http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DCU8V9QE
For those that cant get the video version due to megaupload (I believe some people have issues with that site) I have hosted the images here, but its really cool with the video because you can scrub back and forth easily and give a better critique.
Key notes for the giraffe photo:
I kept the overexposure in the upper left on purpose as it conveniently looks like light beaming through the trees, and creating matching tree from scratch would have been a bitch.
I recreated the ground in the lower left.
How's the treatment?
40 layers (give or take)
1.5 hours invested
BEFORE
AFTER
Key notes for the skyline photo:
Watch the water reflections under the red building
Pay close attention to the overall scene lighting, I need some direction there
I cant believe I managed to get more detail in the building windows. Go me.
I know the sky is too saturated at the top, but it was such a pretty blue, I couldn't resist despite its lack of realism.
25 Layers, 25 minutes invested. (Like omg, 1LPM!)
BEFORE
AFTER
the giraffe photo, god you did a great job.
