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Posted on 01/05/24 7:15:41 PM |
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michael sinclair
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Re: Challenge 1002: Wild horses
Thanks Loyd, It's a shame that in your latest entry the "deft" footwork of the horses is concealed. 
Oh no! The Lone Ranger has been unseated.
Time-consuming doing 25 separate shadows. 
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Posted on 01/05/24 9:03:48 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5554 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1002: Wild horses
Lots of funny and unexpected entries. Love the turning of the newspaper route map into a diary of lunch breaks etc. Three very interesting animations to end with.
I suspect, Michael, that Loyd's concealment of 'deft footwork' has the same motive as your cunning band of shadow in your first entry .... to avoid animating contact shadows. 
But you have made up for this, in spades, in your last submission. Aside from the shadows, I am also impressed how effective the high speed background is with the slow motion foreground. With it's repeating motion it's very reminiscent of Eduard Muybridge's sequential horse photography that contributed to the invention of the movies. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 01/05/24 9:05:17 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3122 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1002: Wild horses
Right or wrong, it's the way 'I' visualized the image. |
Posted on 01/05/24 9:46:06 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3122 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1002: Wild horses
I was wrong… apparently two horses made a complete escape. 
Sorry, no shadows... it's just a silly gif. 
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Posted on 02/05/24 07:01:47 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3007 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1002: Wild horses
Excellent Michael. I imagined this as a high speed train moving from right to left. |
Posted on 02/05/24 07:07:34 AM |
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Mariner
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Horse Guards Parade, St James's Park, London
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Posted on 03/05/24 08:28:12 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Challenge 1002: Wild horses
First to race through London this week was Mariner, but was this is an official news agency photo I’ve had to delete it – their lawyers have very sharp teeth. I like the real entry, with a very active pose for the horse: I suspect you added its saddle. The man lying flat on his back is curious, though. Was he knocked over by the horse? He’s not wearing riding clothes. He is perhaps a little small, compared to the woman leaning over him. And why doesn’t he cast a shadow? He does need something to ground him. A very good choice of setting, though, in Horse Guards’ Parade. Plenty of action in DavidMac's entry, with a bloodstained white horse leaping over some roadworks. I like the sense of excitement here, with the running boys and the photographers adding greatly to the effect. But I will pick you up on your lens flare: surely this would shine in front of the horse, even though the light source is behind it? A fun rainy London scene from lwc, with four animated horses. I like the deserted city. But I have a number of queries here. First, the horse in the foreground is surely too low; the perspective suggests that the photo was taken at eye level, in which case wouldn’t all the horses’ heads be on the same line? Second, the white horse really needs a reflection. And third… the running black horse is very cute, but a horse moving at that speed would be cantering or, at the very least, trotting. Don’t they have horses in Oklahoma? I like the white horse running past the Houses of Parliament, the daffodils neatly hiding its hooves. I enjoyed the Legoland entry, especially the way the horse reappears behind the front stalls. But – what a weird shape, with that huge head! Don’t they have horses in Oklahoma?? It’s back to first principles for tooquilos, with the two horses breaking out of their stable. A very fine smashed door. I like their appearances in the animated version, especially when laid over video. The multiple settings are very entertaining. But they seem to be running on the spot: move them faster across each scene! The final pasture video is a nice conclusion. An authentic-looking newspaper graphic from Ben Boardman, featuring a map of the nags’ journey. But the replaced images are glorious in their silliness, and I suspect some of them are real – did a priest really bless a horse? Very entertaining, Ben. The statue of the four leaping horses that Ant Snell has featured are located between Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus (for those of you who don’t know London but do have Monopoly boards). The two new additions fit in there really well – I was particularly taken with the detail of the splash of blood on the edge of the fountain. Frank shows the moment when the horses bolted, throwing off their riders: the horse guard being thrown from the black horse is especially amusing. The smashed car adds visual interest, as do the people peering from the windows – even up to the top floor. Very nicely done. A whole herd of horses from michael sinclair, careering across Oxford Street. Really well done; the fact that it’s a seamless animation is particularly satisfying (as is the lack of busy sky). The white horse on the blurred background is an outstanding entry, with a real sense of speed and urgency to it. The shadows may have been a pain, but they really add a lot to the drama and realism of the scene. These are two of your best animations yet, Michael – keep up the excellent work. |
Posted on 03/05/24 09:04:06 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3007 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1002: Wild horses
I tried to edit my reply but all I got was Internal Server Error etc. |
Posted on 03/05/24 12:47:09 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5554 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1002: Wild horses
Yes it certainly would. The flare was not my choice. It was there in the original background photo already. I tried various ways of bringing it in front of the horse as well as letting it eat into the horses outline. They all worked fine technically but somehow made the image too self conscious and 'arty'. It seemed robbed it of its 'immediacy'. So, in the end, I quite consciously left it alone choosing tabloid drama over style. I had a lot fun with this one thanks! _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 03/05/24 1:16:17 PM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3007 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1002: Wild horses
Nice video Anna |
Posted on 03/05/24 1:20:58 PM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3007 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1002: Wild horses
Thanks Steve. The horse threw its rider then knocked down the man who tried to stop it. His daughter is trying to help him up. The rider is running after his horse. The prone man does have a shadow, if a little weak. |
Posted on 03/05/24 3:54:16 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3122 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1002: Wild horses
Too many... other than that, just lazy, sloppy work. The horse in the last entry with the enlarged head was a cartoon character that I found somewhere. |
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