Bob Wills
April 2025 - Yellowstone
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Original 2
Original 3
About the Image(s)
I started out thinking about putting together some of my images from Yellowstone, which I used to visit yearly. I composited the images in PSCC 2025 and then worked on the layers by masking the subjects. I originally had people in the scene but it seemed to make it too busy.
I added the O#2 texture image to the bison. It kind of smoothed out his hide. After arranging the Bison (O#1) so that he was looking at O#3 "Old Faithful." I put a Poster Edge and Texturizer filter on it from the Filter Gallery. I know the scale is wrong but does that ruin the image for you? What should I have done differently that would make the image more impactful to you? Feel free to add your own versions.
4 comments posted
Bob,
The final composite has one really good thing going for it. The texture that you have a sieved reminds me of a picture of the bubisdon drawn on a sling of an animal, giving it a strong Western influence. The size of Old Faithful is to me was too small, looking froore like th smoke coming out of a campfire. I would try this with a much smaller bison and a big Old Faithful or pic some other Yellowstone objects that could go closer in size to the bison. The concept is a good one, but needs some more thought, perhaps. There's a hot spring that's a lot smaller that might go well with the bison zin front of it. I think it's near Old Faithful. Other thoughts are maybe some elk, some other hot springs like Grand Prismatic Springs, Mammoth Hot Springs, and so on. Posted: 04/12/2025 23:42:17
The final composite has one really good thing going for it. The texture that you have a sieved reminds me of a picture of the bubisdon drawn on a sling of an animal, giving it a strong Western influence. The size of Old Faithful is to me was too small, looking froore like th smoke coming out of a campfire. I would try this with a much smaller bison and a big Old Faithful or pic some other Yellowstone objects that could go closer in size to the bison. The concept is a good one, but needs some more thought, perhaps. There's a hot spring that's a lot smaller that might go well with the bison zin front of it. I think it's near Old Faithful. Other thoughts are maybe some elk, some other hot springs like Grand Prismatic Springs, Mammoth Hot Springs, and so on. Posted: 04/12/2025 23:42:17
Thank you, Joan. I must admit I have no idea what a bubisdon is. I take it that the scale ruins the image for you. Original #2 is from one of the hot springs, which I used for the color and texture. Posted: 04/16/2025 20:27:30
Should be Bison, ny bad typing, sorry, Posted: 04/16/2025 21:34:02
No problem! Posted: 04/17/2025 15:35:08