ForeverFotos wrote:
I tried to access the album, it requires a password.

Pass = shootup

Light and Lens Studio wrote:
You might be better off to find a dingy, bare, austere, unfurnished (abandoned building?) room in a vacant building in LA and shoot your own background.  That way you could actually shoot from the same distance and angle that the original was made. 

Having seen more of this sort of scenario than I ever wanted to see, I can tell you that being "dressed to the nines," as this lovely model is, is certainly not typical of what you might find in a dingy flat.

Just my 2¢

This may be the best idea. The background I referred to was shot on the fourth floor of an abandoned building. The windows are dirty and cracked, and show a cityscape in late afternoon.

Light and Lens Studio wrote:
You might be better off to find a dingy, bare, austere, unfurnished (abandoned building?) room in a vacant building in LA and shoot your own background.  That way you could actually shoot from the same distance and angle that the original was made. 

Having seen more of this sort of scenario than I ever wanted to see, I can tell you that being "dressed to the nines," as this lovely model is, is certainly not typical of what you might find in a dingy flat.

Just my 2¢

What? You mean junkies don't get dressed up in their prom dress, carefully place a pack of cigarettes, place their heel on the mirror of blow, and carefully pose the pills so they are spilling just perfectly? Was there no bottle of Jack Daniels lying around?

I think an excellent background would be railroad tracks.

Wicked LA Pix wrote:
WHY?
Not sure what your question is but thought the photo would be unique and creating something different and collaborating with others would be fun and get 'us' a photo worth talking about. So WHY NOT?

The "why not?" would be better addressed in the Serious Critique forum.

ForeverFotos wrote:
I have some stock backgrounds that I've shot over the past few years, and one of them would be perfect for your idea. The problem is, the perspective on most of your shots is too high to allow much background other than a floor or furniture from a high perspective.

A very important thing to consider when merging a background is to keep the perspective of the subject photo at a slightly low angle to allow more of the background to be shown when the merge is done. Do you have any more shots taken from a lower angle?