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[milesy]

hi all
i would love to hear thoughts on these two - yes they have been photoshoped but please tell me what you like / dislike about them

 

[BuS_RiDeR]

No pics.. Broken links only... sorry.

 

[milesy]

really.......they seem to work when i look at them - linked from Flickr??

can anyone else see them / not see them?

 

[dak1b]

I see them!

1) use fill light for the dark spot on hair
2) not bad..maybe crop off the top a bit and see how that looks.

 

[BuS_RiDeR]

I can see them now... Musta just been a glitch.

Nice... Maybe just a hair over-exposed? Although it might just be me...

 

[ababysean]

did you totally cut her out of another picture and put the backgrounds on?

 

[milesy]

ababysean

yep pretty much - do you think it looks ok - or abit too much?

 

[sclairmont1]

I am not sure about the first picture with the Wood OSB background. It seems as if the picture is not grounded and the girl is just floating. The second one is not a bad picture but I am not crazy about the backdrop, but I do not like purple.

 

[milesy]

sclairmont1

do you mean by not grounded that she seems to be too infront of the backdrop??

 

[LaFoto]

In the first, her hair immediately gives away that she was cut from out of another (darker) background and pasted in front of this new one. It is way too obvious (still).

The second is better in that respect, but then I myself am not too fond of purple backgrounds together with skin colours, either.

 

[MrBarney]

I agree with LaPhoto.

With the first one, the lighting is obviously different between background and subject. The way the shadows fall is all wrong.

 

[altair005]

Why is she photoshopped into a new background?

 

[milesy]

im just playing around to see what effects i can get - and interested in feedback from all?

 

[shmne]

When you are replacing a background it is important to shoot with that in mind. Taking an existing photo and just replacing it will not cut it, sorry

Try this again, but with a couple of things in mind:

- The subject should have some interaction with the background to make it more believable. Something as simple as seeing their feet touch the ground can do the trick

-Pick a background that would be suitable, and would not give away the fact that it was not there originally. We all know what wood chips look like, and what size they should be. Placing a wood background like that behind such a tiny girl is telling me either she is smaller than I previously thought, or that would is much larger than normal. Logic instantly dictates that the picture is photoshopped.

- The original photo must have as neutral a color tone as possible, this is extremely important. This will allow you to replace the background, and match the subject better to the colors going on in the background.

- Always plan to take a specific picture with the intent to replace the background later. My other points have somewhat stated that indirectly, though I would like to make this clear.

- The background shouldn't be sharper than any part of the subject

- When cutting your subject out, make sure that you go back and select it, than put an extremely small feather on it to smooth out any harsh lines created during the process.

Hope this helps you out a bit!

 

[Morpheuss]

I like the second one better the second background looks more like it was a photo shoot and the first one just makes me scratch my head with the plywood background