Outward bound

[David Thomasson]

Sank a few ships here, moved a few there, painted in sky, clouds, etc.

Original:
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/5381/tallshipsm1ao3.jpg

Retouched:
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/3984/tallshipsm2iz2.jpg

[denise ippolito]

David, Really nice work!! Love the sky and those clouds look so natural! I love how you said you sank a few ships,it got a giggle out of me! I also like your re-placement of the 2 smaller ones. Great to have you on-board (couldn't resist)

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Really excellent PS work David. Love how the tall ship(?) looks so 3D. How long would it take you to work on an image like this?

[David Thomasson]

Thank you, Denise and Jackie. It's been awhile since I did that one, but I think I worked at least an hour on it. When I get to having fun, I lose track of time. :o

[Gus Cobos]

Hey David,
Very nice post processing...well done...I like these old clipper ships...:cool:

[Paul Lagasi]

The ship just pops out at you...very nice work...could you explain, painted in the sky, which really adds to the photo...Paul

[Julie Kenward]

Nice after image! It really helps put that larger ship on the left third of the image by removing that other boat.

I do find myself wishing the largest boat was turned just a bit more sideways so I could feel it moving across the image more and less "head on."

Do tell what you did to the sky! Layers/masking?

[David Thomasson]

Thanks Gus, Paul, Julie. I thought I had painted the sky, but when I checked, I saw that I had colored the original sky with a selective color adjustment layer, then added two gradients. Both of the latter were in soft light mode.

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/2209/sky1gv9.gif