Vase in a Box by taffy

Vase in a Box

The mirror box tutorial that Babs introduced use to - http://365project.org/onewing/365/2015-08-26 - was fun to try. More practice with PS layers which are starting to make sense to me (YAY!) but still so much to learn. Two major discoveries from this activity:
1. Layers are powerful and can be learned with just a little practice
2. PS is so much more than just the layers tool and THAT'S what makes it so complicated to learn.
I'd been putting off PS because I thought the layers part was the hard part. It's learn-able and then the little tutorials on these different outcomes are where I think I'll begin to learn how to use PS more effectively.
The other big lesson: Doing a mirror box for the first time would be easier, I think, without tackling something with so many lines/angles/shadows. But it was fun!
More fun...Billy Joel concert at Wrigley Field tonight!
Really like the intriguing effect here. This came out better than most. Rocked it!
August 27th, 2015  
I think that it is because it is less symmetrical?
August 27th, 2015  
I really like this Taffy! I am impressed - PS is something I use for cloning and not much else - I think it scares me! Sounds silly I know! I really should take the bull by the horns and have a go - layers here I come! Fav for this most unusual image which I have to keep looking at!
August 27th, 2015  
Amazing mirror images!
August 28th, 2015  
Very pretty and very impressive!
August 28th, 2015  
I love the effect created by the lines and shadows. Very cool!
August 28th, 2015  
No idea how you did it - but it sure looks good
August 28th, 2015  
This is so awesome! (and so is the fact that you are seeing Billy Joel - it's been decades since I've seen him in concert)
August 28th, 2015  
beautiful
August 28th, 2015  
This made an absolutely fascinating almost abstract shot - love the lighting to it and all those lines and shadows. I keep telling myself I am going to give layers a try - soon - maybe when I get stuck indoors this winter when they say we're going to be wetter than usual. You've done well!!
August 28th, 2015  
Oh that's the vase & flowers from your fireplace hearth. I didn't see the box at first I was intrigued by the hallway and what I thought were reflections. That's what I get for not reading first. Pretty impressive. I keep saying I am going to leal a bite about P.S. But still dragging my feet. I seem to have become a procrastinator in my old age. Anyway fave!
August 28th, 2015  
Awesome job with PS, amazing how you find time to do everything Taffy esp in the middle of settling in to your new place!
August 28th, 2015  
Fav, love this interesting image
August 28th, 2015  
beautiful result!
August 28th, 2015  
Fabulous. I also don't do PS but this winter I am going to try & figure out that layers thing
August 28th, 2015  
nice shadows, reflections, and lighting
August 28th, 2015  
very cool! Love what you did here
August 28th, 2015  
Beautiful play of light and shadow, and the little spots of selective color.
August 28th, 2015  
So lovely....
August 28th, 2015  
I don't know how to use layers so maybe I should give this a go too. Lovely effect.
August 28th, 2015  
This is lovely. I tried out this box thing a while back. I almost got it right, but had some difficulty getting all the corners and edges to line up perfectly! I spent FAR too much time on it, I know that. Fun though.
August 28th, 2015  
This looks so cool and mysterious :)
August 28th, 2015  
Very cool. Well done.
August 28th, 2015  
Superb shot, and so intriguing. Off to visit the link now, thanks for sharing.
August 28th, 2015  
@featherstone has been doing these for over a year. She even combined it with the twirling thing that as been popular. It is a good way to learn about layers. We do something like this in scrapbooking.
August 28th, 2015  
August 28th, 2015  
I love the composition and lighting.
August 28th, 2015  
This is very nice
August 28th, 2015  
Lovely effect of the mirror box.
August 28th, 2015  
Beautiful!!
August 28th, 2015  
Super mirror box. It took me a while to master layers, but it is great fun and easy when you get the basics in place.
A real challenge is the 3D orb I have done a few of them and noticed today that Joyce @thistle has done one http://365project.org/thistle/365/2015-08-28 and it is super. I think she may have followed another of Gavin Hoey's tutorials and here is a link to it. Give it a try. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKbUM5NLJ_g
August 28th, 2015  
Billy Joel was my first concert ever!
August 28th, 2015  
A beautiful image. Fav! 😃
August 28th, 2015  
A Fave from me! Layers are a wonderful tool but the most important thing to remember is that you need to know which layer you are working on (otherwise you don't see what you are doing or even worse you get a warning message that means nothing to you (e.g. Not enough pixels selected" ) because you are invariably trying to do something on the wrong layer altogether!
August 28th, 2015  
Kat
All too technical for me, maybe one day. Taffy this is arresting and stopped me in my tracks, instant Fav!
August 28th, 2015  
Lovely shot!
August 28th, 2015  
Very cool processing. I like the scene.
August 29th, 2015  
Very cool shot! Love the effect!
August 29th, 2015  
Well done! Will have to give it a try one day.
August 29th, 2015  
I'm really impressed with this. I like the way you've used light and shade. I have no excuse for not getting to grips with Photoshop - but somehow I keep putting it off.
August 29th, 2015  
Lovely work!
August 29th, 2015  
Cool image, well done
August 30th, 2015  
pam
i'm with the crowd taffy=fav
August 30th, 2015  
Do t understand a word you wrote Taffy but I love the final posting
August 30th, 2015  
fabulous light and shadows .... and so creative .... fav
August 30th, 2015  
@kelly2 I had to laugh as I had no clue what PS did or how to use it as recently as a month ago! If I can learn it anyone can! Thanks for your visit and kind comment.
August 31st, 2015  
This turned out great....and, with a great sense of mystery!! I love that you took an asymmetrical object to turn into a mirror box....it adds another level of complexity! This might be worth trying when my life gets a little easier! ;-))
August 31st, 2015  
Fav! fabulous. would love to learn this. Do a lot in PS but have worked with sketching and colours.
September 1st, 2015  
Fantastic picture. Congratulations on making the Trending Page and the PP. Well deserved.
September 2nd, 2015  
This is really cool. I like the still life composition, light play and muted colour palette. And the mirror box effect, of course! Fav.
September 3rd, 2015  
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