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Posted on 10/05/11 08:57:20 AM |
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Sophie
Political Parodist Posts: 595 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 350: That's no place for a palm tree
Excellent Michael! How did you sort out the fringing. It looks good, whatever you did. It's a problem I come across often. |
Posted on 10/05/11 11:10:32 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2905 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 350: That's no place for a palm tree
No no Vern..its more complicated than that. The Sphinx builders put in a council application to remove the tree..and after many years of deliberation the council said NO...the tree must stay. Even the Pharaoh couldn't over ride the tree preservation order.   _________________ Wicked Witch of the West: I'm melting! I'm melting! |
Posted on 10/05/11 11:13:17 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2905 Reply |
Re: Challenge 350: That's no place for a palm tree
The music I used is jazzed up Middle Eastern music. Its from a CD Ive had for a while now.... Daniel Fox - Dances of the Middle East The Sun and the Sea quite a good variety of contemporary and traditional pieces _________________ Dorothy: "there's no place like home!" |
Posted on 10/05/11 3:49:47 PM |
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puffin31939
Montage Mariner Posts: 383 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 350: That's no place for a palm tree
 _________________ Man cannot change the direction of the wind but he can adjust the sails |
Posted on 11/05/11 2:00:46 PM |
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Emvee
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Posted on 11/05/11 2:01:26 PM |
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Emvee
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Posted on 11/05/11 2:27:27 PM |
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james
Surreal Spoofer Posts: 1194 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 350: That's no place for a palm tree
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s211/fungismith/pond-palm.gif |
Posted on 11/05/11 6:58:08 PM |
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Garfield72
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Posted on 11/05/11 6:58:57 PM |
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Garfield72
Montage Manceau Posts: 353 Reply |
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Posted on 11/05/11 8:26:50 PM |
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JmarcP
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Re: Challenge 350: That's no place for a palm tree
Hello In my country there are many platanne (trees) along the roads. I never seen a tree in a middle! Best regards JMarc  |
Posted on 12/05/11 00:42:51 AM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 350: That's no place for a palm tree
Jean-Marc, I've been to places like that! E.g. A cycle route with a big lamppost in it (Cork), and worse a pavement/side-walk with a road-sign with two supporting posts across the pavement (Liverpool). The latter while training for ultraruns put me in hospital, after the glaring car headlights with the rain on my glasses blinded me, when I met the unexpected! At least you give some warning 
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Posted on 12/05/11 00:45:44 AM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Challenge 350: That's no place for a palm tree
More great imaginations and enjoy seeing your entries .
Sorry about the proportions on this... A symbiotic relationship(?) 
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Posted on 12/05/11 04:07:48 AM |
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bjansen
Satire Surgeon Posts: 32 Reply  |
Challenge 350: That's no place for a palm tree
This might make corner kicks a bit tougher at Old Trafford...  |
Posted on 12/05/11 09:49:43 AM |
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Sophie
Political Parodist Posts: 595 Reply |
Re: Challenge 350: That's no place for a palm tree
Brilliant idea Ben. Love it. Just looking at all the latest entries and hope to have a go this evening. |
Posted on 12/05/11 2:56:57 PM |
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tissana
Thai Trickster Posts: 29 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 350: That's no place for a palm tree
Explode  |
Posted on 12/05/11 3:37:34 PM |
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Marty
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Re: Challenge 350: That's no place for a palm tree
Not much time this week, Quick one  _________________ Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can. ~Danny Kaye |
Posted on 12/05/11 5:12:57 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1871 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 350: That's no place for a palm tree
Sophie, Thanks for your comments. I have now posted a 20 jpg pictorial tutorial on extracting a palmtree from a blue sky. The Tutorial is naturally in the Tutorials Section of How to Cheat in Photoshop. Michael |
Posted on 12/05/11 5:55:01 PM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply  |
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Posted on 12/05/11 8:50:25 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 350: That's no place for a palm tree
They couldn't bring themselves to cut it down.  _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 13/05/11 08:13:38 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7052 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 350: That's no place for a palm tree
So: where do we place the palm tree? First to get horticultural was Eggbox, showing the palm in place before the founding of Marrakech, it would appear. I like the subtlety of the palm-shaped dent in the front of the car, and the face peering over the top - a nice touch. Simple, but well realised. Very good work in the second entry: that shadow pins it to the wall very effectively. Ben Mills has his palm tree growing through the roof of an African hut, which seems appropriate. There's something about the way it's growing out that doesn't quite work, but it's hard to put my finger on it... the lack of shadow, perhaps? That could be it: there's certainly deep shadow on the walls, under the roof. We have a new member this week, and caducity3d has given us a Martini with a twist - in this case, the cocktail stick is replaced by the palm, to good effect. I like the way the trunk comes out of the bottom, but I think the effect would be stronger if we could see a little of the palm in front of the top olive - in other words, if the palm were entering the olive on this side, rather than the far side. The reflection of Daniel Craig is a neat touch. Welcome to the forum! Good to see Portsmouth's famed Spinnaker Tower showing up in BigVern's entry - and I'd forgotten you had a hand in its construction. The tree has been perfectly integrated, replacing the original