After rain

[masque]

A planet in the garden battered by a recent downpour.

[gwpriester]

Planet or plant? At any rate stunning photo.

[Penny O'Rorke]

Beautiful.....

[handrawn]

not sure how you processed it to get the black background and the grain, but I like it

[mwenz]

not sure how you processed it to get the black background and the grain, but I like it

What he said...

[masque]

What he said...

I've got a reversible black/white smallish backdrop panel that was behind the 'Planet' to block out the background clutter so the black was easy enough. The 'grain' is from a texture overlay using 'multiply' blending mode and with the transparency increased to lessen it. More or less.

[spondoolix]

It has the feel of the dark Dutch still life oil paintings of old.

[mwenz]

I've got a reversible black/white smallish backdrop panel that was behind the 'Planet' to block out the background clutter so the black was easy enough. The 'grain' is from a texture overlay using 'multiply' blending mode and with the transparency increased to lessen it. More or less.

Excellent! Thanks for the "how to" of this wonderful, evocative image.

[handrawn]

an expert always makes it sound so simple

thanks indeed

[wizard509]

Awesome photo, love the lines.