The Castle

Uploaded: September 25, 2006

Description

This is a Castle from Celle - Germany with the Sunset from Santa Monica - CA - USA. This is my first atempt to change the background and clone out some parts, after hours of work and some filters in PS CS2 I could get this image for Digital Darkroom. I will try to post the two images.

Exif: FNumber: 8, ExposureBiasValue: 0/1, ExposureTime: 0.005, Flash: flash did not fire, ISO: 200, WhiteBalance:

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Adilson F. Ferreira level-classic September 25, 2006

Castle from Celle - Germany. #528623

Adilson F. Ferreira level-classic September 25, 2006

I will try again #3357020

Adilson F. Ferreira level-classic September 25, 2006

Sunset from Santa Monica - CA - USA. #3357029

David L. Luchowski September 25, 2006

Excellent,Adilson.Beautiful color and clarity. #3357094

Paul Michko September 25, 2006

This looks fantastic, Adilson. The lines of clouds in the sky give it an added feeling of granduer. Causing the castle to stand out bold and beautiful. Excellent job. #3357118

Nadine A. Lewis September 25, 2006

OUTSTANDING image, Adilson!!! Great PS work!!!

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Daniel Diaz September 25, 2006

BRAVO Adilson!! Winner!!! #3357194

Bonnie C. Lackey level-classic September 25, 2006

Oh my!!! Great job,Adilson! #3357195

Dan E. September 25, 2006

Outstanding image and background!! #3357206

Agnes Fegan level-deluxe September 25, 2006

Wow...I think you did a beautiful job combining the two! #3357312

Hendrik Storme September 25, 2006

Beautiful work and capture! #3357409

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe September 25, 2006

Excellent work Adilson! This one came out terrific! Jeff #3357459

Nadya Johnson September 25, 2006

Great work with layering! The California sunset does add "drama" to the shot: but I also like the "real" sky. The castle is amazing and astounding. Both are awesome shots! #3357649

Gail Vitikacs level-classic September 25, 2006

Impressive work!!!! You did a wonderful job on this! #3357847

Carla Metzler September 25, 2006

Great job, Adilson!! #3357938

Steve Mescha September 25, 2006

Great work on this, Adilson! #3357961

Melissa G. Meiselman September 25, 2006

Terrific work and the image is certainly more dynamic with the California sunset, Adilson!!! #3358025

Wendy Stevenson September 25, 2006

Beautifully done Adilson - very dramatic presentation!! #3358119

Cathy Barrows September 25, 2006

great job...very pretty #3358191

Lisa D. Greer September 25, 2006

This is fantastic Adilson! Great colors! :) #3358210

Jenny Bosmans September 25, 2006

Wonderful image and fantastic work, Adilson! :) #3358230

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna September 25, 2006

This is GORGEOUS, Adilson...I have a cousin that lives in Celle and he didn't take me to see this! I'll have to talk to him about that! :-) ^.^ Kitty #3358352

Karen Engelbreth September 25, 2006

Wonderful image - great and creative work on this, Adilson! #3358508

Claudia Kuhn level-classic September 25, 2006

A grand image Adilson! Wonderful composite, great colors! #3358550

Marsha S. Smith September 25, 2006

Spectacular combo, Adilson. #3358606

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic September 25, 2006

Wow, you took a picture of my summer home :) This is beautiful! Great colors too!! #3358719

Leonard Pierce September 25, 2006

WOW! Very beautiful image Adilson!! Great job! #3359499

Roxanne M. Bubar September 25, 2006

Spectacular!!!!!!!!! #3359507

Terry L. Ellis level-classic September 25, 2006

Wonderful PS work, Adilson! Why wasn't the sky that dramatic when I was there? Beautiful work! #3359572

Pat Gamwell September 25, 2006

Fabulous creation, Adilson! Excellent PS work....you're 'hooked' now, you know!!! lol:) #3359776

Bill Wyatt September 25, 2006

Beautiful job, fantastic creation!!! #3359825

David Phalen September 25, 2006

Outstanding PS work Adilson. You've turned a good photo into a dramatic scene. #3359836

Tarun Bose September 25, 2006

Beautiful creative work Adilson. You have done a great job by mixing USA and Germany. Well done. #3359839

Linda D. Lester level-classic September 25, 2006

Awesome job...both shots are great! #3360363

Paul E. Earl September 25, 2006

I agree with Linda that both original shots are great too! Fantastic image when combined! #3360797

Arnie Horwitz level-deluxe September 25, 2006

Beautiful composition, Adilson, with great PS effects. It was worth the effort. #3360829

