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DanielHovdahl — The Watchtower

Published: 2008-03-29 12:24:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 1599; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 2
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Description The first photo manipulation I have ever done, of a scenery. Spent less than 3 days, roughly 7-8 hours of work.

Credits;

Base image -

Clif -
Water/waves/stones -
Lighthouse -
Seagull -
Boat -

+ variouse images from google.
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Comments: 30

Lundaren [2008-11-01 13:12:36 +0000 UTC]

Virkelig bra jobba

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DanielHovdahl In reply to Lundaren [2008-11-01 13:39:37 +0000 UTC]

Tusen takk.

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Skyrion [2008-09-18 12:56:11 +0000 UTC]

Hmm... some of my personal opinion. I think you did a good job piecing everything together.The only issue here is the lighting and reflection issue. The light source seems to come from the right side but the cloud suggest otherwise. Have to be careful on that. I made that mistake often too. Light reflects and so do colors, the blue from the sea will reflected onto the cloud. A bit of blue tint will be good! The grass patch on the foreground seems to suggest evening, if its before dawn try look for reference images to help you locked down on the color palette. I think you got the idea and the composition good (i like the composition), just need a bit more tweaking. Nice job and mattepainting rocks! Looking forward to more stuffs from you!

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DanielHovdahl In reply to Skyrion [2008-09-18 13:23:02 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, my first ever try on a matte painting so, it's bound to be mistakes lol, still new to it and good images to use is hard to come by! And I didn't really realise the light source didn't match with the reflections and all! And, there is a slight tint of blue on the clouds.
Thanks!

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Andromeia [2008-04-14 16:40:45 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful work... Are you really 14? If you are, then you are the most talented 14 - year old I have seen

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DanielHovdahl In reply to Andromeia [2008-04-14 17:49:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot! And yeah. I AM 14 years old. No jokes.

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evoitem [2008-04-05 19:05:16 +0000 UTC]

wow...dark and cloud..as if can feel the situation in depth

sory my bad english^^

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DanielHovdahl In reply to evoitem [2008-04-05 20:58:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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EarthGoddess [2008-04-03 15:27:01 +0000 UTC]

Very beautiful!!

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DanielHovdahl In reply to EarthGoddess [2008-04-03 16:21:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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EarthGoddess In reply to DanielHovdahl [2008-04-06 04:42:02 +0000 UTC]

Your very welcome

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Ragnarokfo [2008-03-31 18:03:09 +0000 UTC]

pretty good, but the lighting is very weird imo.

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DanielHovdahl In reply to Ragnarokfo [2008-03-31 18:08:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. It's supposed to be before dawn, and a storm is closing in, making all the fore- and midground darker and duskier. But there's still sun light in the end of the horizon.
But this is my first matte painting, so it may look a little weird

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Ragnarokfo In reply to DanielHovdahl [2008-03-31 19:15:12 +0000 UTC]

fair enough

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fakethisstock [2008-03-30 09:58:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for using my stock

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DanielHovdahl In reply to fakethisstock [2008-03-30 10:37:45 +0000 UTC]

You are welcome.

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CAStock [2008-03-29 21:50:56 +0000 UTC]

Wow, beautiful blendings with the water and clouds, and great colours! Beautiful wiht the ship!

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DanielHovdahl In reply to CAStock [2008-03-29 22:07:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! The sea was hard, used2-3 different images and it was a lot of adjustments!'

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sauronthedark [2008-03-29 17:16:40 +0000 UTC]

Not an expert on photomanips but a slightly less saturated sea may look better.

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DanielHovdahl In reply to sauronthedark [2008-03-29 18:42:26 +0000 UTC]

I think you may be right.

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sauronthedark In reply to DanielHovdahl [2008-03-29 20:06:02 +0000 UTC]

It happens from time to time.

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DanielHovdahl In reply to sauronthedark [2008-03-29 20:43:47 +0000 UTC]

Haha

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monmashq [2008-03-29 15:21:59 +0000 UTC]

Looks great.
Do you plan on doing anymore Photo Manipulation's? >_>

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DanielHovdahl In reply to monmashq [2008-03-29 16:46:40 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!
I haven't planned anything specific yet, but I will sure do some later!

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little-stock [2008-03-29 14:03:30 +0000 UTC]

Really great work, bit dark overall but that's probably because the sun is shining right into my room. Like it

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DanielHovdahl In reply to little-stock [2008-03-29 15:01:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! It's supposed to be a little dark, hehe.

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CounteractUK [2008-03-29 13:21:10 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, I love this one bro. Really really good. Better than my attempt so far!

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DanielHovdahl In reply to CounteractUK [2008-03-29 13:22:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks bro! Your's is turning out great, just work hard on it and don't settle for the first and best.

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Xenonia [2008-03-29 12:25:15 +0000 UTC]

som sagt, nydelig^^

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DanielHovdahl In reply to Xenonia [2008-03-29 12:43:37 +0000 UTC]

Takker!

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