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Photography’s digital age has introduced thousands of new possibilities to the ways we produce imagery. Amongst them are the many tools that allow us to create composites which can look brilliant, but aren’t necessarily a realistic representation of a scene. At their most extreme, composites often depict something that’s simply impossible – but the effect can be really fun and/or stunning.
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The expert's winner and the crowd's winner will receive PhotoshopCAFE's flagship training videos
The brief in detail
Photography’s digital age has introduced thousands of new possibilities to the ways we produce imagery. Amongst them are the many tools that allow us to create composites which can look brilliant, but aren’t necessarily a realistic representation of a scene. At their most extreme, composites often depict something that’s simply impossible – but the effect can be really fun and/or stunning.
We’ve all probably seen composite images, and no doubt we have our opinions on them. A more subtle example might be combining the sky from one image with the land from another to create a beautiful and believable landscape image in its own right. You may also be familiar with seeing repetition of a character who is seen in several different places in a room, or those wildly fantastical images of moons, planets and asteroids looming large on the horizon. These are just a few oft-seen examples, but the beauty of compositing is that it gives you license to create anything you want in an image - you can really let your imagination run free…
Photoshop compositing has very much divided the photographer community, and its place in photography on the whole is a regular subject of debate. But in this challenge we welcome it in all its forms - from the clever and subtle, to the outrageous and bizarre.
If you’re new to compositing and would like to read up on some tips, check out this post on Digital Photography School, but there are loads of other resources online that you can search for too. We’re looking forward to seeing what you come up with – good luck!
Prize details
The expert's winner and the crowd's winner will receive PhotoshopCAFE's Compositing Secrets in Photoshop, the Story Art Method ($59.99) and Photoshop Compositing: Sky City Project ($34.99). These can be made available as either online streaming (lifetime access) or a Digital Download. The highest placed entries will feature on Photocrowd's 'Best images' page and social media channels.
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Some contests on Photocrowd also have a judge. After the submission period closes the judge chooses their favourite images and writes some image reviews. The crowd and judge results will be announced on the same day.
- Entries closed
- 25 May 2016
- Rating
- 25 May 2016 to 2 June 2016
- Winners announced
- 2 June 2016
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