Does it work?

[hmca]

It was raining pretty hard the other night and I took a picture of the lights reflected in the puddles on the top of the garage.  Just converted to B/W.
Know it needed something so added a silhouette from StockSolo........does it work?

[kdcintx]

Interesting perspective on the parking garage and good idea to convert to B&W. I think the person works fine, but the person seems too tall when compared to the height of the street/garage lights.

[Howard]

Perhaps a little too large but otherwise it works very well.

[fotofrank]

Helen - nice job on changing the perspective.

In my view I would crop, resize the man, Change the lighting and provide a destination to add to the story.

[mart44]

The scene is good in both B&W and colour but yes, the walker is big for the apparent distance away.

[PeteB]

Hi Helen

Yes it works. As mentioned by others, the person needs to be resized. Parking lot light poles are 15-20 feet tall. Using that as a guide, on a separate layer I used a straight line to represent the height and then resized the umbrella man accordingly. I cropped using the diagonal “walkway” as a leading line and placed the umbrella man using the golden section. Removed the background to add a little mystery.

[hmca]

I appreciate everyone's input. I like Frank's idea to add a destination but also like Pete's edit without one. Great idea to determine the size of the figure, Pete. I remembered that I have two pictures that I have taken of people walking in the rain. When I rework this I hope I can use one of them so that the composite is made up of images that I have taken. Will post back when I have come up with the new edits.

[pontiac1940]

Like the concept Helen. Using ideas from Frank, Pet and Karen is made some minor changes and additions: 
- All highlights at the edges were removed
- A black vignette was added to soften the scene edge (fade to black)
- I used a new clipart person as it was easier than using the same one you started with...agree that the person needed to be smaller...my person is still too large 
- The person's shadow as changed to reflect the position relative to the nearest light source  .. it was painted with a soft brush
- Not sure of the shadow shape as I am rusty on drawing single-source-light shadows...middle school art classes were 65 years ago!!    
- Upon reflection (no pun intended), the person is still far too large relative to the parking stalls. 


 

[hmca]

Still not sure if I have the figure the correct height but I did use a picture of my own for this one.