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!

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