I lift my gaze to empty skies above by sourkraut

I lift my gaze to empty skies above

"I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in vain
I dream of love as time runs through my hand"
- Sting (Yes, I just admitted that I still listen to Sting)

Technically this is from yesterday but because I wasted hours trying to follow a fancy Photoshop tutorial before realizing that it's way beyond my skill set I'm not going to let my efforts go to waste. As you can see if you follow the link, I only got through the first few steps before I gave up. Even so it took me forever. Perhaps Photoshop and I aren't meant to be after all. Back to regular photography for me, I think.

Fancy pants tutorial:
http://pureromance88.ucoz.com/news/love_hurt_dark_and_surreal_photo_manipulation/2011-03-17-114

It did occur to me when I selected this tutorial yesterday that I was drawn to it because of the surrealistic look, probably inspired by seeing that this week's artist for the artist challenge is Dali. He's one of my favorites so I'm hoping to come up with something better later in the week to properly do him justice.
You should participate in weekly artist theme with it!
April 13th, 2011  
just add tag theme-dali
April 13th, 2011  
@mikhasus Thanks! I was excited when I saw Dali was this week's artist as he's one of my favorites. I even saw lots of reproductions and a few original pieces of his in London a few years ago so I was hoping that would inspire me to come up with something original. I'm glad you think I can include this in the theme.
April 13th, 2011  
good processing, the tutorial did not look easy and I prefer where you stopped and the eyes open
April 13th, 2011  
@hjbenson Thank you. The closed eyes were one change I inadvertently made but found I preferred as well.
April 13th, 2011  
I'll vote for it if it makes to Dali contest :)
April 13th, 2011  
this is lovely linda .... ♥
April 13th, 2011  
this is super cool. nice work.
April 13th, 2011  
@naladka @gavincci @jeffg Thank you. I guess it turned out better than I'd thought since y'all seem to like it.
April 13th, 2011  
wow what a dali - esque intriguing shot - love it
April 14th, 2011  
Cool concept.
April 14th, 2011  
good stuff
April 15th, 2011  
This is so cool! very interesting!
April 15th, 2011  
I like this one too!
April 16th, 2011  
I am loving your project, you are very creative, awesome!
April 17th, 2011  
very fitting the theme
April 17th, 2011  
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