That looks really cool!   So real.... I'm likein' the fog and the plane too. Great edit!  

P.S. "Trees" 

Thanks a lot, Guyz! 

Now are you trying to tell me that there is no "Z" in treez? Of course there's a "Z" in it, just like in geeze, kneez and sneeze! 

Thank you very much, Gentlemen, both for the kind words and for the good humor! 

Thanks, krigl! 

The blending was the challenge! Might have done better had I messed with it longer... but then sometimes messing with it too much can ruin it! Tough to blend into such a beautiful image!

I tried darkening the shadow side, mostly the underside of the wings, but it seemed too "dead" that way. Finally decided to just light up the sunny side and let the shadow side simply be relatively darker.

The cables seem a little heavy and dark on the shadow side but better that way than "choppy". It was also an experiment. Wanted to see if I could emphasize the perspective and shadows by making the cables heavier and darker on that side. If you look at the wires near the underside of the rudder and elevators you'll notice that I left them lighter and thinner to try to add a sense of depth. Still need to fool around with it more in the future. Haven't done that many bipes so I'm still early in the learning curve with cables and wires! 

Oooops! Almost didn't notice the new comment!

Thanks a lot, Kevin! Much appreciated, M8! 

Well, I kept messing with the opacity. It seemed to "blend" better with the background at a slightly lower opacity but then it blended too well and the subject seemed to get lost, hee, hee! I finally took into consideration that it was relatively close to the point of view and that it would therefor be ok for it to have a bit more punch than the background.

Saturation was an issue as well. The roundels are pretty strong in terms of color so I didn't want to blast them too much. However, considering that the green ground cover is pretty saturated I thought that I could get away with this level of saturation, especially since the roundel in the shadow is much more subdued.

Well, at some point we have to cut it loose and say, "good enough". I find that if I stay with an image too long that I lose "intuitive" sensitivity to it and lose my way more and more as intellect takes over. You know, don't over cook the eggs, hee, hee! 

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