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Posted on 21/04/21 09:57:45 AM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 853: A mammoth task
You might find it interesting also to google Etienne-Jules Marey who, quite independently of Muybridge, but in parallel with with him, developed a similar technique using a single camera. Just as Muybridge is reputed to have inspired Edison's development of motion pictures in the USA, Marey is reputed to have inspired Les Frères Lumières in France. Of more relevance to you Marey even managed high speed sequential photography. 60 fps. Quite astonishing for the time. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 21/04/21 3:22:50 PM |
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michael sinclair
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Re: Challenge 853: A mammoth task
Thanks David and Loyd This version is more advanced (bloody hard work!): it has "flexing" feet when off the ground, as well as moving ear, blinking eye and trunk twizzle. 
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Posted on 21/04/21 3:53:47 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3217 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 853: A mammoth task
Good job Michael.... it is a lot more difficult than it looks, not to mention time consuming. Did you name him 'skippy'...?? |
Posted on 21/04/21 4:20:40 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 853: A mammoth task
And much better to my eye! _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 21/04/21 8:00:17 PM |
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vibeke
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Re: Challenge 853: A mammoth task
Amazing Michael, That must have taken a long time. _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 21/04/21 8:05:04 PM |
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vibeke
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Re: Challenge 853: A mammoth task
Thank you David, I keep being amazed at how much I don't know. Very interesting. _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 22/04/21 01:04:43 AM |
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lwc
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Re: Challenge 853: A mammoth task
I decided to rework the sunset version... for the record the image of the sunset is from far southwestern Oklahoma.  |
Posted on 22/04/21 03:51:32 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3055 Reply  |
Taking on Challenge 853 is a mammoth task
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Posted on 22/04/21 07:22:14 AM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 853: A mammoth task
That is truly surreal! I love it! _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 22/04/21 07:27:38 AM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 853: A mammoth task
Even Einstein could happilly have said that. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 22/04/21 08:03:54 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2898 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 853: A mammoth task
Ah..thank you for clearing that up Loyd Your latest one, with the meerkat (?) looks really authentic. Beautiful sunset.
David, that is a wonderful print. You never know what you will find at an auction. It's generally things that you didn't realise that you cannot live without 
I animated a portion of that print. That is so beautifully vibrant, Mariner.  _________________ Wicked Witch of the West:I'll get you, my pretty! And your little dog, too! |
Posted on 22/04/21 10:12:05 AM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 853: A mammoth task
Thanks, Anna, I like the word vibrant. |
Posted on 22/04/21 10:14:32 AM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 853: A mammoth task
Thanks, David, it was love at first sight for me too. |
Posted on 22/04/21 10:40:03 AM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 853: A mammoth task
And this is where I found her... http://img.17qq.com/images/ghhccghpocv.jpeg |
Posted on 22/04/21 2:43:34 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5666 Reply |
Re: Challenge 853: A mammoth task
Anna that is just splendid! Thank you! Relative to your animation, the story goes that somebody cut up one of his prints into a strip and put it into a zoetrope thus producing the first moving photographs. This is supposed to have lead Thomas Edison's Kinetograph. In this case I knew in advance what I was going to find from the auction catalogue. I already knew about Muybridge and the significance of the print. That is why I went to the auction. Fortunately no one else seemed to realise it's significance and bidding against me was desultory. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 22/04/21 5:02:28 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3217 Reply |
Re: Challenge 853: A mammoth task
Thanks Anna...! Yes, a meerkat, the first one was a tiger but I had doubts about how well it worked. |
Posted on 22/04/21 10:29:41 PM |
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michael sinclair
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Re: Challenge 853: A mammoth task
Nice work Loyd and Michael a super quickie at this late hour entitled " Come and get it Neanderthal man"
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Posted on 23/04/21 08:10:02 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7023 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 853: A mammoth task
First to get Palaeolithic this week was DavidMac, with a fun topical gag. (And neatly picked up by michael sinclair). A splendidly atmospheric second entry, with excellent lighting; having the main character almost in shadow adds a lot of drama to the scene. Mind you, I suppose lighting really is your thing. I like the lighting effects in lwc's stormy entry, which certainly makes the scene a lot more atmospheric. A highly appropriate walking elephant in the second entry, and the jeep in the third entry; but why are they in a ditch? Or are you interpreting the grass/tree line as the brow of a hill? Good lighting in the fourth entry, and it’s good to see the moose back. Those rays from the sun, though, really should be on the top layer, rather than stopping short behind the mammoths. A truly beautiful sunset in the fifth entry, and the little critter running about in the foreground and then the background adds a lot of visual interest. Fine work from GKB, combining a good gag with a very fine montage. Just a touch of shadow around that outstretched leg in the foreground south make it perfect. I wondered what had happened to tooquilos last week, so it’s good to see (a) that your shoulder is better, and (b) that you have combined the two Challenges. That’s quite a dig! I like the water effect in the animated version, although the tusk sticking out should have a curved bottom rather than a straight line. The dog is very cute, but does he rather accentuate the fact that the man isn’t moving? A living, breathing baby mammoth from Mariner, its feet neatly concealed by the grass at the front. Please, please tell me you found this somewhere and didn’t build it yourself. A surreal but rather beautiful second entry: I like the shading on the rug. That handbag on the tusk is a very cute touch. The woman does, however, seem to be rather too much in the shade for such a sunny day. I’d suggest brightening her up, leaving just those areas with overhangs above - the face, leg and waist - in the shade: 
A fun walking mammoth from michael sinclair, with a surprisingly convincing scrolling ground. Watch the straight lines where you’ve cut the legs off the body, though. A vastly improved second entry; I like the twitch of the tail and ear, and the blink. The gambolling motion is perhaps more lamb than mammoth, but it’s certainly fun. For a better perspective effect, though - and less restart jumping - I’d have the mountains and sky static while just the foreground moves. I did really enjoy the third entry. A neatly placed photographer from Vibeke, with a good matching shadow. I like the new background, with rocks whose texture matches the mammoth well. |
Posted on 23/04/21 08:54:26 AM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 853: A mammoth task
Yes, Steve, I found it on the net.
Thanks Steve, for taking the trouble to adjust the shading. Unfortunately my eyes aren't good enough any more to see the difference on this scale. I knew there would be a problem with the shading so I put the sunshine vertically downwards to compensate. |
Posted on 23/04/21 09:24:40 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5666 Reply |
Re: Challenge 853: A mammoth task
Under the circumstances it would be a bit of a shame if it wasn't. This one lent itself perfectly. Apart from a couple of scrapped unpromising first attempts I found myself enjoying it. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
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