They Watch From The Shadows
A collaboration with dinghysailor1. I gave Maggie a shortlist of interesting buildings and scenes that I thought would make some nice and atmospheric artworks. Maggie went out and very keenly scoured around her area in Scotland and took some excellent photographs of fantastic Architecture and scenery that you just can’t find in Australia !
Then I used two of the photos Maggie took to create this image in Photoshop Elements 7. A number of filter effects were applied to the numerous layers, some layers were tinted to make the colour scheme cohesive, and I imported the sky from one of my own photos and cropped out the foreground of that shot.
Maggies Original Photographs used in the creation of this image


My Original Photograph used


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Trudi's Images
Awesome collab congrats to the both of you !
reflector replied
Thanks Trudi, I really liked the shots Maggie went out and got ! I’m glad you like it ! :))
Martina Fagan
Brilliant James a great team you are:))
reflector replied
Thanks for the compliment Tina ! Maggie would thank you too ! :-) They were supposed to be mock CD cover designs, but I didn’t want to put text all over her great photos !
naturelover
Terrific Collaboration- -excellent both of you!!
reflector replied
Thanks very much ! Maggie captured some top shots that create a great atmosphere. :)
Trish Woodford
Well aren’t you two a bit clever!!! A great collaboration :))
reflector replied
Thanks for your nice comment Trish ! They’re great images to work on and Maggie hunted down some nice scenes. :)
parmi
Wow this is one hell of a collab’ mate!! Awesome job, really brought a mood to it.
reflector replied
Thank you Parmi ! That’s the great thing about the internet – the improbable becomes possible.
Torfinn Johann...
Stunning shot! Well done!
reflector replied
Thanks on behalf of Maggie ! They’re great photo’s to work on.
biddumy
Superb image!!! Where is the castle in Scotland?
reflector replied
Thanks a lot Biddumy ! It must be somewhere near Peebles – close to where Maggie lives.
Anthony Mancuso
very dark, moody and haunting, great work
reflector replied
Thank you Anthony, Maggie took great shots !
maxy
Wow! Like something very very cool out of a wonderful mystery novel! I love this and what you did with it! xx (beautiful catch Maggie too!)
reflector replied
Thanks Maxy, it reminds me of Alfred Hitchcock movies but I wasn’t thinking of that when I made it ! It’s great collaborating with Dinghy, she took some really nice shots. :))
JonRussell
Cool image! Fantastic work, both of you!! :-)
reflector replied
Thank you John, much appreciated ! I’ll try to make something that looks cheery and bright with these scenes – eventually ! :)
dinghysailor1
wow i love the wonderful moody work here – you’ve transformed the scenes with your fresh take – marvellous!! thanks James – its a fantastic honour that you can spend so much time on my pics and get this amazing result! cheers my friend and thanks again
maggie
:))
ps its a tower in the cemetary but has an interesting history i’m sure.. will check it out and let you know
cheers
reflector replied
Thanks Maggie, I’m glad you like what I did to your great shots ! I thought it might have been a Chapel / Tower, you’d have to be pretty macabre to build a Castle and put a cemetery in your front yard ! :))
Virginia McGowan
Brilliant pure fantastic,,,,very Edgar Alan Poe…
reflector replied
Thank you for your nice comment Ginny, they are great photos to work with and Maggie did some great scouting ! :)
cherylc1
Awesome collaboration you two!!!!!
reflector replied
Thanks Cheryl, Maggie’s shots were very well composed and very nice and moody scenes !
Larry Butterworth
Very enchanting James
reflector replied
Thank you Larry ! It’s not a pleasant fairytale. :)
Tara Turner
fantastic!
reflector replied
Thanks very much !
Anne-Marie Bok...
Amazing creation of these two shots James! Well done!
reflector replied
Thanks Anne-Marie ! It’s great working like this, it adds a new dimension.
Antanas
love this composition
reflector replied
Thanks very much for your encouragement Antanas !
luanda
ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS! Great team! Instant fav! ;-)
reflector replied
Thanks Daniella, welcome back ! Thanks for the fave too ! :)
Lori Peters
No one does layering and treatments like you. I wouldn’t know where to begin to do something like this. Excellent work!
reflector replied
Thanks for your amazing compliment Lori ! :)x
You use the selection tool [ Polygonal is the most accurate ] to select parts of the image you don’t want, then press delete. It’s like using digital scissors to chop up the image so it looks like you want it to. Maggie took some great shots to use too and there are another 3 potential edits left.
Ric Alexander
Quite colorful ! Like your editing to make a montage like this.
reflector replied
Thanks Rick, they’re great shots to work with !
Charlene Aycoc...
This would make a great Halloween card and print.
reflector replied
Thanks Charlene, it does look like a Halloween image !
Lori Peters
I will have to try it. xoxo
reflector replied
Read it again, it’s been changed ! :)
TomBaumker
Very nice work guys Well done. Looks like a beautiful haloween card in the making….Tom
reflector replied
Thanks for your support Tom !
Shane Viper
very artistic James. nice combo mate, well done
reflector replied
Thanks a lot Shane ! Maggie took many great shots and I haven’t worked on all of them yet.
Babbler
fantastic !
reflector replied
Thanks Violetta, very much appreciated !
Julie Everhart
I love how you used all those photos to make this final, super cool image! I love doing all that too! :)
reflector replied
Thanks for your enthusiastic comment Julie ! I saw that you like photo-manipulation too. :))
sleepyeyedrar
Cool Sir James way cool
reflector replied
Thanks Sleepy ! It’s a bit Dark, a bit like Alfred Hitchcock artwork.
bubbleblue
Excellent work and colours.
reflector replied
Thanks a lot ! It was a nice collab to work on. :)
vampvamp 3 days ago
tre coolio. :]
reflector replied 3 days ago
Thanks very much ! :))