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Posted on 04/12/09 1:00:18 PM

Steve Caplin
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Re: Challenge 277: Sarkozy in history

GKB wrote:
Try this one Steve?

Much better! Your Photoshop credentials are hereby reinstated.

Posted on 04/12/09 1:42:56 PM

Sophie
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Re: Challenge 277: Sarkozy in history

Thanks Steve, I will have a go at tweaking those this evening.

Posted on 04/12/09 1:48:41 PM

Brian Ruddock
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Re: Challenge 277: Sarkozy in history

Expert blending from Brian Ruddock, with Sarkozy's head on one of the zephyrs. Is that Mme Bruni as Venus? I didn't recognise the third head - it could be one of Sarkozy's children, of course, who he always seems to find good jobs for.

Mme Bruni it is. And the 'child of Sarkozy' - he won't be sending you a Christmas card now - is Senor Bellasconi of Italy and the Maffia.

Many thanks, Steve. I really enjoyed this one.

Brian

Posted on 04/12/09 8:15:08 PM

josephine harvatt
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Re: Challenge 277: Sarkozy in history

he is quite a short guy you know

Yes, I freely admit my entry was very poor - particulrly compared to this week's sterling efforts - never mind next week, maybe

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Posted on 04/12/09 8:30:21 PM

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Re: Challenge 277: Sarkozy in history

laddition wrote:

Jeepy wrote:

laddition wrote:

Jeepy wrote:
Thank you Steve, et je suis bien d'accord avec Laddition.
Au moins 4 fois en compagnie de Hitler, quelle belle image de la France.

J'y ai bien pensé aussi, Jeepy, mais on n'en est pas là quand même.... A ce que je sache, le nain de l'élysée n'a pas encore massacré des millions de personnes pour leur religion....
J'espère bien que si un jour, il se met à déconner comme ça, on arrivera à l'arrêter.
Pour l'instant, pour moi, Sarko est un despote
Pas un assassin.
A part de la liberté d'expression, ce qui en soit est déjà trop....

Heureusement qu'on en est pas là. Je dis seulement qu'il a été représenté 4 fois en compagnie d’Hitler durant la semaine.

Ouaip....
Ca fait peur, effectivement...
Le regard des autres pays est important, et ce regard est non seulement objectif, parce que tous ces gens ne vivent pas en France, mais en plus, et c'est peut être le plus effrayant, tourné vers le nazisme, le despotisme, l'assassinat....
Voilà ce que le pays des droits de l'homme a mis sur le trône...
Voilà de quoi le monde est témoin....
J'ai pas honte de la France
J'ai honte de notre président.... Enfin, de notre empereur....

Comprenez votre essentiel. Ma soeur a dit qu'I/we devrait ne jamais le dépeindre particulièrement dans l'art. J'ai été tenté cependant, mais ne fais pas.

Posted on 04/12/09 8:32:15 PM

brewell
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Re: Challenge 277: Sarkozy in history

Steve Caplin wrote:
And is that him running away in the second entry? It's a curious reconstruction - there seems to be someone in the middle of the second picture with a modern handgun, a brown suit and a bowler hat.

No reconstruction here. Those are civil war re-enactors, and they take their authenticity seriously. That's a leather holster on the brown suit's hip. The Confederacy had all kinds of "uniforms," basically whatever they had in the closet when the war broke out.

The only thing I did for the Sarkozy-Bannister race was put dots for his pupils. It's true. It's all in the eyes.

And thanks for the tip on the blue. You can't imagine how I twiddled around and completely refused to see blue. That says something about seeing what you want as opposed to seeing what's actually there.

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Posted on 04/12/09 9:06:12 PM

Jota120
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Re: Challenge 277: Sarkozy in history

Steve Caplin wrote:
Very good choice of background from Jota120 - he slots perfectly into that Caravaggio, and the expression on his face is exactly right for the scene. A touch more brightness needed in the face and this will be exactly right.

Steve,
Much appreciate and value your feedback each week. Thank you.
Bit tougher for you this week with so many entries!

Very small point, I was feeling same as you for that face, but decided to stay with Caravaggio's composition, i.e. with the face "darker". I think it was okay sort of too, as light partly obscured by the card player's head. At least that is what I thought. I had added some highlights though to keep chiaroscuro style. I still see some problems though.

I only have a small light on Caravaggios's life, unsupported and badly reported; but can see, vigour, ingenious, learn, appreciate, sympathise and more ..... inspired; accepting The Church were his main sponsors during his short career.

Trevor

Posted on 04/12/09 9:20:19 PM

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Re: Challenge 277: Sarkozy in history

Steve Caplin wrote:
Stunning work... Absolutely beautiful work here - and is that an Eiffel Tower prototype in the background?

Thanks, Steve. Prototype? Indeed -- the issue I questioned as "fishy" in my comp. The alleged artist, Gustaf, died in 1789. The Eiffel Tower was built 1887-1889. The devil is in the details!!!

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Posted on 04/12/09 10:03:51 PM

Jota120
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Re: Challenge 277: Sarkozy in history

Lonnie,

"prototype" I think its just (our?) sense of humour! Subtle point went back to you

BTW Great image.

Trevor

Posted on 04/12/09 11:12:51 PM

Les Moore
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Re: Challenge 277: Sarkozy in history

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And why is he looking in the wrong direction?

He's watching the play of course.

Posted on 05/12/09 01:48:50 AM

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Re: Challenge 277: Sarkozy in history

Thank you for the feedback Steve. Always a great help and very much appreciated.

Cheers

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Posted on 05/12/09 01:49:05 AM

Mark Goodwin
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Thank you for the feedback Steve. Always a great help and very much appreciated.

Cheers

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Posted on 06/12/09 02:34:32 AM

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Re: Challenge 277: Sarkozy in history

Thank you so much Steve. I enjoyed learning about Sarkozy.

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Posted on 06/12/09 03:08:49 AM

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I seem to have acquired a stammer, everything I say gets posted twice!!

Gets posted twice.

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