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Posted on 21/03/26 11:03:54 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 6117 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1097: Three holes
Dear God! Do I know that one! Photoshop tunnel vision. Concentrate on one thing and miss the other. My commonest mistake. I fall for it time and time again! As for the rest I follow you. So often we have to make conscious compromises. When this happens there is no right or wrong but sometimes the spectator sees a different game than the player. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 21/03/26 11:13:15 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 6117 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1097: Three holes
Street Artist David Mac doing his thing. Jus' foolin' aroun'. 
 _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 22/03/26 3:59:05 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3494 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1097: Three holes
I was stumped for another three-hole image, but for some odd reason your street artist version gave me this idea David Mac... 
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Posted on 22/03/26 9:54:02 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 6117 Reply |
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There''s something really quite sweet about this. The English language is constantly evolving .......... I think you just suggested a new word ........ Osteoforage. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 22/03/26 11:17:30 PM |
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Ben Boardman
Printing Pro Posts: 752 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1097: Three holes
That one I really like David. Do you actually do street art? |
Posted on 23/03/26 10:30:01 AM |
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DavidMac
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No Ben. I am not very adept with conventional media like paints and chalks. I have loved street art ever since I discovered the anamorphic drawings of Julian Beever about twenty years ago. There are other artists who do similar anamorphic art but he is the original, and one of my favourites. I love the wit of other conventional artists who turn a crack or stain or mundane object into an amusing statement. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 23/03/26 3:59:53 PM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 1031 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1097: Three holes
Three holes to make many more holes. God bless us all!  _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 23/03/26 5:23:00 PM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3298 Reply  |
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Posted on 23/03/26 5:25:49 PM |
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Mariner
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Posted on 24/03/26 05:42:30 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2970 Reply  |
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David, your entry reminded me of a doormat that I have my eyes on.  _________________ Dorothy: "there's no place like home!" |
Posted on 24/03/26 05:43:32 AM |
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tooquilos
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http://vimeo.com/1176410995?fl=pl&fe=sh  _________________ Dorothy: Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore |
Posted on 24/03/26 12:50:53 PM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1848 Reply  |
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Lots of great and varied entries - well done.  |
Posted on 24/03/26 1:37:13 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4139 Reply  |
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I want one too👍 _________________  |
Posted on 24/03/26 9:40:30 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 6117 Reply |
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They're easy to find on the net if you want to buy one. I've seen plenty. But bear in mind one thing............ It's an illusion that works only from one direction. If it works going in it won't coming out or vice versa. Just to make this clear I've turned it round the other way. But be positive. Just think of the disappointment (and money) I've saved you.  
 _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 25/03/26 3:15:55 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3494 Reply |
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Posted on 26/03/26 5:13:33 PM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3298 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1097: Three holes
It seems it's Silly Season once again, so here’s something silly. No critique needed on this one Steve, it’s just for fun. That’s me in the white top, taken a few years ago.  |
Posted on 27/03/26 09:15:21 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7157 Reply  |
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First to show his, er, holes this week was DavidMac, with the gnomes making a cheeky return. Quick question: did you build these yourself, or are there places where you can actually buy three different varieties of mooning gnome? A hugely convincing Oklahoma entry, absolutely faultless. For some reason when I first saw this I assumed it was one of Loyd’s… great job. I like the street artist, am I right in thinking you posed for this? It’s the detail of the shadow beneath the paint box that really makes this work. Three very different holes from dwindt – the pothole, the excavation and the portable toilet. I particularly like the skid marks. Small point: The top of the box needs to slope down towards the horizon: 
