St. Landry
This is a composite of three photos, one of St. Landry Catholic Church in Opelousas, Louisiana, one of a rosy sky taken in the Hidden Hills community near my home, and one of branches overhanging the LSU lakes in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The branches compose the background layer, with the rosy sky layered in through the Select and Paste method and then the church was selected from the third image using the Quick Selection tool, copied and finally pasted onto the background image. The use of the sliders in the Layers palette helped determine opacity of the overlays. To accentuate the branches I chose the Darken option in the layers palette which helped to really frame the picture. These are all just experimentations. I’m new at merging photos and working with layers, so please bear with me as I try to learn how to do this. Sure is lots of fun trying, though.
(The state of Louisiana, unlike the other 49 states, is divided into parishes, not counties, an influence of the Catholic culture in the area. I live in St. Landry Parish; St. Landry Church is located in Opelousas which is the seat of the parish government).
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Agnes McGuinness
This is a beautiful image, Bonnie, and your treatment is wonderfully done. Bravo. Agnes xx
Glenda Remaklus
Very pretty…................!
Krys Bailey
Absolutely stunning image Bonnie! So ethereal and beautiful! Love the colours! Fantastic job! ;o)
Braedene
Stunning work – another favourite – fabulous sky – for a fledgling photographer you have reached a wonderful peak!! Well done – love your portfolio. Liz
crackgerbal
turned out good! but i would remove the moss dangling from the branch. love the sky pic!
Carolyn Staut
Such an artistic delight. Your work is so superb.
Meeli Sonn
Gorgeous Bonnie, just gorgeous image of sunset.
Meeli Sonn
What are you using to make composition of photos. How to merge photos.
jesika
Beautifully done, lovely composite. I agree about the moss, it’s slightly distracting.
jx
lorilee
Wonderful!!!!!
Farmncamera
You must be so proud of this!!! It is perfect, and beautifully done!!! I wish I could have done as good!!!! NOT kidding… XO
Barry Norton
Beautiful capture
Heloisa Castro
beautiful image
Adam Bykowski
Man that’s beautiful. Pink skies are always wonderful. Pink with a hue of green on the church really creates a soothing yet exciting feel. Love it. Bonnie, thanks for treating my eyes to this masterpiece.
Rosalie Scanlon
I can imagine what your images will be like when you master layers, Ha Ha. This image is fantastic. So well done, just beautiful.
tserio
This is enchanting! I haven’t figured out how to do one layer or a background change so BRAVO to one talented photographer!!!!
photofriendly777
Knowing firsthand as a St. Landry resident, the beauty of this church AND the Hidden Hills community, I applaud your work. Very nice treatment!
Daniel Sly
Fantastic work!
A.M. Ruttle
Hi Bonnie, Beautiful result and thanks for explaining the process. All of the images that were your source images, were they all the same size?
Bonnie T. Barry replied
Yes, they were, A.M. Thanks for the kind words; glad you enjoyed the photo; it was great fun putting it together.
Spiritinme
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FEATURE IN DAC!!!