Butterfly Glow

© Julie Abston

Butterfly Glow

Uploaded: March 01, 2006 06:54:26

Description

Applied softness to background, then erased off of butterfly. Applied Dave's Ethereal glow to background as well as Flaming Pear's Melancholytron filter. Then, I duplicated layer, applied a pattern overlay for texture and erased off of the butterfly. Done in PSCS2.

Comments

Bridgette B March 01, 2006

Amazing image and effects!! #401066

Margot Petrowski March 01, 2006

Love it, Julie!!!! #2483247

Stephanie Laird level-classic March 01, 2006

Julie this is truely a beautiful image. Thanks for the information on the process. The end result is stunning. #2484307

Julie Abston March 01, 2006

Thank you so much Bridgette, Margot and Stephanie! I'm glad you like this. I truly appreciate you guys taking the time to comment!! #2485825

Nicole Kessel April 25, 2006

...And another congratulations to you, Julie! Way to go! #2690486

Corinne M. Thompson April 26, 2006

Beautiful image and effects used here. Congrats on your Finalist! #2695952

Tonya R. Boles April 27, 2006

Congratulations on this great image. #2697432

Keith L. Clayton June 04, 2006

Gorgeous! #2851580

Keith L. Clayton June 04, 2006

Gorgeous! #2851582

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