McCubbin...ish by ltodd

McCubbin...ish

A non-entry edit of the WWYD start image from http://365project.org/dkbarnett/challenges/2016-09-03
The start image reminded me of many iconic images by the Australian artist Frederick McCubbin, so here I have added part of the 1898 picture "Down on his luck" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_on_His_Luck

Matching the two completely different colour palletes in the two images took a bit of fiddling about, but the practice is bound to come in handy some time, right?

Nicely done!
December 29th, 2016  
very well
December 29th, 2016  
So well done Lyn
December 29th, 2016  
Super editing, Lyn. I inspected it carefully and could only fault the line in the water where the stones on the bottom become visible - almost like a seam. But then I saw that was in the original! I love all the many skills you've demonstrated. Why is it a non-entry? Big fav
December 29th, 2016  
Well done
December 29th, 2016  
Superb processing, really flawless!
December 29th, 2016  
Stunning editing Lynn
December 29th, 2016  
Excellent composition...great tones, reflections
December 29th, 2016  
Fav!
December 29th, 2016  
excellent! fav
December 29th, 2016  
Brilliant editing Fav
December 29th, 2016  
@teiko thanks Emilie :) I think of WWYD as being given a basket of surprise ingredients and being asked to make dinner. I have been a great fan & participated since 2011, and have really enjoyed pushing myself -- people choose such varied starting images, meaning I get to practice & learn a wide variety of different editing processes. I still like to support awareness of the challenge, but I 'retired' from the WWYD 'bench' in June this year, so now it is over to the newer generations of 365ers. I am posting here as it pushes me to see the edit through to the end which stops me collecting dozens of half edited PS projects. I find the process of compositing images is like doing a visual crossword puzzle - sometimes the pieces immediately fit together, othertimes I find myself down a creative no-through-road, and need to go back to the starting point.
December 29th, 2016  
You really should enter this one- it's stunning! Funny my thoughts went in a similar retro direction although mine is a hastily put-together edit since I am trying to finish up year number six on time. This is so well done- instant fav.
December 30th, 2016  
Well done, It's quite unnerving to see this juxtaposition
December 31st, 2016  
@pusspup yes - breaks all sorts of social conventions ;) I almost flipped the house instead, but I try to maintain the integrity of the start image where possible.
December 31st, 2016  
I love the feel of this and the story it tells. It does look as if his feet are floating just a tad though...wonder what you could do to tweak that
January 1st, 2017  
@jgpittenger yeah I was not happy with his right foot, but between the feet is exactly as in the painting so I did not want to play with it too much. I could have done a 'reverse shadow' using a levels layer & masking in behind the right foot on the shore line - the colour in that blended section is not 100%, and it might differentiate the foot placement a little more if it looked like his feet were on a little mound if the area behind was lighter than it is here. I could have also cloned in some grass over the bottom of that shoe - using a spikey grass brush the same size as the grass to his left.
January 1st, 2017  
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