Serenity Improved

Hello there!

It's been a while since I shared some virtual doodling along with appropriate mental noodling.

It was an edition entitled 'Serenity' on BBC iPlayer. A lovely backlit forest scene. Peace, tranquility, the aura of calm and suchlike. 

I think my effort came out just a tad too bright. It wasn't serene, more like retina searing white light.  The kind that can damage your eyes or fix them. I can never remember which.

'Shades required due to the lack of shade in this image.'

I wasn't sure what to make of it.  I was half-expecting some aliens to then turn up.  And then they did.  

'Take us to your happy little world.'

Now it was slightly better.  But I wasn't sure if I was slightly missing the point.   It had lost a tiny bit of tranquility due to the aliens.  

Not that it was the fault of the aliens.  Who wouldn't want to have a little downtime on a cool day by a forest stream. It sure beats the searing heat of Venus.

Still dissatisfied, I then decided to try a more rational approach:

1. The scenery looks ok.
2. The lighting looks like an atomic blast in a really bad old science-fiction film.  
3. The aliens look like they are from the same really bad science-fiction film referred to in 2 above.

That didn't help either, so after some dithering I decided to add something else to the scene:

'Trees need friends.  We are friends of this tree.'

Now that is much better.  It still needs some work, but it might be salvageable as a moonlit scene.  

It also reminded me of the person who added their cat to famous artworks.  Someone needs to do the same, but with badgers this time.  

Cheerio for now!