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Posted on 02/01/06 10:17:10 PM |
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Eggbox
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Heads you lose!
First post for crit... Last year a friend spoke of his unfulfillable wish to have had all his bosses to dinner to thank them for their support throughout his working life. He showed me a picture of a dinner at which one of his bosses attended. This gave me the idea to get whatever pictures there were of the others and use them. All were prints and one was a 4x3 pop print in B&W. The attached was what I produced for him. Eight of the heads were replaced. Thoughts, crits.... Ted  |
Posted on 03/01/06 09:02:57 AM |
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chris
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Re: Heads you lose!
Really nice effort Eggbox. The only thing I reckon may need looking at is that I think you may have scaled the heads of the three gents at the back down a little to much and also 1 or 2 of the heads may just need a little contrast and saturation adjustment to match. But I reckon overall real nice. |
Posted on 03/01/06 09:31:03 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Heads you lose!
Fantastic job, Ted! The colour matching is really good, and the angles and blending all work very well. But Chris is right: those three heads at the back are just too small. And the man with red hair on the right is perhaps a little too red - or maybe his hair is just that colour. All in all, though, it's a very accomplished montage. Fitting heads onto bodies twisted round like that is a tricky task, and you've made it look as natural as possible. Welcome to the forum! Steve |
Posted on 03/01/06 09:56:00 AM |
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Eggbox
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Thanks Chris and Steve for your kind comments. I would add that when scaling the heads I did reduce their opacity and fitted them to the size of the original heads to fit their bodies. I agree with the red haired man but I think I was concerned more with his skin tone. The head of No5 from the left is in fact slightly larger than the original! These all sounds like excuses but when I did it I didn't have the benefit of either the book or this forum. So ... which two heads belong to their bodies? Ted |
Posted on 03/01/06 09:59:03 AM |
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Eggbox
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Re: Heads you lose!
Thanks Chris and Steve for your kind comments. I would add that when scaling the heads I did reduce their opacity and fitted them to the size of the original heads to fit their bodies. I agree with the red haired man but I think I was concerned more with his skin tone. The head of No5 from the left is in fact slightly larger than the original! These all sounds like excuses but when I did it I didn't have the benefit of either the book or this forum. So ... which two heads belong to their bodies? Ted Sorry ... senior moment..... I'll take another pill. |
Posted on 03/01/06 10:29:40 AM |
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chris
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Re: Heads you lose!
I'm banking on these 2 being the original heads!  |
Posted on 03/01/06 10:33:29 AM |
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chris
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Hmm not sure why my arrows didn't show up. Oh well I think its the guy far left with tache holding wine glass high and the guy immediately to the left of the red head. |
Posted on 03/01/06 10:53:33 AM |
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Eggbox
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Re: Heads you lose!
Chris, do you mean 1 and 8? If so one of them is correct. Ted  |
Posted on 03/01/06 11:08:10 AM |
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chris
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Re: Heads you lose!
No i meant 1 & 6 |
Posted on 03/01/06 3:39:04 PM |
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Eggbox
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'..and the guy immediately to the left of the red head.' Aaahh you mean picture left and not his left. The answers the same. Doh! what a giveaway. |
Posted on 03/01/06 10:52:14 PM |
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Eggbox
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Re: Heads you lose!
The heads on their proper bodies is 1 and 2. Thanks for the interest and the comments. |
Posted on 04/01/06 08:49:48 AM |
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maiden
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Re: Heads you lose!
Crikey, I would have said 10,8,7 & 6 were real too which proves you've done an excellent job. _________________ mad as a badger and twice as furry |
Posted on 07/01/06 12:51:43 PM |
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Eggbox
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Re: Heads you lose!
Thanks for your kind comment Maiden. When my friend handed over a 10x8 print to number 10 in the picture he commented that he didn't remember the dinner! It was a lot of fun doing it and I learned a lot too. Ted |
Posted on 08/01/06 2:33:34 PM |
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Lexus
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Re: Heads you lose!
I looked at it, thinking it was a proper photograph with them all in it for real! Good job Ted! _________________ 3 Radio Visit http://www.3-radio.co.uk and listen! You will love it! |