# 72 Ocean

At home in the briny deeps

The mermaid is an illustration from Arthur Rackham, courtesy of Dover. THe background is made from photos by me and my daughter, and a frame by HocusFocusClick..

# 71 Wind

Image from a Waterhouse painting; ocean scene is a public domain photo, as are the clouds. A texture layer from Shadowhouse's Black Magic set. Altered with Fotosketcher, various PSE filters and blending modes.

# 70 A Bridge Too Far

Or...A Bridge Far Enough...

Images from Google, colorized, blended and altered with filters; background texture from JoesSistah at T4L.

# 69 Music

Sometimes I believe the cello is the voice of God...

Photos from Google images, unknown cello player, and Jacqueline Du Pre, both greatly alterd with the Impressionist plug in for photoshop. The music in the overlay is a handwritten score by Puccini, and the text and frame are from Frames for Use Flickr Group.

# 68 Windmill

Windmill of the Heavens

A photo I took of a windmill on Cape Cod, with the camera setting on whiteboard. The background/overlay is made from two images of stars from the Hubble Space Telescope, and the bird brush is from Jerry Jones at Shadowhouse Creations.

# 67 Frost

Queen of the Frosted Lands

Image from Deviantart Stock Photo pool; background from Elizabeth Golden; PS brushes from Obsidian Dawn and Blazter

# 66 Reflection

The Sources of Wisdom

I went a bit out of the box for this one.

Image of Confucius from Google, altered with filters and Fotosketcher. zen stone cairn also from Google.

# 65 Time

tick...tock...

Images from Google and Dover. Background from Elizabeth Golden. PS brushes applied