A while back I made this sculpture that resembled one of the towers from Lord of the Rings, but I never really did anything with it. About 18 months later I decided to use it as a miniature and see how well I could composite it into a background.
Unfortunately the only digital camera I had at that time was the one in my video camera, so the picture quality wasn't the best. Regardless it still turned out alright, probably because I shrunk the tower right down so small any major discrepancies weren’t noticeable.
I also managed to create a reflection by flipping the tower image vertically and reducing the opacity. Furthering the effect I managed to have a bird fly over the reflection and remain visible the whole time. The footage already contacted a bird flying over the water, so I simply duplicated the bird’s flight path, keyed its background out composited it over the reflection.
The effect is quite rough but I think it’s alright for my first effort – I can only improve!
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