Last Gasp of the Forest Fire: .

L-Fox

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kenievans Loc: Dallas

The original is really interesting and I would love to see that larger but I like what you did with it. What software did you use?

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

I see as fog, not fire (maybe I have to be hit in the head with red/yellow instead of blue), but the foreground is fascinating. Like the evil, alien Mother Tree has put out threads* that will soon destroy Earth as we know it

*ref: Sleeping Beauties, a novel by Stephen and Owen King.

Thanks for posting!

L-Fox

kenievans wrote:

The original is really interesting and I would love to see that larger but I like what you did with it. What software did you use?

Photoshop the oooold CS2 & some Topaz stuff. Would you want the original to play with?

L-Fox

Linda From Maine wrote:

I see as fog, not fire (maybe I have to be hit in the head with red/yellow instead of blue), but the foreground is fascinating. Like the evil, alien Mother Tree has put out threads* that will soon destroy Earth as we know it

*ref: Sleeping Beauties, a novel by Stephen and Owen King.

Thanks for posting!

There was very little flame left under the "fog".

I gave no narrative to see what others might see on their own. Evil look was sort of my angle.

kenievans Loc: Dallas

l-fox wrote:

Photoshop the oooold CS2 & some Topaz stuff. Would you want the original to play with?

I would love to play with. Thank you.

L-Fox

kenievans wrote:

I would love to play with. Thank you.

Here 'tis.

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artBob Loc: Near Chicago

l-fox wrote:

Here 'tis.

What a challenge! Basically copied flames as separate layer for later use. ACR'd the original. Darkened it, especially the lights in Photoshop (PS) Curves. Burned the highlights. Burned the midtowns somewhat, Desaturated the midtowns somewhat. Set flames to Hard Light. (Those are the EFFECTIVE, steps, probably about 1/3 of various trial steps.)

When I uploaded, it looked a bit too dark for believability, so I did a second version a little closer to real light.

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L-Fox

artBob wrote:

What a challenge! Basically copied flames as separate layer for later use. ACR'd the original. Darkened it, especially the lights in Photoshop (PS) Curves. Burned the highlights. Burned the midtowns somewhat, Desaturated the midtowns somewhat. Set flames to Hard Light. (Those are the EFFECTIVE, steps, probably about 1/3 of various trial steps.)

When I uploaded, it looked a bit too dark for believability, so I did a second version a little closer to real light.

Seems you worked harder on it then I did. Glad you liked it.

NJFrank Loc: New Jersey

Here goes. I simply added a blue photo filter at 45% in PS. I wanted to give it a bit of a smokey look.

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kenievans Loc: Dallas

I wanted to bring out the fire aspect of it. Thanks for letting me play with it.

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L-Fox

kenievans wrote:

I wanted to bring out the fire aspect of it. Thanks for letting me play with it.

I like it. Color/Contrast can make a whole new story out of an image. You may grab anything of mine that tweaks your fancy.

L-Fox

NJFrank wrote:

Here goes. I simply added a blue photo filter at 45% in PS. I wanted to give it a bit of a smokey look.

You did well. It does look smokier.

kenievans Loc: Dallas

l-fox wrote:

I like it. Color/Contrast can make a whole new story out of an image. You may grab anything of mine that tweaks your fancy.

Thank you! I love playing in my PS toy box.