Assignment 12

I used the mask for the sky. Then I applied the clipping mask with the gradient layer. I then added the moon and applied luminance blending to blend it with the sky. Knockout shallow effect was used for the text. The picture of the dam was taken in India at the time of heavy monsoon rains. The dam's capacity was completely full. The water was muddy and turbulent. I had taken a picture of my husband at the lake and it fit very well in this background.

Depth of field- I had taken this picture of a Tibetan temple. I used the techniques described in the video.

Assignment 11

There are only 2 images here. The waterfall in the background. and the tree with fall colors. I used color range command on the tree then further refined it with the quick mask to create the mask. Then I moved the tree on the waterfall background. I did match color to the background. I left the evergreen trees on the side as it is.

Assignment 10

It was an interesting assignment about surrealism. I created two shapes with the pen tool. The texture shape is the road. The ladder is created with one shape copied and rotated. I then copied them and arranged them in a ladder. Then I merged the layers. I extracted the umbrella with the pen tool. I used blur on the bird. A bird perched on an upside down umbrella on a road in space.