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Big City, Bright Lights
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This is a composite of a bunch of different buildings I took pictures of in different cities like Detroit MI, Troy, MI, Cincinatti OH, etc.. I made objects (using the mask tool in Corel Photo-paint IX) of each building I wanted and placed on a new canvas. Actual image size is 27 X 92 inches. I have it printed at 56 inches long on canvas!
Here are the steps I used to create the image once I had each building object cut out of their original photos. 1) I used the transform, skew, distort, perspective tools to straighten and align each building. Added drop shadows to each building once I had the layers all ordered as I wanted them. 2) applied mystical lighting to each building with different custom light caster settings to get the colors/light. 3) applied flaming pear kyotocolor to each object to “kick up the color” 4) combined all objects together and applied the PS Midnight blue action. I then only kept the top layer which was the screen layer. 5) combined the “screen” layer from the Midnight action with the building images that already had mystical and kyoto color applied in screen mode at 100%. 6) combined all objects and applied Mystical TTC tonal smooth filter at about 70%.
I don’t live in the city any longer….any major urban area is almost 200 miles away. So I won’t have many new urban images anymore unless I take a trip somewhere!
All images taken with a Nikon D1X.
Fantastical composite, incredibly colourful and detailed.
I bet the canvas print looks amazing. I applaud your skill…Rob.
1) I used the transform, skew, distort, perspective tools to straighten and align each building. Added drop shadows to each building once I had the layers all ordered as I wanted them. 2) applied mystical lighting to each building with different custom light caster settings to get the colors/light. 3) applied flaming pear kyotocolor to each object to “kick up the color” 4) combined all objects together and applied the PS Midnight blue action. I then only kept the top layer which was the screen layer. 5) combined the “screen” layer from the Midnight action with the building images that already had mystical and kyoto color applied in screen mode at 100%. 6) combined all objects and applied Mystical TTC tonal smooth filter at about 70%.
Yeah, I thought that was what you did alright! :wink:
Nice use of colour (or color?). It takes a peculiar mind to compose an image like this as it isn’t your normal architecture shot and it’s certainly unique, quite bold without being vulger. Keep ’em coming Heather.
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