white centre pole - a very neat job. A clever entry from LagoDiLecco, with the tree pushing through the roof of the Sydney Opera House. I like the subtlety of this one, and the fact that the hole has been so well defined. Would there be such a well-defined shadow on such an overcast day, though? The tree has been transplanted to a sunnier location in nerdtron's entry, and very good it looks too, with the added coconuts and shadows. The row of three are all identical, though, and that rather detracts from the overall effect. I'd have varied at least the middle one, probably using Puppet Warp (if you have CS5) or, alternatively, by flipping it horizontally and then curving it back the other way. A funny image from brewell - global warming indeed! I'd like to see more of a constructed hole for the palm tree to emerge, or perhaps with a little snow packed around the trunk. But I like the fact that we can see a glimpse of the base of the trunk inside - a good touch. Excellent work from joeysala, with the palm tree growing through an open hand - a palm tree, geddit? The sand in the hand helps it to nestle into place, and the roots growing out below are an especially fine touch. The only problem overall is that the hand has been photographed when vertical, which means the light source is now underneath it rather than above - but this is a minor issue. Overall, this is clever, detailed work, and certainly worth a title for you. Hmm... nothing in your profile... so I think it has to be Perfect Palmist on the basis of this image alone. Good stuff. Now do tell us a bit about yourself in your profile, and add a picture! I like the way the palm is growing through the Sphinx in tooquilos's entry - and great to see the growing and construction process in the animated version. Clever showing the passing of time by the movement of the moon, but shouldn't it be traversing in an arc? I was going to mention the problem of perspective with the pyramid in the first scene, but on second thoughts I’ll let it go... A beautifully achieved image from LonnieK, with the palm growing on the side of the flat top of an iceberg. So why does this work so well? Partly, it's the composition - the balancing of the tree with the birds, the polar bear for a sense of scale, the strong diagonal. It's also the subtle shadow of the tree, very neatly matching the colours of the shadow in the iceberg. But mainly it's that trademark Lonnie K warm glow, the Norman Rockwell of our times... good work! Those of you who watched the Royal Wedding a couple of weeks ago (and frankly, I'd hoped we'd heard the last of it) may have noticed some rather spindly trees imported into Westminster Abbey for the occasion. a rather more glorious arrangement from michael sinclair, with vast trees overwhelming the Abbey: I especially like the second entry, where they engulf the bride and groom. Nice work, Michael - and thanks for the cutout tutorial. There are palm trees in Jota120's entry, but they're not our palm tree... nonetheless, they do look good, windswept by the motion of the speeding train. Could we do with shadows of the trees on the train, though? I'm trying to judge where the existing shadow is coming from, and having some difficulty. Perfect matching of angles in the second entry - but it still isn't our palm tree! A very intriguing entry from puffin31939, whose palm tree is growing through the chateau from thefullmontage. I like the curve here, and the fact that a neat hole has been carved in the wall for it to emerge through. Great extra touches, like the hand-painted ivy and the two coconuts on the ground. The ivy leaves could be a touch smaller, though. I like the way we can see the base of the tree through the arch in Emvee's entry - it does complete the picture well. But why have you stretched the tree vertically? It would have been easy just to copy a section of trunk through the arch, rather than distorting the whole tree to make it reach down. A great location! And I like the fireworks and, especially, the lit-up tree in the second entry. A very entertaining entry from james, whose dog takes time out from chasing the rabbit to make full use of the facilities. An interesting mound that the tree is built on - but given that there's water in front of it, shouldn't we see the dog's reflection? Garfield72 has placed the tree in the canals of Venice, where it's neatly tucked behind a gondola mooring pole. A very well achieved reflection, which perfectly matches the reflections around it. But is there something a little fuzzy about the tree itself? It does seem rather lacking in clarity - although of course I appreciate that you've toned down the colour to match the muted background. A good location in the second entry - but is it standing in the road? I really liked JmarcP's entry, with the road curving around a misplaced tree - and the sign does help to show what's going on. But why is the image so small? Are you having trouble with Save for Web? The tree's certainly getting in Rooney's way in bjansen's entry - I like its random placement on the pitch, and tucking it behind the ball works well. I'd have been tempted, though, to bring it forwards so it's actually interfering with the current action: at present, it's hardly in the way. A remarkable entry from tissana, showing a helicopter invasion and destruction of the petrol station... great explosions, but you do need to make several rather than just repeating the same one. I like the way you've pulled this building apart, with some great scenes of destruction. I understand the explosions in the pumps and the car, but surely the palm tree itself would merely be on fire? Very good integration from Marty, who has placed the trees down the middle of the road in London's Embankment. They fit well, and the variation in appearance means they don't all look like the same tree. A couple of technical points, though. Tones get paler as they recede into the distance, so the furthest trees need to be lighter and less contrasted than the one nearest to us. And the shadows are altogether too big, and certainly too rounded. Look at the ellipse where the trees leave the ground: that's the shape the shadows need to be (although slightly more random-edged). Given that it's an overcast day, though, the chances are that the trees wouldn't cast a shadow at all. The shadows beneath the cars are because no light is getting in there - but the trees are so high, light would bounce in from all around. A dog's toilet on the beach from Deborah Morley - with a perfectly placed tree to satisfy those canine urges. What an extraordinary imagination you have, Deborah - and so well achieved, too. I think for clarity I might have missed out the second dog - but your call. A very exotic location from vibeke - where is this dinosaur park? Amazing work integrating the tree into the middle of the splashing fountain - I bet that took some working out! An utterly convincing montage, it really looks as if the tree was always there. Good stuff, folks. |
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