First attempts at blending photos to make a real life scene. spent probably an hour working on this.. please criticize and comment Before AFTER:
The blonde child on the right seems much brighter than the rest of the kids, and I can't help but say that the swing looks a bit awkward. But other than that nice. What you could do with the swing is put it farther in the background.
It looks nice, you could however blend in the kids some more. The kid on the left for example, the arm she has the leaf in is not blending well enough in the picture.
The swing would be so much better if it was longer on the after-picture. Also, the lighting on the whole image needs some fixture. Overall, original idea, and very well presented.
Um... Anyone else notice there's only 1 chain on the swing in the finished picture because the OP cut off half of it?
I just spent five minutes staring at the "before" picture going "How did THAT take this guy an hour?" After I realized my stupidity , I saw the after, it's quite good. The truck in the background looks misplaced to me.