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Collection: Overlays
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: my house
Date: May 3, 2009
Galleries: Emotive, Overlays
Date Uploaded: May 4, 2009

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 I had a dinner party at my house and this is the hand of one of my guests along with a glass of wine. Ran the image through Nik Efex Color Stylizer. It bleeds out some of the color and adds a sepia-ish tone to the image.

I wanted some sort of writing, and since I already have some ancient recipe cards ready to go in my filters collection, I used one that was written by my great aunt Boo.


I used my shallow water filter (feel free). I use it a lot and love it. Here it's scaled to fit the original image.


I erased both filters off of the finger tips and the sun on the glass. Ran the whole thing through Nik Efex Color Contrast to beef up the tones.

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 05/08/2009 12:50:04 PM
Yes i get the melancholy feel of a man sitting at a bar all alone, wondering what might have been.........
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 05/07/2009 05:14:47 AM
This is really cool...a family/friend piece, I was trying to ready what was over the hand and a recipe came to mind at first...great choice in combining these elements...you have a timeless picture now...
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 05/07/2009 12:29:41 AM
Nice work! I love that there is a story behing the writing as well.
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 05/06/2009 10:24:12 PM
"Dear John, mix two cups of sugar, one cup sifted flour..."
:) A terrific creation, Alicia!
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 05/06/2009 09:31:21 PM
I get the same drift - someone drowning their sorrows. The text layering makes it feel that way even more.
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 05/06/2009 09:28:37 PM
Has a real poignancy about it - feels almost like someone at a bar drowning their sorrows. Nice use of layers and processing.
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 05/06/2009 08:31:40 PM
Very well done, I love hand writing too! : )
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 05/06/2009 08:13:51 PM
I think a pen or feather pen in hand would tie in better with the writing overlay. JMHO.
 05/06/2009 07:41:47 PM
Gosh Alicia, this is really quite different. Really interesting use of your layers.
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 05/04/2009 05:12:08 PM
I like how part of his hand doesn't have any layering. Like his fingers are poking through it. I love writing!!! I see it is a recipe. Baking me a cake? LOL
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