Image manipulation starter.

[Saphire]

Originally Posted by Imageinnovator

now the one on the LHS !! I am going blind playing with lighting effects, thought the sun should be halfway under the horizon to give this sort of halflight??

Gerry

Gerry.
Can you correct it so I know where the shadow should be. I am not sure. It was just a whild guess with the others.

Christine

[Imageinnovator]

Here goes with another. Decided to use 2 boats only otherwise the water gets a little cluttered with sealions, boats and birds.

Gerry

[Imageinnovator]

Christine,
I think, on reflection!!, and having looked at it again, the edge is dark enough to not need a shadow. If the purists disagree then move the boat a little to the left so the shadow wouldn't show anyhow.

Gerry.

[Saphire]

Thanks Gerry, I like what you have done so far. I think if I was using the picture to fool someone, then I must make sure I get it right. This is becoming fun and I am learning.

[John]

Originally Posted by Saphire

John your PM box is full

Thank you Christine. I have purged it now.

John

[John]

As you know from my P.M. It is supposed to be a reflection not a shadow. I repeat it here for the benefit of others.

Originally Posted by Saphire

John A smashing idea. Needs a little more thought with the light source, (sun) and the boat. 1. It would be a shadow longer than the height of the mast given the low angle of the sun. 2. The angle of that shadow from the boat must be in a diagonal line from the sun. Plus it would be a silhouette and rippled not a mirror image. The light source on the grassed area would indicate another strong light source from behind. Makes the composite picture look totally false. This is after all a learning idea each learning from the other so that our manipulation techniques will improve all round.

My own image still has a lot of work to be done on it to make it more plausible and when you are working on your own photo's you don't always see the faults.

[Saphire]

Thanks John, sorry I got it wrong. (Typical jump in feet first.) I do like the composition its very pleasing as a photo wouldn't it be nice if we had views like that.

[Saphire]

I have had another go at using the same images and chnging them to Black & White.
We could do with some more images loading so we have more to play with. Most of my photo's are of birds.

[Imageinnovator]

Last one Christine. We'll start another when I find a suitable image.
I don't want to swim in the waters of your black & white now, it's gone wintry. It's been fun but costly in time.

Gerry

[Saphire]

Nice one Gerry, I have noticed since I started playing around more in CS some of the actions are becoming easier to remember, up to now I have used the distort tools, extract and render tools and how to use the layers and masks properly.