I photographed this model during carnival in Venice from a low perspective specifically to place her in a dramatic interior in post-processing. The background I chose is the stunning cathedral in Siena, and in my opinion the composite works because both elements were photographed in the same kind of light -- soft and diffused -- and from the same perspective with a wide angle lens. To precisely select the model I used the pen tool in Photoshop, and even though this is more laborious and time-consuming (the whole process took about eight minutes), it is the most accurate way to have the edge of the subject meet the background such that the composite is totally believable even upon examination at 100% magnification. The settings I used for the Venetian model were 1/125, f/8, and ISO 400. For the cathedral, this is a hand-held HDR composite at f/1.8 and 1000 ISO. Had I not been using my new Sigma 14mm f/1.8 wide angle lens for the cathedral, the ISO would have been much higher, and it doesn’t work when you composite a low ISO image with a high ISO image. The two elements won’t match well at all.
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