“Cabin in the Woods” was photographed 10 years ago at my parents house, not a cabin, using a double-exposure in the camera. No post-production! Well, little anyway. It was just licensed for a small print run book cover, some kind of trade publication probably. Perhaps a guide to yurt treehouses. I don’t know.
Combining orange and blue is not just for contrast but a way of using how your eyesight works to produce a stronger response. I first understood the importance of this from the late Galen Rowell who often wrote about the science of vision in his column for Outdoor Photographer magazine in the 1990s as well as in his books.