a crow's perch - created by dreddick


a crows perch
Favs: 0SBS: n/aHi-resRank: 14/19Score: 57% (0)12938 views

created using clone, path, brush, and hue-saturation/brightness-contrast. (5 years and 3031 days ago)

1 Source:

avatar MossyB
MossyB says:

The basket is too sharp edged in comparison to the rounded edges of the rest of the sculpture.

By comparison, the "neck" of the sculpture where the head was removed is too soft and rounded, making it look lumpy and somewhat "melted." A bit sharper "break" edge would better convey the headlessness. You may also want to clone in some of the leaf pattern behind the neck to better blend the space with the background.

avatar Hayato
Hayato says:

To get rid of the sharp edged basket, try to use a little bit Gaussian Blur. Or just use the Blur Tool. A little lighting to the "neck" should make an illusion to the headless stone. Btw, where's the so called Crow? It's too dark to see the crow standing by the "neck". Try to add a little highlights to the Crow's feathers that reflect the lights/sun rays.

Hope it helps. Awesome idea, Author.

author says:

Thanks for the tips!

avatar MossyB
MossyB says:

The neck looks much better, but now you've increased the overall contrast too much, making the brights look "blown out" to almost pure white, which really makes the ground look bad, almost like a poor infra-red effect...

Also, although you've now softened the basket, it shows NO highlights to correspond to the rest of the statue. You may have to hand paint those in with either the Paintbrush, or the Dodge tool.

Perhaps you should add a bit of the green color of the foliage back into the image?

Howdie stranger!
If you want to rate this picture or participate in this contest, just:

LOGIN HERE or REGISTER FOR FREE


Biker Girl Photoshop Contest


Biking downwards
Bikingdownwards
by
fredtrappenburg
12574 views
- final score: 62.9%

Something to remember ...
Somethingtoremember
by
DanielaOwergoor
10787 views
- final score: 62.2%

top of the hill
topofthehill
by
ramesan
12687 views
- final score: 62%

Spring Sprinkles
SpringSprinkles
by
Chalty669
9642 views
- final score: 61.2%

El portal
Elportal
by
noelle811
10137 views
- final score: 61.1%

tweewieler
tweewieler
by
evert
3662 views
- final score: 60.3%

Hungry snake
Hungrysnake
by
nasirkhan
6267 views
- final score: 60.3%

twin biker girl at farm
twinbikergirlatfarm
by
wooyuenfoo
7366 views
- final score: 59.2%

When the witch hates you...
Whenthewitchhatesyou
by
theodosiou
8918 views
- final score: 59.2%

Tour de France
TourdeFrance
by
Fredex
7440 views
- final score: 59%

Last Night
LastNight
by
nilknarfsoive
12348 views
- final score: 58.7%

after a ride through the park
afteraridethroughthepark
by
dreddick
6204 views
- final score: 58.7%

Girl + biker girl
Girlbikergirl
by
wajdaz
6741 views
- final score: 58.5%

a crow's perch
acrowsperch
by
dreddick
12939 views
- final score: 57%

back to life
backtolife
by
maozbd
4981 views
- final score: 56.5%

Girl in moon
Girlinmoon
by
ramsesje
6063 views
- final score: 56.1%

Floating Stone
FloatingStone
by
peedurr
5785 views
- final score: 54.3%

Color Splatter
ColorSplatter
by
Dairon16
5266 views
- final score: 52.9%

Shopping
Shopping
by
vosya
4789 views
- final score: 52.3%

Howdie Guest!
You need to be logged in to rate this entry and participate in the contests!

LOGIN HERE or REGISTER FOR FREE