Altered Reality by OldHippieKeyboard

Photography • Gothic • posted on May 01, 2008

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I was turned on to a great place to explore (by Martin, aka MGD) called Brookgreen Gardens, located just south of Myrtle Beach, SC. It has animals, birds, and sculptures as well as gorgeous gardens and pools/fountains... And here is the first of my pics from that fascinating locale. This is the complete original photo (OK, I did clone out an unwanted statue in the background...) after I played with Photoshop masking, channel mixing, and blurring to create a Gothic glow effect, which was more appealing to me for this image. I then masked back in the original sculpture over the one that "glowed", allowing this beautiful lady to experience a different world from the one she sees every day. Hope she likes it... Sculpture info: "Wind on the Water" Richard McDermott Miller (1922-2004) Bronze, 1992 "Wind on the Water" is a draped variation of "Spacewalker", an earlier work comprised of a nude figure boldly stepping out into space.

Comments (12)

MrsLubner

10:53PM | Thu, 01 May 2008

A shot that fills you with freedom and openness. Excellent shot.

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mbz2662

11:15PM | Thu, 01 May 2008

Wonderful~

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lizzibell

2:25AM | Fri, 02 May 2008

great capture...

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ledwolorz

2:33AM | Fri, 02 May 2008

Fantastic work.

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jeroni

2:48AM | Fri, 02 May 2008

nice mood, great composition

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durleybeachbum

3:57AM | Fri, 02 May 2008

Superb!

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Meisiekind

6:04AM | Fri, 02 May 2008

What an exceelent image and wonderful postwork... Brilliantly done my friend.

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JaneEden

6:18AM | Fri, 02 May 2008

This is a fabulous shot and superb postwork, fabulous, hugs Jane xx

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Richardphotos

2:53PM | Fri, 02 May 2008

very beautiful sculpture and the way they mounted her on the platform.your capture and post work is superb

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Debwhosmiles

8:08AM | Sat, 03 May 2008

This is a stand-alone tremendous sculpture but the placement of it REALLY runs it over the top! When sculptors know how and where their work will be placed they can create beyond the normal... I've seen works by Da Vinci and Michelangelo that were foreshortened and sculpted in a certain way because they were commissioned to be placed high above the viewer. Wonderful image~ =)

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