in the planet. Would you mind sharing how you created it? It seems so realistic (as outer space) and yet it's so abstract at the same time. I like it a lot

[Bob Miller]

Hi Joel....love this kind of stuff. Mind sharing?

[Joel Eade]

Thanks for the kind remarks.

I started with Pixel Bender TubeView. By adjusting the center point and radius I tried to isolate a small part of the image that is mulit-colored for the planet. I "fiddle" with all the sliders in TubeView to get the basic image.

Following that I used some dodging and burningas well as levels and brightness to adjust the lighting.

On this image I created the stars by placing some very small white dots on the image with the paint brush first and then used Topaz Star Effects.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Thanks, Joel, for sharing. I haven't used TubeView before (but now I will).

[Kerry Perkins]

Joel, it is great to see you posting here and working "out of the box". You probably know that this is my favorite forum. I really like the image. Very artistic thinking and execution and thanks for sharing your workflow. Your trick of adding white spots to create stars is excellent!

[Brendan Dozier]

Very cool and creative image, Joel! Amazing transformation, love the spiral flow to it and stars are great touch.

[denise ippolito]

Joel, Nice looking image and the starburst looks great. Love the brown tones.

[Mitch Carucci]

Kudos for a very imaginative image!