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Posted by MaryB (Staffordshire, United Kingdom) on 5 August 2007 in Architecture and Portfolio.

This is an atempt at adding a blue sky to the background as the sky was very overcast. I did it all with the paint brush, I'm sure there is an easier way but I've yet to find it :)
It's my first attempt so please be kind LOL :D
Statue of Constantine outside York Minster.

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Any tips or constructive criticism are welcome :)
I really appreciate all your comments, thank you so much. I'm only sorry I've not got time to respond. I do read all the comments and will try to answer any questions you have

Comments (12)

bronzebilly u.k. from cardiff, United Kingdom

hey MaryB--first VISITOR--I think we're here at the same time--you nightowl you!!
love the angle on this shot--great result for first attempt--keep 'em coming--billy

5 Aug 2007 10:21pm

@bronzebilly u.k.: Cheers billy, thanks for your encouraging words :)
I only realised I'd posted it for today when I checked the community page, it was supposed to be for Tuesday LOL :D
I'm stitting at the computer waiting for my son to come in, he forgot to take his key!! so I thought I'd do some catching up, while I wait :)

Shahab from Qazvin, Iran

Nice angle&Very well framed!Beautiful composition too!I love the statue color!(Just your PS work is a little weak in here,By the way it`s a great shot)

5 Aug 2007 11:02pm

@Shahab: Than you Shahab :)
I had to use the paint brush, in paint shop pro 7 as I don't really know what to do at the moment :) but I'll keep practising and hopfully I'll get better :)

Henk Goossens from Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands

Nice shot Mary, but there are a few problems in the back by the left smal little tower.

5 Aug 2007 11:04pm

@Henk Goossens: Thanks Henk :)
I noticed that problem too and a few more! I will hopfully get better with lots of practice :)

Ken McCoy from Orlando-Daytona Beach, FL, United States

I absolutely LOVE the camera angle. I just did a sky substitution as well - in my post from today ("Old Mill"), using the Photoshop CS2 tools "magnetic lasso," "blur," and of course the paintbrush.

6 Aug 2007 1:12am

@Ken McCoy: Cheers Ken :)
Ooo! it all sounds so technical :) that's why I'm going to do an absolute beginners course in Photo Shop, at college in the new year. I have paint shop pro 7, Unfortunatly I don't have a clue how to use it yet :)

tengtan from Melbourne, Australia

The POV is well chosen for an imposing image.

Quite a commendable job of sky rendering for a first effort. I use Photoshop and the colour selection tool which usually works well for light skies, and then just fill with a suitable sky blue. As always with using selection tools, one needs to refine the selection at zooms of around 200% or so to iron out the fine details like the one that has been pointed out here.

Hats off to your experimentation and endeavours - the only way to achieve mastery.

6 Aug 2007 1:37am

@tengtan: Thank you very much tengtan :)
I'm such a novice at this, I found out about the zoom by accident! then when I went back to correct the missed bits and mistakes, I couldn't find how to get the colour I'd used back LOL :D
lucky I kept the original so I can go back and have another go :)

Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States

I like the image and the fact that you attempted something new with it. Congrats on a pretty good first effort, MaryB.

6 Aug 2007 2:01am

@Viewfinder: Thank you very much VF :)
I've kept the original, so with a lot of practice I hope to get better results :)
this image my pop up again in my p-blog if I get it right :)

Saed from Mashhad, Iran

Great angle.Very good composition. Nice job!

6 Aug 2007 2:38am

@Saed: Thank you very much Saed :)

Rahul from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Superb angle and perspective here pal. How come i didnt see this image when i went online yesterday hehehe....

PS : Is your email id here in AM3 correct ? My earlier email bounced back pal. The one i was suppose to write to you on photoshop.

6 Aug 2007 4:47am

@Rahul: Cheers Rahul. :)
the reason for not seeing this is because I ment to post it for Tuesday!!!! it wasn't until I looked at the community page that I realised my mistake LOL :D
Yes my email is correct, not sure why it came back! but if you try again and it fails I have another email id, that I can email to you :) thanks pal :)

badala from Leiria, Portugal

Great perspective and composition.

6 Aug 2007 7:50am

@badala: Thank you as always badala :)

Rahul from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Mary, Adding skies is a lot easier with Photoshop, in my current series all the shots have photoshop skies, there was no sky when i shot those LOL!!! All washed out skies. Arrgggg my email just cant get thru, else you dont have to suffer so much to replace the skies buddy. :)

6 Aug 2007 10:50am

@Rahul: Thanks pal :)
hope you managed to get my email.

RoBeRt from Hawk Mountain, United States

very nice .... I'm sure he was a feared man ..... awesome angle !!

6 Aug 2007 8:19pm

Daniel from Olympia, United States

he looks intimidating!

9 Aug 2007 2:34pm

@Daniel: He certainly does Daniel :)
Thanks for your visit.

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