"Uh, Sir...

[NDSP]

...I think we may be a little off course... The Stadium is to the right..."




Nick

[a1]

Sorry but this is the same as the other ones. No angle and I think the lighting is off.

[NDSP]

Sorry but this is the same as the other ones. No angle and I think the lighting is off.

You have to realize I can only make the angle as good as the photo lets me. The lighting, by the way, is as close to the lighting in the picture as I could get it, so that wasn't left unattended.

[Immelman]

You have to realize I can only make the angle as good as the photo lets me.

I disagree, your angle can be as good as the best photo out there, you just have to find it.  If you're working on a composite and you find that you can't get a good angle out of the photo, stop and find a new one.

[NDSP]

You have to realize I can only make the angle as good as the photo lets me.

I disagree, your angle can be as good as the best photo out there, you just have to find it.  If you're working on a composite and you find that you can't get a good angle out of the photo, stop and find a new one.

you say that like its easy.... I spend more time finding a photo then I do working on the actual cut-out and shot take...

[flyboy 28]

A Yankees game in the winter?

[Bird-Nerd]

Of course! it's always winter in New York!

[Mictheslik]

It's OK....the cutouts are nice but I dont like the grain, and the fact that both aircraft are clearly the same one pasted again. The angles could be improved aswell....maybe one banking away towards the stadium...

The key issue here is lighting...as you can see, the stadium is lit by a low evening sun, which has orangy light, whereas the planes are lit by a midday "white" sun....

To sort this. when you take the screenshot take it at dusk, with the sun shining directly on the aircraft. Then once it's cut out play with the colour balance and try and make the colourings match by bumping up the red and yellow...then use a mixture of dodge and burn to highlight and shadow and it's perfect

Keep trying

.mic

PS..looking back I also agree with the photo posts....it is very hard to make a composite when the photo has clearly been taken on the ground, as the planes always seem to low or too small....to remedy this I probably would clone out the lamppost and then perhaps do a formation of 6 thunderbirds breaking over the stadium, thus filling the space even though they are small, and retaining the altitude

[Double_Farvel]

You have to realize I can only make the angle as good as the photo lets me.

I disagree, your angle can be as good as the best photo out there, you just have to find it.