Shenandoah - Bridge
A Susan Epps Oliver original 2008. All rights reserved
This work was derived from basically a happy snap taken whilst out walking on Skyline Drive in Virginia. The night I worked on it was stormy and kind of eerie so I decided to imagine how the bridge might have looked on that night. I used the fractalius filter ( Photoshop plug-in ) to give the stringiness to the foliage and then played with many variations in brightness/contrast, colour etc until I arrived at the effect I wanted. It was about 3 hours work which included cloning out stuff which I thought made the image look cluttered.
Featured in the ” Virginia ” group.
Featured in the “Rural America ” group.
Featured in the ” Extraordinary Fractalius ” group.



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Shenandoah - Bridge belongs to the following groups:
Appalachian Artists, Extraordinary Fractalius - 3/day, Freedom to Shine, Mixed Media, One For The Album , Rustic, Safe Haven, The Patchwork , United States and Virginia Available for sale asMatted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints, Framed Prints and Posters

midzing
awesome,,, looks very eerie,,, well done
Carol & Kev Ha...
Wow, this one is simply awesome, so beautiful!! Wondrous work Susan!!
frozenfa
Whoah.. great piece!! what medium did you use to create this piece? it’s eerie and beautiful!! =D
maka1967
great capture and treatment! love the dreamy feel.
Sam Mortimer
This is absolutely fantastic!
Antanas
great work, well done
Ozcloggie
Now there’s a place to have mid summer, night dreams!
butchart
and the spirit world softly beckons….come join in our delights….................b
reflector
Great treatment of the image and a cool result. Those colours work really well together and there are some nice textures happening in the scene. Subtle and at the same time, very strong imagery.
Helene Kippert
Brilliant image and treatment
frozenfa
aah~ interesting! =D
jamiewinter
fantastic so beautiful
RLHall
Beautiful image, peaceful, yet a little spooky…love it!
Kurt Tutschek
wow – very moody. great job, susan.
Paul Gibbons
The light and shade in this is fantastic, outstanding work.
Keeli
Great work Susan!
AlienVisitor
This is very eye catching Susan,I like it, well done.
AV
Robert Mrvecka
magical!
ragman
absolutley enchanting ~ would love to walk in this garden ~ such travel would be sublime
Joanne Bradley
This is stunning and surreal!
Kate Purdy
Very artistic, fragile beauty captured with stunning vision
Carlos Teófilo
Superb work. Congratulations.
Robxavier
Like a scene in the movies wonderful
coffeebean
Wow Susan lovely magic image, great work
nigelnash
captivating image…. nice one !
Aloramyst
Very cool image! This would look awesome in the Scenery group if you would like to submit it!
Sean Farragher
beautiful like moon light
anaphotography
Very beautiful work…I like the mood here
T.D. Ruley
very well done
Maria Murphy
OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tahnja
the end result us stunningly beautiful
Anthony Mancuso
very interesting work Susan, works well
Rosina Lamberti
this is awesome. just beautiful!
cjane
Makes me want to cross it. Very cool.
Annika Strömgren
Beautiful work, well done!
John Edwards
Stunning work
The InnerNorth...
love it
AdamDonnelly
Looks spooky but at the same time it draws you in. I can’t help wondering where the path leads. Great effects!
Mark Gardner
wonderful image, it tempts you through to the other side so well, splendid work
cynthiab
very creative love the colour also
ssalt
It has a soft fairytale like feel to it Susan I love it, and the filter sounds very interesting so I am going looking for the plugin also :D
krafty
Love the rustic colours in this Sue..I feel I could step into this and wander through Virginia with you…I love the effect..beautiful work!!
brenwebb
VERY ADMIRABLE Work Susan…. It looks like a bridge to romance : )
CanDuCreations
You did a marvellous job Susan. Awesome art
paulevelin
gorgeous colours and perfect light
outstanding work
cherokee
Had to keep coming back to this , its really haunting.
andreasphoto
very mysterious – great
papam
Superb! Very mistery tale
Angel Ortiz
excellent! amiga.
