Cut and paste
Jan 25, 2019 13:23:58 #
Cut and paste is one of the easiest PP skills to learn, but can create some surprisingly good results. It is easy, but can be quite time consuming. The first set of images was simple. Just paste a moon into an image. Very little tome or effort involved. The hardest part was finding a moon that did not look too out of place in the photo.
The second set required much more time and effort. Selecting the eagle and the tree was a delicate process, and then making sure it did not have the cut and paste look took quite a while at the single pixel level. I think the results were worth it in both cases. What do you think?
The second set required much more time and effort. Selecting the eagle and the tree was a delicate process, and then making sure it did not have the cut and paste look took quite a while at the single pixel level. I think the results were worth it in both cases. What do you think?
Jan 25, 2019 13:37:08 #
Riverrat2 wrote:
Cut and paste is one of the easiest PP skills to l... (show quote)
I think the eagle shot is really well done. Hard to find areas where the cut and paste occurred and that is after being told it is cut and paste. You did a great job.
Erich
Jan 25, 2019 13:46:35 #
Jan 25, 2019 13:58:57 #
Thanks for these, Lloyd! Really nicely done. I particularly like that you kept the sky softer (in colors, clarity and detail) so that the eagle remains the star.
Jan 25, 2019 13:59:51 #
Good job on the moon. The eagle needs work along the edges which look cutout up close.
Check the black point on the eagle too. No blacks. On the composition, would leaving the eagle facing his way but flipping the tree around be better?
Check the black point on the eagle too. No blacks. On the composition, would leaving the eagle facing his way but flipping the tree around be better?
Jan 25, 2019 14:00:37 #
Good ones. A bit of fringe on the eagle, but still effective if not enlarged too much.
Jan 25, 2019 14:13:22 #
Success or failure in PP is all about one's skill at placing selections. One's software will have tools that assist. Some scenes are far simpler than others - think hair. So the image areas having feathers would be the most difficult in this series and the moon placement childs play, relatively speaking. The series presented show OP to be accomplished.
Jan 25, 2019 15:17:55 #
Jan 25, 2019 15:55:42 #
Jan 25, 2019 16:10:27 #
Thanks Fotoartist. Considering the outstanding quality your work, I take that as a compliment. I thought about flipping the tree, but decided that the angle leads the eye to the head of the eagle and left it as it was.
Jan 26, 2019 09:46:53 #
Fotoartist wrote:
Good job on the moon. The eagle needs work along the edges which look cutout up close.
Check the black point on the eagle too. No blacks. On the composition, would leaving the eagle facing his way but flipping the tree around be better?
Check the black point on the eagle too. No blacks. On the composition, would leaving the eagle facing his way but flipping the tree around be better?
I am viewing these shots on an IPad. After you pointed out about the eagle I blowed it up a fair amount. If you hadn’t pointed it out I would not have seen the banding around the eagle. But that was at my estimate 200 to 300% enlargement. So at least for me it was a good cut and paste job.
Jan 26, 2019 10:30:12 #
StevenG
Loc: Long Island, NY
Riverrat2 wrote:
Cut and paste is one of the easiest PP skills to l... (show quote)
Nice job! Both look good to me.
Jan 26, 2019 14:25:38 #
Jan 27, 2019 10:54:13 #
Jan 27, 2019 11:44:54 #
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