Sunset Through a Mirror

[Mslanh01]

So I was at a local park yesterday taking photos of the first sunset of 2009, and I decided to take one in my car as I was leaving. I had to take a series of shots at different exposures to get a good sunset and some detail of my car and the background. So I photoshopped the under exposed sunset into the normal exposure background, darkened the background a bit and blurred it. I think it came out decent, but does the mirror draw too much attention to itself? Can you tell the mirror has been photoshopped?

[Dazyl]

Originally Posted by Mslanh01

... does the mirror draw too much attention to itself? Can you tell the mirror has been photoshopped?

Since the subject is the sunset in the mirror, it absolutely does not draw too much attention to itself. The eye goes straight to it -- as it should in this case, since your background is pretty unassuming.

And no... I can't tell it's been photoshopped either, and I looked at your large image on flickr. To me, it looks as if your location was full dusk, and the sunset was way behind you.

Kinda cool, actually!

:>

[chopstickjayne]

Wow, this is very creative. I really like the concept of what you've done here...can say so many things depending upon life's situation you currently find yourself in - could be sad like saying good-bye, could be hopeful, could be in awe of beauty all around us...

The work on the photo is wonderful as well. Very natural looking - like you just happened to be in the right place at the right time.

I'm inspired.

Thanks!
Jayne

[Mslanh01]

Thanks for all the comments! I guess this photo could be a way of saying goodbye to 2008!

[Winning Post]

Yep, very nice. I can't see the post pro either. good work!

[blarg]

It's obviously me, but for some reason my eye goes to the background before it sees the sunset. Then it discovers the sunset in the mirror and goes Wow! Quite bizarre as this shouldn't happen.

Perhaps it's because I am looking to see if I can see if the mirror has been photoshopped as you suggested, so I subconsciously looked for that first. I can't tell if it has been photoshopped btw.

I should always look at the photo before reading the initial posters comments I think.

[Jiffers]

I had the same issue as blarg, I almost think that it would look a little better if there was a little less of the background...a little tighter shot of the mirror... but that's just me. It is still an amazing shot. Once I did focus on the sunset, it was hard to pull away from it.