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Posted on 25/11/14 5:14:49 PM |
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shaneworth71
Meticulous Montagist Posts: 27 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 532: Thank you for choosing Ryanair
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Posted on 27/11/14 01:38:54 AM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 532: Thank you for choosing Ryanair
These were the people I found. I wasn't trying to make a racial statement.  _________________ I'm still learning. |
Posted on 28/11/14 00:00:00 AM |
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Daniel Millar
Ghost Controller Posts: 34 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 532: Thank you for choosing Ryanair
What a Grouch!  |
Posted on 28/11/14 08:30:00 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7025 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 532: Thank you for choosing Ryanair
A splendid entry from Frank opened this week's Customer Service desk, with an infuriated customer stamping on the Ryanair book - good use of the logo and flight destinations here. But the shadow under his raised foot makes it appear to be on the ground behind him: do you need it? I like the sleeping assistant, the mug and the hand grenade, and their reflections. A subtle entry from DavidMac, with a sign designed to irritate even the most forgiving customer. Is the misspelled URL intentional? Very nicely done, including the reflection. I like the way Ant Snell has moved the desk to a larger, empty airport setting. All these skeletons with their luggage work really well; the only thing that jumps out is the stack of cases on the left which, because it's so head-on to the camera (and nothing else in the scene is), looks rather artificial. Maybe the stack could be rotated? Hmm... there could be a Friday Challenge in that... A good queue from Vibeke, waiting remarkably patiently at the empty desk. I particularly like the way you've straightened out the perspective of the desk to fit the new scene - most effective. An angry customer features in James's animation - only to be punched out by the Irish woman serving behind the desk. Now that's the way to deal with them! An ingenious solution from GKB: an automated customer assistant, rented by credit card (or so the instructions on the sign say). Perfect fitting of the machine into the front of the desk, and a great rottweiler at the other end. No wonder the poor customer looks so miserable - but he could have done with a slight shadow to distance him from the desk. Very prescient use of Michael O'Leary's quotation: just yesterday, he said he needed to be "less like a rabid dog biting your ankles". A splendid bar scene from Linda Eckert, with Ryanair finally offering the customer service that gets results. Not in our lifetimes, though, Linda! But you're right, a tricky perspective, and you've worked with it perfectly. David - yes, I do use my phone instead of a camera, but that's because I have it with me! I enjoyed brewell's song and dance about lost luggage, as well as the straightened-out desk. But - that shadow of the dancer on the front of the desk! Ask yourself: how could a shadow like that possibly be cast? The light source would have to be simultaneously in front of and behind the desk! Wishful thinking from Emy, with a Ryanair desk offering free wifi and massages... that'll be the day. Nonetheless, the masseurs and their beds work remarkably well in the background. Maybe it's a good idea after all! (Very small technical point: the edge of the candle should be parallel with the edge of the desk next to it.) "I hope you get the clue," says Wörn - so let's deconstruct the image. An old lady has a cutout of a curvaceous woman fixed to the front of her, presumably to tempt the male Ryanair assistant who has so far done a good job of blending into the background so that he's invisible. Wow! I think this must rank as one of the most complicated single-image stories we've seen on the Forum! You really have to work at this one. As, indeed, you have done: the tape holding the stick to the back of the cutout, the way the projection on the man breaks away from the background, the subtle use of shadows... excellent work! An interesting relocation of the desk to a distant planet from scplay, complete with what appears to be a hooded sitar player. I like the overall effect, but I don't begin to understand the story you're telling here. Great lighting, though. The desk features distantly in michael sinclair's queue image, before appearing again in close-up - complete with Michael O'Leary setting forth his customer service manifesto. Er... could he do with a reflection in the desk, perhaps? An angry biker, a leprechaun and a globe-spinning service assistant from tooquilos - what can it all mean? Great to see how you've put together that fine selection of poses in the animated version, which really bring the characters to life - and I love that wrecked plane in the background. Excellent! And what a great choice of soundtrack! Good to see the half-naked dummies back in Deborah Morley's entry - what a very appropriate location for them! A subtly altered name as well. Nice work. And talk about obsessive attention to detail - the second entry has the sign barely a millimetre moved! A combination of characters from Fawlty Towers and Absolutely Fabulous from Josephine Harvatt - and if you're not familiar with British sitcoms you won't get this at all. Nicely put together, but are you sure Jane Horrocks is taller than John Cleese? A cheery welcome from Garfield72 - and what appears to be a Ryanair swimsuit calendar in the background. Now that would brighten things up, for sure. Ryanair at the entrance to hell from shaneworth71 - the perfect location for them. Shouldn't they be in devil costumes, though? Incidentally Shane, did you notice that I'd had a go at your animated GIF problem? I like the feeling of srawland's entry, with the woman behind the desk talking on two phones at once while ignoring her customers. A good selection of people, but the man in the suit appears to be from a different kind of image altogether. Try adding a desaturated version of his layer, set to Hard Light mode, and play around with the contrast and layer opacity until it strengthens him without looking too stark. A great Grouch from Sesame Street from Daniel Millar - complete with reflection in the desk surface. The woman could do with a slight shadow to distance her from the desk, but I like her pose leaning on the edge of it. 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Posted on 28/11/14 09:30:48 AM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 532: Thank you for choosing Ryanair
John Cleese is sitting down! Check out the chairback 
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Posted on 28/11/14 10:01:41 AM |
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brewell
Pixel Pentagrammarian Posts: 752 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 532: Thank you for choosing Ryanair
  _________________ I aim to give pause. |
Posted on 28/11/14 10:56:37 AM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 532: Thank you for choosing Ryanair
Hah thanks Steve - obsessive attention to detail? Once I had noticed it, it bugged me, and if I hadn't altered it would you have commented on it? Have a good weekend all. |
Posted on 28/11/14 4:19:49 PM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply |
Re: Challenge 532: Thank you for choosing Ryanair
Thank you Steve, for the critique and the advice. I tried your suggestions and posted them in the "Reader's gallery" section. _________________ I'm still learning. |
Posted on 28/11/14 8:11:52 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5675 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 532: Thank you for choosing Ryanair
OOOOoooops 
I use mine all the time. It's so convenient to have a camera without having to carry a camera. But the odd thing is it produces a "box brownie snapper" mentality in me. I just point and shoot. One aspect of this is that I take everything on the wide angle - I tend to forget that I can zoom in if I want. I can't quite get my head round the idea that modern phone cameras are very capable instruments. ....... but that's my problem .... not the camera's.......  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 29/11/14 01:53:33 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2898 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 532: Thank you for choosing Ryanair
Thank you Steve!  _________________ Wicked Witch of the West: I'm melting! I'm melting! |
Posted on 29/11/14 11:56:06 AM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1749 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 532: Thank you for choosing Ryanair
Thanks Steve -- still have problems figuring some shadows |
Posted on 29/11/14 3:56:38 PM |
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Emy
Composition Chef Posts: 390 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 532: Thank you for choosing Ryanair
Thank you Steve. _________________ Why not! |
Posted on 04/12/14 10:21:40 PM |
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wörn
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Re: Challenge 532: Thank you for choosing Ryanair
Yeepee, you got it spot on! What a relief that at least someone got the point of my one-picture story. And I'm even happier as you haven't noticed that half of the shadow of the cutrout is missing as I moved the old old lady to a more convincing point in the last moment before uploading the picture. Something one really shouldn't do... Thanks for your nice comment anyway. |
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