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Take Flight


 

BetterPhoto.com Editor's Pick   		Take Flight
Take Flight
This is a composite I made in Photoshop from 2 seperate images. I shot the airplane on the ground and cut it out-minus the landing gear. The second picture was shot earlier out the window of the same plane over the Andes Mountains. I added a blurr filter behind the engines to make it look like jet exhust.

Michael McCook

  
 
 

Don Leslie 		 

Hey, man. That pic is so awesome. I wish I took it and I think it's cool how u did all those things in Photoshop!


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March 26, 2005

 

Siete Meeter 		  Michael, beautifully done!!!


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March 28, 2005

 

Michael McCook 		  Thanks, Don and Siete. Don, I simply used the lasso tool in PS 7.0 to select as closely around the areas of the plane I wanted to keep. Then I cut it out and pasted it into the photo of the Andes. Then I used the eraser tool with a soft-edge brush to clean the edges up. Next, I messed with the color to make it look like the same time of day for both layers. Finally, I used a gausian blur tool behind the engine to simulate exhaust.


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March 28, 2005

 

Nancy Donnell 		  Michael, you did a great job.


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April 11, 2005

 

Michael McCook 		  Thanks Nancy.


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April 11, 2005

 

Michelle R. Kovach 		  Congratulations on being featured in the digital darkroom newsletter! Great image!
Michelle


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April 11, 2005

 

Michael McCook 		  Thank You Michelle. Congrats to you as well.


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April 12, 2005

 
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