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Re: Submission candidate posted for critique ... comments please
Erik Krause 2005-Jun-30 20:16:00
On 30 Jun 2005 at 19:44, Victor wrote:
> Look at the woman walking away from me with the colorful bag (visible
> on the opening viewpoint). Her reflection is mostly a photoshop cut,
> paste & tweak job. The original set of stitched images was missing
> the bottom half of her reflection ... it just wasn't part of the
> captured images. I could've substituted an image that was cleaner,
> but the only "good" complete images didn't have any people at all and
> I REALLY liked the splash of color her bag provided. However, the
> bizarre reflections was a gross error and attracted the eye in a big
> way. So what to do? Lots of PS work! The bottom of her reflection
> is largely a cut and paste from some other person in the stitched
> shot, mirrored and shifted, plus some out and out faking to create
> missing portions out of whole cloth.
>
> Here are snippets of the original and the final version.
>
> http://www.zaveduk.com/wwp/reflections.htm
Good work, indeed. Reminds a bit of my marketplace submission. I shot
with the monopod held over the railing and simply missed a shot.
There was a hole - not to large but annoying - in the buildings. So I
had to lengthen some roofs and use a very small part of a house to
create a whole storefront...
> Once you know to look, it's obvious that the reflection is wrong. The
> color is backwards (light dress, dark top), etc.. It's amazing how
> easily the eye (and mind) is fooled. :-)
True. I wouldn't have found it...
> I won't reveal the other major cut and pastes (there are two other
> sizeable instances, that's the only hint I'll give!) ... it's always
> important to maintain some sense of mystery. ;-)
Hmm... Someone without reflection? A cloud reflecting but not beeing
in the sky? Don't know...
best regards
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