Awesome Darryl. It looks to me like you're having way too much fun. Definitely an A for effort on this one, it seems like it must have been pretty time consuming :)
Thank you all... this was quite fun and recommend others to play this game. Lots of experimenting with photoshop with this image. It consisted of three layers, each with their own mask to remove unwanted pixels. The mushroom and waterfall were set to soft light and I desaturated and burned the mushroom to blend it with the clouds. Applied a layer blend of the waterfall image to quickly remove the greenery and trees then masked what it wouldn't remove. File size was up to 54MB by the time I was done...phew:-)
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is a society, where none intrudes,
By the deep Sea, and music in its roar,
I love not man less, but Nature more
--Lord Byron
Dang, dawg! That's one hell of a job, there. How did you ... and ... but yet you ... what the heck? I mean - you put a waterfall over a forest and it looks like it belongs there!
Haha! I just got this in random voting. First words out of my mouth "Oh my God!! I've gotta find out who did this!!'" Totally cool, excellent manip here Darryl!! Who would have thought of a waterfall pouring out of the sky. It's brilliant!!..=) 10/10 straight into my faves!!
Wowzer Darryl!! ..I had not seen this shot of your before! My goodness! What a great idea!! I just don't wanna think of it as a "horrid" type of cloud thingie, but as a piece of art, its fantastic!! I wonder how you did this. Do ya wanna share the secret with me? You KNOW I love manipulations!(well the artsy
kind anyway lol)..THis is just gorgeous my friend!..and since I love shrooms, well, this is the best of both worlds for me, thats for sure..By the day, it's gracing my desktop right now...Verena