The 8th Challenge for:
Original image
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Background image courtesy of
The ProcessTonemapped original Boat file in Photomatix Pro 3
All following done in Photoshop CS5
Cut out roughly original boat file and pasted onto Stock Background.
Used Free Transform tool to re-size and rotate into desired perspective.
Cut out the outline of the boat fully piece by painful lil piece,each selection feathered by a single pixel.
Blended water edge into background.
Added fake boat shadow,lens blurred it and reduced Opacity.
Cloned out rope.
Flatten all layers.
Converted to Black & White in Silver Effex Pro.
Added a Levels contrast adjustment to overall image.
Some selective burning to background to darken some areas.
Re-sized and sharpened to 900 pixels.
Cheers for the class image to work on Brian!
`anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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