Image Manipulation - Examples (4) Composites This shot for Bristol Airport is a composite of three separate images taken at different times and on different days. The ground and lights were photographed and re-touched, then the aircraft was photographed. Lastly, the sky was hand painted (in Picture Publisher) and the composite was formed. The final image file size exceeded 40 Mb and was written to a 5x4 negative for large scale enlargement.