pub. on Jun 10, 2008 Second LifeScreenshots - Photos - Pictures Sunlight
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With this image wanted to express how "real" can be SL, like the feeling of the light of the sun in your face.

Made myself the pose, edited Sky Settings to make the sky as white as possible, then moved the sun and changed the sunlight colours to look natural.

With Photoshop created a layer of the hand to project a shadow on the face and drown the lines in the hand. Some use of Liquify was required too. After that edited contrast and bright, manually and using one filter (Mr. Contrast).

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wow!!! beautiful!


View frenci-sim's home frenci-sim | 1 year(s) ago

I was sure you were working on a great entry!
good luck for the contest!

(btw, thanks for sharing your arts and "ideas")


View pier's home pier | 1 year(s) ago

Thanks a lot, Frenci and Pier! :D


View raulcrimson's home raulcrimson | 1 year(s) ago

Great work. I hope you win (if I won't make an entry *g*)


View Lano's home Lano | 1 year(s) ago

Lano, hahaha! Well, i'm sure you will make a GREAT entry!


View raulcrimson's home raulcrimson | 1 year(s) ago

Good luck ;o)


View MightyPirate's home MightyPirate | 1 year(s) ago

Fav!! ^_^


View Kady's home Kady | 1 year(s) ago

great!!


View CarlottaCeawlin's home CarlottaCeawlin | 1 year(s) ago

Really particular... added immediately as a new fav!!!
Good luck ^__^


View Morgana_le_fay's home Morgana_le_fay | 1 year(s) ago

Ohhh I love the light effect and the idea!


View MedeAthena's home MedeAthena | 1 year(s) ago

beautiful!! *_*


View Mariu's home Mariu | 1 year(s) ago

Thanks, Mighty, Kady, Carlotta, Morgana, Mede and Mariu. Really glad you like it :D


View raulcrimson's home raulcrimson | 1 year(s) ago

this is brilliant. love it!


View BellaBaroque's home BellaBaroque | 1 year(s) ago

Oh, thanks, Bella :D


View raulcrimson's home raulcrimson | 1 year(s) ago

great work, Raul!
I can imagine the hard work you made to obtain a natural effect like this one!


View Silvia's home Silvia | 1 year(s) ago

Oh, thanks, Silvia! Actually took a bit of time, to adjust windlight settings and the Photoshop edition, but was fun to do it!
What i'm liking more in this contest is they ask to share your techniques, what i think will be useful for all of us, we will learn and enjoy a lot. :D


View raulcrimson's home raulcrimson | 1 year(s) ago

The detail on that hand is.. wow, Raul. Just wow..

The whole picture is simply fantastic - well done to you =)


View prad_prathivi's home prad_prathivi | 1 year(s) ago

Wow, thanks, Prad!!! The hand was the worse part to edit, you know how are hands in SL, not detailed, so i used a "tree" brush of PS, the blurred it and made it quite transparent, after that had to use that "copy brush" of PS (not sure what's the name in english, i use Photoshop in Spanish, hehehe) to add shadow to some parts of the hand.


View raulcrimson's home raulcrimson | 1 year(s) ago

I luv how u played with light and shadow .. well done


View Amy's home Amy | 1 year(s) ago

Thanks a lot, Amy, now that SL will have shadows soon is a cood moment to start imagining them ;-p


View raulcrimson's home raulcrimson | 1 year(s) ago

Wow! Amazing ... Very realistic look!


View Maiyya's home Maiyya | 1 year(s) ago

Thanks, Maiyya :D Really glad you liked it.


View raulcrimson's home raulcrimson | 1 year(s) ago

Looks very real Raul, I like it so much


View xxxdave's home xxxdave | 1 year(s) ago

Thanks, XXXDAVE!!! :D


View raulcrimson's home raulcrimson | 1 year(s) ago

beautiful Raul..love this.


View Kade_Klata's home Kade_Klata | 1 year(s) ago

Oh, Kade, thanks a lot!


View raulcrimson's home raulcrimson | 1 year(s) ago

I was not sure if I was going to pick this one. I know your work, Raul, and I _know_ you are good. Hence I was a bit disappointed by the lack of background / scenery. But then I looked again. And again. At the shadow the hand casts. And your face, that has the idea that you are waiting for something. And then I read the text... and then I decided 'yes, this definitely is a pick'. It has emotion and is perfectly PIRL. Definitely worth to be one of my picks, although works like the one you did in the diner (with all the blood, skyrocketing views in your stream) would have suited excellent too. Or the one you did with the mirror. Anyway, as usual, great work. I think, because I know you are fabulous at doing this, I put the 'requirements' for you a bit higher. *Grins*

*pick number three*


View VintFalken's home VintFalken | 1 year(s) ago

Thanks, Vint, you know how i appreciate this comment from you. You are right about the background, maybe i wanted to make it so simple that is too simple because i wanted to concentrate the emotion in the expression, in the hand, in the shadow. And, well, good you put "requirements" a bit higher for me. ;-)


View raulcrimson's home raulcrimson | 1 year(s) ago

My compliments Raul!
We missed you on the stage at Orange... :(


View edo's home edo | 1 year(s) ago

congratulations! I like the simplicity and the expression in this pic.


View khalida_alderson's home khalida_alderson | 1 year(s) ago

Thanks!!! :D Sadly it was impossible for me to go online on friday. Thanks a lot for the comments and to the jury!


View raulcrimson's home raulcrimson | 1 year(s) ago

Wonderful Mr. C damn wonderfull and well deserved...))


View Venk's home Venk | 1 year(s) ago



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