A Work in Progress: Man's First Flight



This guide was made for entry:
Man's First Flight
In Contest:
Ps Tournament 6 Round 2


Original image


step 1 of 4

The set up. For the background, I used 3 sources, the sky, the castle and the pasture.

Creation of Man's First Flight: Step 1
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step 2 of 4

Because the sun was shining from the upper left and behind, I darkened the front of the tent, as well as the grill. I removed all the weapons in and around the tent and cloned in and copy/pasted in the empty spaces. The top image is the before, the bottom image is the after.

Creation of Man's First Flight: Step 2
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step 3 of 4

I desaturated the suit of armor and used brightness/contrast to boost the shine. The end of the lizard fingers were liquified to bend them around the knight. I desaturated the source helmet, matched it to the armor and colored the eagle (?) on top.

Creation of Man's First Flight: Step 3
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step 4 of 4

I used strips of the pasture photo to widen it, blending the strips together. I didn't bother blending where the tent was, in the grey circle. I then used adjustment layers (brightness/contrast and color balance) to brighten it up. I used gausian blur for the shadow and blurred the sky and grasses for depth.

Creation of Man's First Flight: Step 4
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Final result

Creation of Man's First Flight: Final Result

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