Straight Composite Image

This is my final production of a composite image. This was inspired by Dan Holdsworth with his photographs of the northern lights including mountain peaks and cold coloured scenery. I think that this was replicated in a similar fashion with the nebula begin added to a photograph that I took. 

Composite Image Making Image Bank

I believe that composite images can be used to make something that is aesthetically pleasing such as the photograph below. This photo does not connote any unrealistic expectations from the general public nor does it convey any sort of false information to the people viewing. Therefore this photograph has the purpose of an aesthetic appearance without any false meaning.

However composite images can also be used to mislead. It can lead to humour or false information.

This photograph obviously is misleading. However it has been done with the intention of humour without having the general public believe a misleading source to a controversial topic.

However these photos are misleading on a controversial topic. OJ Simpson in the first magazine is in his normal colour. However the second magazine has manipulated the image to make OJ Simpson a person with a different race. This causes controversy since there is no real racial identity to him and the general public could be lead to believe that people with darker coloured skin are unacceptable and harmful people.

Composite Image Making Definition

A composite Image is a picture that is made from the combination of multiple images merged into a single image. I think that this can have its benefits as well as its drawbacks such as making as aesthetic picture. However it could also make misleading images which could be published into the media. I think that composite images are right but only to a certain extent. They could be used to create aesthetically appealing images for the viewer. However it can also be used to create unrealistic/fake images such as magazine covers. This would then be viewed  by the general public who would be fed false information. 

This photo was created using photoshop to bring about a composite image of large rubber ducks in the river themes. The photo of the rubber duck was pasted as a separate layer than the background. This was then resized and placed into the appropriate position. Then a mask was created in every separate duck. The paintbrush tool was then used to