My Beloved Cousin !

[zachfotis]

Here my beloved cousin with some help of Photoshop! Just 4 diffirent basic layers . One with the girl, one with the trees, one with the background.. ,the butterflies and final a lot of adjustment layers!!!



How can i enhance my next photomontage and what mistakes must take care of ??

[asaphotographer104]

I'll start off by saying I'm not a huge fan of heavily PS'd photos but I thought I'd give this section a try.
The entire photo looks very fake to me- It's obviously heavily processed. I don't know if there's a way to make it a little more natural looking.
The only oher thing I can see is there's not much contrast between her jacket and the line of trees on the right side of the frame. It blends a little too much!

I like the direction you're headed with this photo! Keep it up!

[wulf]

For a fantasy montage, I think the obvious artificiality of the result is fine. Those butterflies clearly don't belong in the real world.

However, do think about the lighting. Your cousin is reasonably well lit but she is walking on a shaded path with the brightest part of the field some distance behind her. If you could find source pictures where the lighting draws the focus to the main subject, and where each thing looks as if it is lit by the same light source, that would work better.

Also, while the butterflies are fun, I'm not so sure about the apple hanging from the tree. It is too heavy for the tiny twig it hangs from and, being relatively large (and clumsy) distracts attention.

Wulf