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This image is maybe a little ‘outside’ the parameters of my usual work, but it was created with the aim of providing myself with some ‘practice’ at my Photoshop layering and blending skills (now that I’ve managed to find a few of the controls in the program!)
The image consists of well over 20 layers. The starting point of the tree with the beautiful roots is unfortunately located right next to a car park so it’s pretty near impossible to photograph it without lots of shiny modern cars sitting next to it…
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Paul Davis
Very very clever – Well done :)
DragonFlyer replied
Thanks lots Paul! I think I’m getting the hang of layering and blending’ a bit better now :)))
Rachel Davison
Great Work! Very intense!
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you :)))
Clare Colins
Well done DF…a great image :)
DragonFlyer replied
Thanks lots Clare! I’m getting better hang of the blending now… :)))
Jan Timmons
Compelling and eerie. Well done. I look forward to seeing more of this new creative style!
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you so much Jan! Photoshop opens up all sorts of strange possibilities (once you start to figure out where some of the commands are… :)))
Sharon Mau
Wow! I almost jumped outta my skin when I opened this, it is amazing!
DragonFlyer replied
Thanks lots Sharon! That’s SUPER high praise :)))
roy skogvold
very enchanting and almost hypnotic effect Kallena. I liked the moody atmosphere almost like in a fairytale. Fav
...roy
DragonFlyer replied
Thanks lots Roy – very glad you like it – especially well enough to fav :)))
Colleen Milburn
Wow, Kallena – this is AMAZING!!! You are truly gifted, my friend – easy fave!! :))
DragonFlyer replied
O thank you so much my dear friend! WONDERFUL praise!!! I’m so so determined to increase my tech skills in PS to be able to create as I ‘see’ :)))
Ove Bohnhorst
This is definitely a different piece from you Kallena… and its like roy say a very moody atmosphere in this! Great work :)) fav
...(L)ove
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you so much Ove – I’m very glad I manage to ‘create atmosphere’ in this type of image too xx
Druidstorm
So love what you have created here! This is amazing! BRAVO!!!...)o(
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you very much! I’m very happy something in the concept and mood seems to ‘resonate’ :)))
Sensiworld
Great work, well done !
DragonFlyer replied
thank you lots Sylvia – I think I’m starting to learn how to do this better :)))
Yool
Wonderful work and very cleverly done !!!!!
DragonFlyer replied
thank you very much Yool :)))
Kathie Nichols
Gosh this is really amazing Kallena, I see the hand blended into the roots of the tree, I had to look twice…wow…awesome work! :D
DragonFlyer replied
thanks very much Kathie! I’m learning… :)))
Sharon Mau
Congratulations Kallena on your feature in Dimensions
DragonFlyer replied
Wow! Thank you lots Sharon – it’s lovely to have my first feature in this great group! I’m really really pleased :)))
DJ LeMay
Awesome creation!!
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you! it was actually fun to do :)))
Martina Fagan
glorious work love this on so many different levels!!!
regards Tina
DragonFlyer replied
thanks so much Tina! It was fun to make too :)))
Steve Sharp
It works beautifully, and actually, is so natural that at first I didn’t notice the hand!
DragonFlyer replied
Thanks lots Steve! I’m slowly getting the ‘hang’ of layers… :)))
Tasha Eliassen
beautiful
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you so much :)))
hsien-ku
oh! this is really stunning. the natural curve of the fingers make beautiful roots.
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you for your lovely comment! It felt to me as I ‘made’ it that these images just ‘fitted’ well :)))
Nelson Campbell
Beautiful and imaginative work.
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you so much for our lovely comment :)))
SNAPPYDAVE
i like work that merges nature with animals and humans like this …..
Veikko Suikkanen
Fantastic fantasy work!
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you so much ! It was my first attempt at something like this :)))
agardnas
oh i almost didn’t notice,, great blend!
DragonFlyer replied
he he he he ;))) Thanks :)))
mimi yoon
congratulations !!!
you’ve been featured in in-between
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you very much! You make me very very happy – it does wonders for my confidence when my work is noticed and ‘recognised’ :)))
mimi yoon
you’re very welcome, dragonflyer… this is a great art and you’ve well deserved it…
just created the banner… ;P
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you and WOW!!! This has to be about the coolest and best banner I’ve seen!!! Congratulation :)))
hsien-ku
... and congratulations from me too on your feature!! very well-deserved. this was the first photo of yours that i ever saw and i still find it just as impressive, just as striking. x
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you very much J! You see I wrote I just made this for ‘learning’ about layers… (LOTS) This tree grows right by a car park – so any image of it and it’s beautiful roots has lots of lovely shiny modern cars parked around it :( I was also kind of thinking as I was making it that I’d put a ‘monster’ coming out of the darker part of the roots on the LHS – maybe a close-up macro of a huntsman spider or something, but as soon as I put it there it looked soooo cliched I hated it! And, then all of a sudden the roots just ‘looked’ to me like fingers holding firm into the ground, so….
strykermeyer
This means so much to me! I feel very much at home here. Remaining standing is a great effort and achievement! Heady textures, beautiful action.
DragonFlyer replied
I’m very happy this image could resonate with you in this way – thank you for your kind comments :)))
K xx
Randall Spencer
Very Good, Love the hand
DragonFlyer replied
Thanks so much (I do too, got to admit ;)))
K xx
-Whisper-
Powerful work!
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you so much whisper – I really had fun doing this :)))
K x
Trudi's Images 2 days ago
Thays awesome !!
DragonFlyer replied 2 days ago
Thanks! Very glad you like :)))
K x