Back Versions (2)
Modifications (0)
Views 58 Unique 46 Award Shortlist   

New sky

By RipleyExile
I have added a new sky to this image of Harlech Beach as I was never happy with the original as it was badly blown out. The new sky came from the same time of day (roughly) but the camera was pointing in a slightly different direction further along the beach.

I replaced the sky by creating a mask of the land by selecting the blue channel, duplicating it and then messing about with levels and brushes until I had a black mask on a white background. Then selected all channels and loaded the mask as a selection on the layers palette. I then moved the selected land onto the image with the sky and did a bit of lens correction. I free transformed the sky image to get rid of the sun (as I'd shot straight into it) and cropped. I then burnt in the lighter edges around the grass.

I saw this technique on Ephotozine.tv for selecting hair and thought it might work well for the grass in this image. I will upload the original 2 images for reference.

Critique on the application of the technique and the final result are what I'm after.

Thanks in advance.

Tags: Digitally manipulated Harlech beach Landscape and travel

Uploaded:
16 Oct 2008 11:16PM
Camera:
Canon PowerShot A80
Location:
52.867626, -4.131718

M Modifiable
C Critique Requested

Comments


Hanners 13 875 10 Ireland
16 Oct 2008 11:23PM
if you hadn't have said I wouldn't have noticed Alex, looks a good job to me Smile

Join ePHOTOzine for free and remove these adverts.

allanC 14 21 Scotland
16 Oct 2008 11:26PM
Yes I agree you have made a good job of adding the sky, looks very natural.

Allan
banehawi Plus
15 2.2k 4044 Canada
17 Oct 2008 12:08AM
Youve done a very good job on the sky replacement, - including extracting the blades of grass against the sky, - well done.



W
oll1e 12 57 2 United Kingdom
17 Oct 2008 1:29AM
like allan and hanners said ,it looks natural and i love the foreground.
well done ~ollie~
KarthikUdupa 11 India
17 Oct 2008 4:20AM
Great work. Nice vision. Loved it very much.
- Karthik
Glynn 13 1.2k 1 United Kingdom
17 Oct 2008 9:20AM
Great job mate and great image to

Glynn
RipleyExile 16 1.6k 17 England
17 Oct 2008 12:40PM
Thanks for all your comments.

Sign In

You must be a member to leave a comment.

ePHOTOzine, the web's friendliest photography community.

Join For Free

Upload photos, chat with photographers, win prizes and much more.

Cookies help us deliver our service. By using our service, you agree to our use of cookies. OK Learn more