Kay E. Mahoney level-classic September 25, 2006

Nice capture. Love the colors. Both photos are really nice. #3360841

William C. Raco level-classic September 25, 2006

Excellent perspective, color and presentation
Very striking image, Adilson

Bill #3360875

Dan Holm September 25, 2006

That sky and those clouds are awesome, Adilson! That make this beautiful shot even more so! #3361058

eileen bedford September 25, 2006

Beautifully done Adilson #3361073

Deborah C. Lewinson level-addict September 25, 2006

Excellent POV, dynamic image, and great PS work, Adilson!
-Debby #3361090

Amy JACKSON September 25, 2006

Gorgeous image, Adilson!!! Wonderful combination of images!! Great work! #3361132

Mary N C. Taitt September 25, 2006

Wonderful photoshop work and a gorgeous resulting image, Adilson! Mary :-D #3361154

Glenn E. Urquhart September 26, 2006

Fantastic PS work, Beautiful composition, Adilson!!! Very Well Done! Cheers, Glenn. #3361753

Carol Sawyer September 26, 2006

Excellent PS work Adilson!!! Beautiful image!!! #3361808

Joe Terni September 26, 2006

Thats fantastic Adilson.I reckon the Santa Monica clouds are far superior to the fairly common original clouds.Great work on that Adilson. #3363768

Marilyn K. Lincecum level-classic September 26, 2006

Beautiful image, Adilson and wonderful PS work. #3363787

Autum Rhoades September 26, 2006

GREAT work on this Adilson! The background is terrific by itself and than added to the castle it becomes even so much better! BEAUTIFUL!!! #3363927

Stephen Zacker September 26, 2006

Fantastic colors and sky #3364010

ALLEN O. HOWARD September 26, 2006

A wonderful image, Adilson! The colors are beautiful!!! #3364158

Chastity Abbott September 26, 2006

Gorgeous structure with all the glorious colors!!! AWESOME capture!!!! #3364337

Noel Baebler September 26, 2006

A stunner, Adilson! Great work! #3364551

Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas level-classic September 26, 2006

Wonderful image and outstanding PS work Adilson!,
Amalia #3364801

Nemil B. Chabebe September 26, 2006

Great work, looks real, just try to smooth the castle edges a little, if you do not mind, to make it looks more real. The colors and composition are great, the shadow of the castle matches like if is there and the horizon line with the angles are great. When I first saw the photo I could't tell. #3364828

Linda Boehme level-classic September 26, 2006

Great PS work Adilson! The combination of the two make a stunning image. #3364876

Renee Doyle September 27, 2006

Wonderful ps work Adilson!!!!! Great eye to see this and your hours of work have paid off!!!
#3369927

Bridgette B September 27, 2006

Your hard work and dedication has really paid off with this image!!! I'm speechless! #3373338

Karen Bacon September 27, 2006

Wowwww Adilson,awesome image!Great job on this! #3373456

Jill Odice level-classic September 27, 2006

Great work Adilson...:-)An easy way to do this is to open your sky image and just drag the other on top of it, then use and eraser to erase what you don't want from the top one..Keep enlarging it to get in all the little spaces, and then use a light blur brush to go over the edges to blend them in, so there isn't a sahrp line...then flatten and you are done! :-) #3373620

Jill Odice level-classic September 27, 2006

I meant a sharp line...:-) #3373622

Adilson F. Ferreira level-classic September 27, 2006

Thank you very much David, Paul, Nadine, Daniel, Bonnie, Dan, Agnes, Hendrik, Jeff, Nadya, Gail, Carla, steve, Melissa, Wendy, Cathy, Lisa, Jenny, Kathleen, Karen, Claudia, Marsha, Shelly, Len, Roxanne, Terry, Pat, Bill, David, Tarun, Linda, Paul, Arnie, Kay, Bill, Dan, Eileen, Debby, Amy, Mary, Glenn, Carol, Joey, Marilyn, Autum, Stephen, Allen, Chastity, Noel, Amalia, Nemil, Linda, Renee, Bridgette, Karen and Jill for your wonderful comments. #3374657

Adilson F. Ferreira level-classic September 27, 2006

Special thanks for Nemil and Jill for the hints. #3374767

Stanley J. Contrades September 27, 2006

Love the bold and vivid colors in this outstanding presentation, Adilson! Excellent work putting it together! Beautiful!!
Much Aloha,
Stan #3375428

Adilson F. Ferreira level-classic September 28, 2006

Thank you very much for your wonderful comment Stan. #3381300

Mary Timman September 28, 2006

Oh beautiful. I love the colors and detail. #3381981

Adilson F. Ferreira level-classic September 30, 2006

Thank you very much for your kind words Mary. #3390568

Sergio La Spina October 01, 2006

Great great work and fantastic shot I love it!! #3393726

Bill Houghton October 02, 2006

Very nice work on this Adilson. Beautiful scene. Thanks for your comment on my herons. #3398713

October 03, 2006

Great lighting and colors Adilson , I love it! #3401052

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