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Big City, Bright Lights


 
BetterPhoto.com All Time Best Photo Contest Editor's Pick BetterPhoto.com Photo Contest FIRST PLACE Winner   Big City, Bright Lights
Big City, Bright Lights
Image was made from pictures of buildings I have taken in all different cities. The actual pano is 27 by 92 inches long.

For each building object that I created I did the following -

1) applied mystical lighting to each building with different custom light caster settings to get the colors/light.

2) applied flaming pear kyotocolor to each object to "kick up the color"

3) combined all objects together and applied the PS Midnight blue action. I then only kept the top layer which was the screen layer.

4) combined the "screen" layer from the Midnight action with the building images that already had mystical and kyoto color applied in screen mode at 100%.

5) combined all objects and applied Mystical TTC tonal smooth filter at about 70%.

Heather K. McFarland

 
 
 

Joan Kocak
 

very cool shot Heather!


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March 16, 2007

 

Kiran Voleti
  Thanks for showing all the cities in colorful way..


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March 16, 2007

 

Linda M. Walker
  This is so impressive...what a creative and amazing image WOW!!! Thanks for sharing how you created this masterpiece


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March 16, 2007

 

Margie Hurwich
  Amazing work, Heather!


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March 16, 2007

 
- Linda D. Lester

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  Looks like a winner here to me. Awesome work!


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March 16, 2007

 

Robert Baer
  creative, colorful, awesome creation heather! thanks for sharing the process.


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March 16, 2007

 

Murry Grigsby
  Boy, I'd love to see this in person Heather!! :0) Wonderful resulting pano image from your creative PS work. It is so retro and reminds me of some of the art work done back in the 50s-60s. Great job!!


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March 16, 2007

 

Kenneth Mucke
  Outstanding work of Art Heather...wonderfully created with georgous colors and detail


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March 16, 2007

 
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  Beautiful vibrant image, Heather. Great PS work!


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March 16, 2007

 

Kimi A. Phillips
  Fantastic Heather! I bet this would show really well in an upbeat, fun gallery WINDOW!!!!


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March 16, 2007

 
- Terry L. Ellis

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  Brilliant work, Heather! Love the concept and vibrant colors and hues.


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March 16, 2007

 

Joan Powell
  Wonderful !!!


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March 16, 2007

 

Darryl Wilkinson
  Quite the attention getter! This really is cool. Great idea and work, Heather.


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March 16, 2007

 

Arlene Krassner
  Heather this is a real treat and thanks so much for sharing the work flow.


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March 16, 2007

 

Jessica Jenney
  Stunning Pano, Heather! Incredible effects, colors and design elements!


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March 16, 2007

 

David Phalen
  Winner!!! Fantastic work Heather.


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March 16, 2007

 

Sam Britt
  Absolutely fantastic image, Heather. Excellent digital darkroom work.


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  Heather, great colors, shapes, clarity and effects.


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Robin R.
  Cool images with eye catching color. Nice work.


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March 17, 2007

 
- Nikki McDonald

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  I love this image! It would make a great panoramic poster. Wonderful colors and super PS work--thanks for your description.


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October 19, 2007

 

Sam Britt
  Congratulations - fantastic finalist, Heather!!


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April 22, 2009

 

Lois Adomite
  Congratulations, creative finalist entry. lois


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April 22, 2009

 

Jeana Clark
 
This is Well On Its Way To The
Winners Circle!!!! Grand Prize!!! :o)

Fabulous finalist!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!

~J~


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April 22, 2009

 

A P
  Well all that work sure paid off. This is awesome Heather. WoW Congratulations on this finalist and best of luck in the next round.


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- Usman M. Bajwa

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  Perseverance pays. CONGRATULATIONS on this stunning Finalist, Heather. Good luck again!

Usman.


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April 22, 2009

 

Robert Baer
  Heather
this image was well worth your work! It is a winner in my eyes. congratulations!


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April 23, 2009

 

ALLEN O. HOWARD
  A great description of all the labor that went into this beautiful image, Heather! Congratulations!


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April 25, 2009

 

Susan and Neil Silverman
  Heather, We are delighted to see your progress and this is a stunning image. Great job!


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April 27, 2009

 

Kim Kleinschmidt
  Congratulations on your Winner! Outstanding image!


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April 27, 2009

 
- Pat Abbott

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  Heather, the colors are so gorgeous! Congrats on your win!


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April 27, 2009

 
- Larry L. Redmon

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  Amazing work, Heather! Congratulations!


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- Mary Beth Aiello

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  Outstanding creativity, Heather. Huge congratulations on this spectacular winner.


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April 27, 2009

 

Mick Burkey
  Wonderful work, as always! Congrats on the win, Heather.


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April 27, 2009

 

Sam Britt
  Big Congratulations on your fantastic second place winner, Heather!


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April 27, 2009

 

A P
 

Picture perfect Heather CONGRATULATIONS on your win!!


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April 27, 2009

 

Jeana Clark
 
WINNERS CIRCLE!!!!
YipEEEEEEE!!!
Awesome & Congratulations Heather!!!

~J~


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April 27, 2009

 

Alex T. Mizuno
  An amazing image you've created Heather! Congratulations on your win!!!


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- Evy Johansen

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  Big congratulations on this beautiful win, Heather!!


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Margaret R. Barry
  Congratulations on your fantastic winner, Heather!


