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Posted on 08/05/13 10:18:44 PM |
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Emy
Composition Chef Posts: 390 Reply  |
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Posted on 09/05/13 09:06:19 AM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 452: Off the rails
Wonderful _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 09/05/13 10:57:34 AM |
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Garfield72
Montage Manceau Posts: 353 Reply  |
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Posted on 09/05/13 6:12:04 PM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 452: Off the rails
Is that an homage to "Travelling Companions" by any chance, Mariner? http://mydailyartdisplay.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/travelling-companions-by-augustus-egg/ _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 09/05/13 10:39:24 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 452: Off the rails
I don't think I've seen such a range of different entries, well done all IMHO. So here is mine. Don't ask, but that cabin seems very empty to me .....  |
Posted on 09/05/13 11:09:08 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Challenge 452: Off the rails
Just one comment, I love the dogs playing chess Emy. My friend in Ireland looks after and trains the pups before they are ready to go full guide dog training. All voluntary. |
Posted on 10/05/13 01:03:00 AM |
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Born2Run
Digital Dude Posts: 132 Reply  |
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'She just said "Joe I gotta go, we had it once we ain't got it any more" She packed her bags left me behind, she bought a ticket on the Central Line Nights as I sleep, I hear that whistle whining, I feel her kiss in the misty rain and I feel like I'm a rider on a downbound train' 
I had to rush this one as I'm waiting to board a plane right now!!!!  _________________ Now the hardness of this world slowly grinds your dreams away, Makin' a fool's joke out of the promises we make! |
Posted on 10/05/13 01:10:03 AM |
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Emy
Composition Chef Posts: 390 Reply |
Re: Challenge 452: Off the rails
awwwwww, thank you for sharing that with me.!! |
Posted on 10/05/13 04:15:53 AM |
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Artwel
Satire Supremo Posts: 607 Reply  |
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I didn't feel particularly murderous this week, so instead we have the opening credits to that Classic TV show The Train of Wonder, it really is a wonder.. https://vimeo.com/65871791  |
Posted on 10/05/13 04:17:32 AM |
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Artwel
Satire Supremo Posts: 607 Reply |
Re: Challenge 452: Off the rails
Maybe this link will work?> https://www.vimeo.com/65871791 (and empty carriage)..  |
Posted on 10/05/13 07:14:05 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3126 Reply  |
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No, Josephine. I had not heard of TC until you mentioned it. Thanks for the link. I was only trying to find an image of one or more old-fashioned people sitting in a certain way, so it would fit nicely into my montage. Downton Abbey provided the answer. |
Posted on 10/05/13 07:42:08 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7052 Reply  |
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First to board the train was brewell, with a montage combining the worlds of Poirot and Potter - or in his words, "Orient and 'Ogwarts". Very nicely put together, with good degradation of the Potter people to match the Poirot cast. But is the carriage itself now too sharp in comparison? And I notice it's still in the museum... A beautifully atmospheric carriage from tooquilos, full of ghostly goings-on. I really like the lighting here, especially the greenish glow inside the carriage. Plenty of extra ghouls in the animated version, as the train rattles through the underground to... Istanbul? Are you sure? The station looks more like rural England to me! A glorious image from Frank, full of the trappings of murder - that woman slumped on the seat is perfectly positioned, and there's a load of extra detail: the knife stuck in the seat back, the discarded clothes, the bloodstains on the window, and the lightning strike in the storm outside - complete with reflection in the glass of the route map. I have to say, Frank, your work has been astoundingly good lately. Keep it up! An entertaining love story from James - a long time since I've seen Popeye and Olive Oyl! I like that rushing background, and the opening door as they leap out. Most effective. A good opened door with rushing background from michael sinclair, and I like the pose of the gorilla. It's just a shame you didn't use my original carriage. I like the way the carriage shakes, which is very convincing; but you do need to glaze those windows. Didn't the login I sent you work? A sinister scene from Lorenzo1977, with the kind of chap you probably wouldn't want to share a carriage with. I like the lighting here, and the gravestone is an interesting touch: would it really be planted on a seat? With, er, grass growing up from the base? A welcome return from Born2Run, after several years - with a terrific transformation of the carriage into a Western train, the seats changed to wood and a midwest town out of the window. Your cowboy sits well there, although I wonder where the shadow of his hat is cast from. And here we are again, with the second entry: you wait years for a Born2Run entry, then two come along at once. A great scene - but how did they get the table in through the door? Good to see you back, Chris! A rather splendid Agatha Christie cover from Darren, with a remarkably sooty version of my own grinning face inserted into a Clint Eastwood movie. Great tone and a lot of dynamism here - but do beware of squeezing everything horizontally quite so much! Perhaps a landscape film poster would have worked better than a portrait novel cover? A detailed assembly of forensic photos from joeysala, showing a range of empty and battered rail carriages. I like all the treatments here, but theres a certain flatness to all the photos: try curling a couple up at the edges, while leaving the shadows straight, for a more natural look. An well-placed set of characters from Vibeke, the ladies sitting neatly on those carriage seats. But what can they