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09-SEP-2007 Melbob

Paper Friends

Melbourne

Canon EOS 5D ,Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro
1/100s f/5.0 at 100.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Canon DSLR Challenge16-Sep-2007 16:47
Thanks Cat, I don't have any studio provision here nor anybody to use as a model etc. so I have to resort to the 'electronic' studio mostly and try to be a little creative. Much appreciate your supportive comments, Thanks Cat.
~ Regards Bob
Canon DSLR Challenge15-Sep-2007 21:19
I am really impressed by your PS skills and great ideas and comps that you come up with where you get a chance to use them.
-Cat
Canon DSLR Challenge14-Sep-2007 14:22
Thanks Shu, Vikas and CJ, really appreciate your comments ~ Regards Bob
Canon DSLR Challenge11-Sep-2007 18:46
Very cute Bob and well done! CJ
Vikas Malhotra11-Sep-2007 15:27
Great one Bob and thanks for the explanation; I really need to work on my PS skills for sure.

Cheers, Vikas.
Shu10-Sep-2007 21:52
Boy! You succeeded in my book! Great creative work flow and thanks for the explanation! shu
Canon DSLR Challenge10-Sep-2007 07:49
Thanks Julie and Nico... I am happy to share. I will post the details of each stage in my "How Did I Do That" gallery but that will take a little time to complete.

Meanwhile... basically it is a composite and all shadows etc are hand painted. I photographed a sheet of paper and painted out the surrounds, then successively Copy/Paste onto itself making several layers of a sheet of paper. Selecting each one at a time transformed/Warped each sheet to give some composition then progressively masked and darkened each single layer to try and get believable shadows.

Did make a mistake as seen top right... but decided I like the transparent look so left it there.

The other photos were taken individually, extracted from their background and pasted. Again shadows painted as appropriate.

The paper clips are those plastic ones ... to put a face on the paper... as you would... lol!

~ Regards Bob
jnconradie10-Sep-2007 06:52
Nicely done, Melbob. I was not too sure I could figure out how you did this (which is a compliment in itself, I think)... the shadows look incredibly real... but with your PS skills it could also be composites. Care to share? Regards jnconradie
Julie Bird10-Sep-2007 03:56
I like the decration on the nib and the curve of the paper in this. Nicely lit too, Melbob