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CONGRATULATIONS!!!


 "Purple Crystal Trophy"

A Special Trophy for

"August Winners"


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April 28, 2009

 

Graeme yew Chow
  Big congratulation Heather on your super winner. Alot of works here and you are masterful in PS work- graeme.


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April 28, 2009

 

Allen Hughes
  Wonderful vision and you carried it off beautifully. A well deserved winner.


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- Elida Gutierrez

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CONGRATULATIONS!!!


 "Purple Crystal Trophy"

A Special Trophy for

"MARCH Winners"


Sorry!!!


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April 28, 2009

 
- Guy D. Biechele

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  Wonderful creative image! Congratulations, Heather!


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- Usman M. Bajwa

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  CONGRATULATIONS, Heather on this fantastic WINNER!!

Usman.


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April 28, 2009

 

Murry Grigsby
  Congratulations on your terrific image and win Heather! Wonderful post processing and thanks for the workflow :0)


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- Ken Smith

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  WHen I opened the thumbnail, I was hoping BP eased their restriction on the 800 pixel width..then noticed you had uploaded it awhile back..so darn! :-) Congrats on your beautiful shot, Heather!


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Donna La Mattino Pagakis
  Beautiful Heather, congratulations on your win!


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anonymous
  Congratulations Heather on your awesome win! B-


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Linda Blair
  Well deserved win Heather....congratulations!!!!!!!


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  Congratulations Heather on your Win!!!


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- Nikki McDonald

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  Hope this goes all the way, Heather -- right into the GP Winner's spot. Congratulations.


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A P
  by Anne Pictures, Images and Photos
on your OUTSTANDING Finalist. Best of Luck in the next round!


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Kelly S. Cavanaugh
  Excellent work, Heather! Congratulations!


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Eugenio Diaz
  Congratulations on your AMAZING Finalist…Well done!
Good Luck in the next Round!!!


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Lois Adomite
  congrats! Lois


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Wendy Moghadam
  CONGRATULATIONS on this stunning Finalist!


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Jeana Clark
 
CONGRATULATIONS On this Fantastic WINNER Heather!!!
Job Well Done!!!

~J~


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- Nikki McDonald

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  Congratulations on your first place win, Heather. Love this one


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Kay Beausoleil
  Congratulations, Heather, on your first place win -- so imaginative!!


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Donna La Mattino Pagakis
  Congratulations on your FIRST PLACE win Heather!


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Kelly S. Cavanaugh
  Congratulations on this beautiful win, Heather!


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Remi Trepanier
  Big congratulation on this first place winner :)


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  Awesome image and processing, Heather! Congratulations on your 1st Place Win!


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Renee Doyle
  Certainly a brilliant image!! Congratulations Heather!


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Colleen Farrell
  Finally got the recognition it deserved! Congrats on your win!


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- Claudia Kuhn

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  Wonderful winner Heather, congrats!


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Sam Britt
  I remember this being a second place winner last month. Congratulations on your first place win, Heather!


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- Usman M. Bajwa

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  CONGRATS on getting the TOP GOLD in this category!! Just as I said earlier...perseverance pays!!

Usman.


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A P
  Congratulations on your wonderful first place winner, Heather


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Sharon Sawyer
  Heather, congratulations on your well deserved first place win!!!


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- Erica Murphy

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  Stunning winner Heather! Congratulations!


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  Congrats Heather on this Fantastic 1st Place Win! Jeff


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Eugenio Diaz
  Wow, Congratulations on your Fabulous Win!!!
Well done, Heather!


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May 29, 2009

 

Heather K. McFarland
  Thanks so much everyone. This was actually a mistake that it got entered this month. I forgot that I had entered it last month and I entered it this month before the judging for last month completed. So all my contest entries had disappeared from my list and I wasn't sure what I had entered the month before.

I have rarely entered the same image twice on this site in the many years I have entered here even though I have seen it done here before. But I guess it was fine with the judges...LOL.


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May 29, 2009

 
- JudyAnn Rector

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  Stunningly beautiful creation, Heather. Well worth all the work you put into it and definitely deserving of the the win! Mega Congratulations!


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May 29, 2009

 

Murry Grigsby
  Good to see you in the winners circle again Heather! This is such a "HAPPY" cityscape image!! Thanks as always for sharing your techniques :0)


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May 29, 2009

 

Graeme yew Chow
  Wow ! big congratulation on this amazing work of architecture., Heather. Today I just hang up the photo of the glass wine that I bought from u at my sister house.


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May 30, 2009

 

Linda Blair
  Congratulations.....fantastic work!!!!!!


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June 01, 2009

 

Sandra Anderson
  Congratulations on your win with this stunning pano. The attention to detail and arrangement is fantastic Heather.


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- Mary Beth Aiello

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  Heather -- This is amazing. Such wonderful work. Huge congrats on this outstanding first place winner.


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- Susan Jane Allen

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  Congrats! Fantastic work! But most of all, thanks so much for taking the time to teach in detail how you did it--it was very generous!


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June 17, 2009

 

Deborah A. Ciullo
  Completely amazing!!! You have done an outstanding job here!!! This is definitely one of my absolute favorites! Wonderful color and details! Thanks so much for sharing your process! This is definitely a very WELL DESERVED win!


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  Congratulations Heather on your Win!!!


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