They Watch From The Shadows

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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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They Watch From The Shadows by reflector
They Watch From The Shadows by reflector
  • Trudi's Images

    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

    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

    naturelover

    Terrific Collaboration- -excellent both of you!!

  • reflector replied

    Thanks very much ! Maggie captured some top shots that create a great atmosphere. :)

  • Trish Woodford

    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

    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 Johannessen

    Torfinn Johann...

    Stunning shot! Well done!

  • reflector replied

    Thanks on behalf of Maggie ! They’re great photo’s to work on.

  • biddumy

    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

    Anthony Mancuso

    very dark, moody and haunting, great work

  • reflector replied

    Thank you Anthony, Maggie took great shots !

  • maxy

    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

    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

    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

    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

    cherylc1

    Awesome collaboration you two!!!!!

  • reflector replied

    Thanks Cheryl, Maggie’s shots were very well composed and very nice and moody scenes !

  • Larry Butterworth

    Larry Butterworth

    Very enchanting James

  • reflector replied

    Thank you Larry ! It’s not a pleasant fairytale. :)

  • Tara  Turner

    Tara Turner

    fantastic!

  • reflector replied

    Thanks very much !

  • Anne-Marie Bokslag

    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

    Antanas

    love this composition

  • reflector replied

    Thanks very much for your encouragement Antanas !

  • luanda

    luanda

    ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS! Great team! Instant fav! ;-)

  • reflector replied

    Thanks Daniella, welcome back ! Thanks for the fave too ! :)

  • Lori Peters

    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

    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 Aycock IPA

    Charlene Aycoc...

    This would make a great Halloween card and print.

  • reflector replied

    Thanks Charlene, it does look like a Halloween image !

  • Lori Peters

    Lori Peters

    I will have to try it. xoxo

  • reflector replied

    Read it again, it’s been changed ! :)

  • TomBaumker

    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

    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

    Babbler

    fantastic !

  • reflector replied

    Thanks Violetta, very much appreciated !

  • Julie Everhart

    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

    sleepyeyedrar

    Cool Sir James way cool

  • reflector replied

    Thanks Sleepy ! It’s a bit Dark, a bit like Alfred Hitchcock artwork.

  • bubbleblue

    bubbleblue

    Excellent work and colours.

  • reflector replied

    Thanks a lot ! It was a nice collab to work on. :)

  • vampvamp

    vampvamp 3 days ago

    tre coolio. :]

  • reflector replied 3 days ago

    Thanks very much ! :))

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