I apologize for submitting you Dear Viewers to another Faery Photograph. (Well, Dylan is actually a Sprite, not a Faery.) In fact, I wasn’t even going to put it up as my PAD offering for the day. But this particular image was the most complicated and involved transformation I’ve ever done, and it took almost four evenings of work to get it just right. Every blade of grass was painstakingly cut in, the two little Faeries, Alex and Sarah were lit up with glows like fireflies, and by the time I was finished I was taxing the limit of my new computer with 18 open layers of images before I blended them all together. In my opinion, this is the best and the most beautiful transformation I’ve ever done! I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it.

The entire collection of Faeries can be found here http://www.pbase.com/j_nasche/thefaerygallery in my “Faeries, Sprites & Elves” Gallery.

On a personal note, tomorrow I receive the second of three injections in my back to help relieve the pain. I’m now up to 120 milligrams of morphine a day just to hold it at bay. Hopefully, it will help tremendously and finally give me some release from the agony I’ve been in. If you’re inclined to pray, say a short one for me. If you don’t pray, wish me luck.

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