An Invite
Aug 10, 2019 12:59:15 #
here's another one using same technique for the birds (added as layers over the sunset background with some "whited out sky" included as part of the bird layers). In this case, the birds were not just silhouettes but had some coloration. A blend mode of "darker color" was used.
Aug 10, 2019 13:28:34 #
Howard5252 wrote:
Very nice. I would hold on to the pelican and revisit this composite when you have a few different pelicans. I think individual birds would definitely be worth the extra work.
Thanks. Actually, I have a burst of four images of that particular pelican at different parts of his flight that could have been used to portray multiple different birds. It hadn't occurred to me that these images might be useful as part of a composite - I had basically dismissed them based on the over exposure of the shots.
Aug 10, 2019 15:00:04 #
Would you post another version with the other Pelican shots? I would suggest again 3 birds and more or less in the same positions ... I think it will look great. FWIW ... it will also look more like a photograph.
Aug 11, 2019 09:18:13 #
Howard5252 wrote:
Would you post another version with the other Pelican shots? I would suggest again 3 birds and more or less in the same positions ... I think it will look great. FWIW ... it will also look more like a photograph.
...with the 3 separate pelican images
Aug 11, 2019 12:05:08 #
Personally, I like this one better than the first version. I noticed you placed some additional info ... tastefully.
Aug 11, 2019 18:32:36 #
I can never resist an interesting challenge like this, and am always needing to improve on compositing skills, so I took you up on this. I had a nice sunset that I shot in Newfoundland two weeks ago, found a little blue boat shot another day/place, and moved it into the image. Making a composite in low/contrasty light IS easier because you can hide details and edges in shadows more easily than in bright backgrounds. Good point for learners. Shadows are one of the hardest things to deal with in composites, so I transported the original shadow and just worked on it a bit.
Here's the composite and the two original pictures. Thank you for a fun project!
Here's the composite and the two original pictures. Thank you for a fun project!
Aug 11, 2019 18:41:34 #
minniev wrote:
Here's the composite and the two original pictures. Thank you for a fun project!
Here's the composite and the two original pictures. Thank you for a fun project!
Thank you for posting both photos; I should have thought of that. The boat gives the image
a point of interest that the original lacked. It takes a certain amount of imagination to come
up with two photos that go together naturally.
Aug 12, 2019 19:45:10 #
OK; I'm going to violate my sunrise/sunset requirement. Two weeks ago I submitted a photo at my local camera club - the topic was water. Photo 1 was the entry; here is the judges remarks: "Meets the criteria. Nice reflections of trees in the water. However the scene cries for a subject to focus on such as a canoe, bird, etc."
Well I took the judge's advice and added a subject to focus on - more like a situation to focus on!
Well I took the judge's advice and added a subject to focus on - more like a situation to focus on!
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