day3_after.jpg
by love

Comment:
Nice feel to this.

exposure
by arngrimur

Comment:
Holy crap!

A peaceful place
by IreneM

Comment:
Congrats Irene. I see you couldn't resist getting a reflection in the shot. :P

Snoozin' - After
by timfythetoo

Comment:
Nice editing. I quite like the composition too.

My Backyard Edited
by TCGuru

Comment:
All that's missing is the twister and a flying cow! :P

spiderhopper_edit.jpg
by yanko

Comment:

Originally posted by Ann: I'd really like to know how you did the reflection. That's exceedingly cool.

I used the transform tools (scale, distort, perspective and skew) to warp it into shape. I used a duplicate layer for this and I also flipped it. Basically what I did was squeeze the image using the scale transform and then I used the perspective and distort tools to align the details so that it matched up with what is suppose to be creating the reflection. What also helps is to transform the image in parts which is what I did here. In other words, after I resized it into place I then selected part of the layer where the leg detail was and then transformed only that using the perspective and skew tools so that the legs parts would align right. What I did was pretty sloppy. I should have done it later in the editing process which I didn't do so when it was flatten it got a little messed up after I started doing some other things. Ideally the reflection should have some color of the subjects that are supposedly causing the reflection rather than just take on the all of the color of the surface.

spiderhopper_edit.jpg
by yanko

Comment:

Originally posted by suemack: Fantastic work! Love the colours and the reflection! What method did you use to change the b/g?

I used the magic wand tool on the background to get most of the selection. I may have chosen a specifc channel to do it in, I forget. Afterwards I used a soft brush to fine tune the mask.

nat-bw-after-1-web.jpg
by gwe21

Comment:
Great tones!

Jun 01 After.jpg
by Mr_Pants

Comment:
Very clean extraction of the background. I would tone down the detail level on the guys face as it doesn't look too flattering, IMO. The rest of the detail looks great. The shadow on the right side next to his shoulder seems somewhat out of place. Not sure why. Maybe because it's a little to roundish and should extent pass the frame? I assume you added it to give it more depth?

Message edited by author 2008-06-01 16:44:06.

day1_after.jpg
by love

Comment:
I like the idea of darkening her face area for the reasons you gave but for me the face just looks underexposed rather than cast in more shadow, which I believe is what you was going for. The reason for this is the orignal shadows along the edges of her face still have a sharp transition to them, which suggests bright harsh light should be present on the face but now isn't there. So what you would need to do to "sell" the new shadow you're adding is to change that original shadow on her face from the sharp edge it has currently to something a lot softer. Ideally it shouldn't even have an edge any more, just a smooth gradient transition from darks to lights.

Just my opinion of course. :)