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Giraffe Sunset

© Gunther Allen

Giraffe Sunset

Uploaded: June 15, 2009 22:45:56

Description

aperture f8, shutter 1/500, lens 200mm, location San Diego Zoo - Background is Lahaina, Maui
Created in PhotoShop



Comments

Gunther Allen June 15, 2009

Here are the original two photos #1141950

Tiia Vissak June 16, 2009

beautifully done! #7634642

Kirsten Kiki Kjaer June 16, 2009

Straight into my favs!!!!!! OH WOW! This is AWESOME, Gunther. Amazing and beautiful work. #7634675

Tommy E. Burgess June 16, 2009

Outstanding composite Gunther!! #7634816

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe June 16, 2009

Excellent - Great job with this Gunther!! Jeff #7635135

Anne M. Young level-addict June 16, 2009

Fantastic! great work.... #7635828

Gunther Allen June 16, 2009

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 #7636259

Gunther Allen June 17, 2009

Thank you Sabrina! #7639962

Gunther Allen June 17, 2009

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! #7639989

Evy Johansen level-classic June 17, 2009

Wow, Gunther!! This is awesome!! Wonderful work!! #7640031

Gunther Allen June 17, 2009

Thanks so much Evy - coming from you the expert at this! I really admire your work. #7640052

Donna La Mattino Pagakis June 17, 2009

So creative and beautiful Gunther. Excellent darkroom skills! Congratulations on your DD feature! #7640834

Chris Ebben June 17, 2009

Great work here, no wonder BetterPhoto used it as an example for us all. Good one=^..^= #7641398

Usman M. Bajwa level-classic June 17, 2009

Very beautiful end result, Gunther. I should take a look at the smudge tool. It looks like fun!

Usman. #7642042

Chris Ebben June 18, 2009

I did Usman, I think I'll get a lot of use out of it=^..^= #7642129

Gunther Allen June 18, 2009

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! :-) #7643478

Luigi Di Serio level-classic July 21, 2009

This is so cool! Thanks for the explanation on your tricks too. #7763568

A P July 21, 2009

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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!! #7765497

Gunther Allen July 21, 2009

Thank you so much Ann and Luigi! I've got my fingers crossed! LOL #7765601

Kelly S. Cavanaugh July 21, 2009

Amazing work, Gunther! Gorgeous! Congratulations! #7766332

Gunther Allen July 21, 2009

Thank you Kelly! #7766578

Kathy Cline July 22, 2009


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I LOVE HIM GUNTHER IM PRAYING HE WINS!! #7767401

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe July 22, 2009

Congrats Gunther on your Terrific Finalist! Jeff #7768640

Gunther Allen July 22, 2009

Thank you Kathy and Jeff - Your well wishes has brightened my day! #7768951

Usman M. Bajwa level-classic July 22, 2009

CONGRATULATIONS, Gunther! Hope this gets into the winner's circle.

UB. #7769161

Cheryl E. Molennor July 22, 2009

CONGRATULATIONS :)! #7769619

Linda Blair July 22, 2009

Awesome work...congrats on your finalist!!!!! #7771138

Gunther Allen July 22, 2009

Thank you Thank you Usman, Cheryl, and Linda! So much appreciated! #7771154

JO ANN CLEVELAND July 23, 2009

Super finalist Gunther!

jo ann c. #7774325


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