Source 1 (batman) doe's not work..

thanks for the heads up. link is fixed now.

Looks great ....the batman source seems ok.... but unfortunately the only problem is that the Joker source has already been manipulated by Sabbath photography who posted it on Flickr.

Aside from the frame (which seems to be on a lot of stock photos) how else was it manipulated? The color and levels get adjusted on A LOT of stocks, so can't tell me that. And I am just trying to clear it up, no offense meant.

The author comments its a noise experiment.....not just the color and levels.

Thanks.
After much consideration and searching for another suitable source, I haven't found anything worth using for the joker. And now that this has been pulled, I likely won't be fixing that issue.
Adding noise to a photo in photo contests isn't considered "manipulation" as long as its applied to the whole image, yet using a source in a chop that has noise added to it is considered a premanipulated source. And more funny, but I had to take all the noise out tomake it half decent in the chop. It really doesn't make sense.

CHECK SBS for update on source of the JOker... i did correspond with sabbath photography, and found how they did the source.

adding noise is not a manipulation in the rules of the photography side of pxl, and there fore shouldn't be seen as manipulation when it comes to sources for chops. it is part of post processing, not manipulation.

Well done Author!

Rules allow minor adjustments of color to a source image. Noise is considered a manipulation because pixels are altered in the process. Since the noise adjustment was the only change made it is considered a small adjustment and it has been decided to be acceptable for this application.
Images are reviewed individually to determine the level of manipulation, every effort is made to be fair in these evaluations. If you have a doubt about a source choice you can ask a moderator before posting your entry.

Idea is nice author,but IMO would be better without ruins...U could place whole scene in some street that could remind on Gotham city...GL

Pretty good, but try to make the figure stand out from the background.

That would kinda defeat the purpose of trying to make it look like a photograph. Do all people just "stand out" in photos? Just sayin'...

I understand what you are saying author, and I don't understand why there are - points on what you said, but I also understand CMYK because if the girl stands out you can see the source better. But if you are wanting to make it look like a realistic photograph, then you did pretty well I would add a little more shadows to the body then because she does look pasted into the photograph.

very nice work author...gl

That's cruel! Different sources were brought together quite smoothly and you paid some attentions to the detail such as changing the colors on the house. However, I have some suggestions for you:
1. If you want to focus on the two people and the house, they should be the main objects, so their shapes, colors, etc. should be noticeable compared with the environment. Consider that, the sky and the fire should be more desaturated and brighter in color, you can also blur them slightly to make the better depth (including the road and the hill).
2. Applying the motion blur is a nice touch but your choice of object is not right. The flight is so far away from the ground, so their movement is slow compared to other actions or movements on the ground and close to the camera. The camera has to capture the image within several seconds to see that effect, but in this case, the remaining parts of the image will be overbrighten and almost nothing will be seen. Just apply that filter to something close to the camera and move very fast compared with the others .
3. Let see the shadow of the house, it's sharp, so the shadow of the soldier should be the same .
Hope that my comment is helpful to you. Good luck!

Thanks! Great advice I'll work in it straight away when I'm done with school today !!
Again ! Thanks for takin the time to write the comment !!
Greets

I like this entry very much author...idea is maybe a bit cruel but that was our history, and we never should to forget all horrors that war brings...and now for the execution,i like almost everything...only one thing bothers me...sky is to blue compared with the ground...i know is to late now but for some other entry's u could create some color adjustment layer above all other...in this case maybe, dark brown color layer and maybe gray/blue soft light layer with low opacity...u always could try with some colors, never know how the things will turn up...Best of luck for u...

Sad....painful......but an interesting image..... your idea is good. Good luck.

Twisted! GL!

this is beautiful!!

very sad ... well thought out

Scary lyrics, but very nice chop to tell the story. Nice combination of the elements, they're simple, but make a profound statement.

very good idea Author. Dogs of war is a fav .
Good luck to you this is one opinion of why this song was written.
This song is about war on the highest level, the political level. The dogs of war describe how politicians orchestrate wars that the public does not know about. The song also suggests that the major influence behind war is money. This song was written about the covert wars of the 80's where millions of American dollars went to Afghanistan to fight the Soviet Union.

very niceeeeeee.....GL

Looks very menacing, but I don't think there would be shadows in the foggy pic you've made.

I can hear their feet .. great job

Very nice work on the build -- like the fog and the lighting

Pure sci-fi!

am sure,u r inspired by matrix movie..

Very nice work

Looks amazing - in a foggy night i guess the ground part should be a little darker.

Thanks to all for the comments!..Akassa, I've darkened the street according to your comment..thanks

nice colours and feel

Great job author...well done

Nice details! GL!

super work!

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