Believers

[kostas nianiopoulos]

http://www.imagevimage.com/images/believers2.jpg (http://www.imagevimage.com/)

crop , topaz denoiz , clone tool , brightness on the cross and ground, (hi pass filter , blend mode layers strong light for more detalls ) the orthodox priest is other image is from other image .
my opinion was to put him here to add in the story with the cross .

canon eos 50d
shutter speed 1/80
foccal length 50mm
lens aperture 32
iso speed 800
metering mode matrix
program aperture priority

thanks for your time .

[kostas nianiopoulos]

http://www.imagevimage.com/images/original_images.jpg (http://www.imagevimage.com/)

the original images

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Another great photoshop skill Kostas, very clean. I like your idea of putting the priest with the cross to add more story. I also like the beautiful sunset tone in the background. I might add a little more room the left since the priest is very near the frame edge.

[Alfred Forns]

I like it a lot and does make for a powerful image Might do away with the two walking so the focus is on the priest !!! Great PS work !!!

[David Stephens]

Very nice composition. I actually like the walkers in the image and think of them as adding contrast of maturity vs. youth and I think, "How will those young boys end up?" Just my knee-jerk reaction.

One technical issue, his "tail" has a light or something in it that you might want to eliminate.

Dave

[Anita Rakestraw]

Very impressive, Kostas! You've made a very strong image here, IMO. Would like to see less of a halo around the walkers.

[Gus Cobos]

Very, very nice Kostas...I like what you did...its a very powerful image...also agree on cloning out the two kids walking...well done... :cool:

[kostas nianiopoulos]

thank u so much for the replys all ... it is 2nd time i make this image , the first was a manth a go about ... and i had clone the walkers , from what i read now , it seems i was right the first time .... the idea with the priest came last ... thank u so much again all ....

P.S. some times some photoshop workers when they work with siluetes they prefere to give this halo around .. special if the image dark , i think it is all in the personal taste , some likes it some not ... Kostas .

[Lance Peters]

Nice P.S work - Like it a lot - well done !!

[Jeff Cashdollar]

Agree with comments above.

Nice post-production work.