Brightness of His Coming

© Steven E. Ray

Brightness of His Coming

Uploaded: July 18, 2007

Description


About 4 hours of editing time and many layers.
Cloud is taken with Canon 28-135mm lens.

Comments

Steven E. Ray July 18, 2007

I was challenged to render a dramatic coming of Christ. Hard to create anything that aptly relays the event. The cloud is a genuine obviously, the Christ Statue is from Utah, the lightning courtesy of Alien Skin Xenofex 2 and the rest painstaking manual editing on 14 layers in Photoshop Extended CS3. Anyone who knows Christian scripture will immediately recognize many of the graphical elements. I hope this isn't too weird :p #694024

Jim A. Carlson July 18, 2007

Great photo and great subject well done
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Connie J. Bagot July 18, 2007

I don't think it is weird at all (of course I might be weird and so not a good judge of that). Beautiful composition, awesome lighting (effect-wise and naturally occuring in the clouds). And amazing good digital art work. Well done! #4524641

Jennifer L. Alder July 19, 2007

Steven your PS skills are off the charts- excellent work on this spiritual image! :) #4525269

Alex T. Mizuno July 19, 2007

Wow, Steven, this is monumental!! I just browsed your gallery. You have a great vision! Your darkroom skill is awesome and your hard was really worth!! #4525566

Dr. Harmeet Singh July 19, 2007

Great iamge and lovel work.Very well done,Ray. #4525706

Kay E. Mahoney level-classic July 19, 2007

Nice work, Steven. Love the end results. Beautiful. #4526056

Manuel Barrera July 19, 2007

Wonderful ps work! #4528553

Reynaldo D. Reyes level-classic July 19, 2007

Wonderful work you've done here Steven. It's not weird at all, for some of us this is indeed awesome. Looking forward to this. Thanks! #4529284

Stan Kwasniowski July 20, 2007

HI Steve, gorgeous #4530435

Kathy L. Clark July 20, 2007

Steven this is fabulous and weird is not the word, however wonderful is, to those of us who are hoping to see the day. You do have a magnificent gallery. Here's joy to you!!!! #4530914

Autum Rhoades July 20, 2007

Wow, Steven! I think that's all I can say! This is awesome!!! I need some PS lessons from you!!! #4531945

Steven E. Ray July 20, 2007

Thanks very much everyone! I almost took it down a couple times, not so sure the lighting effect is not pushing the concept a bit too much. I used the visual analogy of Christian scriptures which reports in Matthew 24:27 "For as the lightning cometh forth from the east, and is seen even unto the west; so shall be the coming of the Son of man." Maranath Eashoa' M'sheekha! #4531998

Esther Smith July 21, 2007

Beautiful image Steven! Your PS work is awesome too! #4533924

Janet McNeil level-classic July 21, 2007

Beautifully done - very artistic and creative use of effects!! Very nice work!! #4534666

Lisa J. Boulden level-classic July 22, 2007

M*A*G*N*I*F*I*C*E*N*T
This a wonderful, well thought and created piece of art.
Beautiful on all levels.
Really well done, Steven!
--Lisa #4539650

Heather E. Lupo July 23, 2007

Beautifully created image, Steven. Your gallery is filled with numerous award worthy images. Amazing work indeed! ~Heather
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Maria Warren level-classic July 23, 2007

wow this is awesome you did a great job #4545197

Dianna Hauf July 23, 2007

All I can say is WOW, Stephen! This was the first image in your gallery that drew me right in. You did an amazing job with PS work. It is terribly moving. You have a most beautiful gallery of clean fresh beautiful photographic images. It is a very nice place to 'visit' and browse. I feel honored to have you visit and comment in mine! ~~~Dianna #4546000

Marcie A. Fowler July 26, 2007

FANTASTIC. I'd say you met the challenge as well as any human could. Very well done and moving.

What a glorious day it will be. #4560143

Michael Khoury July 28, 2007

Weird?!... to some, Dali is weird, but no artist had more confidence...
m #4570875

Odeth Mizuno July 31, 2007

Very powerful image, Steven! Very well done. #4580939

Pat Gamwell July 31, 2007

The most beautiful depiction of His glorious arrival that I've seen, Steven! You were truly spiritually inspired! Your gallery is magnificent and I deeply admire your use of effects...they're all expertly applied. I am an 'effects junkie' and try to get my hands on everyone I can find! lol:) I also love Lucis & use it for everything...but still practicing! #4584601

Z. Banu August 03, 2007

Wow!!!So Beautiful Excellent work very well done Steven!Heavenly image #4595120

eileen bedford August 17, 2007

AWESOME, so well done, Steve... #4662761

Toni Riggs August 22, 2007

Wow, awesome image! #4681622

August 29, 2007

This is wonderful Steven. Great work. #4720728

Judy A. Lawhon September 04, 2007

Steven....the next best thing to the real event!! You were surely inspired when you created it...well done!! #4747300

Karen Slagle September 06, 2007

You were inspired when you created this stunning vision, Steven. Please leave this in your gallery to inspire all of us and look forward to this great event that will hopefully come soon. This is awesome PS work... #4754785

Dolly L. Davis September 08, 2007

SUPERB! Wow, this is great! Awesome work, Steven! #4763742

Thomas Lam September 15, 2007

Hello Steven,

Wonderful creation... I really like this image. It reminds me of a dream I had of Jesus opening his arm for me and I was awaken in another place, but then I woke up from the dream within a dream. It was so real...

TL #4792974

Emmett S. Speelman September 16, 2007

Lovely work Steven. Keep up the work #4798091

KHAWLA Haddad September 25, 2007

WOW AWESOME WORK!!! #4842665

Lisa D. Greer September 29, 2007

LOOOVE this! Love it, love it, love it! Awesome! :) #4862477

October 18, 2007

a masterpiece !!!!! #4944982

Ginger S. Patterson October 23, 2007

Your work is amazing! This has a WOW factore for me, maybe because I can't wait for the GLORIOUS appearing. I love this & I think you did a great job. KING OF KINGS! AWESOME seems to be united.....Blessings! #4969417

Nina Shields January 14, 2008

Steven, this is truly inspiring, what a gift you have in depicting such a great message; outstanding in all aspects! #5336792

Marina Moore January 14, 2008

Steven what an awesome image!!! What a labor of love! It's not always easy to be so bold with our beliefs. What a beautiful day that will be when he does come back for us, I'll see you there!!!! :) #5340954

Diana L. Ralph January 17, 2008

AWESOME, Steven!!! Brilliant PS work... (No pun intended). Your gallery is a delight unto the eyes! #5355491

Heather L. Haderly January 18, 2008

Beautiful Steven, very well done!!!!!! #5360613

Pamela Shane January 22, 2008

Wow! Simply stunning Steven; fabulous
editing. #5379527

James E. Coleman level-classic November 28, 2008

Steven,
This is the first I have seen on anything of this great subject. I understand your reluctance because as good as this is; the real thing will indeed be amazing beyond our imaginations!!!
Thanks for sharing it and your work.

And we do indeed look forward to "that day"..:)

Jim #6820017


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