Stone Angel

Stone Angel - thanks for looking.

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Mike

Very beautiful image, well done! 

Best, Tina

Beautiful work with very nice details, Mike!

Really a wonderful work!

nice image Mike...are you in Central Park?

Thank you Tina, Ruud, Maurizio and David for your comments, they are much appreciated.

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Mike

Not Central Park David.  I've travelled a little bit but I have never had the opportunity to travel to the US.  The original  image of the angel in her alcove was taken at the Cathedral at Lincoln in the UK. 

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Mike

Nicely taken. Regards.

Thank you Marta.

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Mike

:-) Nice shot

Thank you Ilia.

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Mike

Thanks Jim.

The original image had a buttress on the left that I could not crop out and still retain the composition I wanted.  So I have replaced the stonework.  That is, the angel in the alcove is from the original image and the rest is from an image of old and damaged paper.

The second thing I did was let the new background blend through onto the angel as well to increase the texture and increase the continuity across the whole image.   I also played around a little with sharpening and levels to try to find a combination that maximised the impression of depth ie. that the angel is coming out of the screen.

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Mike

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Sorry David, this is not from Lincoln - I mixed up my cathedrals.  It was taken at the cathedral at Arundel in the UK.

come antiquario posso essere solo felice,complimenti !

saluti paul

Grazie Paul molto apprezzato

Thanks for the explanation Mike.

Your welcome Jim.

Mike, this is truly wonderful.  It has a very elegant simplicity.

--Lannie

Thank you Lannie for your kind words, much appreciated.

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Mike

Made in Heaven! Wonderful (6)

Thank you Tony.  Much appreciated.

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Mike