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Posted on 04/02/21 04:58:45 AM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 842: The engineer's office
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Posted on 04/02/21 09:48:09 AM |
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michael sinclair
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Re: Challenge 842: The engineer's office
Anna very smooth and apt: well done! 
Hmmm, Michael all I can say is: NB by clicking on Mariner's image enables it to be its full size. 
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Posted on 04/02/21 10:06:30 AM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 842: The engineer's office
Thanks for the gold star Michael. It was a struggle but my panoramas seem to be working now I have moved to Flickr.com |
Posted on 04/02/21 12:51:19 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 842: The engineer's office
Lovely Michael. I am curious, however, as to why you decided to stretch the office. It's done beautifully and you have adjusted perspectives to match. I think it looks great ...... but I am still curious to know what motivated it. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 04/02/21 2:10:15 PM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 842: The engineer's office
David, the more I looked at the original shot the more I started to think that it had been compressed horizontally. So I stretched it back to what I thought it should have been and the result looked so much better that I decided to keep it that way. Glad you like it. |
Posted on 05/02/21 07:15:02 AM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 842: The engineer's office
Would never have occurred to me but I can see what you mean and it does look nice. In truth, if you look through the original windows at the office contents then all is actually quite normal. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 05/02/21 08:24:51 AM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 842: The engineer's office
I know, David, but I was wary of the sharp angle near the ceiling where the two sides of the office join. And the office door seems to me to be too narrow, so I guessed we might have some lens distortion, or even photoshopping. My imagination maybe, or poor eyesight! |
Posted on 05/02/21 08:43:59 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Challenge 842: The engineer's office
First to treat the engineer’s office was lwc, with an old photograph that looks like it’s been through several wars. All that staining, though, and no folds or creases? Splendid degradation from Frank, with much grime and steam. The man mopping the floor adds a great focal point. I like the way you’ve moved the light through the arch, with the front room in darkness. “Getting rid of that damn wire netting was a real killer” says DavidMac, and I can imagine it was: a remarkably neat reconstruction job. I really like the lamps, the opened door, and the overall lighting. Not too sure about the cardboard cutouts in the archway. I think it’s largely a matter of contrast - plus, of course, the fact that they’re lit from the left but the shadows at their feet show lighting from the right: 
A much better second entry, although the people still need to be flipped. The photographer is a good addition, and I like the rebuilt wall. The problem with this sort of image, says michael sinclair, is that it “imposes a severe limitation on what one can do”. Well, only if you insist on sticking to what you normally do; the purpose of the Friday Challenge is to take you out of your comfort zone. I like the repurposed arch, though; not sure about the owl. I do like the inventiveness of the second entry, though, although I’d have had the clouds moving in the other direction, and very much slower. An image full of sound and fury from tooquilos, with an entirely rebuilt view through the arch - and congratulations on being the first to notice that the arrow on the door was a recent addition for Covid-era visitors. I like the subtlety of the view in the office. But is that man making a phone all, or filing his nails? The flames, sparks and explosions in the animated version are glorious, And yes, I see it’s a phone. Amazing how much difference the live action makes. A great rebuild from Mariner, with a much-expanded scene. I think the glass could do with a little reflection to give it substance. I do have to pick you up on your perspective, though. The man on the left has his eye line almost exactly on the middle row of beading in the office window; but follow that through to the other side and the two engineers there are midgets: 
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Posted on 05/02/21 08:58:51 AM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 842: The engineer's office
Thanks Steve
It was very hard to put reflections in the glass because, no matter what I tried, they looked false. On close inspection I thought I could see a small flight of stairs from the archway down to the shop floor. Even so, I wish i had made the workmen bigger. Oh well. |
Posted on 05/02/21 09:31:07 AM |
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Frank
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Re: Challenge 842: The engineer's office
Thanks again Steve. |
Posted on 05/02/21 09:42:41 AM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 842: The engineer's office
It was surprisingly difficult finding photos of 19th century working men and, when you do, they are always posed looking at camera. These two were in fact blacksmiths. The original photo had almost no contrast at all. It was very hard to change that with out arriving at a 'soot and whitewash' result. On the face of it this should have been just the kind of challenge I like. For some surprising reason I found it rather intractable. Thanks Steve _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 06/02/21 08:10:44 AM |
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tooquilos
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Re: Challenge 842: The engineer's office
Thank you so much Steve _________________ Dorothy: "there's no place like home!" |
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