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Natural spirit fireface
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Natural spirit fireface

by Bertl Menegoni

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted May 26, 20081,603 views11 comments
A million years ago a very powerful spirit "fireface", tired from wandering through the intergalactic space finally met a wonderful blue planet and dicided to rest for a while. He fell asleep and dreamed to be a little orange-black firebug.... still dreaming...

C and C are always welcome, thanks for looking
Greetings,
Bertl

Comments

11 comments
Comment posted by Carol Hyman on May 26, 2008 at 6:22 PM
Whatever it is, Bertl, I like it. Did you create it? Do you shoot a mask?

Tell us more .................

Carol
Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments
Comment posted by Danny on May 26, 2008 at 8:05 PM
:eek: :eek: Oh my goodness. This all comes from that small bug and is OUTSTANDING !!. Thats art and no mistake about that at all. Very subtle, clever shaping and shading. The shadow areas are very delicately done by an expert. Absolutely amazing work and result.

All the best Bertl, I'm loving this and so would Escher. :toast: :toast: :toast:

Danny.
Registered on November 25, 2003, 165 Posts, 1345 Comments
Comment posted by Pat Sampson on May 26, 2008 at 8:50 PM
Fantastic Bertl, I like it very much. Exceptional image.

Pat
Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments
Comment posted by J. Lee Reynolds on May 27, 2008 at 3:18 PM
Bertl, fantastic job of blending and mirroring to make this image. I like the image and I hope to master blending skills like that some day. I am rather new to this sort of imagery and havent the skills Yet to do something like this. looks great :toast: J.Lee
Registered on January 12, 2008, 206 Posts, 474 Comments
Comment posted by Bill Chambers on May 28, 2008 at 10:40 PM
Outstanding!!! This is beautiful. :toast: :toast: :toast:
Registered on April 10, 2005, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments
Comment posted by Stan Rose on May 29, 2008 at 7:14 AM
Very cool. Bertl, and spooky too :biggrin:
Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments
Comment posted by Bertl Menegoni on May 29, 2008 at 6:13 PM
Thankyou friends for your nice comments,
to Carol, who designed this bugs? We can only marvel at it.
to Danny, who the hell is ESCHER ? :biggrin:
to J.Lee, dont stop working on it, dont stop trial and error, dont stop your fantasy :smile:
greetings to all,
Bertl
Registered on November 19, 2007, 24 Posts, 265 Comments
Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on June 3, 2008 at 4:36 AM
Holy COW! That is one amazing image. Mercy me, what a masterpiece of photography and fine craftsmanship! :eek: Many kudos on the well deserved EP for this powerful work of art. :toast:
Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments
Comment posted by Arthur Sevestre on June 3, 2008 at 4:48 AM
Congratulations on a very well-earned EP. This made me sit with my mouth open for a while after opening it. Can't imagine how much time this must have cost you, but it's worth every second! Very impressive and very beautiful!
Registered on November 1, 2003, 275 Posts, 888 Comments
Comment posted by Giovanni Allievi on June 4, 2008 at 2:08 AM
Absolutely outstanding !

Giovanni.
Registered on March 26, 2008, 87 Posts, 379 Comments
Comment posted by William Brozy on June 9, 2008 at 1:51 PM
Excellent work Bertl - truly excellent!

:toast: :toast:
Registered on November 9, 2003, 559 Posts, 2929 Comments