Well, there's a first time for everything. And this is my first collaboration. Jeff thought my space shot with these fearless little travelers was a bit over the top. "Oh, I see them running in a field," he said, "You know, earthbound. Or better yet, put them in the desert!" My desert shot was out of reach tonight (so high up in a closet that I need a chair to get it down) but the photos from my 2003 trip to Greece were handy so it was off to Athens and the site of the first Olympic games for these two. Jeff chose the composition and I took care of the rest! (o: Hmmm I wonder where I should send them next?
I am seeing a whole series of these two popping up in all sorts of locations! Well done Jeff for starting something that I think will be hard to stop. :)
@henrir Thanks Henri! It's just this one so far- but I do have to get that desert picture down and work on that. @groovygirlrn Thank you Sheri! @sarasdadandmom Thank you Terry! @nicolecampbell Thank you Nicole! We are thinking alike! Maybe they'll even meet up with Piggy somewhere! @kerristephens Thank you Kerri! @filsie65 Thank you Phil! I'm not familiar with the Kitty in the Kennel story- but it sounds cute! @cimes1 Thank you Carole! It's always fun when Jeff and I do something short term together- but longer projects- lol we are very opposite in the way we approach and do things creatively, so sometimes the sparks do fly! @sangwann Thank you Dione! @digitalrn Thank you Rick! It will be interesting to see if he wants to continue. I'm not going to try to force it, but I think he did have fun "directing" the outcome while I worked the processing magic. @mrssmith Thank you Carla! I don't know, maybe they will end up exploring a barn in Indiana! @eniaral Thanks Laraine! I'm sure they would love a ride on Mr. Mann's motorcycle!
@automaticslim Thanks Andy! More of Jeff's idea and then me bringing them to fruition. It was fun. He'd say, "Can you make them look like they're right in front of the camera?" I point, click and move. "Ok" "Wow! That was fast!" and so on.
This is too cute... I can't wait to see what place they wind up next! You are so creative and put a lot of thought into your photos. Well done, Ann! :)
@automaticslim Yes, that would be a nice way of putting it! Actually, I have learned that it's best for us when one is THE director and the other is the one behind the scenes. We are too headstrong and have our own ideas and ways to do things and don't want to bend!! So we take turns on who gets to be boss. (o: !! @summerfield Thanks Vikki! This one is not as complicated as the space one. For this picture I first scanned the panorama of the stadium into my computer. I adjusted the exposure and saturation in my computer so that the shot wasn't completely washed out, and cropped it just a little bit. I then uploaded the shot from Greece and the shot of the boys to iPiccy. I selected the photo from Greece as my "base" photo, sharpened it, bumped up the color again and then chose the merge feature. Once there, I selected "photo" and picked the picture of the boys to merge to the base photo. Once I placed the second picture on top of the first, I chose "Vector Mask" and then traced an outline around the boys so that only they would be merged to the base photo. To trace the mask, you choose three points and stretch the mask over the area you want to transfer. (If you're transferring the whole picture, you don't need to do this.) After I got the boys traced to my liking, I feathered the edges of the mask so that they blended into the picture better. After the mask was done, I then moved and expanded the top picture until I got the composition where I wanted it, then I saved the merged photo. Before I saved the final product to my computer, I cloned out some of the rough spots, added the blue vignette and a border frame. So there you have it. It's not too complicated, but it does take patience! I'm not sure where I'll send them next- I can't make up my mind right now- but I'll settle on something soon. I really want to make it into a booklet for them.
@groovygirlrn Thank you Sheri!
@sarasdadandmom Thank you Terry!
@nicolecampbell Thank you Nicole! We are thinking alike! Maybe they'll even meet up with Piggy somewhere!
@kerristephens Thank you Kerri!
@filsie65 Thank you Phil! I'm not familiar with the Kitty in the Kennel story- but it sounds cute!
@cimes1 Thank you Carole! It's always fun when Jeff and I do something short term together- but longer projects- lol we are very opposite in the way we approach and do things creatively, so sometimes the sparks do fly!
@sangwann Thank you Dione!
@digitalrn Thank you Rick! It will be interesting to see if he wants to continue. I'm not going to try to force it, but I think he did have fun "directing" the outcome while I worked the processing magic.
@mrssmith Thank you Carla! I don't know, maybe they will end up exploring a barn in Indiana!
@eniaral Thanks Laraine! I'm sure they would love a ride on Mr. Mann's motorcycle!
@summerfield Thanks Vikki! This one is not as complicated as the space one. For this picture I first scanned the panorama of the stadium into my computer. I adjusted the exposure and saturation in my computer so that the shot wasn't completely washed out, and cropped it just a little bit. I then uploaded the shot from Greece and the shot of the boys to iPiccy. I selected the photo from Greece as my "base" photo, sharpened it, bumped up the color again and then chose the merge feature. Once there, I selected "photo" and picked the picture of the boys to merge to the base photo. Once I placed the second picture on top of the first, I chose "Vector Mask" and then traced an outline around the boys so that only they would be merged to the base photo. To trace the mask, you choose three points and stretch the mask over the area you want to transfer. (If you're transferring the whole picture, you don't need to do this.) After I got the boys traced to my liking, I feathered the edges of the mask so that they blended into the picture better. After the mask was done, I then moved and expanded the top picture until I got the composition where I wanted it, then I saved the merged photo. Before I saved the final product to my computer, I cloned out some of the rough spots, added the blue vignette and a border frame. So there you have it. It's not too complicated, but it does take patience! I'm not sure where I'll send them next- I can't make up my mind right now- but I'll settle on something soon. I really want to make it into a booklet for them.