Iceloon

Finished composite

I wanted to move my loon photo to appear as if it the loon was swimming in an ice field.  I used the move tool to put the two photos together, then patiently erased  area around the loon until the water surrounding the loon was mostly removed.  I wanted to keep some of the water so that it appeared there was a pool of water under the ice.  I think the curve of the snow in my ice photo helped to make this combined photo realistic.  In fact when I showed it to a few people they wondered how I got the shot!

Photo1

Photo2

 

Dandelion mirror montage

  I like the work of Andre Gallant and in his book "Expressionism" he has a photo of a mirror montage of a delicate flower.  I opened a dandelion photo in Photo shop and followed his directions: Duplicate the photo, use the move tool to bring the two photos together and change the opacity of one layer.  I then used various adjustment tools and a filter to get this result.

Still looking for Sabra!

The lesson this week was adjusting images.  Here is what I did: I cropped slightly on the right to eliminate the dark corner of mountain at the bottom of the picture.  I used the adjustment levels to change the histogram, raised the vibrancy level, adjusted the hue and saturation to change the colors to look like a Sabra Field print.  I then used the spot healing tool to take away some dirt spots in the sky.  When I tried to eliminate the branch in the snow at the bottom of the photo I was not successful. Wrong tool? 
I do think this image does look more like a Sabra Field print or a water color painting rather than a photograph.

I continued to play with the original photo, making it into a black and white image. I cropped to make it look more like a panorama.  Last, I added a black frame so that the image was enhanced when the photo was added to the blog.

Finding Sabra Field

Before

I played with hue and saturation to attempt to make this photo look like a Sabra Field print.  I particularly liked the curve of the  snow at the bottom of the photo and wanted to emphasize that feature. To do this I cropped some of the sky out and by playing with a filter to make the sky and snow a variation of pink helped to imitate Sabra Field and emphasize the curve of the land.  It doesn't quite work, but hey, I'm a beginner!

After

Getting the shadow in Shadow Horse

Okay, I'm getting carried away with this. I took a photo called shadow horse that I liked. Then I wanted to see if I could just get the shadow. So, I played with the cropping tool and moving tool and although I didn't get as much of the shadow that I wanted, I still think it was a success.

How do I manipulate in Photo Shop????

Manipulated photo from image below.

Original photo of ice in a stream at Sterling Gorge in Morristown, Vermont

This was a process of play for me.  When I first started to use the magic wand and filters I was careful and nervous.  As I let myself go and started playing it became fun. I like the manipulated photo.  It reminds me of a satellite photo of the earth.  This process isn't my favorite type of photo manipulation, as I consider myself a fine art photographer.  What I hope is that by learning the many options of the program I will become. more skilled at producing my art that is the very best it can be.  I am looking forward to concentrating on montage,

Composition