A Tarnished Icon

[paulrach]

A Tarnished Icon - The Atomium, Brussels, once an icon of the new Europe, is becoming tarnished with age. But is'nt that the way with all our icons....?

I wanted to highlight the tarnished look of the spheres, so I used the following settings in Photoshop:

Three layers:

Top Layer - cut out of the un-filtered spheres.
Middle Layer - Grayscale Image - Blending: Colour Dodge Opacity: 100%
Bottom Layer - Colour Image with motion blur - Blending: Normal Opacity: 87%

Presented on a white background with drop shadow.


Thanks for looking

Paul




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[Michael]

Need picture :(

I will say this though...the white box with an "X" through it needs to be revamped :D

[paulrach]

Oops...try again.

Paul

[Michael]

Paul,
First..Welcome to the Asylum...you will have a blast here.

The image uploader is a tricky thing at first. Images can not be bigger than 600 pixel high, and 500 pixels wide. The maximum file size can't be more than 150KB. Keeping it to around 130 solves all problems there. If you still have any problems you can PM me and tell me where you are getting stuck at and I will try to help you out.

It really is easy once you get the hang of it! The first few are just a pain :D

[rjdutch]

Oh, I don't think the white box with the red X is all bad , perhaps some shadowing would be nice behind the X.

As far as the spheres, I like 'em!

[Michael]

Ohhh...they are up!!!

Fantastic!...For some reason this reminds me of looking towards space...dreaming...Well done...great POV.

[Jet]

Welcome to WC Paul...

That's a kool rendition..
keep posting, we want to know more of your style.

..whoaa!!
What happened to your avatar ?
That's exactly how my mirror looks back at me, after a bar-trot-weekend with Michael..... :D

Regards

[cadence57]

Hi Paul and welcome!
Great shot you have there - very dreamy quality to it!

[cadence57]

That's exactly how my mirror looks back at me, after a bar-trot-weekend with Michael..... :D

Regards


ACK!!! TOO much information!!! :eek: