Photographer's Comment: 2nd Version of this. Thanks Maureen and Kevin for the suggestions. Still not sure about it. Like the idea though.

Tags: magical mystical abstract book

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By Isachsen (2008-03-02 18:42:58 ): Carl, this one works best for me in the color version - #3.

By geingham (2008-03-02 18:15:38 ): Nice shot.I like the arcs of light coming from the book. It is a magical moment.

By smokeydawg (2008-03-02 15:12:48 ): Thanks Dorothy, I've got two other versions of this I will post soon.

By smokeydawg (2008-03-02 15:11:23 ): Thanks Maureen, I've got two more versions I'm gonna post with various degrees of color added back in. Then I'm gonna choose the best of the three. I really found myself struggling with the execution ps wise in this. Thanks for the help.

By smokeydawg (2008-03-02 14:58:10 ): LoL, don't be quiet! You know you can always tell me what you think. Funny you should mention bringing back the color, I did do a version of both suggestions. LoL this was one of those I really liked the idea, but found the execution to be a bit more difficult then I thought it would be. For some reason I really stuggled with the "blending" in this which suprised me because I'm usually not to bad at that. But then again I've never really tried to make light come from a book before. :o

By KBittancourt (2008-03-02 14:30:49 ): much better. light very nice on the book with resize of the cone. much smoother. Hmmm .. How about if the colors in the spectral cone were painted back? a bit. or, maybe just the 'lightning' bolts? I'll be quiet now. -Ken

By whitewavesPTP (2008-03-02 13:01:46 ): NICE!!!! You got it this time. Color is also good, but this works in it's own way.

By maureenyoung52 (2008-03-02 04:37:16 ): That's better! I liked the color also. Much more effective coming from the pages.

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