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Posted on 15/07/21 02:49:51 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3055 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 865: A day at the races
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Posted on 15/07/21 03:13:17 AM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3218 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 865: A day at the races
Michael... 
Nicely done, although I'm not sure that sort of racing would bring in much of a crowd...   |
Posted on 15/07/21 12:39:27 PM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 865: A day at the races
Thanks, Loyd. From that I assume that moose racing is not as big in your part of the world. |
Posted on 15/07/21 8:39:31 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1864 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 865: A day at the races
My third entry is "bang on target", and at the risk of sounding cliched, I found this time consuming and difficult .
I'm surprised no one has made any comments on these "herculean" tasks
...I wonder if Lloyds would be interested in my black horse (I could make it more black if they want)? The last two animations are four framers 
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Posted on 16/07/21 08:23:27 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7023 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 865: A day at the races
First to visit the racetrack this week was DavidMac, with a splendid shot of a horse leaping over the gate. Very neatly done, but - perspective, David! The gate comes up to the midriff of the woman in grey and black, but over the head of the woman in blue. Eyelines/horizon etc! You’ve fully redeemed yourself in the second entry, however, with the Marx Brothers slotting in neatly. (Interesting fact: after Zeppo Marx stopped appearing in the movies, he went on to design the mechanism that released the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.) I’m sorry cutting out the gate was so painful: I’d have thought removing the background behind the mesh would have been quite straightforward, given the tonal contrasts. I see lwc has been rummaging in the downloads section of my new site… but that’s not where he found those two glorious horses. The head shake is tremendous, along with the slight disparaging mutter. Here comes the cavalry - and michael sinclair with one of his signature two-frame Napoleonic gallops. No sign of the starting image, although at least this one features some horses - unlike the second entry, which must be the most off-topic image ever posted to the Friday Challenge. A little close to home with the third entry; good jiggling, but the rectangular shadow rather lets you down. A nicely animated horse in the fourth entry, now fully on-topic. An ingeniously straightened-out background, although watch out for horizontal compression. A rather more industrial gate from tooquilos, as Newmarket seems to have rather gone to seed. A great pose from the horse, though. And there it is vigorously brought to life in the animated version. Are those horses real? Or CGI? So hard to tell, but I couldn’t imagine anyone putting a green screen behind a real horse. I enjoyed GKB's pantomime horse race - well done finding so many from the right angles. And the panto dame telling off the cow is splendid. Readers not from the UK will have no conception of pantomime, its horses and its dames, so the best way I can explain is mention the commedia dell’arte tradition that started this ancient English theatrical experience - more here. A good leap from Frank, and the left gate has ben artfully closed. I’d question the motion blur, though, especially on the open gate, which has the result of making it look unnaturally thick. but I do like the way you’ve swung it open towards the viewer. An extraordinary 2D/3D hybrid from dwindt, which clearly caused far more modelling issues than are immediately apparent. It looks like you rebuilt the gates too, is that right? A great result. And so sorry to hear things are difficult in SA - we hear nothing about it on the news over here! I like Vibeke's floral decorations, and the way the spectators make use of the gates and fence. Excellent integration. Of course the crapping horse is the real hero here. And… “I guess the best way to explain my name is to say it's like Rebecca with a V.” I’ve been imagining it wrong for 15 years! At first glance, it looks like Mariner has only closed the gates - no mean feat in itself. But when you look closer, you notice not only the building and his wheelbarrow and cement mixer, but the new brighter path - and then the fact that the scene has been greatly extended to the right. And the Moose Racing is almost subliminal. I particularly like the way you’ve built the left edge of the right roof. Small technical point: I believe the windows on the left building that appear elliptical are, in fact, circular. Which means when they’re brought that much closer to us, in the building on the right, they should appear less squeezed horizontally. |
Posted on 16/07/21 09:32:43 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3999 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 865: A day at the races
Thanks Steve Perhaps we should invite all foreign forum members who are not au fait with pantomime to come to the UK next Christmas for a HTCIP trip to the panto just to experience the high level of theatrical art involved _________________ Always remember that you are unique - just like everyone else. |
Posted on 16/07/21 09:59:12 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3055 Reply |
Re: Challenge 865: A day at the races
Thanks, Steve.
Yes, I did think about stretching them, then I thought, well, maybe they really are oval, so I didn't bother. |
Posted on 16/07/21 10:00:40 AM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 865: A day at the races
Thanks Steve, and as far as my name is concerned, Rebecca with a V is a simplification, not quite right but a lot closer to a lot of the names I have been called. I have had my name mispronounced for so long that I'm not even sure how to pronounce it anymore. _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 16/07/21 12:20:28 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5666 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 865: A day at the races
I realised I'd posted a midget when I came back to it fresh later on. By then I'd done the Marx Brothers image as well and didn't have the energy to go back to it. Yes of course it should have been a straightforward cutout. Somehow I simply wasn't on the ball last week and let myself get bogged down in one of those silly situations where you fiddle and fiddle without making any real headway. What, of course, I should have done was, stop, think, and start afresh. Hopefully better next time. Thanks Steve. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 16/07/21 11:34:14 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3218 Reply |
Re: Challenge 865: A day at the races
Thanks Steve... |
Posted on 17/07/21 05:06:59 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2898 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 865: A day at the races
Thanks Steve Yes the rearing horses are CGI. The ones galloping from right to left are a video. _________________ Dorothy: Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore |
Posted on 21/07/21 3:36:40 PM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1739 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 865: A day at the races
Thanks Steve, motion blur was an afterthought |
Posted on 21/07/21 3:36:41 PM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1739 Reply |
Re: Challenge 865: A day at the races
Thanks Steve, motion blur was an afterthought. Trying to simulate slow shutter speed on a kicked open gate. |
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