Since You Asked Diane...

Some of you were curious about what was actually showing through on those layers in this composite- so here's the scoop (bottom to top right): a tree at Sandy Hook NJ, the beach at Corpus Christi TX, brocollini (edited and unedited so you can see how the base shot actually started), a 3D version of (The Secret?? It's part of an installation at the NJ Grounds for Sculpture called "The Chamber of Inner Dialogue" and a jellyfish taken at the Scranton Aquarium- edited and original. The only thing I could not show you was the "magic" vignette from my photo program- it's those whispy parts around the edges. The brocollini was the "base" shot and all the other images were layered on top of that in varying degrees of visibility. And the large picture is what you saw in my main album March 14th.

[eDorre]

How cool! Thanks for sharing a bit of the process

[Suzanne]

Thanks Ann. I like the collage as well

[Diana]

What an amazing artist you are, thanks for showing us how you achieved this wonderful image. Kudos to you Ann.

[Kathy A]

Wow, who would have thought! All I saw was lilies and now I see there were none 🤣

[Dixie Goode]

Ooh! This is intriguing. Thanks for the detail.

[Jeni]

That is fascinating! Thank you.

[Beryl Lloyd]

A great collage to illustrate the layers used for the beautiful image !

[Joan Robillard]

Interesting

[katy]

Never would I have ever guessed all of that was in this photo! Seeing this makes it even more impressive to know the beautiful results you got

[Joanne Diochon]

Interesting now to be able to pick out wisps of these contributing photo layers.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@edorreandresen @ankers70 @ludwigsdiana @kjarn @pandorasecho @jenirainbow @beryl @joansmor @grammyn @gardencat

Thanks Dorre, Suzanne, Diana, Kathy, Dixie, Jeni, Beryl, Joan, Katy, and Joanne.

Most of the time the layers are pretty much ready to go and I don't do much to them, but this one, since I wanted a certain shade of green, took a lot longer as some of the layers had to be edited before I could add them. i.e. that means it took too long!! LOL

[Dixie Goode]

But did you flip her so she is facing left? Because once I caught her eye, she is clearly there.

[Kathy]

Man o man. The layers and I'm imagining the processing.

[Rob Z]

So interesting Ann - and it's great to be able to see the influence of each component on the final image.

[Carole Sandford]

You are so good at this sort of thing! Thanks for showing us your components.

[gloria jones]

Neat images

[Diane]

Thanks so much for sharing your secrets, Ann. I never would have guessed that broccolini was the base shot!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@pandorasecho No, I didn't. Her left eye is more obvious; the right eye is somewhat buried in the brocollini leaves.

@randystreat @robz @carole_sandford @seattlite @eudora

Thank you Dixie, Kathy, Rob, Carole, Gloria and Diane- it just goes to show that anything can become a texture in composite work.

[haskar]

Thanks for sharing