Lake Minnewaska

The base image for this is from Lake Minnewaska in upstate New York which I had visited a few years ago... compared to Long Island which is so flat, it really feels like you are on another planet. The rest was done in Photoshop - the texture for the planet actually came from a photo of the Sun from NASA. Added lens flare for a light source and to occupy space. Don't like it as much as my previous post but maybe it will grow on me...

Btw, I had a tough time figuring out how to cut the Lake photo out from the blue sky because of all the blue that bled through the trees... eventually tried to "invert" the colors of the image and use color select which made it quite easy. Still not perfect, so if anyone has a better way let me know please.

- Luke