…Part 1 of 2…
Sometimes I like to create ‘fantasy’ composite images and by doing so, I learn more about PWP’s transforms and tools… …these images are not always successful but I thought I would share one that turned out reasonably plausible [it is after all a ‘fantasy’] even at 1:1 zoom and a full size of 4896x3264 pixels…
The selection process… …start with a theme and an idea of what the composite should comprise, such as, at this time of year when the moon is closest to the Earth and Harvest Moon scenes are in vogue... ...Reviewing my photo files, I recalled a scene from Monument Valley, UT taken this last May without any particular uniqueness having an ‘I was there’ ambience and a late afternoon scene from my yard of a rising moon in clouds taken in March 2011…
1st consideration… …Direction of major light source(s) and resulting shadows.
The two base images were rotated and mirrored as needed to have a common major light source from the upper left with shadows extending downward lower right…
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3rd consideration… …create a Star Field mask.
This was done by Extracting the Red channel of a ‘new’ 4896x3264 Black pixel image where an 100% Gaussian RGB noise had been applied… …The Red channel was then masked and its 85-100% tone range selected with the Mask Tool – Brightness curve and a +5 feather added…
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