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Jumping - Final

© Jim Miotke
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Jumping - Final

Uploaded: November 22, 2001

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For this final version, I was able to flip and rotate the sign's shadow.

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Jim Miotke level-addict My Courses November 22, 2001

Although I had a lot of fun making this photo, it needed some help. First, I corrected the color and slightly cropped the photo. The Rubber Stamp tool in Photoshop was then employed to remove a distracting hose in the background.

The photo still needed a bit more depth and meaning. So I took a picture of a real estate sign, selected it, copied it, and pasted it into the original image.

It was months before someone pointed out that the shadow of the sign (that I had artificially created) was backwards. To fix this, I went into my source Photoshop document where I has luckily saved the shadow as its own layer. Rotating it was as simple as choosing the "Transform Layer" function.

So after a few bumps in the road, viola, we have a usable image that tells something of a story. #1936

Donna R. Moratelli November 22, 2001

perfect!!!!!!! #2948

March 21, 2004

Uhh, not to be picky, but the shadow is still backward. Unless we have two suns.

Why are the two shadows on the walkway pointing at each other? I believe the sign shadow would look better on the grass, non? #438584

Melissa L. Zavadil February 26, 2005

I believe the second shadow that you are talking about is the shadow of the man jumping. Look close at the shadow inside the cove of the door, you can see where the natural light is comming from (from left to right of the pic). #1135772

March 02, 2005

Ouch! You're right!

I hang my head. #1143992

Kaz Sommers November 10, 2005

I love the colours! The simplicity and the way you captured that old feeling a picture that reminds me of that Leave it to Beaver era lol.. great! #2057307

Jennifer A. Lambert January 15, 2008

This is a fabulous Photo...I love that you told us how you did it. This picture DOES tell a story !! Thats exactly how I felt and my realtor felt the day we closed on our dream home. hehe !
Many Blessings, Jenny #5344103

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