How to get a ship into the stadium brings.

By composing picture can we draw from simple ingredients to create miraculous. Function, form and color are sizes that will play key roles. How they are interrelated, and how to get the "Cap San Diego" in the football stadium brings, says author Uli Staiger.
  Actually, the issue of image composing not make mistakes. The fact that individual image files to a large whole can add, is entitled to the result, composing the name to carry. Certain rules, for example in the field of optics, or the design of teaching play a significant role and lead, depending on the state of knowledge of Composers, more or less acceptable results. Because: A good Composing is like a toy, you want to not only see but also can use it should be a function reveal or tell a story, preferably both, or in other words: There must be something going on.
FOR PERSONUli StaigerUli Staiger, born in 1966, began in 1987 after leaving school trained as a photographer. Upon completion of the stations followed Gesellenprüfung Barcelona, New York and Berlin, where he worked as an assistant. From 1996 to 1998 graduated Uli Staiger training for technicians and photographers photo master. Also in 1998 he founded the Berlin Fotostudio the lighting design. Staiger deals with still life and landscape photography and has focused on the theme of specialized digital composing.
The observance of this first of the three F (function, shape, color) will ensure that the displayed objects of association between bring and prevent combinations of things that are planned in the viewer a mental impasse can run like dogs, the on a cloud or burning flowers that bar any reflection on the water.
The form supports the function in the best case perfectly and then transported to the image content directly into the subconscious of the beholder. It ensures that the lines in harmonious picture, the perspective is correct and that the foreground is a logical connection with the light received. It provides more than the function, whether we have a picture as a sedative, chaotic, harmonious or unbalanced feel.
Function (Herta 01) Uli StaigerAuf first glance, the Berlin Olympic Stadium and the cargo ship "Cap San Diego" very little in common. So must be a common denominator to be found, which combines both a water surface makes the stadium to the port, leave the great staircase in the background and puts away the left part of the stadium even further to the left, it now justifies the visible presence of the sea Giant ocean. Through the simple device of the inserted surface ship and the stadium will cross reference and functionally verbunden.Form 1 (Herta 02) Uli StaigerDa focal lengths and image sizes of the two files match, the ship into the stadium screen integrated. In the picture are only the most recognizable lines. We see that the generous, in the lower part of the repetitive swing stadium roof well with the majestic forms of the hull fits. The peace and serenity of the forms of both picture and components are transported through the quiet, horizontal horizon supported. The !
corners and edges of the glass roof will find a comparison in the superstructure of the ship. The complementary forms merge into a Einheit.Form 2 (Herta 03) Uli StaigerDie details of the form point to two things, which so far only about could be: First, it is clear exactly where the vessel is there must be far above or positioned below the size ratios on the head, too far left or right perspective does not fit into the concept and perhaps obscured the view out to sea. Secondly, the size. If you have a sailor in front of the bow jumps on board, he would have to be a man of normal size closest point on land to save and be as still as a giant dwarf ankommen.Farben find (Herta 04) Uli StaigerWir summarize : It is a balanced image, due to the curved lines of the stadium and the majestic supremacy of the hull shape. The mystical atmosphere of the surreal-looking scene radiates a cool calm, so unobtrusive, cool colors. So that the water is transparent, it should be blue as the arc!
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t leaden press on the subject. In order for this but not in the monochrome is sinking, the red painted parts of the ship übernommen.Modellierung (Herta 05) Uli StaigerIm compared with the upper display is clear, which in addition to the placement and scaling of the individual components of work done yet: In addition to adjusting the Colors of the stadium, ship, sky and water must be the shadow of the ship and the mirror of the stadium will be built. The sky must be at the lower end will be brighter, as the horizon, in addition, a darken the foreground for more depth in the picture. Discreet, barely visible mist over the water surface in the stadium to support the cool mystique of Motivs.Photoshop 1 (Herta 06) Uli StaigerDer moment of truth has arrived, the individual components are built. Honestly, would you the picture in this state see whether the unkohärenten despite cleaner choice as the acting fretsaw ausgesägt images ever form an overall motif, a unit could be? It's!
clear to see, because you have the steps previously a function of the image parts down, you know that the shapes fit together and have a color palette designed by the above situation. Without this mental preparation would be your vision may be tarnished and you have no idea how close to the target already sind.Photoshop 2 (Herta 07) Uli StaigerDie colors were adapted, shadows, reflections and fog added. The adjustment of the frames could together with a minimum of effort to be done. Fortunately, because the ship's superstructure with all the ropes free, it would certainly not have fun. But, the sky behind the ship simply by color and contrast adjustments on a layer mask in the sky above the stadium to be integrated.
The third, function and form supportive size is the color. They also control the subconscious, but the interpretation is influenced by the shape-dependent, with which it is associated: the same red, a picture of the cozy comfort gives, in a different context as threatening and aggressive perceived.
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The rest is Photoshop. The fine-tuning for shade, brightening, color and everything else that makes the picture to life and the individual picture elements together, is the real work of what is commonly referred to as composing understands.
However, the result is convincing, if you do not only with form layers and pallets employed, but previously with the conceptual and creative concept of function, form and color interest. Actually a pity that not even Photoshop with F writes.