******Minichallenge 357: Dissonant Composition*********

f3nr15 wrote:

Coexist

After Dave Vichich's input on my "Teach me something" introduction thread, I've been playing around a bit with Elements, trying to familiarise myself with processing.

Ha, I feel like a proud papa.

This picture is a merge of two photos of my six-year-old, and resulted from of a bit of fun that I was having today after reading the subject of the current challenge. The original portrait taken yesterday had blown highlights, but I liked the pose and wanted to use the photo. So I deconstructed it in Elements to a pencil sketch, then added the second photo of my daughter's hand holding the pencil.

Your daughter's eyes are fantastic. I can see why you like that shot so much.

Processing is trickier than I thought, and playing around with it is making me appreciate those who can use the tools to create real works of art.

The more you do, the easier it becomes.

"Coexist" because my daughter exists in the picture as both the subject and the artist.

This is the one nit I have with the image. Without you telling us that is your daughter's hand, we wouldn't know.

C&C most welcome as always - I feel that this is very rough, and I'm not sure that I got the synergy right between the two photos (white balance matching, focal plane, depth of field, sizing etc...). Any hints or insights would be appreciated!

I think you have a great idea here. Maybe try another shot of her more from the side or a 3/4 view so the viewer can see her face while drawing.

Or maybe even something like this: LINK