A Work in Progress: Grand Canyon Moment



This guide was made for entry:
Grand Canyon Moment
In Contest:
plane stunt


Original image


step 1 of 4

First i took the contest image and removed the plane and smoke from the photo using Photoshop.

Creation of Grand Canyon Moment: Step 1

step 2 of 4

I then chose a photo of myself and applied the plane...flipping it to meet the same light source. I smudged the smoke and realized that i could wrap it around my head.

Creation of Grand Canyon Moment: Step 2

step 3 of 4

I copied and pasted sections of the smoke trail to the photo to get the desired look.

Creation of Grand Canyon Moment: Step 3

step 4 of 4

After getting the smoke completed...I used an additional program called Photomatix and produced the HDR image that I submitted.

Creation of Grand Canyon Moment: Step 4

Final result

Creation of Grand Canyon Moment: Final Result

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