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Posted on 24/04/09 09:17:27 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Contest 246: Lift the lid
It might surprise some that I should go all the way to Norway and come back with a photograph of a manhole cover, but you have to admit it is a very fine manhole cover. What I want you to do is to lift the lid and show me what lies beneath. It's not quite as easy as it sounds: you'll need some subtle shading to make this one convincing. High res is here.  |
Posted on 24/04/09 11:40:22 AM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: Contest 246: Lift the lid
This should be fun  Have some ideas but not sure can realise in PS??? ...... plus have to travel soon.
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Posted on 24/04/09 11:52:20 AM |
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Jeepy
Modeleur Mystique Posts: 174 Reply  |
Re: Contest 246: Lift the lid
Not really satisfied, but ...  
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Posted on 24/04/09 11:58:56 AM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply  |
Re: Contest 246: Lift the lid
Lovely colour palette _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 24/04/09 5:16:05 PM |
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Ben Mills
Luminous Luminary Posts: 570 Reply  |
Re: Contest 246: Lift the lid
What's up doc?  |
Posted on 24/04/09 5:51:56 PM |
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Jeepy
Modeleur Mystique Posts: 174 Reply |
Re: Contest 246: Lift the lid
Steve the joker  
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Posted on 24/04/09 8:10:01 PM |
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mguyer
Incisive Incisor Posts: 799 Reply  |
Re: Contest 246: Lift the lid
This is reallhy titiled "Lift The Lid"  |
Posted on 24/04/09 10:11:54 PM |
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brewell
Pixel Pentagrammarian Posts: 752 Reply  |
Re: Contest 246: Lift the lid
Ben, What bugs Bunny bugs me! Manhole covers are circular because that's the one shape that can't fall into the hole. Your square cover has offended my geometric sensibilities. Otherwise, it's a great image - fun to look at, with good earth properly in the background. Bruce _________________ I aim to give pause. |
Posted on 25/04/09 00:34:51 AM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply  |
Re: Contest 246: Lift the lid
Back from a holiday in Singapore and Hanoi, sorry to have missed the last 2 challenges, but just to hard on a laptop and lacking time. Here is my Lizard escaping. Photographed him/her in Coffs Harbour last year.  _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 25/04/09 01:33:53 AM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Contest 246: Lift the lid
Blimmy we are off.....! I'm still in the tent......... or is it the garage. Great work already. Vibeke, good to see you back, but expect no sympathy, ..... I at least wanted to go there Hope you's had a great time.
God, I'm going to have to work hard to do something reaonable in two days. I have something already but it looks realy funny Not me! |
Posted on 25/04/09 01:48:03 AM |
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zapat
Audio Artist Posts: 44 Reply  |
Re: Contest 246: Lift the lid
 _________________ "the closer you get to the meaning the sooner you'll know that you're dreaming" |
Posted on 25/04/09 02:03:49 AM |
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Ben Mills
Luminous Luminary Posts: 570 Reply |
Re: Contest 246: Lift the lid
Thanks Bruce (I think) Sorry about your sensibilities but there really are some square ones out there somewhere 
Ben. |
Posted on 25/04/09 03:00:44 AM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Contest 246: Lift the lid
Here we go.... not what I was thinking of but its here  |
Posted on 25/04/09 09:20:29 AM |
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maiden
Golden Gif Gagster Posts: 471 Reply  |
Re: Contest 246: Lift the lid
Ben I'm no expert but I would think the majority of those you have shown are either water outlets (Fire Brigade, Water Board etc), sewage runs (linking to the main sewers) or rain water drainage rather than man-holes which are access to the main sewers. However, I couldn't say with any expertise that all man-hole cover have to be circular but the image that Steve has linked certainly is circular as you can see the mark where the leverage rod seperates the circular cover from the rectangular housing. As for the image with the man popping out that would be at my guess a Vietnamese Fox Hole or whatever they were called used during the Vietnam war for evading the Amercians. Becky |
Posted on 25/04/09 11:06:19 AM |
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brewell
Pixel Pentagrammarian Posts: 752 Reply |
Re: Contest 246: Lift the lid
Hey Ben - here's a whatif for you: _ What if you shaded the earth in the hole into a cylinder, instead of that hard-edged cube? Move the frame & the bunny and see what's up.doc Now I'm not saying that anything will work, but it's sure got me thinking. Thanks for the inspiration. B'e Well. _________________ "Do what you can to make the world more colorful" - Hugh Sacher-Asian |
Posted on 25/04/09 12:18:34 PM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2904 Reply  |
Re: Contest 246: Lift the lid
Round or square manholes- that's peanuts. LOL. The real issue here is WHY IS IT CALLED A MANHOLE??? I propose that from now on its referred to as a person hole 
And yes Steve, I know my shadow is moving in sync with the snake...however, I saved over the original psd and now I cant go back to fix it. So please overlook this, and work on the premise that it is a stationary shadow LOL [URL=]http://s198.photobucket.com/albums/aa164/tooquilos/?action=view¤t=smallcharm.flv]  _________________ Dorothy: Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore |
Posted on 25/04/09 12:22:40 PM |
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The Mad Lep
Four-Leafed Fantasist Posts: 323 Reply  |
Re: Contest 246: Lift the lid
What I want to know is... how is that little guy fitting into that hole and what the hell is he doing!  |
Posted on 25/04/09 1:37:32 PM |
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Ben Mills
Luminous Luminary Posts: 570 Reply |
Re: Contest 246: Lift the lid
Celia, With difficulty and he's having his picture taken.
Ben. |
Posted on 25/04/09 2:12:14 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Contest 246: Lift the lid
I wonder why I have 4 Service Access Points (yes the politically correct term  ) near me and so close together. Nice? Someone seems to have labelled them with spray paint (S, F, -> ), so they must love them? Or a message for the aliens! Actually there are even more nearby and labelled, but I could not get them into the shot and those are all square and in the road!! Yes weather bad! Well it is approaching summer now!
Hope to give another contribution later, and a bit more than bath foam and less noise.  |
Posted on 25/04/09 2:14:08 PM |
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The Mad Lep
Four-Leafed Fantasist Posts: 323 Reply |
Re: Contest 246: Lift the lid
Looks like he's having fun Ben!
This is proving quite a tricky challenge, looks easier than it actually is. I have a few ideas lurking, so I hope to get another one in at some point, if I can find the images I need. In the meantime... (Edit: Sorry, I've changed the manhole cover, I forgot it's meant to be a circle.) 
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