Something for the Weekend - Part 92 - Going Underground.

Yes I can see it has done some strange things with the background image too.

You had some nice ideas though, There will be a new challenge (number 231) posted tomorrow (Friday in UK)

Dave

Nice job @Cloud.9.iDzynes   I'd forgotten about this challenge. We are now up to challenge 213 if you want to join us there :

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/something-for-the-weekend-part-213-look-before-you-leap/td-p/14581224

Dave

I'm out of there fast !  I would recomend viewing Warunicorn's image at full size to see it properly. Properly spooky it is - nice job !

Dave

Hi Rista

In such soft overhead and multiple lighting, the shadows will be much softer than that. They won't be casting shadows on the walls. They also fall away quickly the further way they move from the object. Finally don't forget the shadows on the subject due to the soft overhead lighting, not just from the subject.

Something like this:

Dave

I love it

Nice idea Jane. Similarly to Rafaels image a very subtle shadow would help to ground the rat and pizza. If you look at any edge, even in soft lighting, there is a darkening of the object and the ground where they meet. That is because those "corners" are not lit from all directions.  Look closely at your desk or table where your computer meets it and you will see that slight darkening. By simulating that when compositing we can make it loook realistic. In the 3D rendering world, that is what Ambient Occlusion does.  Keep it subtle though, a little bit adds realism, overdone it looks as false as when it was missing.

Dave

That's good hans.  They all fit the scene pretty well and are nicely scaled into the background.  Think about adding some shadows next time.  That rarely means the drop shadow layer style, but try painting a black blob on a layer below each person and blurring it with Gaussian Blur and dropping opacity.  Then use the Smudge tool to tweak it pushing and pulling into place.  We are usually told to set shadow layers to Multiply, but I rarely notice any difference. 

Dave has an advantage here as he can render people into the scene and see exactly how their shadows should fall.  It's all part of what make these SFTW threads so useful.  I have learned a huge amount since we started them, and that's both from getting stuck and working it out myself, to having other posters tell us how they do stuff.  Plus the addage of use it or lose it applies to Photoshop the same as anything else that's a bit complicated.  I'd not been using Photoshop much since the forum got stuffed up last year, and I have had to think hard to remember stuff even after that short break.  That's what comes from being an old bugger though.

I don't use forum emails Hans. I visit here most days and just glance through the notifications for any replies before looking at new posts.

Dave