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Combination 3 10 Changes

My first tool I used to make a change was the move tool to place the cloth on top of the prairie background. Then I changed the opacity of the cloth to make it so I could see the prairie through the cloth, creating a larger range of texture and depth. Once again I used the move tool and placed the paintbrush on top of the prairie layers and behind the cloth layer. By adding this photo, I have created a greater sense of depth and it also filled the page up more evenly. Then in order just have the paintbrushes without the background, I initially used the quick selection tool to get the majority of the background deleted, and then to take the rest off I used the eraser tool. After I had the image combined and created I wanted to improve the overall quality and look of the picture. First I used curves on the paint brush initially making it lighter and then after using the screen effect on that layer, I made it darker. Next I worked on improving the background photo, the prairie, by increasing the brightness; also I increased the vibrancy of it. My most effective change was levels, which made the background much lighter. This was especially important to do because; when I put the cloth over the background it made the prairie look much darker than I liked it. Another change was done using the hue/saturation tool, where I increased the saturation on the paintbrushes, which gave them a brighter and different color. After discussing what I could further do to improve my picture, I needed to find more a concept for my picture, so I used the magic wand to select the image of the back of Kelly’s head and moved onto the my final image. To make the head unify with the rest of the picture I erased any of the old photo that was till around the hair. Then I used the burn tool to take away the sun that had been shining on the back of her head, since the sun is shining towards us in the background image. I also used levels and curves to get the coloring and brightness to fit better with the rest of the image. I also used the burn tool to make the edges of the image unify better.

Analysis

In my final combined photograph I used 3 compositional techniques. The first one was fill the frame, where the entire photo was filled with the picture. The next was a level horizon, which would look weird if it was slanted. Another technique is rule of thirds, both horizontally and vertically, adding more interest to the photo.The texture I emphasized was the grass in the prairie, the wrinkles and threads in the cloth, and the smooth metal and the rough bristles on the paint brush. Another texture within my photo is the hair on Kelly’s head. I tried to incorporate texture all around the photo, which added another aspect of interest when looking at it. A different principle I highlighted was color, by using both natural colors within the landscape than a pop of color in the corner, by putting the paintbrushes and editing them a little. Elements that were emphasized were unity throughout the entire photo, by creating a well thought out concept. Another was contrast by having a range of colors both light and dark, bright and dull. I feel like I was very successful with this project, because my picture was unified and made sense. Also I was able to use a lot of different types of texture and learn new editing styles within photoshop, by making my 10 changes. A change I would consider is the sizing of the brushes, I could have made them a little bigger, so that they would be a more prominent focus within my photo, I feel like they might be a little lost in the corner. After the critique something I would change and did change, was unifying the paintbrushes to the rest of the image, by creating a better concept.