Halloween

[hershy314]

I was trying to think of a good FB cover photo to use for the best holiday coming up. Yes I prefer Halloween over the other holidays, except maybe 4th of July. Anyway this is what I cam up with.

 

[Paul]

A good starting point to what could become a very eerie image mate.

 

[hershy314]

Got any suggestions?

 

[Paul]

Some bushes or a tree maybe, an old broken entry gate or fence, the moon, less headstones, rain.

 

[Paul]

Just a quick one but something to give depth maybe?


I have no doubt you could easily achieve this sort of thing with your blossoming skills my friend

 

[hershy314]

Did a few changes, added some rain, a wooded area to one side and a couple trees on the other. Also got rid of a few headstones.

 

[Paul]

Much better now it as perspective mate.

 

[hershy314]

Thanks, just did this one. Added a gate and fence. I know they don't match perfectly, but they are close enough.

 

[Paul]

Maybe lower the fence in the picture or off set it to the left or right instead of being slap bang in the middle?

 

[tomross]

Nice work Hershy. Imo the fence is obscuring the nice detail too much though.

As you're looking for suggestions, here's some ideas:

- I think the atmosphere and mood of the piece are great, but I'd be intrigued to see if you could make it even more of a nighttime scene (graveyards are creepiest at night)
- I'm not sure if you're going for a ghostly feel, but for me it looks strange lowering the opacity of some gravestones so the background is showing through. That's where my eye goes, and it feels like more of an oversight than a deliberate design decision.
- I'd like to see more variance in the main cluster of gravestones. Right now the fact it appears to be the same one duplicated many times over which makes the piece feel less natural
- I'd like to see the elements tied into the scene better. Stuff like having some flowers in front of the right gravestone would be a connecting point between the field and the gravestone, and make them feel more like part of the same scene
- As we're going Halloween theme with this, it would be awesome to see an open, dug grave, and even better a creepy zombie hand sticking out of the earth
- Is the circular gravestone (with the inner cross) part of that large rectangular gravestone? Right now it appears to be balancing strangely on it. If it's a separate gravestone hidden behind the larger, one, I'd love to see it moved out further to the left, so they're distinct from one another.
- The fog overlay is great, and definitely necessary. However, to add more depth, I would also add fog/smoke on the ground level, trailing and weaving between the various gravestones.

I hope this helps, and nice work, I'm sure people will love it as a cover photo .

 

[ibclare]

Here are a couple cemetary images just for ideas. A crypt could be cool too. Maybe a bolt of lightning? A crispy critter? Some other elements of gravesites, like those metallic markers they plant for vets and so on? I like the rain and the gate, but I agree it is overwhelming to the rest of the image at this point.
And I agree. Halloween is the top choice of holiday celebrations! The first day of the New Year for Witches and a day when Spirits Cross the Veil.

 

[hershy314]

Thanks for the inspiration Clare, doing this Halloween themed manipulation is proving to be a challenge.

 

[ibclare]

Aw heck, it's a project worth playing with! Ir's already far along the way; it's completed anytime you say. I'm going to post my own Hallow's image, inspired by Mike's Let's Face It Challenge.

I'm anticipating your very spooky end result!

 

[tomross]

Wow, loving that top cemetry image Clare! Looks like something is just waiting to rise up from that tomb.

 

[hershy314]

Another version of the grave yard scene. Not complete yet. I changed just about everything, only the ground and trees in the back ground stayed the same. I added a walking path, different graves (will add more if I can find more I like), added an angel on top of one of the headstones, same headstone you can see an arm sticking out of the ground. Tried to use the open grave idea, but couldn't get it to look right. Also tried adding a ghostly figure but again just didn't work out.

accidently threw in the psd for this, so have fun.

 

[IamSam]

Maybe lower the fence in the picture or off set it to the left or right instead of being slap bang in the middle?

.......Imo the fence is obscuring the nice detail too much though.

Sorry Paul, reading others posts and acknowledging or agreeing with them is often difficult for SPE's.

 

[hershy314]

Think this is good...at least til I think of something better.

 

[ForeverFallenAngel]

Thought you might like some of these just a thought if you decide to re-edit I think it's a great image as it is though I bet you sick of looking at it lol

 

[hershy314]

Those are some awesome images, specially the last one.

 

[ForeverFallenAngel]

Those are some awesome images, specially the last one.

I looked up apocalyptic sky they have some great images for it glad you like them