Manipulated Images including HDR's

[Mel]

I wouldn't have thought that they were called HDRs,
but they are really arty, Flutts, and look beautiful

[Flutterby]

I would say this is a manipulated image.

[Flutterby]

Rhino collage.

[Richprins]

Ooooh!

[Lisbeth]

Well done! I like the background and surrounding "things" a lot

[Mel]

I would say this is a manipulated image.

Ja... was too tired and got the title of this thread muddled

The rhinos are too!

[ExFmem]

Gorgeous Flutts

Any helpful hints on how to do this technique, or is it something "unique" that you would rather keep to yourself? I FULLY understand, if so, as they are really exquisite....and "the LESS the merrier" , i.e. more valuable?

[Flutterby]

No at all ExFmem, but I'm no expert and I did these quite a while ago, so can't really remember exactly what I did! I don't have Photoshop but I found Gump which is supposedly similar to Photoshop and is free to download, and I then watched Youtube videos to learn how to use it. You have to remove the background for some of the pics which is quite easy once you've got the hang of it. You then just layer different images over each other.

For the rhino collage, the full rhino is the original picture. For the rhino head I would have removed the background and cropped the picture. I then layered it on top of the other pic, and added different paint techniques as another layer.

[Sprocky]

Something I've been messing around with while on lockdown...

White-fronted-Bee-eater.jpg (193.44 KiB) Viewed 1467 times

White-backed-Vulture.jpg (198.5 KiB) Viewed 1467 times

Pearl-spotted-Owlet.jpg (190.77 KiB) Viewed 1467 times

African-Spoonbill.jpg (209.57 KiB) Viewed 1467 times

[Lisbeth]

Not bad at all They do look like drawings

Especially the vulture is great but also the bee-eater