My entry for this week's Capture 52 theme, which is "Not Quite Right." The lighthouse is not what you might think. On Balboa Island, in Newport Beach, California, the islands of the residential streets are decorated with a variety of miniature lighthouses. I shot a few of them, thinking initially that those alone might suffice to meet the NQR theme, but then I decided that placing one of them in the desert would certify it as REALLY Not Quite Right.
Love how you placed it in the desert, so so awesome!! I'm currently learning about techniques of selections and composites in Photoshop. How ever you chose to do this, you did a great job. Very clean and, best of all, fun!
@cjphoto Thanks, Chris. This was simply use of a layer mask. I used the Quick Selection tool to cut out the lighthouse, removed the background, and then did the Place Embedded thing with the desert background. The tricky part was masking out the details in the iron railings at the top. A bit time consuming!
@stray_shooter - Awesome, thanks for the explanation of how you did it. I can truly see how the railings would take a lot of time, good job pushing on through! Looks great!
Until I read the description I was like "what?!"