A Work in Progress: Garden Path



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Garden Path
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forest bridge


Original image


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Green leaf source

Creation of Garden Path : Step 1

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Sculpture source photo

Creation of Garden Path : Step 2

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Red leaf source

Creation of Garden Path : Step 3

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Sculptured birds and background source are set to 120 resolution, then moved into a new canvas

Creation of Garden Path : Step 4

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Here birds have been cropped partially and background with bridge scaled to fit, trying to make it look like it bends behind sculpture scene.

Creation of Garden Path : Step 5

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Green plants and leaves have been chopped behind the birds. Bridge with trees has been changed into fall colors using hue/saturation tool.

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Green leaves source is added, chopped, and then color is darkened slightly and contrast taken up just a little.

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Scene is merged into a single layer, then brown filter placed over and reduced to 20% in opacity.

Creation of Garden Path : Step 8

Final result

Creation of Garden Path : Final Result

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