Hi all!

This is my first hedgehog topic, so I thought I’d introduce myself. I’m a mostly retired musician: as music was my job, photograhy became my hobby. Then photoshop arrived.. wow epic collage fun.

This image started with a photo of one side and the corner of a building. I mirrored it, got it lined up, and then used Transform to change the geometry of the building some, to introduce the foreshortened look.

The metal frames around the windows in front of the “Leader’s" domicile are sort of real as I used the frames from the real photo but altered the arrangement some, removing a crossbar at about waist height at the same time.

Next I put a shot of one side of my basement in there: including the model.The mask just somehow made sense so there it is. Next, I added fake “window glass” in front of the room: the reflected trees help the illusion.. a very transparent layer.

I followed up with some effects over the entire composite. I find having some processing over everything in a composite somehow glues stuff together :-)

Ok, that’s it! I’d love to hear comments of course. I’m not sure if anybody cares about how a composite is made, but for any interested parties I thought I’d rattle off the whole event. Fun stuff in my world :-)