"Little Talks"

[ibclare]

Taking my inspiration these days from music.



Source pics:



Sources:


Stairway: MK_Tom_Sawyer_Island_32_by_Disney_Stock
Ships: Tall_ships_3_by_DGAnder
Model: by Marcus Ranum: call_the_fire___6_by_mjranum_stock-d41fea1
Cemetary BG: by Marcus Ranum: Cemetary___3_by_mjranum_stock
Guys (on headstone and in trees): about_a_boy__by_indiae and about_a_boyii__by_indiae

The Song:

Of Monsters and Men
Little Talks


So hold my hand, I'll walk with you my dear


The stairs creak as I sleep,
it's keeping me awake
It's the house telling you to close your eyes


Some days I can't even dress myself.
It's killing me to see you this way.


'Cause though the truth may vary
this ship will carry our bodies safe to shore.


Hey! Hey! Hey!


There's an old voice in my head
that's holding me back
Well tell her that I miss our little talks.


Soon it will all be over, buried with our past
We used to play outside when we were young
and full of life and full of love.


Some days I feel like I'm wrong when I am right.
Your mind is playing tricks on you my dear.


'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore


Hey!
Don't listen to a word I say
Hey!
The screams all sound the same.
Hey!


Though the truth may vary
this ship will carry our bodies safe to shore


You're gone, gone, gone away,
I watched you disappear.
All that's left is a ghost of you.
Now we're torn, torn, torn apart,
there's nothing we can do,
Just let me go, we'll meet again soon.


Now wait, wait, wait for me, please hang around
I'll see you when I fall asleep.


Hey!
Don't listen to a word I say
Hey!
The screams all sound the same.
Hey!


Though the truth may vary
this ship will carry our bodies safe to shore


Hey!
Don't listen to a word I say
Hey!
The screams all sound the same.
Hey!


Though the truth may vary
this ship will carry our bodies safe to shore (x3)

 

[dv8_fx]

Looking good....

Tho the ship in the background looks like its there like a spectre and not behind the trees (unless you intended that.

The model in the foreground looks too sharp with hi contrast. And looks like you overdid the blur on the model in the back and the contrast looks high and bright in relation to her surrounding .

Add a touch of foggy mist in the atmosphere to add a romantic feel to it - think New England by the bay morning........ (sounds like a Manilow tune ).

5 cents.... neeeext .....

 

[Inkz]

Another good piece Clare..

Maybe another different woman would have been interesting rather than the same flipped lol. You have a great style that just improves more each time.

A big well done.

 

[dv8_fx]

Or photochop the woman so left arm in front with ship become her right and left repositioned to back and retouch shadows on face .

 

[ibclare]

OK guys, I just knew this was a work in progress. dv8, I already tried adding more mist, but I will make a version with at least more visible frog. I added sharpening to the face, but I did add .4 gaussian blur overall. Started with .2 and thought it too little. But considering she isn't that far back and things around her are not blurry, you're right. Luckily, she's a smart object. As for the different model, well that raises some possibilities. Seeing as the model is from Ranum's series of her, maybe just a different pose would work. I really wanted it to appear to be her moving forward. I don't want a different woman but I will try the different pose idea. (I'm going to get eyestrain and carpal tunnel sx from all the pen tool work in these!)

I know, part of my trouble with blending is that I don't pick a happy medium. I tried to tone down the FG woman, but . . . one is too vibrant and sharp and the other tends to blur out. I will work on this.

Thanks again for your critique. Great suggestions. Sigh, more work. I get tired of looking at the same image and lose perspective. So I may let this sit a day or two to better implement your ideas. Once I change it, I won't edit the original post this time, but will add a post with the new image.

 

[ibclare]

Here is my new Image. A few changes including the new model who is in the same Marcus Ranum series; this lady is number 4.



But wouldn't you know it. When I zoom it here and examine more closely, more things to work on. I'm having trouble with PS and it might come down to re-installing it. Yuck, don't ask me why I hate doing that. I can't paint on a mask unless it is as soon as I create the mask. If I click on it again, I just get the color choice window. I also can't select a layer to work on unless I double click it for fx then close the window and the layer is now selected. Grrr.

 

[Inkz]

The foreground model looks perfect Clare...

Nicely blended and the cut is very nice. Also, she fit's in more to the image. Like she's lost or looking for something.

 

[ibclare]

Thanks Inkz, the problem I'm having with it is the mini ships. I could just remove them, but I like the way it was in the first pic. So . . . I made a 3rd version. Now I have to stop and let it rest awhile. Like I've noticed before, I rarely go back once I've made the first few edits. We'll see, lol.