William's Ark

I made this collage from 26 photos taken in various locations - Mountain scene/sky/lighthouse: Cape St. Vincent (Algarve, southern Portugal); ship: Portimao harbor (also Algarve); crow: Painted Desert, Colorado; driftwood: Sanibel, Florida.

Live animals were shot (not literally) at a petting zoo in the Algarve, the water buffalo were ambiotronic robots from the African River Safari at Disney in Orlando. Lightning was shot during a storm from my bedroom window; Human figures on ship were drawn in with Photoshop paint tools.

Lots of time was spent on selecting the elements from their original backgrounds and making sure the lighting on all the elements looked as though coming from the same source.

All elements were shot on Fuji Reala 100 ISO color print film on a Canon EOS-100 SLR. The negatives were scanned to digital on a Canon FS 2710 film scanner.