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VRYAIRY 1950 Mercury Convertible


 

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VRYAIRY 1950 Mercury Convertible
VRYAIRY 1950 Mercury Convertible
My husband restored this car several years ago and we named the license plate, VRYAIRY because it is a convertible. This is a layered photo to be used on a calendar of his cars for Christmas. Natural light was used.

Merna L. Nobile

 
 
 

Kathy L. Clark
 

beautiful car and image Merna


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December 11, 2009

 
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  Aloha Merna,
I LOVE all these car shots, but this is just stunning! And my favorite car color of all time, so I had to comment here.


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December 19, 2009

 

Robert Jensen
  Wow - another great image. Love the setting. Reminds me of the good old days when my dad would drive us places.


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April 22, 2010

 

Merna L. Nobile
  Hi Robert: I am trying to learn how to use backdrops
and layering. I need to do more of it, just cannot find the
backdrops that I like.
Thank you for looking at my gallery. Merna


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April 22, 2010

 

Carla Capra Anderson
  Hi Merna,
This is a beautiful image. The layering is amazing. Well done.
Your photo buddy,
Carla


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May 12, 2010

 
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  Merna, Congrats on the EP with this, I love as is but to my my it might be stonger without the sky. But then What do I know? Id did get EP.


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May 16, 2010

 

Merna L. Nobile
  Hi John: Thank you for always taking the time to tell me your thoughts concerning my images.
It is very nice to get second opinions. Sincerely, Merna


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May 16, 2010

 
- john forrant

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  Merna, If I may, what do you mean by backdrops? Are you alking about cloning an image into a BG of your choosing? Or maybe uswe of layers and erasing some of the scene? Please let me know. I am still very new to PSE despite some of the great effects I have gotten. I have not venture much into the cloning into a scene or masking. Actually, I do not think I can maske with PSE8. Thanks


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May 19, 2010

 

Ray Thoms
  Very nicely done Merna....you have matched the two layers together very nicely.....
Love the car and the background is bonus!


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May 19, 2010

 

Merna L. Nobile
  Hi John: I went on line to a company called: REFLEKZ, called scenic digital backgrounds. It is a DVD. It has many scenic photos to choose from. You buy it (I don’t member the price) and then choose the back drop that would fit your photo the best. Some adjustment is always necessary. And then you layer your selected image into the backdrop. I remember that we had to fix some reflections that were in the wrong place, but if the fit is good, that is cut to a minimum.
If you can think of anything else, please ask and I will try to help you as much as I can. I purchased the remask program from Topaz which was easy to learn, But like anything else, if you don’t use it once in a while it is like starting over.
Now…for my question, how did you put the before and after image up together?
I should also tell you, that I have been preparing my photos of our cars to make a 2011 calendar.
Sincerely, Merna


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May 19, 2010

 

Phyllis A. Houghton
  This has been one of my favorites since I looked at your album. You do layers so well. You should sell your calendar. Such excellent work.


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October 19, 2010

 

Merna L. Nobile
  Hi Phyllis: this is one of the images I used on the 2009 calendar. My husband built the car and is one of my favorites. Thanks for looking...Merna


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October 20, 2010

 
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