Rhylstone Cow 1

Original Image(s):

About This Image:

Took this picture of an inquisitive cow whilst climbing down from taking the pictures of the Rhylstone Cross. I was certain that I would get something special of the cross on the top of the hill but I think that this turned out to be the most successful picture of the day.

What I Did To Original:

As you can see I have done quite a lot to this image as the original is pretty far removed from the finished version. Firstly I used the Transform tool to stretch the foreground image to fill out the canvas better, secondly I used Add Mask Layer to add a new sky scene from another picture. Purely by chance the image I had selected for the sky scene contained very similar colours to the cows nose which tied the elements together very nicely. This done I simply dodged and burned the foreground stones of the wall to enhance the texture and did the same to the cows nose. I would say that the weak area is where the sky and cow meet the join looks slightly artificial but this is only a minor flaw that I think would only be spotted once pointed out.

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