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11/09/2004

Heartbroken by the passing of autumn

Actually I faked this one.
The right half of the heart wasn’t there.
I traced and copied some of the left part.
Then I pasted it into a blank page.
I then flopped it and tilted it about 60 degrees and copied it back into the original twice.
I made the first copy black and white, darkened it, cloned out the leaf veins
and made it about 20% transparent (that’s the shadow).
Left the second copy in full color, softened the edges a little and placed it on top of the fake shadow.


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Guest 01-Sep-2006 15:08
I bet you never see a leaf like this again well captured, love the colouring too!!
Guest 17-Sep-2005 10:13
At first I thought it's real until I read your caption.. Wonderful PS job! :o)
Guest 15-Sep-2005 12:28
you are a master of PS!!!
cliffwright07-Sep-2005 08:47
Fantastic shot...Nature's symmetry played into your hands on this one...looks very authentic...:)
Guest 08-Jun-2005 02:19
I missed this one too. Love it!!! Wish I had your PS skills! Vote.
Anna Yu17-Dec-2004 05:05
Missed this one before but it gets my vote. Lovely idea.
Wesley Aston06-Dec-2004 04:52
This photo caught my eye today. I was just talking to my mother about those past broken hearts. Neat photo.
Guest 24-Nov-2004 10:27
nice......new angle here......
adam
Steve Graves22-Nov-2004 01:56
Very nice.. :o)
Guitarlin18-Nov-2004 09:46
My heart is broken..Nice photo!!
Carmen16-Nov-2004 21:04
Don't go breakin' my heart... Wow -- if you hadn't said anything, I would've figured this was real. Very nice job; sounds like a lot of work, but I guess it's good exercise! Nice shot.
Guest 12-Nov-2004 01:19
very nice capture.
jlm11-Nov-2004 20:02
Excellent macro and idea
Paul Walters11-Nov-2004 05:54
Wow! Very nice!
Guest 11-Nov-2004 04:49
Awesome! I never would have known you faked it!
Guest 10-Nov-2004 23:59
Larry,

You realize this makes you a heartbreaker. Well done, such photoshop magic escapes me.
Jude Marion10-Nov-2004 06:59
Beautiful image, Larry!
I realy does look like a broken heart ....
Guest 10-Nov-2004 06:38
WOW great job!
Chris10-Nov-2004 02:40
Really nice manipulation. I wouldn't have known if you didn't confess.
Karen Leaf10-Nov-2004 02:04
Now that's excellent! WOW, I'm impressed again with your PS skills.
Katie Chew10-Nov-2004 01:24
Very nice!
laine8209-Nov-2004 22:22
So far behind due to lack of hours in my day. I love what you did here Larry.
Guest 09-Nov-2004 20:39
Well worked Larry, I can never remember how I got to some of mine!!!!!
Neal Nye09-Nov-2004 20:31
Wow. A beautiful picture and a tutorial too. Two for the price of one. Can't beat that.
Costi Jacky 09-Nov-2004 19:02
Excellent catch. Just beautiful.
Robin Reid09-Nov-2004 17:53
Excellent eye and well done.
René Gysi09-Nov-2004 16:15
Good composition. Very nice.
Leo Charette09-Nov-2004 16:12
Excellent composition and concept. Beautiful focus and color.
Neda Atash09-Nov-2004 15:56
Larry,
I have been admiring your work
for awhile now, and this one is
grande, in absense of awards on pbase,
besides the accolades from our commrades,
I giveth to you the "Atash Award" for Creativity!
Stu09-Nov-2004 15:37
Superb, Larry
Guest 09-Nov-2004 15:29
WOW - great find, and such a fine image!!
Neda Atash09-Nov-2004 15:22
Wonderful fake...
K09-Nov-2004 15:03
Heck!! That sounds very complicated, Im very impressed!
jude09-Nov-2004 14:25
Wow.. i'm amazed at your PS work.. i would have never known.. very nice
katwilkens09-Nov-2004 13:50
Ditto Gayle. Nice PS work!
Gayle P. Clement09-Nov-2004 13:00
This is great! The minute I saw the thumb I said "Broken Heart"!
Jill09-Nov-2004 12:59
One cannot even see where any PS work was used at all which makes this image the even better. Excellent Larry. Such a sensitive image as well. Touches one's own heart.
Guest 09-Nov-2004 12:33
Oh, I just love this one! Wonderfully composed.
Guest 09-Nov-2004 12:20
Very nicely done. Just shows how easy it is to create something deceiving. Have you done any dead sea scrolls lately?
Guest 09-Nov-2004 11:32
very clever and a nice end product.
Karen Stuebing09-Nov-2004 11:31
Fantastic job! Great concept for an image and perfectly executed.

I'm heartbroken too because it means winter is coming. :(
EMangl09-Nov-2004 11:02
good job, but since you spent some time, why not remove the white thing right top too
Lori Rolfe09-Nov-2004 10:43
definately made it look like a broken heart.... nice work
Adalberto Tiburzi09-Nov-2004 09:59
Great result Larry.
Guest 09-Nov-2004 09:53
great work Larry.
very nice effect.
ciao
Andrea