Brightness of His Coming
Uploaded: July 18, 2007
About 4 hours of editing time and many layers.
Cloud is taken with Canon 28-135mm lens.
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 #694024Jim A. Carlson July 18, 2007
Great photo and great subject well doneConnie 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! #4524641Jennifer L. Alder July 19, 2007
Steven your PS skills are off the charts- excellent work on this spiritual image! :) #4525269Alex 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!! #4525566Dr. Harmeet Singh July 19, 2007
Great iamge and lovel work.Very well done,Ray. #4525706Kay E. Mahoney July 19, 2007
Nice work, Steven. Love the end results. Beautiful. #4526056Manuel Barrera July 19, 2007
Wonderful ps work! #4528553Reynaldo D. Reyes 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! #4529284Stan Kwasniowski July 20, 2007
HI Steve, gorgeous #4530435Kathy 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!!!! #4530914Autum Rhoades July 20, 2007
Wow, Steven! I think that's all I can say! This is awesome!!! I need some PS lessons from you!!! #4531945Steven 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! #4531998Esther Smith July 21, 2007
Beautiful image Steven! Your PS work is awesome too! #4533924Janet McNeil July 21, 2007
Beautifully done - very artistic and creative use of effects!! Very nice work!! #4534666Lisa J. Boulden July 22, 2007
M*A*G*N*I*F*I*C*E*N*THeather E. Lupo July 23, 2007
Beautifully created image, Steven. Your gallery is filled with numerous award worthy images. Amazing work indeed! ~HeatherMaria Warren July 23, 2007
wow this is awesome you did a great job #4545197Dianna 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 #4546000Marcie 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...Odeth Mizuno July 31, 2007
Very powerful image, Steven! Very well done. #4580939Pat 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! #4584601Z. Banu August 03, 2007
Wow!!!So Beautiful Excellent work very well done Steven!Heavenly image #4595120eileen bedford August 17, 2007
AWESOME, so well done, Steve... #4662761Toni Riggs August 22, 2007
Wow, awesome image! #4681622Judy A. Lawhon September 04, 2007
Steven....the next best thing to the real event!! You were surely inspired when you created it...well done!! #4747300Karen 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... #4754785Dolly L. Davis September 08, 2007
SUPERB! Wow, this is great! Awesome work, Steven! #4763742Thomas 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...
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Emmett S. Speelman September 16, 2007
Lovely work Steven. Keep up the work #4798091KHAWLA Haddad September 25, 2007
WOW AWESOME WORK!!! #4842665Lisa D. Greer September 29, 2007
LOOOVE this! Love it, love it, love it! Awesome! :) #4862477Ginger 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! #4969417Nina Shields January 14, 2008
Steven, this is truly inspiring, what a gift you have in depicting such a great message; outstanding in all aspects! #5336792Marina 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!!!! :) #5340954Diana L. Ralph January 17, 2008
AWESOME, Steven!!! Brilliant PS work... (No pun intended). Your gallery is a delight unto the eyes! #5355491Heather L. Haderly January 18, 2008
Beautiful Steven, very well done!!!!!! #5360613Pamela Shane January 22, 2008
Wow! Simply stunning Steven; fabulousJames E. Coleman November 28, 2008
Steven,And we do indeed look forward to "that day"..:)
Jim #6820017
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