My first Compositing

Red_John · Mar 21, 2013

Hello guys. I'm not a professional photographer, so maybe you guys can give me your opinion, what you like/dislike in the picture.

This is my first compositing and used 13 different images (I have permission to use them all).
The old guy was photographed by me in 2006 with a HP camera of 3.6 MP, so I had a lot of work making the portrait look good.

Thanks for the attention.
P.S.- The final original version of the image is 15mb so I had to resize it so I can post it here, so the quality is a little bit worst
To see this picture at flickr, please visit the following link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/34027813@N06/8578735992/

techniker · Mar 21, 2013

Very interesting, I like it quite a bit. Everything seems to fit very well but the fences just don't look right.

Red_John · Mar 21, 2013

I know what you're talking about. Cause I fell the same. The left fence not so much, but the right one I think there's something left. I wanted to put something there so it would make the photo less "fake" and I added a trash can there, but it didn't look good

ceeboy14 · Mar 21, 2013

Processing wise, you done good. Subject matter though seems quite disjointed with no reasonable connection between any of the elements.

Red_John · Mar 22, 2013

Thanks for your opinion. I will give more attention to that next time!

TrustDust · Mar 22, 2013

I actually like it...Have to look a few times to understand if it is picture or drawing (and that is what I also like from the image). For your first one I think you did a good job...Disjointed content..well...I kinda agree with the one poster but I also think it is the way you see it that matters...There will always be people who like it and others who don't..I like it and keep up the good work

Red_John · Mar 22, 2013

Thanks dude. I just finished my second compositing. I will show it here. I just would like to know how can I make a good watermark. Cause in this picture when I put the watermark and resize it to a smaller size so it can fit the image, it doesn't look very well. The way I made the watermark was creating a new transparent layer, write my name and save it as a jpeg. So every time I want to place it in a photo I just open that file and drag it to the picture. Is there any other way to do it?
Thanks

Light Guru · Mar 22, 2013

techniker said:
Very interesting, I like it quite a bit. Everything seems to fit very well but the fences just don't look right.

They don't look right because the same image is used for the fence on both sides. This makes the lighting WAY off.

JOSHardson · Mar 23, 2013

The reason I think the fence looks weird is that there is a fade to dark as you go down the fence, but nothing similar on the ground.

HerkFE · Mar 23, 2013

JOSHardson said:
The reason I think the fence looks weird is that there is a fade to dark as you go down the fence, but nothing similar on the ground.

In addition the right fence appears to be falling over or on a tilt.