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30-DEC-2006

2nd: Happy New Year
( A Coloured Smoke Art )
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Guest 10-Jan-2007 10:09
Good question, Photocat! Well, I am treating this image as a " New year Greeting Card ", with abstract fower pattern and the card border. Even the title "Happy New Year" supports my idealogy ... and you will agree that somthing connected with beginning of a (New)Year certainly meets this theme. At the end, I thank you for your comments!
photocat37 10-Jan-2007 08:23
I really like this photo, but I'm having trouble connecting it to the theme of 'Beginnings'. Please enlighten me so I can change my vote!
Guest 10-Jan-2007 04:56
Thanks Linda, MCsaba,Rehan, Denis, Mike and katherine for your nice remarks!
Katherine Stanback's Photos08-Jan-2007 22:19
Beautiful abstract composition - I love the lighting and colors!
Sony Forums Challenges07-Jan-2007 13:55
Zahid, I really like the design you achieved with this photo...the coloring is a beautiful touch. The black background works very well here too. Artistic and well done. MFC
Denise07-Jan-2007 04:40
Beautiful image, Zahid. You do amazing things with smoke!!!!
Guest 04-Jan-2007 12:20
I have no words for appreciation, I just want to say you that get yourself ready to host the next challenge.
Guest 02-Jan-2007 10:54
Nicely done, Zahid, I like the color treatment. MCsaba
Linda L01-Jan-2007 23:50
Very pretty indeed, the colors are so soft, the image has an overall calming affect. Very well done.
Guest 01-Jan-2007 08:39
Thanks Deb Kees, mlynn and Franky for appreciating the image. Well about the technique involved in achieving this image, First Luckly I got Flowery shape out of smoke exposures - The smoke was back lit with a black background. Second step was to make a layer, apply multi colour gradient fill (tried it with a couple of different graidients until I was happy with the present tones of colours) and applied Mulitiply in blending mode. The layers were merged and thats it - the result is in front of you. Cheers and Happy New Year!
Franky2005 31-Dec-2006 13:33
Wow! This is great. Should I now start smoking in the New Year? ;-)
mlynn 31-Dec-2006 00:22
Well, this is simply stunning and gorgeous! How did you get those colors, were they added in post-processing? I think this is something I'm going to have to try one of these days. Beautiful! --Melanie
Deb Kees30-Dec-2006 14:29
Zahid, this is one of the most intriguing images, I've ever seen. Are you going to tell us how you achieved this? Wow!---Deb