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Post by hmca on Nov 24, 2023 1:32:14 GMT
It was raining pretty hard the other night and I took a picture of the lights reflected in the puddles on the top of the garage. Just converted to B/W. Know it needed something so added a silhouette from StockSolo........does it work?   |
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Post by kdcintx on Nov 24, 2023 4:25:28 GMT
Interesting perspective on the parking garage and good idea to convert to B&W. I think the person works fine, but the person seems too tall when compared to the height of the street/garage lights.
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Howard
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Post by Howard on Nov 24, 2023 4:46:21 GMT
Perhaps a little too large but otherwise it works very well.
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Post by fotofrank on Nov 24, 2023 7:03:29 GMT
Helen - nice job on changing the perspective. In my view I would crop, resize the man, Change the lighting and provide a destination to add to the story.  |
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Post by mart44 on Nov 24, 2023 10:55:25 GMT
The scene is good in both B&W and colour but yes, the walker is big for the apparent distance away.
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Post by PeteB on Nov 24, 2023 15:34:48 GMT
Hi Helen Yes it works. As mentioned by others, the person needs to be resized. Parking lot light poles are 15-20 feet tall. Using that as a guide, on a separate layer I used a straight line to represent the height and then resized the umbrella man accordingly. I cropped using the diagonal “walkway” as a leading line and placed the umbrella man using the golden section. Removed the background to add a little mystery.   |
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Post by hmca on Nov 24, 2023 16:24:52 GMT
I appreciate everyone's input. I like Frank's idea to add a destination but also like Pete's edit without one. Great idea to determine the size of the figure, Pete. I remembered that I have two pictures that I have taken of people walking in the rain. When I rework this I hope I can use one of them so that the composite is made up of images that I have taken. Will post back when I have come up with the new edits.
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Post by pontiac1940 on Nov 24, 2023 17:17:31 GMT
Like the concept Helen. Using ideas from Frank, Pet and Karen is made some minor changes and additions: - All highlights at the edges were removed - A black vignette was added to soften the scene edge (fade to black) - I used a new clipart person as it was easier than using the same one you started with...agree that the person needed to be smaller...my person is still too large - The person's shadow as changed to reflect the position relative to the nearest light source .. it was painted with a soft brush - Not sure of the shadow shape as I am rusty on drawing single-source-light shadows...middle school art classes were 65 years ago!!  - Upon reflection (no pun intended), the person is still far too large relative to the parking stalls.  |
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Post by hmca on Nov 25, 2023 21:36:28 GMT
Still not sure if I have the figure the correct height but I did use a picture of my own for this one.  |
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