The photo manip isn't a manipulation at all. It's a picture of a tree with a duplicated layer with the screen filter. The naturo one is pretty good though. I like the GoW better than those two though.
That manip just looks like you duplicated the layer, put a gaussian blur, set it to lighten, copy merged, paste, duplicate, gaussian, overlay. I mean, I got pretty much the same effect minus the lens flair and a different stock using that technique, in like 3 minutes. I'm not trying to bash you or anything.. but just adding a couple layers to a picture with some default filters isn't REALLY photomanipulation. It KINDA is, but it's nothing super special. Get what I'm saying? edit-- That's the stock I used btw, just so you get my point.
I wasn't talking about the stock used I was just showing the effect was simple to recreate. Photomanipulation isn't supposed to entirely alter the stock image. You should enrich it, and make it flow smooth. Make the colors stand out and be brilliant. That's what photomanip is about.
