Sorry for the lack of updates earlier this week, I’ve been working on a personal project I hope to launch in a few days. Anyway, the image above is another attempt at creating a faux painting using simple photos. The main image used is one I actually took in May 2006 using an incredibly cheap 2mp Nikon point and shoot camera. It was taken in a small airplane flying over San Diego, California, and was one of the few images from that flight that actually turned out decently clear. Unfortunately, the noise in the image made it virtually unusable. The second photograph in the composite was used for the night sky, and was taken in Anza Borrego State Park. Both images were run through Corel Painter X separately, and were later combined in Photoshop. In addition, a second copy of the main image was processed in a pseudo-HDR plugin, which brought out the low lighting of the situation. Considering that the source file is just over 500kb, it’s amazing how post-processing can save an image.