Combining Images as Layers to Create Fantasy/Surreal (et al) Imagery
Imagine pictures created on transparent pieces of acetate, cellophane, plastic, glass, etc., then laid one on top of the other in different sequences -- and having the ability to control the transparency or opacity of each individual picture.
Then imagine, after adding and subtracting components of each image layer, combining everything into one, composited, final image.
That's exactly what can be done in certain image-editing software like Photoshop.
Here's one example
"The 'Fantasy Bridge' -- Do You Dare Walk Towards Your Dream?"
The shot of the moon was taken from my front lawn in Philly, everything else was photographed in New Mexico. I created the two as separate layers, the moon and sky as the background or base LAYER, the rest over printed. I temporarily made the bridge/top LAYER transparent enough to erase parts so as to expose the moon (which I oversized for a surreal effect). I FLATTENED the two to leave what appears above.
I love doin' stuff like this!
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