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Just a question, as I've had trouble with this in the past: How do you blend images like this together? My financial standings (basically broke
Any help would of course be appreciated.
I must assume you are using PS and that you have a basic idea of layers, blends and masks;
A mask is basically a cut out of one image showing through to another, where black is the mask colour the background image is shown and where white is the colour the foreground image is show. So on through the grey scale black to white...Think of how your initial graduated mask is working and try to visualise what it is doing to each image.
Exposure blending is a simple process but it can be time consuming to get it just right. I actually used a grad here too but that would not be necessary, many on here do the same type of image without using grads. I would have begun with a simple graduated mask between the layers (sky to water) and then touched up that mask using the brush tool and black or white to bring in or out each layer (.) In this case that meant going carefully right around the cliff edge where it meets the sky. It took a while, maybe 2 hours I don't know really (I always do it in stages with breaks and cups of tea because I have serious issues with concentrating for long periods!). All you have to do is keep in your mind how the finished piece would look in reality and keep working towards that by correcting your mask. I would be zooming in and out, often in to 300 or 400% and then back to full screen to see the over all effect. Just keep making those corrections until it looks right to your eyes. It's all about practice so just go away and cock something up to begin with just to start getting a feel for it and things will improve as you keep going. Don't expect it to take 5 minutes, although some images are dead simple most of them (with rocks cutting into the sky for example) are more complicated.