Dream Steed
Uploaded: December 08, 2007
Exif: F Number: 11, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/250 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 400, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 55.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Melissa McCabe December 08, 2007
Wow!! There's so much going on here!! Rich and so Glowing! I love it! -mm #804396Ellen Powell December 09, 2007
Thanks, Melissa!I'm sure you know how it is when you put hours into something and maybe can't really "see" it anymore. I hope I still like it in the morning- It is SO late- I NEVER stay up this late!!!! I'll pay the piper tomorrow... #5185911Cassie L. Woodlee December 09, 2007
WOW, OUTSTANDING work on this awesome image Ellen. love it!!!!! #5186333Ellen Powell December 09, 2007
Thanks VERY much, Cassie! Love that extrude filter! #5186805Ellen Powell December 09, 2007
Thanks, Kristin. :) I still like it this morning. Last night when I finished it I was cross-eyed! #5187054Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna December 09, 2007
Gorgeous colors and DR work, Ellen!!!!! This is beautiful!!!!! ♫ k #5187708Steve M. Harrington December 09, 2007
A very cool image, Ellen! This one you should even RESPECT in the morning! :)Ellen Powell December 09, 2007
Hahaha! Thanks, Steve. ;) #5188084Ellen Powell December 09, 2007
Kitty! I didn't see you very kind compliment when I answered Steve's- so THANK YOU!!! I had a LOT of fun with this one!(Warrior Girl Steed, boys!!!!! Pfffftttttt!!!!) ;) #5188103
Joan Powell December 09, 2007
Love it Ellen , nice effects , the blue makes it look like it's moving ! #5188104Ellen Powell December 09, 2007
You're right, now that you say it- I didn't notice that before. Thanks, Joan! #5188127Crystal L. Craig December 09, 2007
Wowser Ellen, this is fantabulous! Great combination of effects ... really has a unique feel full of energy and brilliance! Lovely :) #5188707Ellen Powell December 09, 2007
Lisa J. Boulden December 10, 2007
WOW!Ellen Powell December 10, 2007
Thanks so much, Lisa! Masterful.....? Hahaha! I think just "lucky to hit on this" is more like it! :) #5192959Eloise Bartell December 10, 2007
very cool. #5193290David Pratt December 10, 2007
Awesome work Ellen! Outstanding image. #5193492Ellen Powell December 10, 2007
Thanks, David! :)#5193717
Joni Earley December 17, 2007
Really beautiful image, Ellen. If it wouldn't take too long, and you can remember, what filters/techniques did you use to accomplish it? #5218426Ellen Powell December 17, 2007
Hey Joni, Thanks so much!! Ok, here's what I did (in Photo elements 4.0). It was basically made out of made 2 layers. (There was a third layer just to fix one of the gems stones in the horse's bridle.) To the bottom layer I added Accented Edges filter in Photo Elements and made it pretty extreme. It made the horse very shiny. I saturated the second layer, playing with the hues/levels of saturation/ and making it a little darker to try to get a rich color. I then used the Extrude filter on that layer, making both of the numbers 75 and choosing pyramids (not blocks). Then I saturated that to make it as rich and bright as possible. Then I lowered the opacity of it so the bottom layer could come through- maybe to 71% opacity- something like that.I wanted those gem stones in the bridle to shine through from the bottom layer, so I used the eraser to get rid of them on the top layer. I discovered that one of the gem stones in the bridle got "uglified" by the Accented Edges so I copied one of the other ones and replaced it. Voila! I was pretty happy with the outcome. I have Steve Harrington to thank for the idea of using the eraser tool to have things from a bottom layer show. Thanks again, Steve! #5220644
Ellen Powell January 09, 2008
Wow! Here come de judge! Thank you for your compliment! I like this image so much that I decided to resubmit it this month to the FREE contest. Glad it caught your eye this time! Thanks for the EFP. #5317036Elizabeth A. Marker January 16, 2008
SUPER COOL!!!! I Love the awesome effects!! Great job!! Liz #5351303Ellen Powell January 17, 2008
Hey Liz, thanks so much! #5352806Brenda c. McFarland January 18, 2008
Wow! This is so Cool Ellen! And very eye catching!!! #5359799Ellen Powell January 18, 2008
I'm so glad you like it, Brenda! Thanks! #5359829Philippe Vieux-Jeanton January 31, 2008
Great inspiration, it's wonderful, Ellen.. #5425863Ellen Powell January 31, 2008
Thanks very much, Philippe, for your kind comments! #5425983Sam Britt February 07, 2008
Cool image, great effects, Ellen. #5461053Ellen Powell February 07, 2008
Thanks, Sam. It was fun making it. #5461650Sandra R. Alvey February 08, 2008
Oh wow Ellen, what a wonderful work of art! Stunning effects and color, and I love the POV! Great image hon!Thank you so much for your comment on my "99 Luftballons" image. I truly apprecaite it and hope you stop in again sometime! :D #5465061
Ellen Powell February 08, 2008
Hey Sandra, Thank you and you're welcome! #5465146Susan Weisensel February 19, 2008
Ellen, this is so interesting and really beautiful, outstanding color and effects. So sorry I have not been to your gallery for a while and I have missed so much. I sure will try to visit more often. #5518678Ellen Powell February 19, 2008
Susan, Thanks very much for your compliment. Please don't feel obligated- I, too, have been very busy and am terribly amiss in visiting my friends' galleries, including yours! #5518694Patrick Rouzes February 26, 2008
Ellen , I just read you little song about the lady bug you used to sing as a kid. We used to sing the same one in French but we sang it about the snail, asking it to show us it's horns.Wonder where that came from!!! What a thing to tell a lady bug or a snail,eh,,hahahaha!!!Exceptional colors & effects on this most creative image!!! Fantastic job on this, Ellen!!! #5554687
Ellen Powell February 26, 2008
Some of these childrens' songs are very dark. For instance,Ring around the rosy (the sore on the skin caused by the Plague)
Pocket full of posy (to ward off the smell of death with so many people dying everywhere and not being able to get them buried fast enough
ashes ashes we all fall down (self explanatory)
Thanks for your kind compliment. :)
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Nikki McDonald February 28, 2008
Very cool work, Ellen. #5569234Ellen Powell February 28, 2008
Thanks, Nikki. :) #5570213Mitch Spence March 05, 2008
Just an all-round beautiful merry-go-round fantasy, with a feeling of speed and freedom. #5596183Ellen Powell March 05, 2008
Aw shucks, Mitch. I'm blushing. #5596718Jean-Pierre Ducondi March 11, 2008
Wow this is spectacular Ellen. A work of art in its pure meaning. Great going.Ellen Powell March 11, 2008
Jean-Pierre, How nice of you to come by my gallery and give me a compliment! I've just printed this image and it mostly fills a 24" x 18" piece of paper. It looks pretty good. It's for someone I am trading services with- so it will be going on Thursday. :( #5629931Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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