These pictures were created by removing the background of the original image using MagicEraser on an iPad Pro. I used a large 25px brush to remove the majority of the background before reducing the size of the brush to 2px to get close to the edges. I sourced royalty free backgrounds from www.publicdomainpictures.net.
I copied the back ground image into the Phono app and then added my edited image on top of it as a layer. I like the concept of these images but I had to consider the backgrounds I used to ensure that objects that were out of focus at the back of the original image were not in front of an object that was sharply focussed.
These pictures were created by removing the background of the original image using MagicEraser on an iPad Pro. I used a large 25px brush to remove the majority of the background before reducing the size of the brush to 2px to get close to the edges. I sourced royalty free backgrounds from www.publicdomainpictures.net.
I copied the back ground image into the Phonto app and then added my edited image on top of it as a layer. I altered the blend on the layer to 30% to make the rabbit figure appear ghostlike. I then added a second layer of the lego man without the shadow as this could still be seen on the layered image. I positioned him exactly on top of the image in the blended layer to produce the final image. Again I like the concept of being able to change the original image into a very different one by layering it on a different background but there are some continuity issues that I do not like. For example the small figure at the front is lit from the front when the moon (the main light source) is at the back. Also there is a shadow on the rabbit figure which I should have removed. If I did this photograph again I would light the background of the original image so that the shadows fall in the correct place and I would try to blend the lego figure more into the picture as I feel he looks a little pasted on. In future when I am shooting I will consider what I may do to the images later and think about the lighting and focus of my shot.
