Starry, Starry Night
Thousand Hills, China 2005
I loved the rounded mountains, so ancient, all jumbled together as if protecting the mysteries of “The All Under Heaven” (one of the old names for China).
Once again we had a foggy, rainy day. A thick blanket of fog curled over the tops of the distant rows of gumdrop shaped hills hiding them in a gray mist.
Here you see the results of an afternoon of Photoshop. I used a “filter” of long grass as an overlay and by changing blending modes and hues, this resulted. To my mind, it suits the “All Under Heaven” sobriquet.
Why did I chose that particular image to use as an overlay? I had it handy. I wanted to see what it would do and here it worked. It might never work again, but it gave me the little specs of light that I think of a stars that fell to earth. It’s a process as my daughter used to tell me.