Plane Crash

[chrisdesign]

It was raining the whole weekend in Switzerland. A good excuse to stay inside and create a photoshop manipulation.
As always, critique is welcome, because sometimes you just don't see the simplest things.




updated version


Pictures I used.

 

[IamSam]

Hey Chris, this looks fantastic!

One small thing for me. That airplane uses radial reciprocating engines, and you have a jet engine on the ground. Did it collide with a jet plane?

 

[chrisdesign]

Thanks Sam.
I expected that someone 'll notice that. But it was just the perfect image for the foreground.

 

[iDad]

To me the plane looks to neatly parked and sitting ready as though no damage has knocked it off tilt, if you know what I mean

 

[chrisdesign]

To me the plane looks to neatly parked and sitting ready as though no damage has knocked it off tilt, if you know what I mean

Maybe I should have chosen a more suitable title?:banghead:

 

[Paul]

Nice mix Chris, my only concern is the ratio between the guy crouched by the engine, surely that engine would be a lot bigger that said loving the concept mate.

 

[chrisdesign]

Thanks Paul,
I'm not a technician, but I see what you mean...the problem is always the same, one has to arrange a lot of image components to fit in one frame.

...and Paul, this "munch" avatar is really great!

 

[chrisdesign]

I took your different comments very seriously and went back to this image and made some more adjustments.
It's quite an improvement, and I learnt a lot doing these corrections.
I posted the updated version for comparison.

 

[DannyOlivier]

Nice work!

 

[Vince Joseph]

WOW!!! Thats the EXACT feeling I want to depict in my current photo project! How did you get the final image to look like a painting? Ive been trying to figure that out...

 

[MrToM]

Excellent as always Chris!

I noticed something spooky though.......a ghost in the machine!!!!



Its more noticeable in the smaller image.

Regards.
MrNeedsSomeNewPants.

 

[chrisdesign]

WOW!!! Thats the EXACT feeling I want to depict in my current photo project! How did you get the final image to look like a painting? Ive been trying to figure that out...

In this composite I worked with 6 images. All these images had very different colors, contrasts, one black and white, one nightshot of a burning house.
My goal was to achieve a dark image with warm colors in the foreground and cool blueish grey colors in the background.
The first layer of the composite was the plane. I desaturated the colors a little , and changed the mid tones to a more brownish color.
Each new layer I adjusted the colors to match the color range of the first layer.
So finally you end up with similar colors in each layer.

Just imagine your light sources are a full moon from the top left corner and the burning engine of the plane.
The goal is to create a believable image.

This can be very hard or disappointing at times. But slowly you'll build up your experience. Take your time, work carefully and never give up.

Good luck
Chris

 

[chrisdesign]

Excellent as always Chris!

I noticed something spooky though.......a ghost in the machine!!!!

Its more noticeable in the smaller image.

Regards.
MrNeedsSomeNewPants.

Thank you for the comment MrTom. I appreciate it.
It must be the ghost of the pilot.

Regards
MrVeryOldThread