Dreams of China

© Wally Orlowsky

Dreams of China

Uploaded: November 24, 2007 04:04:42

Description


Composite of five photos taken with three different digital cameras. The boat and terra cotta warriors are from my trip to China. The waterfront is the Arthur Kill from Perth Amboy, NJ. The heron is at a local NJ park and the fan and chopsticks were made in China. Layers were combined with the background waterfront using either soft light blending (warriors and fan) or hard light (boat and heron) along with variable opacity. The dreamy effect was achieved with a soft focus filter on a feathered oval. The Chinese characters spell "China" (I hope). All editing was done in Paint Shop Pro X2.



Comments

Dominick M. Dimacale level-addict November 24, 2007

Wally, great image composition and presentation here.


Dominick #793754

Deb Koskovich November 24, 2007

Amazing creation, Wally -- looks like a lot of work! #5116194

Dr Silly level-classic November 24, 2007

WOW, you did it again Wally. Beautiful. :O)
#5116282

Joy Rector November 24, 2007

wow, is right, awesome #5116317

Susie Peek-Swint November 24, 2007

Stunning work Wally ~ all the right elements blended to perfection .. love the heron ~ adds a good balance :)
Good luck with this one! #5116323

Murry Grigsby November 24, 2007

Sorry Wally, literal translation is "Great composite" :0) Wonderful creation -- great choice of photos, light and tone! Terrific blending of them all into one nice image. Well done!! #5116340

Carolyn M. Fletcher level-classic November 24, 2007

Wow!! Aren't we a big show off this morning! This is really a great job, Wally! Nice work! #5116378

Nadine A. Lewis November 24, 2007

EXCELLENT combination of images very well presented, Wally!!! <>< #5116440

Kay E. Mahoney level-classic November 24, 2007

Nice photoshop work, Wally. Love the colors and the result. #5116478

Claudia Kuhn level-classic November 24, 2007

Wow! Wonderful composite and DD work here Wally, love the colors! #5116889

Fax Sinclair level-deluxe November 24, 2007

OK, I've gotta add my Wow! Wow! Wow! #5117009

Les Rhoades level-classic November 24, 2007

Many memories here Wally #5117185

Donna La Mattino Pagakis November 24, 2007

A beautiful and creative composite, very well put together Wally! #5119562

Colleen Braun November 25, 2007

very interesting, great work... #5119978

Jenny Bosmans November 26, 2007

Fantastic image and work, Wally! :) #5126645

Sylvia Rossler November 30, 2007

Awesome PS work Wally !!! My favorite of your November entries :o) #5153019

Gunther Allen December 06, 2007

Another awesome piece Wally. This looks like a winner to me! #5176919

Lynn Haack December 07, 2007

WOW...this is stunning! Congrats on EFP. Lynn #5180277

Karen Engelbreth December 19, 2007

Congrats on your finalist, Wally! #5228502

Rakesh Syal level-classic December 19, 2007

My heartiest congratulations on this fabulous work and finalist, my friend!Warm regards! #5229416

Linda D. Lester level-classic December 19, 2007

Congratulations on your wonderful finalist! Good luck in the next round!! #5230583

Bob Cournoyer level-classic December 19, 2007

Way to go, Wally!! #5230968

Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 19, 2007

Creative and beatuiful Wally!! Congratulations on your finalist!! #5230991

Eugenio Diaz December 19, 2007

Congratulations on your finalist!!!!Good luck in the next round. #5232207

Renee Doyle December 20, 2007

Wonderful work Wally!!! Congratulations! #5236179

Corinne M. Thompson December 21, 2007

Congrats on your Finalist for this wonderful composition of images Wally! #5241566

Carol Teal December 22, 2007

Incredible Wally! Congrats on your finalist! #5245127

Martin J. Preslar December 28, 2007

Great work Wally! One of my favorites of your recent work! Bravo and congrats on your Finalist! :) #5261476

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