Flight

Original Image Credits: “Flying Egret, Wings at the Beach” by moonjazz is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 , “dolphin” by pochacco20 is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0 edited by Ryan Song

My combo photo was made of an image of a dolphin jumping out from the ocean and an egret flying. I chose the photos because I have always imagined as a child that fish and dolphins that jump out of the ocean seemed like they want to fly and reach the sky.

While this photo is edited well enough for minds the register and probably sufficient for an english assignment, there are many details that are still left untouched and can be further worked on. The shadow and lighting of the subjects and the background isn’t quit matching, there is barely any blend at the point where the dolphin image touches the egret, the ocean wave pattern seems unnatural and is clearly edited…

To me this image conveys the idea of freedom. The dolphin jumping through the surface of the ocean transforms into an egret that is able to sour through the skies, just as it may have wished when making the jump.