Hello Hiveans!
Yesterday I spotted a new photo editing contest organized by @sergiomendes.
I like photo editing and you can win 25 Hive, so I decided to give it a try.
There are not many rules so you just have to be creative 😉
I've been starting to use the free photo editing software "The Gimp". It's the open source alternative to Adobe Photoshop. I still have to find my way, but you can do amazing things with it.
This was the original picture:
And this is my submission:
What I did:
I downloaded the jungle background from Pixabay, pasted the original picture of the guy with the leaf in a new layer and scaled it a bit. Then I removed the background of that layer with the selection tools (free form and magic wand).
Since I wanted to camouflage the guy agains the background I decided to change the colors. Before I did that I cut out the leaf he's holding and put it in a third layer so that the leaf would keep it's original colors.
I switched back to the layer with the guy and adjusted the color balance, hue/saturation and brightness/contrast until he matched the background enough.
If you also like to join the contest: Here's the announcement post:
https://peakd.com/hive-114105/@sergiomendes/editing-photography-contest-edition-1-prize-25-hive#@friendlymoose/re-sergiomendes-qhthnj