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Illusions
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Copyright: Sky Fa (SkyF) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1666 W: 136 N: 1263] (6138)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07-08
Categories: Nature, Experimental, Mood, HPP [Heavily Post-Processed]
Camera: Nikon D-70s, 70-300mm Nikon
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/500 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-07-14 21:18
Viewed: 597
Points: 56
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
My first try to actually alter major parts of a photograph. This picture was put together by two pictures I took on Pelee Island. The one was the sunset and the other was a bird flying off the rock in twilight.
This is by far not perfect and hoping for hints and suggestion to improve this attempt.

Used Lasso tool to select and copy bird and rock in fore ground
pasted into the sunset picture
softened edges
resized
framed

Silke, eyesthetix, chrisJ, JohnTulip, Valy67, Refugee, lucbus, harpya, pablominto, SunToucher, Emma, Victor, OeilMagique, liquidsunshine, jan515, anavazao, ScottHale has marked this note useful
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To andrei: thank youSkyF 1 07-15 07:37
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Hi Sky,
You did well on PP. Need extra-effort to see the pasted parts, again, means you did superbly. Great final result.

Ben Lakitan

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  • chrisJ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4256 W: 414 N: 6770] (42500)
  • [2006-07-15 2:50]

Hi Sky,

Wonderful color, graphism & silhouettes in this superb sunset. The fg boat was a good inclusion, & adds depth. Well done!

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  • andrei Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 229 W: 123 N: 164] (1237)
  • [2006-07-15 3:22]
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You did a good job with the inclusion of the right hand side. The rock and bird looks like a normal dof situation done on purpose. The only give away is the sharp focus on the water throughout.
Andrei

I think this is very well done!

Cheers,
Carla

Hi Sky.
Very nice sunset capture, I like it reflections on water.
Lovely&warm colours, thanks for sharing.
Have a great week-end.

Yasin.

Beautiful sunset! Very nice POV and details!
Great how you handled the lasso effect and the red sub glow in thr water is a champion detail!
Well done Sonja! TFS

John

Hello Sky, what a lovely sunset on Pelee Island! Great warm colour in the sky and on the water.

You did very well with the paste. It doesn't show at all. Keep on experimenting.

If you want to learn more about Photoshop, watch the tutorials on Radiant Vista, I am learning a lot with them.

take care, Yan :)

Hi Sky !
Excellent PP work, as I thought it was a normal photo until I read your note., it looks very natural. Beautiful colors and contrast. Very well done !
Valérie.

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  • ose Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 508 W: 0 N: 18] (5420)
  • [2006-07-17 7:58]

Hi Sky
Nice sunset shot. Great colours and silhouettes.
Well donr my friend

osse

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  • Josine Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 922 W: 21 N: 652] (4069)
  • [2006-07-17 11:31]

Great sunset Sky Bye bye
Josine

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  • thor68 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 412 W: 117 N: 762] (4536)
  • [2006-07-17 16:34]

wow, i thought it as real!
excellent PP, sky! :-)
klasse gemacht, als ob es so gewesen war bei deiner aufnahme.
super idee und perfekte umsetzung.
die dunkle silhouette des reihers passt hervorragend,
vieleicht hätte ich versucht in noch etwas näher oder
sogar mal in den sonnenstrahl zu setzen.
well done & take care, thorsten.

Excellent work Sky. I struggle with basic PP and I am not game to venture into the realms of layers. Good colour and silhouettes. TFS,
David
Many thanks for your comment on
Around Our Garden VIIII

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  • lucbus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2115 W: 92 N: 1856] (10317)
  • [2006-07-18 0:01]

Hi Sky.
This is excellent, without your note I would not have seen it was put together. The PP work is excellent as well as the 2 photos that compose it. Very well done.
Luc

stunning sunset shot and the bird compliments the photo. very good resulting colours
jaco

Hello Sky,
The sunset image is awesome! The colours and composition... all very well done!
Light beautifully reflected from water, the pier adds depth to the image...
Post processing looks like all right to me!
Greetings,
Pablo -

Hi Sky,

Ah!..I see a beautiful picture here
graphism & silhouettes are wonderful
lukewarm and soft tones.
Congratulations for the composition

Sérgio

Hi Sky,
You did a excellent job. If you did tell us that you copied the bird into the photo, I would have thought you were the most luckiest person on earth. So well done!!
BTW, cool sunset photo.
TFS,
Niek

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  • Emma Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1403 W: 6 N: 1920] (10151)
  • [2006-07-23 7:22]

Hi Sky,
Wunderbar,sehr gut gestaltet mit dem Licht und Farben.
Herrliche Stimung dank Ihnen. Perfektes Bild.
Grüße.
Eva

hello Sky,
this has a very interesting and sombre mood. I am strongly feeling the bird is not really adding anything and the image may do much better without it. But that's my feeling.
Nice effort all the same.

Well done and best regards, Daniel

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  • Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2847 W: 263 N: 5948] (23590)
  • [2006-07-27 19:26]

Excellent work Sky -- I'd not have known that you PP'd this composition into existence. Great colours and textures. Well done
TFS
Silke

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  • Victor Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 392 W: 29 N: 232] (3388)
  • [2006-07-29 18:30]

Wow... great work, wonderful colours and reflections. TFS.
Regards,
Victor

Well done on the montage! It doesn't show at all! Nice composition, a striking image!

Hi Sky
Exellent PP work creating a suberb image. Well done. TFS

Paul

Beautiful composition with the bird, wonderful color and light rflextuion, good light and contrastm great mood capture,

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  • izler Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 516 W: 69 N: 17] (106)
  • [2006-08-12 4:35]

hi sky
sunset colours-tones, silhouette like boats, trees at opposite side, reflection on sea and flying bird are great. composition, pov, colours, details are great
tfs
regards
izler

This is a wonderful capture Sky.
The colours are superb. excellent lighting and detail

TFS. enjoy the rest of the week.

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  • jan515 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2498 W: 56 N: 3862] (17484)
  • [2006-08-27 6:56]

Hallo Sky,
da hast Du was wieder was vor Deine Linse bekommen, ein herrliches scharfes Bild. Die Farben sind wundervoll. Ausgezeichnete Details. Fantastische Szene.
Grüße.
Janusz

p..t...

Hi,
Superb colours in a classical composition, where you make well use of the silhouetted tree...
Well balanced with nice reflections, very peaceful scenery!
Take care Ana:)

Sky,
THIS is why I love photoshop! You can't tell that you have a composited image here. It all fits together perfectly. I like the glistening of the forground rocks, it gives it a mystic feel. Wonderful job,
Scott

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