Something for the weekend - Part 123 - Sphere of influence.....

[davescm]

Hi,

After last week's complex scene, this week we have something much simpler, a Christmas tree bauble. What can you create with it?

The “rules”:

• Anything goes, as long as it meets the forum rules on decency, copyright etc.
• Anyone, and everyone, is welcome to have a go, whether you are a complete beginner or a Photoshop expert.
• There are no prizes apart from the chance to practice, show off, or bring a bit of humour and fun. Don't be shy, join in and have a go!

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Have fun.

Dave

[davescm]

So that's how it will be delivered 🙂  Nice one Norman

Dave

[Ussnorway]

credit AdobeStock_360352848

[davescm]

Hang it near the candles and we'll have global warming 🙂

Dave

[hans-g.]

Yes, at the moment we have decorated christmas balls with gold writing color pencils, here our  modification.

Tami and Hans-Günter

[Ussnorway]

I assume thats Tami in the forground so that must be saint Hans-Günter atop the ball?

[davescm]

 Happy Holidays to you to Hans. That would make a nice Christmas card 🙂

Dave

[jane-e]

Astronomers have several theories as to what the Wise Men may have seen in the sky that night.

 

~ Jane

 

[Jacob Bugge]

Jane, voices in the night:

"The seventh would look grand hanging on an ever green tree."

"Now you are being silly: no one has ever decorated a tree, green or brown."

"Yous may be right."

[Trevor.Dennis]

I think that planet was discovered too late for Holst to include it in his Planet Suite, but a more recent musical accolade has been devoted to it by Michael Baublé 😉

[davescm]

You do realise that it has been there all the time, hiding behind Saturn 🙂

Dave

[Trevor.Dennis]

Jane, did you know about this when you put this up?  Perhaps your post triggered this cosmic event in a Quantum effect kind of a way.  Somewhere between 'If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear, does it make a sound?', and a butterfly flaps its wings in one part of the universe, and a star explodes in another.  Lets hope there are no butterflys on Proxima Centauri.

Christmas star: Planets set to align in the night sky - BBC News

[Jacob Bugge]

Click/ShiftClick for closer look (literally), or Click Here to see in Chrome, and maybe Click again. 

[davescm]

Would that be King Edward? 🙂

Dave

[Jacob Bugge]

It could be he, Dave.

My own thought was Robert the Bruce, but the encounter was brief and silent.

They could have been in the same forest at the same time.

[Trevor.Dennis]

[davescm]

Nice animation Trevor - having the sparkles change adds a very nice touch 🙂

Dave

[jane-e]

If these were being sold, I would be tempted to buy one!

~ Jane

[jane-e]

Soccer Star !

~ Jane

[Jacob Bugge]

Most exquisite, Jane. A star indeed. Is she also able to hover over bathtubs?

[davescm]

Prolific input this week Jane 🙂  The bauble fits well in that image.

Dave

[davescm]

A late entry from me :

Dave

[Optimistic_Cascade15A8]

Cool!

[jane-e]

If that's an Alien that has just burst out, I want to be as far away as possible!

~ Jane

[davescm]

Haha - I'd forgotten about that film scene Jane 🙂

Dave

[Trevor.Dennis]

Jane, you totally beat me to it.  I was alreadyy thinking of hijacking Dave's GIF and adding a baby alien.

That's a nicely made animation Dave.  60 frames and very smooth.  What did you use?