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'Lonely' PhotoManipulation from Tutorial


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Stacy

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I've not had a chance to do another tutorial for a while as I've been working on learning retouching techniques but I needed a break from that so created this from the following tutorial:

http://www.psdbox.com/tutorials/lonely-photoshop-manipulation-tutorial

I didn't add the final glowing insects though as I preferred the image without.

I found this one the hardest to work on as I'm not very good with lighting yet, and any tips would be kindly received, but it was good fun and I'm happy with the results for now.
I think it will be one that I put away and go back to in a few weeks/months to work on again to try to rectify the lightning imperfections.

lonely.jpg


Stock Images Used:

Lonely-Stock-Montage.jpg
 
Hey Stacy, this looks pretty good. Are you open to critiques?
 
Absolutely Sam! There is ALWAYS room for improvement and I love to learn from you guys!
Just be kind or I might cry!! Just kidding!!
 
No, don't cry! You did a great job. I would suggest that you might soften the hard edges of the woman (not the hair), this will blend her a little better. Maybe the mountains as well. I usually use the Blur Tool with a small brush at about 20% just around the edges.

The other thing I noticed is the lantern/lamp, it's angle/perspective is off compared to the perspective of the ground.

That's all.
 
Thanks Sam!
I will have a go with the softening and repost to show the difference!
Your absolutely right about the lamp, I knew there was something wrong with it but couldn't work out what it was until you said! Now its staring me in the face!! LOL!

I'll make some adjustments and see what you think!

Thanks for taking the time to reply. :)
 
Looking forward to seeing your re-post.

On the lamp, you may need to find one that's tipped a little more forward. In other words, the photo is taken from a higher and closer viewpoint.

Good luck.
 
Ok!
The softening on the woman is working a treat, really made her blend better into the image!
I had a few issues with the mountains as for some reason the blur told was creating a halo effect above them but I turned off all the other layers and it worked fine.
Can I ask is there a non-destructive way to use these kinds off tools. I tried to do it on a new layer with 'sample all layers' clicked but it didn't seem to work.
Had a look for a new lamp but will have another look in the morning.
 
Hi Stacy. You did a wonderful job here, I really like it, though I agree with everything Sam mentioned.
I tried to adjust the perspective of the lamp on your image. If you don't mind I would like to post it, so you can see and learn from it.
 
That's certainly better than mine Chris, would you mind telling me what you did to it and how? :)
 
Lamp.jpg

@ Stacy: Sorry I have a german version of CS6.
@Sam: I know, it is just "better" as Stacy mentioned it. To do a real good job with these images I would have to start a new composite. Then I would also adjust the perspective of the background.
 
Thanks Chris, I understand you didn't have much to work with. I do not doubt for one second that your absolutely capable of matching the perspective if you had all the layers or a new composite, your work is awesome my friend.
 
Wait a minute. Now the lamp tips backwards not forward. That looks way off to me. Duh, hmmmmm. I would just use ctl/cmd + T and transform using ctl/cmd move corners or right click>perspective.

My only other really tiny picky critiques is the lamp which I wanted to examine more because of the selection. The selection is great, but I would like to see a bit of glow effect in the cracked clay behind and inside the shadow of the lamp.

Now I will bug out.

But, don't get me wrong. It's great. Lovely, moody, exactly what the title says. Beautiful work.
 
Sam said:
On the lamp, you may need to find one that's tipped a little more forward. In other words, the photo is taken from a higher and closer viewpoint.
Click to expand...
AuntieClare said:
Wait a minute. Now the lamp tips backwards not forward.
Click to expand...

The cylinder I made is matched to the ground plane and the ground plane to the image. The cylinder is leaning forwards, towards the foreground and not backwards towards background.

It's all in how you look at it. :cheesygrin:
 
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