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Posted on 18/02/15 5:37:38 PM |
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darrenandcolleen@telus.net
Serene Synthesist Posts: 119 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 543: Mushicat's dream
Great challenge, I enjoyed the imagination process as it looks like everyone else did. Thinking of fish, dogs, birds etc ( an emu, hilarious). I went with a picture of one of my cats skittles as the Egyptian god Bastet. After doing so I was looking at the various objects in the scene and noticed the 2 statues of Bastet and had to wonder if it was a subliminal message. Thx Anna  |
Posted on 18/02/15 5:39:57 PM |
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darrenandcolleen@telus.net
Serene Synthesist Posts: 119 Reply |
Re: Challenge 543: Mushicat's dream
Ok I had to add this one too, although I prefer my 1st image  |
Posted on 18/02/15 5:59:08 PM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 543: Mushicat's dream
I'm not sure - I think he's giving it the evil eye  _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 19/02/15 08:25:28 AM |
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Min
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Re: Challenge 543: Mushicat's dream
The evil eye IS a cat's idea of fun! You should see my two play fighting  |
Posted on 19/02/15 1:19:11 PM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3063 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 543: Mushicat's dream
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Posted on 19/02/15 4:34:10 PM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 543: Mushicat's dream
Started trying to do this in 3D, but time was too short.  |
Posted on 19/02/15 6:03:56 PM |
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Emy
Composition Chef Posts: 390 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 543: Mushicat's dream
 _________________ Why not! |
Posted on 19/02/15 9:21:42 PM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply |
Re: Challenge 543: Mushicat's dream
True dat! _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 19/02/15 10:55:08 PM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 543: Mushicat's dream
It is my understanding that when you look at something through a crystal ball it appears to be upside down. However, I may be wrong about this when it comes to things magically appearing in one. Steve can decide.  _________________ I'm still learning. |
Posted on 20/02/15 00:00:22 AM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 543: Mushicat's dream
Just a quick limited post before attend hospital Friday. 
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Posted on 20/02/15 08:19:06 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7025 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 543: Mushicat's dream
A speedy job from Garfield72, with a mouse inside the crystal ball. Perfect distortion, making it really look as if it's trapped inside there - quick, but effective! Outstanding work from Ant Snell, with a vast (and very surprised-looking) goldfish inside the ball. I like the floating fish outside, as well as the fish skeleton hovering in the r=very dreamlike thought bubble; and desaturating the rest of the image is really effective. Excellent, Ant. I like the warmth of DavidMac's entry, with a fine glow around the ball. The shadows of the stand are especially good, although I'm not sure they'd really be that shape. Shouldn't the lion be a little more spherized, though? A splendid extra cat from Vibeke, grimacing in an evil way at Mushicat - but then if I'd been shorn like that I'd grimace as well. Is that a rabbit in the ball? Those green and blue lines add a good sense of mystery. A really funny animation from James, with the ball expanding to massive size before an emu jumps out. I like how Mushicat gets this startled expression and then dashes after it. But is the cushion in need of a little completion? A tiny, tiny kitten in the ball from emanuelefrau - but with a perfect expression. I like how its paws are raised as if it's pressing against the glass, and the shine on the ball in front of it places it neatly inside. Good to see you back, Emanuele. So according to tooquilos, her cat dreams of... Las Vegas? I think you should check what goes into that incense! Great smoke in the animated version (a bit of a trademark feature of yours these days), with plenty of really big cats. Great disco lighting, and I like that moving tail! Nicely done, although I particularly disliked the music this week. We'll just have to agree to differ on that! A charming snow globe from Josephine Harvatt, with a great caption - beautifully placed into the scene. Very effective. A clever, ingenious and thoroughly on-topic entry from michael sinclair this week - with not a single Napoleonic soldier in sight. Great new legs on the cat, a splendid background, and good lighting from the crystal ball. Oh, but... Comic Sans? That's banned on this Forum! A cute little Scotty dog from Min, with a terrific set of reflections on the outside of the ball. It may have been difficult, but you've certainly achieved that sense of roundness! Good work. A splendid Egyptian image from Darren, with his own cat dressed up as Bastet - not a god I'd come across before, although clearly Anna has. Very nicely achieved, with a glowing and apparently floating ethereal ball. And I like the canary-catching in the second entry - now this really should have been an animation! Extraordinary work from Mariner, with a completely remodelled room. A splendidly scary cat, and great additions - the broomstick, the magic books, and that cleverly rebuilt cushion... I really like the new eyes in the skull! Anna, you need to add