preeb
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Post by preeb on Aug 24, 2015 3:41:08 GMT
We have several places nearby where there are fields of wild sunflowers. This one is a block from the house, and I've taken several photos of them on neighborhood walks. Then last month was the blue moon, which I also couldn't resist. Since our sky has been very hazy for the last couple of weeks from all the fires in the northwest, I had to patch in some blue sky from a third photo and ended up with this composite from 3 images. Both Elements and Lightroom were used for developing and combining selections from the images. This was actually made for a larger project. I have an old window screen from the farmhouse on my wife's family farm that was just wasting away in the barn. We are going to use it to frame two photos, this one and one more that we haven't yet decided on. I will crop this square from the right end for the project and have it printed on canvas. It will eventually hang over the bed in our guest room.
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bnk1953
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Post by bnk1953 on Aug 24, 2015 12:00:19 GMT
Only one suggestion from me would be to try to add to the cloud layer to extend it further to the right. As it is - it appears to me that the moon was inserted into photo with dead space around it. ~bruce.
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preeb
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Post by preeb on Aug 24, 2015 15:20:21 GMT
Thanks for the suggestion.
Actually the moon is a clean crop, the sky is just as it appears in the photo it was "borrowed " from, except that I darkened it a bit. I positioned the moon there intentionally as I didn't want to have to deal with clouds around the moon. I feel that the horizon is a bit unrealistic too, but for the purpose it is intended I think it works.
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Post by cats4jan on Aug 27, 2015 9:49:19 GMT
Actually, when I saw it, I thought it was a real shot. It was only after reading your comments did I take a closer look. Great job.
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craftysnapper
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Post by craftysnapper on Aug 31, 2015 13:29:01 GMT
Nicely done but the sharp edges of the moon give it awy for me a little edge softening would do it.
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