Initial Environmental Experimentation 2

I started with my first image, I found the channel with the most contrast, which turned out to be the blue channel. 

I duplicated the layer it by dragging it into the new layer icon.

I used levels and moved the light and mid-tone sliders towards the right to dramatically darken the image

I then set up a brush with a hard tip to just fill in any remaining highlights

I clicked on the RGB channel and then command and clicked the blue copy channel to load the selection

Next I inverted the image.

I copied and pasted in my landscape photo into my photoshop document.

I command and clicked the portrait image and applied a layer mask.

I unlocked the mask with the layer by clicking the chain icon

I later went to transform, and scale to move the photo to the right position.

I then selected the portrait layer and clicked command J to duplicated it. 

Finally I desaturated the copy and changed the blending mode to multiply. 

This is my final piece.

Contact Sheets

Evaluation

This set of images was my inspiration for this piece.  I think my piece went well and came out better than I had imagined. The first stage would have been easier if my image was isolated, because it wasn't it meant I had to cut it out using the magnetic tool. I like how you can still the detail of the portrait through the landscape photo, you can clearly see the eyes, nose and mouth and the hat strap and hat silk.