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Posted on 06/07/18 08:07:56 AM
Steve Caplin
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Challenge 713: Get me to Brandon
I went to Brandon, in Suffolk, last weekend. Or rather, I tried to; but despite the urging of both my satnav and the road signs, a new housing development caused the road to be blocked off in a surprisingly abrupt manner.

Can you suggest how I might overcome this obstacle? Or remove it altogether?

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Posted on 06/07/18 08:55:33 AM
josephine harvatt
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Re: Challenge 713: Get me to Brandon
Good gravy That is surreal! I am sure there is a joke to be made about Trump here.


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Posted on 06/07/18 09:13:08 AM
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Re: Challenge 713: Get me to Brandon
The fence, sign and bollard are so clean, perfect and improbable they look photoshopped already!

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Posted on 06/07/18 11:51:19 AM
lwc
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Re: Challenge 713: Get me to Brandon
Not animated... not technically well done... only quick. I'm off to golf...



Posted on 06/07/18 2:41:31 PM
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Re: Challenge 713: Get me to Brandon
lwc wrote:
Not animated... not technically well done... only quick. I'm off to golf...



How do you golf in all that heat, Lloyd?


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Posted on 06/07/18 5:39:04 PM
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Re: Challenge 713: Get me to Brandon
srawland wrote:
lwc wrote:
Not animated... not technically well done... only quick. I'm off to golf...



How do you golf in all that heat, Lloyd?




Hi Sara...

We only play in the early morning, around 6:30 to 7:00 am. We play fast, in about three to three and a half hours. We're all old guys and the afternoon heat would likely kill one or all of us...
I'm usually back home (5 min. drive) well before noon.

Posted on 06/07/18 10:59:07 PM
lwc
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Re: Challenge 713: Get me to Brandon
Take the shuttle or rent a jet-pack, it's your call...




Posted on 07/07/18 12:52:26 PM
DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 713: Get me to Brandon
Need to wait a little longer Steve then you will able to see your way through.

Big struggle with this one. Despite a ton of trial and error it still doesn't really work. Anyway ......... here 'tis ............



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Posted on 07/07/18 4:45:26 PM
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Re: Challenge 713: Get me to Brandon
I think it works quite well David. And I must say, I admire your courage, I looked at that wall/fence about 90 seconds and decided to think of something else, anything else, to keep away from all that work of removal and reconstruction of a background.

Posted on 08/07/18 11:54:22 AM
josephine harvatt
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Just wanted to share ...

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/jul/06/side-effect-why-people-walking-past-walls-is-an-instagram-hit



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Posted on 08/07/18 1:41:16 PM
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Re: Challenge 713: Get me to Brandon
Sorry not to be so talkative, but three weeks after the tooth extraction I'm still in pain.

Here I deploy my usual subtle approach, and I have reconstructed the scene, but totally kept to the brief:

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Posted on 08/07/18 6:31:26 PM
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Re: Challenge 713: Get me to Brandon
josephine harvatt wrote:
Just wanted to share ...

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/jul/06/side-effect-why-people-walking-past-walls-is-an-instagram-hit




Interesting.......

Posted on 08/07/18 9:26:45 PM
michael sinclair
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Re: Challenge 713: Get me to Brandon
Variation on a theme:






Posted on 09/07/18 08:45:34 AM
DavidMac
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michael sinclair wrote:
Here I deploy my usual subtle approach, and I have reconstructed the scene, but totally kept to the brief:


That would certainly seem to "open up" a way through for Steve.

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Posted on 09/07/18 08:45:34 AM
DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 713: Get me to Brandon
michael sinclair wrote:
Here I deploy my usual subtle approach, and I have reconstructed the scene, but totally kept to the brief:


That would certainly seem to "open up" a way through for Steve.

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Posted on 09/07/18 11:10:36 AM
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lwc wrote:
Take the shuttle or rent a jet-pack, it's your call...









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Posted on 09/07/18 11:11:56 AM
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David, I think you have matched the houses and scenery very well.


http://vimeo.com/278975399



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Posted on 09/07/18 11:39:47 AM
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tooquilos wrote:

http://vimeo.com/278975399



Awesome Anna... love the map!

Posted on 09/07/18 2:09:23 PM
DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 713: Get me to Brandon
Well Anna. You've done it again! Very funny. Love the "Abbey Road" reference.

tooquilos wrote:
David, I think you have matched the houses and scenery very well.

My worry is not matching the background but making it look as if it's painted on the fence. Tried very trick and filter in the book but don't feel I got there really.

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Posted on 10/07/18 8:05:56 PM
Ant Snell
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Re: Challenge 713: Get me to Brandon
A couple of years ago I stayed in Mildenhall (the other destination on the signpost) for 5 weeks while working in the area. My overriding memory of the place was that it was like a “little America” due to the large American airbase, the residents of Mildenhall were 90% American, I remember trays of home grown sweet corn for sale in the drives of a few of the homes. The house I rented while I was there had a hot tub in the garden and I remember sitting in it at night as the huge helicopters from the air base flew over. It was a surreal few weeks but enjoyable.


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