Hello,guys! I want put the rock on the beach.

#1

Hello,guys! I have a question.
I want put the rock on the beach.
But I don’t want to let this pic looks too fake.
I use adobe photoshop CS5 as my tools.How should I do?
Does there have a tutorial on Internet? Please inform me.
Thanks.

#2

What I would do it trace the rock using the polygonal lasso tool, but do so at a resonably high zoom to endure you capture it and not the surrounding sand.

then cut the rock out and pasting it on the top image.

Since the top image is brighter, you may want to try using the variations tool to lighten it up and you can mess around till you find a good match. or use the brightness/contrast tool to do the same and you can preview as you go.

once you get a good matching look, then try using the drop shadow tool from your layer’s blending options and just keep the drop shadow and “0” distance and you can control the light source direction and shadow darkness to create a shadow for the rock as the sun would if it were there.

Hope this helps.