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Posted on 10/04/25 11:32:21 PM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 871 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
Reworked the lighting, which was wrong on the first image. The eye candy in AI makes you miss important details...lol. Painted in with the dodge and burn tool. 
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Posted on 11/04/25 08:14:31 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 6990 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
First to blow the safe this week was lwc, with a slavering guard dog (now that should put off any aspiring burglar). I like the flickering light, and the Homer Simpson cartoon. The Indiana Jones entry is entertaining, reminiscent of the final scene of the first film. That skeleton really makes it. Homer Simpson feels a bit anachronistic, though. Tom Cruise makes a guest appearance in Ant Snell’s entry, artfully moving the furniture out of the way. Those not from the UK will have to Google Milk Tray! I like the purple toolkit, and the oxyacetylene torch. Lateral thinking from DavidMac, with a splendid hole in the ceiling. A cunningly vertically extended room, and very fine lighting. I enjoyed the second entry, and do wonder… did you pose for that specially? I enjoyed the story of your own safe! And it never occurred to me to learn French from Tintin. Immaculate work from Ben Boardman, revealing the hidden wine cellar. This feels to me like a Mariner image. The opened door is glorious. Small point: the woman on the left is in fairly deep shadow, but this isn’t evident on the side of the chair next to her. The Trump/Musk entry is magnificent – so he’s finally found a use for that chainsaw! Outstanding, with perfect reflections, sparks and debris. Top job. Caught in the act in Frank's entry, with a very fine opened door (I like the bolts sticking out). Has a burglar ever worn a striped shirt, I wonder? Great lighting. Interesting to see the safe door image – what is all that junk inside, though, and is it really worth so much security? A robot torch from michael sinclair, although it might work better if positioned slightly closer to the safe. An expertly cleared room, though, and I like the doors revealing the hall beyond. I like the falling banknotes entry, especially for the buckled see door and the view of the contents within. Very entertaining. Curiously, once I’ve seen the banknotes at full opacity, it feels as if more smaller ones are needed ar the back to give more sense of depth. But well done figuring out the green screen. Who is the mysterious masked man in dwindt's entry? And why is he robbing a bank in his pyjamas? A neatly cleared room, with a rather fine escritoire in the corner. Even if it is, ahem, somewhat on the small side. Interesting to see you can actually draw! And your explanation of using ComfyUI is very interesting. Sounds well worth a look, although the description “node-based” does really put me off. I like the revised entry, but maybe the view of the floor outside the swing doors needs to be brightened to match the street. A splendid rebuild from Mariner, and changing those doors from internal to external really lets the light in. Interesting how you so moved the safe away from the wall, making space to tuck the door in behind it. Small perspective issue: we’re seeing the open safe from an angle but the door more or less head on. So it should appear wider than the opening, not narrower. And what a convoluted back story! |
Posted on 11/04/25 08:58:04 AM |
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Ben Boardman
Printing Pro Posts: 601 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
Thank you Steve, particularly the comparison with Mariner, really enjoyed the challenge. There was some great work this week. |
Posted on 11/04/25 09:04:49 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3006 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
Thanks Steve. Yes, this was pointed out to me by David and I finally get it. |
Posted on 11/04/25 10:09:43 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5551 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
I really enjoyed this one Steve. Thanks.
Because our New Year card always involves photographing ourselves, I have a very simple remote camera set up (literally a cable with a bell push on one end) so it's very simple to do on the odd occasions it might be amusing to incorporate myself into an image.
That entire house purchase was bizarre. Here's what it looked like after the charities had cleared out all the ladies furniture and belongings. In the two years it stood empty the dry rot in the joists caused the ground floor at the rear to collapse into the cellar. It was the kind of project you only take on when you are young and desperate for a foot on the bottom rung of the housing ladder. We spent a year doing it up, half of it with our own hands, and completely re-modelled it. We lived in it happily for ten years before selling it for nearly ten times its purchase price. 
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Posted on 11/04/25 1:46:29 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3121 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
Thanks Steve! |
Posted on 12/04/25 07:55:43 AM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 871 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
Thank you Steve. Well done everybody. _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 13/04/25 3:50:54 PM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1733 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1048: Open the safe
Thanks Steve . That safe door image was simply to prove the bolts could be out when the door is open. A safety mechanism controlled by a handle. Agree, overkill for the junk that's inside. |
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