Pre-transformation

[Rich]

Hi there.

Any suggestions on possible improvements welcome. There's obviously been some heavy processing but the moon is a real photo pasted in though the clouds are fake.

It will be an entry in an upcoming competition called Alter ego in mid November. I hope to do well with this.

Richard

[Fast Eddie]

Re: Pre-transformation

it looks to 'clean' to me. Possibly some grain? might add atmosphere?

[Pops]

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It needs some cloud passing in front of the moon as well

[Rich]

Re: Pre-transformation

Thanks very much for the suggestions, It really helps, I've made adjustments......



What do you think?

[Pops]

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Not sure what the problem is but the moon still doesn't look right. With all that cloud around it seems to bright to be natural.
Maybe someone else will suggest something specific

[Rich]

Re: Pre-transformation

I had another play and have redone the sky. This time the clouds are real, I shot them out of my window earlier and manipulated them to match the image. I found it difficult to cover the moon with cloud without it looking as though the moon is on top, but I think I got it now. The moon and sky look more realistic to me, what do you think?

[Ian]

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The moon in the first one is the best but maybe it needs to be cold rather then warm yellow?

Great idea, by the way!

Ian

[Fast Eddie]

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I agree with Ian, the person looks much better (imo) in the later ones.

[Pops]

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I think maybe Ian is has hit the problem

[Rich]

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I have two versions below, somehow I'm not sure about the "cool" sky. I have now looked at this image so much, I can't tell any more. I think I should leave it a week before I look at it again. In the mean time I'm still interested in your opinions.





Cheers

Rich

[Fast Eddie]

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I think i prefer the second one.