I saw this beautifully designed dessert in a window in Sapporo, Japan and photographed it through the glass. I then used the pen tool in Photoshop to separate the subject from the original background, and that enabled me to paste into the shot the colorful balloons. The string of balloons was pasted three times and each strand was angled to make the background more interesting. I then added a closeup of balloons to fill in the gaps. I used Flood at the base of the image so the dessert didn't appear to be floating. The lighting is natural diffused light, and I shot this with a 70-200mm lens on a Canon 5D Mark III.
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Apr 1, 2015, 10:37:03 PM
Rosemary Sheel - Great composition. I like the way your mind works, shooting close ups as well as a "portrait" shot. Must remember!! Did you have this composition in mind at the time or did you just know you would need certain aspects if you were to do something artistic with the shot?