Practical composition edit

For this edit, I have included all the base images and the finished working file in the downloads for this chapter (see the Practical composition file folder in the downloads for this section). Where applicable, I have included CiA videos to assist in your understanding.

Image selection

For this edit, I developed an idea of island life, so I grabbed a photo of a wine-style glass, some ocean, and a flower:

Figure 11.16 – Before and after

Before we get into isolation, let’s take a moment to see where these images came from so that we can appreciate the fact we can find great images anywhere and capture them with our cell phones:

• The wine glass was shot at a local store.
• I used images of the Atlantic Ocean shot on vacation.
• The splashes came from a mall fountain where I captured water rolling off the feature.
• Lastly, the flowers came from the checkout line at a grocery store. There is no limit...