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Posted on 13/05/21 9:48:31 PM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 919 Reply |
Re: Challenge 856: Out of bounds, really
Wow, it's the first time I've looked at the site today. So many wonderful entries...and I've taken all week to do 1...lol. I tried another 3d twist on the image but it proved to be a great deal of work but now that I have completed my "The Tin man, I can do as many poses as I wish. His armour conforms with Daz's M8 and moves in basic poses...as much as armour would allow you to.  _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 13/05/21 9:59:19 PM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 919 Reply |
Re: Challenge 856: Out of bounds, really
As you can tell from this pose, I never finished The Tin man's leg armour. I never needed it in my original image so I didn't bother...One day...like my steam drill and wagon. The Tin man is happy with his heart!  _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 14/05/21 08:52:17 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7023 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 856: Out of bounds, really
First to jump through the frame this week was michael sinclair, with his old standby Napoleonic hordes stampeding towards the camera. The second entry is vastly more impressive, really make use of the frame idea. In the third entry, I’d have tucked the water inside the frame, and maybe put the frame at a slight perspective angle, for more drama: 
A fine leaping tiger from Mariner, with what appears to be a dead rat as his prize. I have a few comments on this one, Michael. First, the shadow under the tiger’s outstretched leg should appear further from the leg with distance from the frame, to stop the leg looking flat. Second, the shadow inside the frame does, I think rather spoil the illusion. And you need to fire your decorator - he’s hung the wallpaper horizontally and mismatched the joins. A very touching second entry, which tugs on one’s emotions. Very moving. Again, though, I’d lose the inner shadow. A tremendous reworking of the Sistine Chapel from GKB, with exactly the right sort of sky behind it. I’d maybe have given Adam a hillside to lie on, but this is really splendid. High drama in the second entry: good to see that PixelSquid broken glass put to good use. Beautiful. The lava flow in the third entry reminds me of the house of César Manrique in Lanzarote, who built it so the lava outside the window flowed in through the glass. You need one of Loyd’s special effects to make your lava flow, though. Aha! I see Loyd has done it! Brilliant work. A charming fourth entry, even if the girl does look rather constipated. I like the hark back to an earlier Challenge in the fifth entry, although the perspective of your brickwork is a little unsettling. I like the double framing in lwc's entry, with the flying hawk. That’s a curious front frame, though; I can’t imagine what sort of carpenter would use brass screws on the front of the corners. Great to see that truly dramatic self portrait in the second entry, too. Cool hat! And there’s a terrific amount of action in the third entry, with those hands and the leaping frames: I really like how they bust through the outer green frame. Surreal excellence. Cute dog in the fourth entry. Small point: if the frame’s shadow is soft, the shadow of the paws should be as well. From cute to cutest: that squirrel in the fifth entry is utterly charming. I like the elephant in the sixth entry; not sure the woman in the foreground adds much, to my eye she’s just a distraction. The bats in the seventh entry are really haunting; the fact that they’re completely black makes them appear magically out of the black border. A majestic tornado in the eighth entry: have you actually seen one of these things, Loyd? After his entertaining reminder of an earlier Challenge, DavidMac produced a great flaming kitchen image. I like the Hitchcock-like directorial appearances. That’s a tiny chef, however, for the scale of the kitchen. And there’s the director again in the second entry - I really like this one. Did you actually dress up for these, David? A pert political comment in the third entry - but it would take too long to explain to non-Brits what’s going on here. Tossing the Tosser more or less sums it up. I think it’s the purity of Vibeke's entry that makes it so appealing: no special effects, no gimmicks, but an absolutely beautiful image. Absolutely magical. Many congratulations. And a happy Mother’s Day to you too! A touch of the impressionist from tooquilos. Nicely done, but I’m not sure Monet would approve of his two side forest extensions. Mirroring the edges? Content Aware Fill, Anna! Plenty of great ideas in the animated version - those asteroids are splendid, as is the spinning balloon. The shark is a real surprise, and the waterfall is glorious. And Venus is wonderful! So much going on here - a real tour de force. Inspired! Amazing that dwindt should build a Tin Man for Daz - what an achievement! I like the Oz background, too. But what’s in the red box? I do like the long socks in the second entry! Much better than fully tin legs. ____________ A lot of fun this week. Many thanks, Anna, for your inspirational starting image. |
Posted on 14/05/21 09:30:19 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3999 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 856: Out of bounds, really
Thanks Steve And thank you Anna for the frame; I had oodles of ideas for this one but thought I ought to stop where I did. _________________ Time flies like an arrow but fruit flies like a banana. |
Posted on 14/05/21 09:33:10 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5666 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 856: Out of bounds, really
Oh yes. Never spotted that!
Yes I did. Thereby hangs a tale. Two of our best friends in Brussels are a married gay couple. A few years back one of them had his landmark 50th birthday. He asked if, for his present, I would cook a Chinese dinner for himself and ten other couples (mostly gay) in our loft. It was truly riotous evening - and night - ended 4 AM. He asked that the dinner be styled in black and white and knowing the gentleman's love of style and high camp Ingrid and I took him at his word. I went out and bought a black chef's outfit and Ingrid and a friend dressed in black and white as waitresses. Here we are taking a much needed break just after the last service.
Perfectly. I had some vicious fun with that one. A fun challenge. Thank you Anna!  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 14/05/21 09:43:40 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5666 Reply |
Re: Challenge 856: Out of bounds, really
I Photoshopped the menu too. 
 _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 14/05/21 09:52:24 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3055 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 856: Out of bounds, really
Thanks, Steve. Apologies for the slapdash first entry. It was just a quickie really. Point taken on the drop shadows. |
Posted on 14/05/21 10:08:27 AM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 856: Out of bounds, really
Thank you very much Steve. _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 14/05/21 1:15:11 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1864 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 856: Out of bounds, really
Steve I like your version of the QM2: much better! Thank you.  |
Posted on 14/05/21 2:21:22 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3217 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 856: Out of bounds, really
I've seen four. I will always remember the first two. My mom, dad, and I were watching television (about 1954). The local TV station came on the air and stated that they had moved a camera outside and were looking straight west down Britton Road. There they were, two tornados side by side. Almost at the same moment it dawned on us that our house was just south of Britton Rd. and due west from the TV studio. We went to the back door and there they were, about a half-mile directly north of us... pretty exciting to say the least. btw- The squirrel snap is of one of my backyard visitors. Thanks Steve! |
Posted on 14/05/21 2:35:40 PM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 919 Reply |
Re: Challenge 856: Out of bounds, really
Thanks Steve. The red bag is a "human organs for transport" bag...lucky for the Tin man, with a heart inside.
Thats why he's happy with his heart, in the last image...lol. _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 15/05/21 02:21:02 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2898 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 856: Out of bounds, really
Thank you Steve  Yes I hang my head in shame with the repeating edges. I did it in AE to fill the composition and forgot to fix it in PS  _________________ Wicked Witch of the West: I'm melting! I'm melting! |
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