be peering at, inside the carriage? I'd also want to make the nearest woman a little larger, as the perspective makes her look smaller than her companion. The man looks a little detached! A striking array of TV detectives from Josephine Harvatt, all seemingly unaware of the man strangling himself outside the window. When you assemble people from such different sources, you do need to watch the colour tone: Miss Marple looks decidedly daylit compared to her studio lighting-toned fellow passengers. A wonderful scene from Linda Eckert, with a series of women and girls in perspective concentrating on their needlework. It's all a perfect fit, and the replaced paintings work very well; a great view, and a good sense of glass in the windows. Very tasteful stuff, Linda! Beautiful work from Mariner, with a much sharper version of my original image (well sourced!) and two rather fine characters from Downton Abbey deep in conversation. It's a gorgeous montage, helped greatly by the splendid new lighting - and the fact that the Downton figure are already backlit adds greatly to the effect. Splendid stuff, Michael! I have no idea what Sjef is up to this week - perhaps the thrill of getting a new king has gone to his head. But it seems to be a terrified Pope wielding a syringe, with a woman reading an Edgar Allan Poe story in the background: the link to the Abe Books website isn't a lot of help! I like the fact this is viewed from outside the carriage, though, which is a novel spin. A chess game between a couple of dogs? Well, why not. That's Emy's solution - and they do fit remarkably well here. What's supporting the chessboard, though? If it's resting on the seats, as it appears to be, then it's much too far in the distance. Perhaps a couple of legs needed to give it something to stand on? Great lighting, though, even if the dogs are unnaturally huge. As a Dexter fan I was very taken with Garfield72's ghoulish entry - and the angle of that woman lying on the seat is a perfect match for the perspective of the scene. How on earth is a Victorian London policeman going to cope with this one, though? A Peruvian excursion from Jota120, whose carriage appears to be hurtling through the clouds. I might have assumed it was just a very high mountain, were it not for the fact that the vanishing lines in the image point clearly towards a horizon half way up the windows. Not seeing a horizon makes the carriage appear to be tilting towards us, which is a slightly uncomfortable feeling. I like the figures, though! A packed carriage from Artwel, full of Victorian worthies. I like the way you've arranged the lighting, with all the light on the faces coming from the window; the net curtains are a neat touch, as is the blurred background. A truly glorious animated version, which features several great types of motion: the gentle rocking of the characters, the subtle perspective movement of the background, the overall shaking of the train. Very nicely achieved! I urge everyone to check it out - and remember, Artwel (dammit, what is your real name?) to put a url inside the square bracket url tag to make it a clickable link. Very good work this week! |
Posted on 10/05/13 08:50:48 AM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply |
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Ah see what you mean - I think I got too distracted with trying to get her head the right size (still doesn't look quite right to me) to worry about the colour tone _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 10/05/13 08:54:05 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3126 Reply |
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Thankyou Steve, I really enjoyed the challenge. |
Posted on 10/05/13 09:40:31 AM |
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brewell
Pixel Pentagrammarian Posts: 752 Reply  |
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A little noise and blur can fix the background (no excuse). I should have changed reflections on the windows, but I contend that compartment doors don't open to the outside. I've seen movies, isn't there a hallway on the other side? _________________ The journey of a thousand hours begins with a single layer. |
Posted on 10/05/13 1:03:07 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
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Thanks again Steve. The view out the window is of snow/frost covered trees. What I was trying to do is the motion blur adapted to the perspective i.e. what is close is very blurred and on a sliding scale the distant parts are not. My observations from trains and using a camera at "average" exposure and ISO settings convinced me of this. Yes Peruvian/Bolivian, but to be honest the snow is only on the highest peaks of the Andes. A lot of it is desert. That said we did take train from La Paz to coast of Chile which went at 4,000m for a long way, but err, no snow apart from volcanoes passed. For the image they were having a tour in UK in winter! 
Pity I did not have more time to add more things in the cabin, but would have been a distraction probably. |
Posted on 10/05/13 1:58:14 PM |
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Artwel
Satire Supremo Posts: 607 Reply |
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Thanks Steve. The video was supposed to be some sort of 1960's Victorian/ train based TV drama intro. One thing I didn't get time to do were the character credits/text ( "starring.." etc)which would make the carriage scene a little more interesting!  |
Posted on 10/05/13 8:06:51 PM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1770 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 452: Off the rails
Thanks very much Steve, appreciate your comments, I try to look for small details ( go for a coffee and come back) and oftentimes find it hard to know when to quit. Not always successful. Frank |
Posted on 12/05/13 12:24:52 PM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2905 Reply  |
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Thank you Steve. Yes you are right..it was a station in the UK somewhere . I just changed the name lol. Very observant!!  _________________ Wicked Witch of the West: I'm melting! I'm melting! |
Posted on 13/05/13 8:39:03 PM |
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Lorenzo1977
Montage Maximus Posts: 54 Reply  |
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Thank u steve i really appreciate ur review |
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