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The Request
For this request, the OP had taken a bunch of photos of their nephew during a visit to the baseball field. Their favorite picture was not taken on the field, however, and they wished it had been, so they asked if it could be moved onto the background of the 2nd photo.
The Results
Straight photo edits like this are my least favorite kind of edits. I find them kind of boring, because there is no room for imagination or creativity, which is what I love about doing graphics. But the majority of edit requests we get on Reddit are for basic photo edits, so I am trying to improve my skill with them.
This was a good request to practice on because it had 2 major challenges:
- The photo of the toddler was taken in a shaded area, while the photo of the background was in full sunlight, so matching the lighting and shadows would be a huge challenge.
- The photo of the background was very low resolution compared to the subject image, and sizing it up to fit made the image very pixelated.
I know that this image does not look great, but it was actually the best of all the submissions (it was a free request) and the one that the requester chose. And considering my lack of experience with these kinds of edits, I think I actually did a decent job, particularly considering the difficulty level. I have a friend who does photo editing professionally, and she told me that she typically would not even bother trying to work with 2 images that were so different, but of course since she works commercially, all the images she works with are taken by professional photographers, so she can afford to be a little picky, LOL!
