I think the cage transform tool would be able to do a little bit of what you want, and it won't take much to give that illusion, but any way you do it is going to be a lot of work.

A quick and dirty way is to copy the photo. Make a selection and use the perspective tool on the selection to bend the selection a bit and then use cloning to cover the differences. Not perfect but it works. You want better , then you are looking at a lot more work . I did the same with the shadows. As I said crude but quick
This is 10 mins work.

that looks good to me...I think it would look even more like airborne if the shadow was more under the r-deer and more distorted the higher the object.

wbool63

Now I feel dumb for not thinking about it
Thank You for Your help

2ton,yes,I will try to change the shadow and bring it closer and i think a smaller size shadow
will give the impression of height too

that looks great, wbool !

i wasnt sure why pirate actually was so keen to make the first two deer lift off (more), but now i can see it
it looks better !

i was thinking about the shadow as well, yesterday, and i think it will improve the picture even more, if its located under the deer/sled

Esper,I actually shrunk the shadow and tilted it out,because it seems that the light is coming sideways
on the deers,and I raised them up a little bit more,following wbool's bright idea.
This is what I got

It def has more of the look of height but the shadow seems too 'perfect' for something up high...maybe it should be more blurred and distorted?

2ton,You're right
I'll work on it...tomorrow, I'm too tired after a day at work

ok,I'll do it tonight then

is that enough blurring and distortion? (honestly,my eyes are burning)
I also sharpened Santa and the deers

the red nose deer look great...maybe you should not sharpen Santa since he is further away ... so he should be more blurry. I do think the shadow looks better, more realistic

Like that or more?
Yes the shadow gives it a better look..I want to thank You All for Your ideas.

that definitely has the depth of field needed to make it look like the reindeer are zooming up. Great job, it looks pretty realistic....well, that is if reindeer could actually fly, lol. Love the bright sparkle for Rudolf's nose, lol

2ton
Thank You for Your input
and and and Reindeers do fly !


Oregonian
I am sorry ,I thought i posted an answer ,obviously,I didn't

You were right about backing up the files,they don't automatically transfer
Thank You

Well, Pirate, I'm so happy you got your reindeer to fly, by hook or by crook. There were all kinds of good suggestions to try out.


..... and to all a good night.