Interesting that the army should choose to place their missile silo outside the perimeter fence, rather than inside… but a great idea nonetheless. I like the detail of the tank track marks. Of course, that low concrete wall should really be reflected in the puddle… There was a splendidly subtle entry from lwc earlier in the week, showing the sign with three bullet holes – but the image seems to have vanished. Has Flickr decided it’s problematic? It did take me a while to spot. I didn’t manage to catch the second image at all, though… what can be going on with your posts? Oh, hang on – the Triple Hole Wrecker image is there. What is that device on the back of the truck? Does it relate to the earlier vanished image? I see Nick Curtain has been to this part of East Anglia – yes, drainage channels are very much required due to the fact that much of the farmland has been rescued from marsh. Nicely understated. Many more than three holes in Ant Snell’s entertaining image, but that’s certainly a good use of potholes. I like how you’ve brought the sun out, and the three-arched bridge incorporated in the background. But I can’t help staring at that golf club sign: whatever is going on with the perspective there? A two-minute fix: 
Good to see GKB drawing attention to the pothole issue, nicely blended into the road surface. But I don’t think the pothole can be entirely to blame: that man’s trying to drive a car that’s very much too small for him to fit into, and he seems to have lost a rear wheel along the way. I’m surprised the car made it as far as the pothole. A beautifully reconstructed bridge from Ben Boardman, nestling very neatly into the scene. The perspective of the bridge is just right. the people, however, seem much too small – I suppose you’ve sized them so they can be leaning on the parapet, but I’d imagine in reality this bridge would be only slightly wider than a car. At this distance, too, the man sitting on the near side of the bridge would only appear very slightly larger than those on the far side. And yes, David is right – the sign could do with shrinking! Although I think David has misread the levels: there’s nothing here to indicate that the field at the back is on a level with the top of the bridge. Although perhaps a small shadow behind the Three Holes sign might indicate a drop-off of the land at that point. Ah – there’s the new sign! A painstakingly restored road sign from Mariner, and a cheekily altered name for the village. So did you recreate the sign from scratch, or tidy up around the text? I suspect the latter, since you’ve matched the font perfectly. What a lot of work! I like the bridge version, with the canal boats. I assume that’s the reflection of the nearest boat, rather than a shadow; but if so, it should be rippled, and shouldn’t have a soft edge – and we certainly shouldn’t be able to see the reflected clouds through it. I won’t critique the plane entry, since you asked me not to, but I did greatly enjoy it! So now we know what you look like from the back… the rest is a mystery. I love the subtlety of the gnarled hand reaching out of the nearest hole in tooquilos's apocalyptic entry, with its ruined village and doom sky. I wonder who was left to paint the Population 0 sign? Great ground breaking and bubbling pools in the animated version. And a perfect soundtrack. Excellent. I laughed out loud at Frank's entry – now that’s a real problem with potholes! Absolutely ingenious, and perfectly executed. Is that a real warning sign? It’s expertly done. |
Posted on 27/03/26 09:30:14 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3298 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1097: Three holes
None of the above Steve. I searched the net for the exact sign and luckily someone had taken a photo of it when it was nice and clean. I changed the R to a P and covereed up the T and H. Yep, that boat's shadow is poor. My front is/was even more beautiful than my back. Many years ago. |
Posted on 27/03/26 11:20:41 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 6117 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1097: Three holes
They are off the peg. if you go googling, there are many more than three!
HaHaHaHa! The juxtaposition of those two statements is rather less flattering to me than Loyd.
Yes Ingrid did a quick snap on the iPhone. I didn't need to 'dress up'. I didn't even need to go outside. All done right next to my computer - the work of a minute!
Yes of course. The box was deliberately placed to create a shadow on the 'void' beneath to break the illusion. My hand and knee placement perform the same function on the hole in progress. And now another matter!
Now this is fascinating! I was, of course, instantly curious as to why your extremely keen eye felt "there’s nothing here to indicate that the field at the back is on a level with the top of the bridge.". You correctly spot things I miss or get wrong so often that, following your remark, I immediately went back and carefully re-examined the image to see where I might have been mistaken. And I just can't see it! To my eye the field is clearly on the same level as the road in the right hand part of picture. The field itself is flat and level with no indication of a gradient of any kind. The road is also flat and level with no indication of a gradient. That being so they must share same common level throughout the width of the picture. The height of the bridge is derived from the road which passes over it and, as pointed out above, the road is level with the field. So to quote from my previous entry "That being so, the field directly behind the bridge, being on the same level, would come forward to touch the base of the far parapet, which is indeed exactly what it appears to do!" There's a lot of subjective perception involved here and obviously you have a quite different perception but, no matter how hard I try to see this differently, I am finding myself quite unable to see (or analyse) it any other than the way I have. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 27/03/26 11:34:50 AM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3494 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1097: Three holes
The second image was of three dogs. Back of the truck is just an 'old-school' tow truck. All but the tow truck has vanished for me too, David Mac's Oklahoma entry has also vanished along with Mariner's last image. I have no idea what's going on, I did check on my iPad and all images are there as they should be, just not on the desktop PC. Strange stuff! 
Thanks! |
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