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Posted on 15/01/15 7:41:29 PM |
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Garfield72
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Posted on 15/01/15 8:41:53 PM |
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Ant Snell
Specular Specialist Posts: 576 Reply  |
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Posted on 16/01/15 08:34:07 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Challenge 538: Tempting Teguise
A speedy entry from Born2Run, whose black and white treatment includes a rather splendid shot of a horse-drawn hearse from exactly the right overhead angle - great match! I like the added texture here, but don't you think that torn edge is just a little exaggerated? A splendid scene from James, with a beach scene and a new cobbled street. The gang of bikers zoom ably through the square - I like the little swerve at the end. Plus, of course, the clanging bells, the man in the archway, the bird on the roof... I had to watch this a dozen times and I'm still not sure I caught everything. A striking image from Wörn, with a ruined factory and an industrial plant looming over the town. It's a great idea, but the plant looks very much as if it has been photographed indoors... maybe all it needs is to be brightened up, with a glimpse of sky in the background? Very intrigued by your description of Landschaftspark Duisberg - I'd love to visit! An architectural rendering from DavidMac, with excellent matching of perspective. I like all the details in the text - but what a sad vision for the town! Still, at least there's some greenery in here... Remarkably accomplished work from Linda Eckert, whose auction really makes the building appear to be in the scene - the shadows, angles, hands and poses are exactly right. One small point: when you add text to the background banner, you should set its mode to Multiply so that the shading on the background appears through it. This will make it seem very much more as if it belongs there. Emy has transported the building to Venice, where it nestles alongside the others on the Grand Canal. There's an issue with perspective here; the building on the left shows our eyeline, which appears rather below the middle of the image; but we're still looking down on the tower from above. In other words, your brickwork is sloping down to the right, where it should be sloping up. A taxi park from Vibeke, with a restaurant, river inlet and forest beyond. I'd maybe tone down the saturation of the buildings to make them match the background; and are the cars in the foreground a little too big? I'm looking at the archway on the right and imagining that woman trying to walk through it. A splendid desert scene from tooquilos, with beautifully distressed buildings and a new ground that ties the foreground in with the background. I love the opening, page-turning book in the animated version - how did you achieve this? A great dream-sequence transformation into your scene, and that's a really clever 3D zoom into the building. I think we'd both like to own a crypt like that! Glorious. Terrific work from LonnieK, with a fine array of horses forming the focal point for this image. But there's much more to this: the new ground, the distant view, the dead tree in the foreground - and, above all, the perfect colour matching that makes the entire scene hang together. This is perfect, Lonnie - a faultless montage. Many congratulations. I like michael sinclair's vision of the church surrounded by mist and forest: nicely achieved, and the tree in the foreground places it firmly into the scene. Rather moving, really. A greatly enjoyed Darren's underwater scene, with fantastic corroded texture on the buildings and a ghostly green tint. The angle of that fish thing in the foreground (what on earth is it?) is exactly right for swimming down the street, and it really makes the scene. Terrific. A great idea from srawland - after all, why shouldn't the building be a forgotten child's toy? But trying to match the perspective of this extreme overhead shot is almost impossible, I think. A valiant attempt! An enormous amount of detail in Mariner's entry, and it's worth zooming into the high res version to check it out. A load of passers-by, all very neatly in perspective and complete with shadows; and a nicely matched town beyond. My only issue here is with the perspective of the tower, which doesn't quite match the town view; I think it would have been possible to adjust it slightly without too much effort. But overall a very convincing and pleasing scene. A fine set of characters in Deborah Morley's entry, all photographed from the right angle and fitting perfectly into the scene. The new ground makes a big difference here, and the recolouring to match the background ties it all together. Tricky, yes, but worth the effort. I like Garfield72's seaside setting, with a good choice of horizon location and neat blending of the ground. The crowd of people in the foreground seem rather too wintry for such a sunny day, though; and they really need some shadows to stop them floating! A nightmarish vision from Ant Snell: what on earth is going on here? Who are all those people and what are they reading? Why are the edges blurred out? And whose is the giant hand? What a disturbing image! Very entertaining work this week. Well done all, for coping with my tortuous perspective. |
Posted on 16/01/15 08:39:58 AM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 538: Tempting Teguise
Thanks Steve, spot on as usual. _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 16/01/15 08:57:30 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3126 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 538: Tempting Teguise
Thanks, Steve. I did my best with that, but after a while I couldn't see the wood for the trees any more. |
Posted on 16/01/15 11:26:24 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5781 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 538: Tempting Teguise
It proved surprisingly difficult Steve. The original photo had not only a high viewpoint but was very wide angle. My first attempt ended up with hideously 'keystoned' surrounding buildings leaning outwards at alarming angles. To move the vanishing point further away I was obliged to break down the original building into it's constituent planes distort each one separately and then re-assemble it. This challenge was harder than it appeared at first sight ......  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 16/01/15 11:36:13 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Challenge 538: Tempting Teguise
That's what makes it a challenge! |
Posted on 16/01/15 1:56:00 PM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 538: Tempting Teguise
Thank you, Steve, for your critique. This one deserved more attention than I was able to give it this week. _________________ I'm still learning. |
Posted on 16/01/15 2:20:25 PM |
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Linda Eckert
maîtresse marocaine Posts: 148 Reply |
Re: Challenge 538: Tempting Teguise
A lot of compliments... many thanks everybody! I always admire YOUR wonderful creations! Steve, thank you for the correction! |
Posted on 16/01/15 2:49:01 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5781 Reply |
Re: Challenge 538: Tempting Teguise
Of course ....... too easy is no fun ...... _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 16/01/15 6:26:24 PM |
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LonnieK
Diorama Dreamer Posts: 238 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 538: Tempting Teguise
Thank you for your glowing critique Steve.  _________________ Lonnie |
Posted on 16/01/15 6:55:54 PM |
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Emy
Composition Chef Posts: 390 Reply  |
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Yeap, you are right! good eye. Nice banner!!! _________________ Why not! |
Posted on 18/01/15 08:55:40 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2905 Reply  |
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Thank you so much Steve _________________ Wicked Witch of the West: I'm melting! I'm melting! |
Posted on 26/01/15 12:38:49 PM |
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wörn
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Re: Challenge 538: Tempting Teguise
Thanks for your comment, Steve. Now that you mention the dark background you might be right. I made it as dark and daunting as possible but your are right. I overdid this one. |
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