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Giraffe Sunset
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Gunther Allen |
Here are the original two photos
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Tiia Vissak |
beautifully done!
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Kirsten Kiki Kjaer |
Straight into my favs!!!!!! OH WOW! This is AWESOME, Gunther. Amazing and beautiful work.
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Tommy E. Burgess |
Outstanding composite Gunther!!
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robinsonphotoart.com - Jeff Robinson Contact Jeff Robinson Jeff Robinson's Gallery |
Excellent - Great job with this Gunther!! Jeff
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anneyoungphotography.com - Anne M. Young Contact Anne M. Young Anne M. Young's Gallery |
Fantastic! great work....
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Gunther Allen |
Thank you Anne, Jeff, Tommy, Kirsten, and Tiia! I had fun putting these together. I just imagined I was in Africa and how a sunset in the wild would look like! LOL - G
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Gunther Allen |
Thank you Sabrina!
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Gunther Allen |
Thank you BetterPhoto for featuring this shot in your Digital Before and After! I should add that as I selected the giraffe I also color corrected and enhanced the lighting before placing it into the Sunset photo. I carefully erased the edges around the giraffe for any remanence of the old background. To help blend it into the new background I used the smudge tool to bring some of the background color into the edges of the giraffe's Skin/hair. I also took some of the sunset color and l placed a little reflection smear into the giraffe's eye to give it a little more reality. The smudge tool was also used to make the grass look more true to the new background by adding highlights. I'm glad you liked this one - I had a lot of fun with it!
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- Evy Johansen Contact Evy Johansen Evy Johansen's Gallery |
Wow, Gunther!! This is awesome!! Wonderful work!!
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Gunther Allen |
Thanks so much Evy - coming from you the expert at this! I really admire your work.
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Donna La Mattino Pagakis |
So creative and beautiful Gunther. Excellent darkroom skills! Congratulations on your DD feature!
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Chris Ebben |
Great work here, no wonder BetterPhoto used it as an example for us all. Good one=^..^=
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- Usman M. Bajwa Contact Usman M. Bajwa Usman M. Bajwa's Gallery |
Very beautiful end result, Gunther. I should take a look at the smudge tool. It looks like fun! Usman.
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Chris Ebben |
I did Usman, I think I'll get a lot of use out of it=^..^=
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Gunther Allen |
Thanks for your comments Donna, Chris, and Usman! You can use the smudge tool like a paint brush. By setting the opacity level you can treat it as paint brush that is being applied with different pressure levels. If you use it at 100 percent the colors will smear together, but at about 15 percent the blend is very subtle. I forgot to mention that once you combine the two photos make sure that you flatten the layers together. Just make sure that you have cleaned the edges removing as much of the former background as you can! :-)
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- Luigi Di Serio Contact Luigi Di Serio Luigi Di Serio's Gallery |
This is so cool! Thanks for the explanation on your tricks too.
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A P |
 Congratulations on your outstanding Finalist, Gunther. Best of luck in the next round. You did AWESOME DD work on this capture and with that grass and hair I know it wasn't easy. Winner all the way and one for my favorite folder. Bravo!!
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Gunther Allen |
Thank you so much Ann and Luigi! I've got my fingers crossed! LOL
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Kelly S. Cavanaugh |
Amazing work, Gunther! Gorgeous! Congratulations!
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Gunther Allen |
Thank you Kelly!
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Kathy Cline |
 glitter-graphics.com I LOVE HIM GUNTHER IM PRAYING HE WINS!!
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robinsonphotoart.com - Jeff Robinson Contact Jeff Robinson Jeff Robinson's Gallery |
Congrats Gunther on your Terrific Finalist! Jeff
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Gunther Allen |
Thank you Kathy and Jeff - Your well wishes has brightened my day!
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- Usman M. Bajwa Contact Usman M. Bajwa Usman M. Bajwa's Gallery |
CONGRATULATIONS, Gunther! Hope this gets into the winner's circle. UB.
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Cheryl E. Molennor |
CONGRATULATIONS :)!
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Linda Blair |
Awesome work...congrats on your finalist!!!!!
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Gunther Allen |
Thank you Thank you Usman, Cheryl, and Linda! So much appreciated!
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JO ANN CLEVELAND |
Super finalist Gunther! jo ann c.
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