Pictures of "River of Tears" - Nikon 990 Camera

Photographer	Jim McNitt {K:11246}
Project	#15 Personal style & the metaphysics of art.	Camera Model	Nikon 990
Categories	Abstracts	Film Format
Portfolio		Lens	Lexar FC
Uploaded	7/14/2003	Film / Memory Type
		ISO / Film Speed	0
Views	258	Shutter
Favorites	1	Aperture	f/0
Critiques	10	Rating	5.56 / 9 Ratings
Location	City - State - Country -
About	I saw a tutorial on the Internet called "Crystal Craze" which offered a step-by- step receipe for making glowing crystals in Photoshop. The basic idea was to start with a shaped selection and apply a gradient fill. Then copy the selection, make a second fill using lighter hues and apply a gaussian blur. Finally, you gave the the first image a 3D look with the bevel and emboss filters and blended the two layers with the screen mode to get a glow. Except I never got as fall as the bevel and emboss part. Instead this abstract cityscape began to emerge, first in my imagination, and then on the screen. It was shortly after 911 and I guess it's pretty obvious what was on my mind. The water was added with the Flaming Pear Flood Filter. The Statue of Liberty silhouette I took during a Circle Line cruise. Someday I'd like to do this over in earth tones with a real gritty, grainy cubist look. Someday. Comments are appreciated.

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Terry McCully {K:9221} 7/14/2003

Jim...A cool creation here..I liekt eh blues and the shapes!

lidian neeleman {K:6700} 7/14/2003

Dreaming...
feeling good.....
glas of wine...
good music...
blues....
enjoy your image.....
life is good........
.....Lidian!

Giuseppe Di Pierro {K:5911} 7/14/2003

i like the abstact... the fantasy is the secret of life

Nabil Majid {K:2073} 7/14/2003

creative as usual

Judy Kessler {K:6316} 7/14/2003

Creative and wonderful to see. Well done.

Richard Blount {K:9145} 7/14/2003

Another great image, infact this is extraordinary, very well thought out and presented, well done Jim - Richard.

peta jones {K:12615} 7/14/2003

This is a wonderful tribute image Jim. The technique is very interesting, and it all comes together in an excellent image. Your thoughts on the earth tone version sounds very cool, I'd think a very different and compelling image would result.

Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia {K:94480} 7/14/2003

wonderful image.artistic.you may look beauty on the sky.

Karen Siebert {K:12076} 7/14/2003

Wonderful Jim. A very well thought out image. Great job.

Roland Le Gall {K:7018} 7/19/2003

I think you like the blue....."All blues".....Very creative picture..!

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