Maria Mazo, PPSA
May 2025 - Relaxing Outside
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About the Image(s)
For this month’s image, I created a composite using several photos I took earlier this week. I selected the elements I wanted and pasted them onto the image I used as a canvas, using the Transform tool to place and scale each element. Then, I blended the girls’ feet and back into the grass using a grass brush. To finish, I applied a Camera Raw filter and some Nik Collection filters to harmonize the colours.
6 comments posted
Your landscape is very inviting. You have handled the colors very well, and the mist is icing on the cake. The dead trees add just enough spice to this quiet landscape. Don't get rid of this landscape, but work with it. I don't know what a "grass brush is," but the arrows I added to my image point out grass touching the reader that gives her weight. I used the Clone Tool. The little girl is looking to where the plane is going rather than at the plane, so I removed the plane and, unfortunately, the little girl. As I am a "less is more" person, I feel these adjustments help focus the viewer on the reader before he/she sees the rest of your wonderful landscape. I hope you don't mind my editing your image, but I felt your beautiful landscape was getting lost. Posted: 05/02/2025 20:52:32
Hi Alan,
Thank you for your comment and suggestions. I can see that your cloned grass is more effective than what I did using the grass paintbrush. I also really like your version of the image,I agree with you that too many elements can distract the viewer's attention, and perhaps the story isn't coming through as clearly as it could.
I'll go back to the image and take another look at it with fresh eyes.
Posted: 05/13/2025 11:21:38
Thank you for your comment and suggestions. I can see that your cloned grass is more effective than what I did using the grass paintbrush. I also really like your version of the image,I agree with you that too many elements can distract the viewer's attention, and perhaps the story isn't coming through as clearly as it could.
I'll go back to the image and take another look at it with fresh eyes.
Posted: 05/13/2025 11:21:38
Hi Maria, Wow, so much to look at with your image. The grass and fog are nicely blended with the trees, which you placed very well. I've used grass brushes and that was a good choice. I like the plane and the girl though you could transform her to look directly at it. The person with the book looks out of place to me as they're not involved with the action. So, I think you might want to choice one character or the other. Overall, a terrific scene! Posted: 05/06/2025 08:19:09
Hi Matt,
Thank you for your comment and suggestion. I agree with you that it's possible to create a strong narrative without the girl reading, and I'll definitely revisit the image and give it another try to see what might emerge without her inclusion. Posted: 05/13/2025 11:26:27
Thank you for your comment and suggestion. I agree with you that it's possible to create a strong narrative without the girl reading, and I'll definitely revisit the image and give it another try to see what might emerge without her inclusion. Posted: 05/13/2025 11:26:27
Hi Maria! This is another of your scenes I am ready to step in, with the depth and textures so lifelike. I agree with Alan and Matt that you could do with only one person in the image. Both the reader alone, and the girl with the balloon + the airplane would make very nice stories, with different moods. Posted: 05/06/2025 20:20:39
Hi Kirsti,
Thank you for your comment and suggestions. I agree with all of you, and I'll revisit the image to see what happens when I approach it in a simpler, more straightforward way.
Posted: 05/13/2025 11:30:01
Thank you for your comment and suggestions. I agree with all of you, and I'll revisit the image to see what happens when I approach it in a simpler, more straightforward way.
Posted: 05/13/2025 11:30:01