From Documentary to Composite

torags

Posted here a little while ago



After a crash course in CS6, the composite...

Quincy T

Holy cow! Well, to say the least, I'm not interested in giving this a try in CS5.

TonyCooper

I'm not sure I get what you're doing. I play around a lot in CS4, but my
most successful projects have been switching heads in family group shots
so everyone looks right. And, I've added a figure or two that should have
been in the group.

Your man with an umbrella is like a ghost here. Is that the effect you
want?

The shadow for the left barrier is right, and that's what most newbies
miss. Umbrella man's shadow is not so good. The band members behind
the limo look like they are in black and white. The newspapers are just
ugly and don't add to the scene. I don't understand adding them.

Other than practice a new skill, what were you going for?

torags

Thanks for looking in & the comments gentlemen.

It's a funeral dirge, the newspaper is this mornings obituary, the man with the umbrella is the grim reaper, leading the dead to the other side (jeeze... that sounds really silly)

bdcolen

It does indeed, Raggs. :-) (though you've done a very impressive job with with the Mashup Tool. :-)

torags

Thanks bd. Here are a couple of the other documentary shots that support the "assembly"



Yesterday's obit in my driveway, sprinkled to taste (reflection a bonus)


It's an interesting tangent to photography, PS is simply an amazing tool (quite the masher).

bdcolen

It is an amazing tool. I am always amazed by what a tiny fraction of it's powers I am even aware of, much less have mastered, even though people who know even less of it sometimes tell me they are amazed what I can do with it. Pretty funny.