THE CROSSROADS

Larry Butterworth

THE CROSSROADS

I went down to the crossroads,
Fell down on my knees.
Down to the crossroads,
Fell down on my knees.
Asked the Lord above for mercy,
“Take me, if you please.”

Excerpt from Robert Johnson”s Crossroad Blues

Started with a basic photo of a road and added the storm with a photo of a cloud I took and build on that photo with brushes and blurs and film grain, added photos of a hat, cats,chickens and a house and blended these with the backgrounds, detailed with brushes and layer effects.

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THE CROSSROADS by Larry Butterworth
THE CROSSROADS by Larry Butterworth
  • Mary Ann Reilly

    Mary Ann Reilly

    a favorite song. Fabulous image, Larry. Bravo.

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    Thanks Mary Ann, I love the song too

  • Rachel Davison

    Rachel Davison

    The image itself feels rhythmic – great work Larry

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    thanks a lot for looking and commenting, I appreciate it.

  • Paul (Quixote) Alleyne

    Paul (Quixote)...

    Excellent Larry. I love the whimsical nature of this efforts. I could see those horses galloping thru happily.

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    thanks Paul your comments are always welcome.

  • Earthmonster

    Earthmonster

    Awesome Larry! Very impressed.

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    Thanks Mr E. I always appreciate a comment from you.

  • Waleska Luker

    Waleska Luker

    Wow this image is perfect for the First Things Group

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    Thanks for your attention, I appreciate it.

  • Danilo Lejardi

    Danilo Lejardi

    Love this, Larry; love the surreal feel of it.

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    Danilo, I always apprecate a comment from such a talented guy as yourself, thanks very much.

  • reflector

    reflector

    Excellent imagery ! Great colour choices and composition and a very dream-like mood !

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    Thank you, its always good to hear from your and see your comments.

  • Waleska Luker

    Waleska Luker

    You have being Featured in the…
    First Things Group

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    Hey Thanks for the feature, didn’t know about your group until today, Regards

  • RavenSoul

    RavenSoul


    Fantasy Fine Art Composites

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    Thank you for the feature, I appreciate it very much and do have high regards for your group, again thanks.

  • Rhenastarr

    Rhenastarr

    Congrats on your feature, this is indeed an amazing piece.

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    I appreciate your comment and stop by again some time.

  • Earthmonster

    Earthmonster

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    Thanks very much for the feature Mr E. I do appreciate it and am happy you like the work. Regards

  • Sheila Laurens

    Sheila Laurens

    Congratulations on your well deserved feature X

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    Thank you Sheila for your support.

  • Prasad

    Prasad

    Superb work, Larry!

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    Thanks Prasad come back and visit anytime.

  • ToastedGhost

    ToastedGhost

    Trip the light fantastic
    Can I have a hat like that
    I have over 35 hats. lol

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    That’s my own personal hat, not another one like it, its hard to control

  • helene ruiz

    helene ruiz

    wowza!! Larry! fantastic!

  • Antanas

    Antanas

    very good

  • RosaCobos

    RosaCobos

    You travel without constrain….
    your love for cars is mystic, and the cars convey the speed and magic of your own imagination. The hat is the symbol of the spiritual quality of the brain, in this case the winged quality of the braking of conceptual barriers, just to let the fuel of the intelect represent like a bolting energy as if you were a “rocket”....gathering souls along the trip.
    Winds of fatherly embrace, you know that a man does not do anything by himself… we need the “Breath of Life” for becoming….a body-soul.
    And then the crossroad….it is there, but not physicall, you cannot show it Many of your works depict a long and solitary road, with an horizon… this one has not any.. may be your feelings your inside is blurred enough while you are sending your animal warriors to fight for your own freedom. And it is there, so when you get ride of your animal side, in order to defend your tender soul, then give way to the lightness of mind thoughts… and get away…
    The idea of placing the cock mounting the great dogs is a puzzle. They are birds, and yet, rremember much more the “kings”, with their crowns up their.
    may they be the knights of your soul, that are riding the animality that will help you to disentangled yousrelf from the terrible storm.
    Rosa (I had not seen… this one.. now I feel so glad!!)

  • linskudd

    linskudd

    Wow.

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    thanks for your comment

  • tkrosevear

    tkrosevear

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    thank you so much for the feature, I love the group

  • blamo

    blamo

    Congratulations on your MIA Feature 17/6/2009

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    Thanks Blamo

  • Lee Anne Kortus

    Lee Anne Kortus

    Awesome image…one of my fav songs :-))

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    Thanks Lee Anne, I like the song a lot.

  • Casey Herman

    Casey Herman

    As I scrolled down here, I was expecting to see that you’d scored a few features … FOUR! No wonder, this is fantastic!!

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    Hi Casey, thanks for your comment, I do appreciate it

  • catherine walker

    catherine walker

    wonderful ..Amazing!

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    Thanks Cattherine for the comment

  • DevineDayDreams

    DevineDayDreams

    WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!! What a stunner!!! agree with all of the above!! Congratulations on all the features!!! :)

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    I like how you do that WOW, VERY EXPRESSIVE, thanks for commenting, your work is so full of color and energy, just love it. Cheers

  • JohnOfLightning

    JohnOfLightning

    great film also. “the crossroads” steve vai is in it

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    thanks very much

  • Noah .

    Noah .

    Neat work!

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    Thanks a bunch

  • TaniaLosada

    TaniaLosada

    original creation!

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    thanks very much

  • Bernard Dumaine

    Bernard Dumaine

    Pretty nice !

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    Thanks Bermard

  • TedBlackall

    TedBlackall

    You totally got me with this one Larry. A blow out.Woosh.

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    Thanks Ted, glad I got you

  • Cornelia Mladenova

    Cornelia Mlade...

    Amazing surreal work! :)

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    Thanks Cornelia

  • Diana Forgione

    Diana Forgione

    Beautiful image!

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    thanks so much Diana

  • luanda

    luanda

    PERFECT!!! Congrats on being featured! Luv, DANIELA

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    Many thanks Daniela

  • nishagandhi

    nishagandhi

    awesome

  • Larry Butterworth replied

    Thanks so much

  • wdphotografics

    wdphotografics 21 days ago

    Excellent stuff Larry. I like your creative work very much.

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