blending layers

[ali kirk]

A recent attempt at blending layers to produce a more even lighting between background and foreground
any C+C??

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/alibucket/murtonsurfjpg-1.jpg

[tonydee]

Created a very dreamy looking environment... soft and OOF in the main, but nice tonality. It forces attention to stay on the car most of the time, so detail there is important. It might look better with the shadow areas underneath and at right lifted to be just visible, and perhaps a driver inside would look more complete - at present it's an effort to be sure that there's not a driver inside. Cheers, Tony

[ali kirk]

Created a very dreamy looking environment... soft and OOF in the main, but nice tonality. It forces attention to stay on the car most of the time, so detail there is important. It might look better with the shadow areas underneath and at right lifted to be just visible, and perhaps a driver inside would look more complete - at present it's an effort to be sure that there's not a driver inside. Cheers, Tony

Thanks for that!

I think i'll have to invest in some kind of monitor calibration type thingy - on my monitor I have detail in the shadow areas - in fact was think of burning the detail back a bit so as not to detract from main subject!!

So do I buy a new widescreen professional standard monitor or spend a lot less to get some calibration kit for my old crt?? decisions decisions!!

cheers

[Metalstrm]

I think its a very good effort overall. I would however, fix the mask right above the car, At the moment its a bit too harsh of a change. Otherwise great!