A Work in Progress: A Deserted Nesting Place



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A Deserted Nesting Place
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Original image


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Source for old farm machine

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Tree branches brush (my own)

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Old Barn source photo

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Barn own source photo

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Mountain source photo

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Barn owl source photo

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NASA source photo

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Owl in flight source photo

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First a pattern layer was made using the cracked earth source. This layer was saved to edit/define pattern.

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Pattern layer is moved over the mountain background and eraser tool removes unnecessary portions.

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The pattern layer is now ready for color changes and for adding foreground images. Back portion will be merged into hills with smudge and cloning tools.

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Edit/perspective tool has been used here to make cracked sections smaller toward back, then yellow/reds are added with color/balance tool.

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Rocks at left have been brought out with eraser tool, and more color has been introduced and some shadows added w burn tool.

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An overlay is used now of the nebulae to give more action and interest to the sky. The overlay is added over the entire image, then eraser tool erases unnecessary parts.

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The barn has been chopped, scaled to size, and burned for shadows. On the left side, the rocks have been cloned up higher to feature one of the owls.

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Owls are chopped and added. Claws on one in foreground must have smudge tool used to shape to the rock surface after turning it with edit/transform/flip horizontally tool. Other owls will be rescaled several times before final placement to give best balance to the image.

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Dead tree has been added in the foreground and at much smaller scale, behind the barn. Brush tool was used with a brush I had made previously and saved. The tree shape was desaturated, then brightness and contrast reduced before adding some red/brown color. A texture filter was also added before using burn tool for shaping.

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Now the old piece of farm machinery is chopped, scaled down and added near foreground. It is desaturated and treated as was the tree in previous step. Some slight layers of fog are brushed in behind and close to barn. Finally, a yellow/orange filter at 26% is added over the entire merged image.

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Final result

Creation of A Deserted Nesting Place : Final Result

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