Dolphins at Blenheim Palace
Dolphins have been seen swimming in the Great Lake at Blenheim Palace!!
I took this image of the Great Lake, Blenheim Palace, on a bright sunny day during the winter and I decided to introduce a dolphin into the lake.
The photograph of the dolphin was taken on a whale watching trip in Sri Lanka last year. Unfortunately we didn’t see any whales, but lots of dolphins. The water was choppy so it was difficult to capture the dolphins, as soon as they appeared, the boat rocked and I had to reframe, by which time they had disappeared.
I did manage to get some images, and chose this one to introduce into the lake. It was an overcast day in Sri Lanka and the original image was grey, unlike the blue of the Great Lake.
I layered the dolphin onto the image of the Great Lake, but had to change the colour to blue without losing the definition of the reflection in the water. I tried several different options, and went for the clone stamp tool – a tedious process but I think it worked well.
I learnt that I need to explore the options of layering in Photoshop as I am sure I could have produced this image in a more efficient way than using the clone stamp tool.
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