[guerito]

Been in the forest the other day...

[StudioJ]

Stargate!!!!

Very moody shot.

[shuttertalk]

Wow... awesome use of sun flare...

Any post processing done?

[EnglishBob]

Wonderful shot, really good.

[guerito]

Wow... awesome use of sun flare...

Any post processing done?

Uhm, yes... Here is the original pic:



We have this gray weather again, so I made my own sunshine!

[EnglishBob]

Wow, you did a great job... the shadows make it look really convincing

[shuttertalk]

Ah bah! I thought you actually used the sun for the effect!

But nice job and very convincing nonetheless...

[Petographer]

Very nice. I like the effect. I do think it is a tad over powering. My eyes are drawn away from the forrest floor to the flare. Maybe if you reduced the sunflare.

[guerito]

Hmm, I tried the reduction but it doesn't do for me... If I dim the sun flare, it loses credibility. Had the sun been there in reality, it would have been even stronger, IMO. Anyway, for future experiments, I think I will resort to more subtle effects.

[Petographer]

Hmm, I tried the reduction but it doesn't do for me... If I dim the sun flare, it loses credibility. Had the sun been there in reality, it would have been even stronger, IMO. Anyway, for future experiments, I think I will resort to more subtle effects.

You keep it the way you like. It was only my opinion and we all know what opinions are like.
The thing I really like about the photos is the shadows cast by the trees. To me that makes the shot. That is the first thing I looked at and everytime I look at the image, the shadows are what gets my attention. I just find that the flare draws my attention away from the shadows on the forest floor. A bit of a distraction.
What did you use to get the shadow effect?

[adam]

The second picture in the series should be of an alien spaceship landing!
Then aliens coming out!

but you revealed that it was fake!

Good job though hehe

[guerito]

What did you use to get the shadow effect?

Mystical Lighting for everything including the sun flare. It's a PS plugin. A lot of different lighting effects, you can actually paint with light.

[Toad]

The sun flare is working pretty well on your photo, Guerito. That is a surprisingly useful filter at times considering how much we try to eliminate sun flare tradiitionally.