WWYD 221

The heat and humidity of our northern summers is in full swing today (although it started out more comfortably this morning). My thought was to combine the base shot with two pictures from Maine. I got the surfer and dog in there, but the other shot- a beach with waves- just didn't want to fit right, so I resorted to a sailboat instead. I don't think I really got the perspective right, but I decided to leave it as is anyway.

[Diana]

I think it is fabulous Ann, what a great composite combining such different elements. The only giveaway is the blue around the tree ;-)

[Issi Bannerman]

Excellent!

[Joan Robillard]

I thought it was Pemaquid

[Kathryn M]

Well done. I had a go at this but gave up!

[Harry J Benson]

Nice processing

[winghong_ho]

A lovely shot and editing.

[Milanie]

Nice ob putting this together

[wendy frost]

Great editing with the extras, figures and sailboat

[Joanne Diochon]

I think it is great.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

This is really lovely.

[katy]

I think you did a remarkable job of combining this into a very believable composite

[Pyrrhula]

Great captures and edit.
( Naked and art is an accepted combination. Even Facebook accept them.)

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@ludwigsdiana I was very frustrated with that! haha I did blot most of it out by filling the tree in with the greener parts- but to cover it all would have taken more time than I wanted to give to it.

@joansmor Yes, the rocky part is Pemaquid, the surfer is from another beach- but not the one I had my lobster roll at, and the sail boat was by Nubble I think- I'd have to look at the daily files to be sure. I think the surfer and the dog came from the beach with the "fake" lighthouse in the parking lot.

@ludwigsdiana @jamibann @joansmor @kametty @hjbenson @wh2021 @milaniet @wendyfrost @gardencat @mittens @grammyn @pyrrhula

Thanks so much for your views, comments and favs! I didn't find this an easy base shot to work with- mostly because of so much sky showing behind the tree. It was hard to find something it would fit with.

[Diane]

Remarkable composite.

[Kathy]

Good work.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@eudora @randystreat
Thank you Diane!
Thank you Kathy!

[John Walton]

Many thanks for entering the challenge.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@lumpiniman You're welcome- took me a bit to figure out what to do with it, but had a good time playing around with it.

[Dorothy]

I don’t understand how you did this, but think it’s amazing.
Photo shop?

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Yes, this is post-processed. I do not have PS. I use Smart Photo Editor. The tree, grass and stone wall are what's remaining of the wwyd base picture. There are 3 layers: the rocky shoreline, the surfer and the dog, and the sailboat on the ocean. I don't think I got the proportions as balanced as I'd hoped for but it was good enough! So, with each layer that gets placed on to the photo, there are pieces that get erased and others that don't so eventually it all looks like one photo and hopefully makes sense.