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Morning Glory
by Joe Reilly
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12-APR-2003

SECOND PLACE
Morning Glory
by Joe Reilly

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Sony Forums Challenges22-Apr-2003 20:07
Joe, this is very beautiful to sit and look at...very well done. MFC
Guest 22-Apr-2003 19:14
Joe, this is just perfect!
Sony Forums Challenges22-Apr-2003 01:16
Spectacular. This image could sell. - Shay
Sony Forums Challenges19-Apr-2003 23:51
Hey Ann. To get the effect on the trees, I isolated the church by a hand-drawn mask, then copied everything else to a new layer. I applied a Gaussian blur, radius 10, to the new layer. I then set its blend mode to Darken. Sometimes best to knock the opacity of the effect layer back a little (say, 75 to 90 percent), but in this case I left it at 100. As my Photoshop skills improve, I find myself using blend modes all the time. Feel free to email questions. Joe Reilly
Sony Forums Challenges19-Apr-2003 21:58
Very interesting. I'd like to know how you achieved the effect on the trees. It's pretty cool. Ann M.
Guest 19-Apr-2003 04:33
Very nice job, Joe. The trees have a fantastic look, and the little church jumps out. Excellent depth, which makes an image, as far as I'm concerned. jim/shutter