Door to Heaven

[poinsiana]

I was playing with Orbs and came up with this. It looked like a doorway sitting in the sky, hence the name.
I couldn't help noticing the rejection schute at the bottom of the door. LOL.

Before:


After:


What I did in Photoshop CS3:

• First I created the ORB using Filter>Distort>Polar Coordinates.
• I then copied the layer twice.
• On both new layers I added lighting using Filter>Render>Lighting effects.
• I used Flash Light on both layers for the lighting and played around with the sizes.
• Set the top layer to Overlay at 100% opacity, created a layer mask and lightly masked out some of the darkening in the palm trees caused by the flashlight layer.
• Set the second layer to Linear Dodge at 17% opacity.
• I then created a new layer and painted some white stars with the brush tool.
• Set the opacity of the star layer to 48%.
• Finally I cropped away the bottom part of the original Orb picture.

I just learnt how to create orbs today, so having fun playing around.

EXIF:
Camera: Sony DSLR-A300
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 80 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0/10 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire, auto mode
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
Date and Time: 2008:10:27 16:24:24

[sk66]

That's pretty cool. Doesn't look like anything "real", but an interesting image from "nothing". The basic technique might be usefull for doing those "sphere's" I've seen a few of which are intersting, or coming up with a unique logo or such (graphic arts work).

[windrider86]

pretty darn cool if you ask me

[Mstee4eva]

very cool ,';0]...

[dlaf]

Not only is your image interesting, poinsiana, but the title attached gives makes it even more creative! I especially like the concept of the "rejection" chute!

[dannyrich]

like it, something out of nothing. Stars are great.

[poinsiana]

Thanks everyone for the comments. I thought it was interesting the way it came out, as I was actually having some fun creating orbs from some of my photos and got a surprise to see what happened when I processed that one. Definitely not an ORB. Has anyone here tried ORB-ing their photos? It's amazing some of the results you can get.

[SusanAshlea]

This is really a neat creation. I like it!