a pair immediately! Fantastic entry, Michael. I like Deborah Morley's new ball, especially in the ingenious way it refracts the background - that must have taken a lot of working out. I noticed that the bowl was empty, but it took me a few moments to spot the goldfish... subtle work! There's a very quizzical expression on Emy's dog - and I like the way it's reaching its paw out to the ball. Superb refraction through the ball, as well - very well achieved. I like the idea of srawland's Cosmic Catnip - a very nicely created packet. Perhaps a little Spherize distortion to make it look more as if it's inside the ball? A very curious entry from Jota120, with someone standing in front of the scene - but with a hole in her that's rather larger than the ball, through which we can see the ball itself. I don't begin to understand this one, Trevor... but best of luck with your appointment. Thanks, Anna, for the inspiring starting photo! |
Posted on 20/02/15 08:28:43 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3063 Reply |
Re: Challenge 543: Mushicat's dream
Thankyou Steve. Praise indeed! Thankyou Anna. Your weird photograph gave me many hours of fun. Sorry about your cat. Nothing personal. |
Posted on 20/02/15 09:35:33 AM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply |
Re: Challenge 543: Mushicat's dream
Thank you Steve  _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 20/02/15 10:52:57 AM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply |
Re: Challenge 543: Mushicat's dream
I did use Spherize distortion. Here is the image without it. Fortunately, I had made the catnip layer into a Smart Object. Oh and I can't claim credit for creating the packet. Cosmic Catnip is a local brand here. They also make catnip infused cat toys. http://www.cosmiccatnip.com/. I just thought the brand name and the logo were appropriate. 
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Posted on 20/02/15 2:56:18 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5675 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 543: Mushicat's dream
Now I am going to run the horrendous risk of disagreeing with the master. 
It is commonly accepted convention that things inside spheres are spherically distorted. I believe this is a misconception. When you look at things through a sphere that are outside it on the other side they are distorted. If they are very close to the sphere they will be un-inverted and hugely magnified. They will also be pincushion distorted - that is to say larger at edges of the sphere than the centre. As distance increases the image will quickly ”flip" and become inverted and the distortion become the barrel distortion we expect. You can see the inverted barrel distortion of the background seen through the sphere clearly in the original Mushicat photo.  Untitled by davidmac1943, on Flickr
However things inside solid glass or resin, or water filled spheres (which, in broad terms, are optically equivalent) are not distorted significantly. If think you think about it, no matter what your viewpoint, any object at the centre of a sphere is seen perpendicularly through the glass - so no refraction occurs. Seen from the same viewpoint, as objects approach the edge of sphere, they are being seen though an increasingly less perpendicular glass to air interface and refraction occurs. However because things inside a sphere are seen though only one refractive glass to air surface the distortions are far less marked than for objects seen though a sphere where there is second refraction from the back surface of the sphere as well. Unless the objects in the sphere come very close to its outer surface (see the flowers below) there will be only minimal distortions. Think snow ball or paperweight. The Winchester label and the watch parts below (click to enlarge) show the lack of distortion except at extreme edges particularly well.  Untitled by davidmac1943, on Flickr
So that’s my theory. I will freely admit that it contains as much blind speculation as science but but there is no doubt in my mind that this is one those times where our instinctive interpretation in images is not necessarily correct.  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 21/02/15 07:25:41 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3063 Reply |
Re: Challenge 543: Mushicat's dream
That's very interesting and well argued, DavidMac. Disagreeing with the master has not, in the past, caused him or his disciples to freak out. |
Posted on 21/02/15 12:17:53 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5675 Reply |
Re: Challenge 543: Mushicat's dream
You mean I can stop the nervous twitching now .......?  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 21/02/15 10:41:21 PM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7025 Reply |
Re: Challenge 543: Mushicat's dream
DavidMac: I did think about banning you, your progeny and your descendants from the Forum for the rest of eternity for your sheer impertinence, but the truth of your observations caused a last-minute reprieve. You may just be right. |
Posted on 22/02/15 07:05:16 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5675 Reply |
Re: Challenge 543: Mushicat's dream
Of course none of this need affect astral or other visions in a sphere as they presumably are not bound the laws of conventional physics and can barrel about as much as they like. ........ and it's good know the future of my progeny has not been compromised ........... _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 22/02/15 8:57:31 PM |
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Emy
Composition Chef Posts: 390 Reply |
Re: Challenge 543: Mushicat's dream
Thank you Steve _________________ Why not! |
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