Zuzana
This is really beautiful. Superb work!
caroler
Wonderful light effects and great composition.
Carole.
fuatnoor
subject and surrounding is well balance,good stuff
Joe Valcourt/M...
most excellent work of art
Periwinkle
WOW…you did a wonderful job!! It is not only beautiful but a little scary…also!! Great effect.
Heather Rivet...
outstanding work
CanDuCreations
Moody, very beautiful work Susan
Mindy McGregor
Fantastic dreamy like image! Well done!
GaryGlass
VERY NICE WORK SUE…........ I really like what you did with this. Hi to you and say hello to your shadow half for me as well.. Take Care ; )
Alan Findlater
Really good work well done
Charl045
Incredible capture Susan
denise romano
This is wonderful.
Jean M. Laffitau
Such a great and moody image!
Micki Ferguson
oh this worked well!
WOW!
Leslie Battjes
Excellent use of this filter, Susan. Isn’t it fun to play with? :)
nigelnash
WOW !!! THIS IS GREAT
Micki Ferguson
he he ~ Leslie and Susan :) ~ I am SO glad you can give each other ideas :) ~ I thought you too would hit it off ;)~ yeah!!!
Someday when I am bored MAYBE I will download it. It might look great with these wedding photo’s… till then (sigh)
:) ~ you guys are fantastic!
Glen Allen
Great work
MaddyPaddy
Impressive! Has a spooky feel about it!
KEITH R. WILL...
lovely
Jessica Courtl...
Wonderful art!
WesternDreamer
Sometimes our mood or elements around us can change an image of ours and make it even more remarkable… the effects you used here really worked so well… very nice work!!
Holly Werner
Excellent treatment. Great work and I think it paid off.
JuliaWright
Wonderful my friend!
Jim Caldwell
Memorable use of Photoshop
Kate Purdy
Wonderful treatment, very well done, and thanks for sharing your secrets about what tools you used!
Mariaan Krog A...
Awesome Susan!
julie08
This is fantastic:)
Mar Silva
How peaceful. I would love to walk down that path!
Trevor Kersley
Awsome & very spooky
Jason Connolly
An amazing piece of work Susan, You must have plenty of patience to work on a piece for 3 hours, well done..
shanghaiwu
wonderful image
conilouz
what a awesome photo,, great job
Douglas Hill
I like this nighttime mood very much. For me it works best with the dark border.
Wanda Lechene
very beautiful work i love it … also i love the softness of the image
Jim Caldwell
Awesome shot !
Kaimarie
wow, fantastic atmosphere
Doris B. Lambl...
I bow my head! wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!
Alan Findlater
excellent work well done
BillFox
All you diligent work payed off in this tremendous picture. Looking at it the words to the song “Shenandoah” come to my mind. Great, Bill
Susan Epps Oliver
barnsis
Great work, such amazing effects, Awesome image.
Butterfly2008
awesome added work to this! You accomplished exactly what you wanted, erie and a bit mysterious. WOW ! great work
Diane Schuster
Absolutely beautiful, great job!
Cathy Cale
Gorgeous shot!!
LindaMcCarthy
Your work is wonderful, Susan! Beautiful and evocative. Excellent!
Els Steutel
scary but gorgeous:))
Alma Lee
amazingly serene. Excellent work
BigD
Well done with the fract filter effect. Congratulations you have been featured in Rural America. BigD
amarica
Great shot!!! Congratulations on being featured in the Rural America group!!
George Coombs
A lovely gentle image – beautiful effect
Tim Sanders
Well done….:)
Vickie Emms
Susan Epps Oliver replied
Thank you so much for this feature, Vicki, and I’m sorry I took so long to reply. I appreciate it very much !
betha
Beautiful work, I think the Fractalius plug in is so versitile, especially when used subtlely, lovely work!
Heather Mitche...
I hope you will consider joining The Sweet Southeast and contributing this pic to my new group.
Susan Epps Oliver replied
Thank you so much, Heather…..on my way to find your group :)
Heather Mitche...
Fabulous work, you’ve outdone yourself with this one.