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Diamond Encrusted Mushroom and a Frosty Stump

Diamond Encrusted Mushroom and a Frosty Stump
I'm going to tell you right now, this is a photoshopped image! :D The mushroom you see was laying in a bunch of grass and weeds, and I was only just able to get a picture without leaves obscurring the mushroom. I thought it was so beautiful though, I tried to think how I could share it. Then I remembered that I'd taken some pictures of a very cool stump that was bristling with frost, and to my great happiness, I happened to take one picture at an angle that would work for the mushroom! So, I carefully cut the mushroom out of its grassy image and then darkened tha background in the stump image, cut out a layer to go "in front" of the mushroom stem, so that I could nestle it into one of the gaps in the stump, and placed the mushroom in place! :D

To me, this is a nice way to be able to share two images I wouldn't have bothered with if I didn't put them together! And what's extra cool is that I didn't even think about this possibility when I took pictures of either of them. It just worked out. :)

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9 comments - The latest ones
 Pam J
Pam J club
Love magic !
10 years ago.
 Eunice Perkins
Eunice Perkins club
It has worked extremely well!
10 years ago.
 Treasa Ui Cionaodha
Treasa Ui Cionaodha
Thanks for adding your high quality picture on Nature Fine Pictures Gallery
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Hi again Janet.
10 years ago.
 Puzzler4879
Puzzler4879
That frost is stunning! Nice work.

Beautiful Work!!
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10 years ago.
 Fizgig
Fizgig
Looks sugar coated =)
10 years ago.
 Eve
Eve
Génial ******
10 years ago.
 Jenny McIntyre
Jenny McIntyre club
I normally would prefer a natural photo, but this is just superb. The diamonds on the mushroom are gorgeous and as for the stump - wonderful. Thank you too for explaining how you did the effect. I've not tried to photoshop yet, I think I'll have to try it out.
10 years ago.
 ctofcsco
ctofcsco
Thanks for sharing this world class image! Your work is a true masterpiece!
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10 years ago.

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