Today I want to show you my submission for a photo competition here in Boston. The motto was “The Urban Mission”. Well, not easy to find the right motive. During the last days I have played around with some macro shots and I was always impressed by eye pictures wit reflection. So I thought to do something like this with the skyline of Boston.
But to get a complete in one eye is pretty hard. Especially on a windy days. So I decided to do it with photoshop. Usually, I don’t do such heavy photoshop manipulations. But I think it might be interesting for some of you, how I achieved the result above.
– I did a picture of my wife’s eye with my macro equipment (more details about macros here). She was lying on the ground, so the she could hold still easier.
– For the reflection I used an older Skyline Picture of Boston from the Winter
– The next I used the Polar Coordinates in the Distort Filter menue of Photoshop. With this you can make a nice small planet (e.g. here) or a “barrel” of a Skyline.
– In the next step I just blend the eye picture with the pictures above. Usually multiply works relative well and give a realistic impression.
Hope you like the result and tell me about your experiences
Werner
Fantastic result Werner! Good luck in the contest!
Amazing! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for the nice feedback. I’m happy that you like it.