Summer Composite

I wanted to learn how to paint in a composite. This is the result of one July morning at a sunflower patch. Not great, but I did learn a lot.

Looks like a fun project ... and what could be better than sunflowers? They are fun in and of themselves. Nice job Jan.

This looks really interesting, can you explain your technique?

Tom, From Bridge I sent the two images to PS as layers. The large sunflower and bee image on top of the field scene. I created a mask for the large one and used the white paintbrush to reveal what I wanted to see. I used the move tool to position it where I wanted it to be. I know the large sunflower is too warm, and some other nits. The nice thing about this, I can still work on each image independently. I went back and looked, and I had 14 layers and a few filters. Of course, some were unnecessary. I do think there are lots of opportunities to use this technique.

That's pretty cool, Jan. I don't think I've seen anything like this before. But it definitely looks like something worth practicing and perfecting.

Wow, that's pretty "artsy" and well done. I love the bee, complete with it's shadow. At first glance that looks like a pink flamingo hidden in the plants at upper left.

Different and has stock image potential.