For the surrealism assignment we were to create a dream-like photograph by incorporating parts of several photos into one piece. I started editing this photo by first adjusting the background image. I increased the contrast of the photo to make the lighting more dramatic as well as increased the vibrancy to increase the vividness of the colors. I then created a layer mask by selecting the pig from a different photo and dragging that layer over to the background image. I then made an adjustment layer to the pig layer mask which I used to tweak the hue of the colors and decrease the contrast i the pig's face. I then created a second layer mask of a fast-food cup and created a second adjustment layer which I used to adjust the hue of the cup. I also used the Render Filter of the cup to change the shadowing and light source. Lastly, I made a third layer mask of a Big-Mac. I used the Render Filter of the Big-Mac to change the shadowing and light source.
The main difficulty I faced in this assignment was getting the shadowing i all three layer masks to match up with the light source in the background image. I feel that I could have improved and tweaked the shadowing and light source a bit more with the Render Filter. A potential weakness of this photo would be the fact that the pig looks like a cut-out. I feel the cup and Big-Mac fit into the photo rather well, but the pig stands out which may be due to its size. A strength of this photo would be the theme. I feel a pig fits in rather well around McDonald's fast-food.