Lower Manhattan Metal Skyline
This was achieved by putting the screws, nuts and bolts on a black porcelain tile with a photo of a long exposure sky behind it. Two soft boxes with continuous lights were placed on either side of the tile and I needed to take the photo really low so that the end screws appeared to be on the horizon. In PS I used the smudge tool to create a slight moment so it appeared as if reflecting in water, I then selected the bottom half of the image and used Gaussian blur.
Lower Manhattan Metal Skyline
This was achieved by putting the screws, nuts and bolts on a black porcelain tile with a photo of a long exposure sky behind it. Two soft boxes with continuous lights were placed on either side of the tile and I needed to take the photo really low so that the end screws appeared to be on the horizon. In PS I used the smudge tool to create a slight moment so it appeared as if reflecting in water, I then selected the bottom half of the image and used Gaussian blur.