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Posted on 01/05/09 09:12:49 AM
Steve Caplin
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Contest 247: Spinning Columbus
Another image from my Barcelona trip. It was the home of Christopher Columbus, and there's a rather fine statue of him on a magnificently decorated column. The trouble is, when I photographed it, in order to get the column well lit I had to take the shot from behind.

Your Challenge is to find another image of Columbus, and place it on the statue facing towards us. It should, of course, match both the perspective of the scene and the existing material as closely as possible.

And please - for the sake of modesty - NO statues of me!!!

High res is here.



Posted on 01/05/09 10:30:17 AM
stefan
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Posted on 01/05/09 10:40:47 AM
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Posted on 01/05/09 10:42:25 AM
stefan
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Re: Contest 247: Spinning Columbus
Mmm..it doesn't really match when I think about it now. Will have to redo this.....sorry....

Posted on 01/05/09 3:21:01 PM
Ben Mills
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Re: Contest 247: Spinning Columbus
Would you believe, Christopher's brother, Vladimir??



Posted on 01/05/09 3:22:05 PM
The Mad Lep
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Re: Contest 247: Spinning Columbus
Ooh sod you Ben, I wanted to be first with clouds!!



Posted on 01/05/09 4:04:15 PM
josephine harvatt
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Re: Contest 247: Spinning Columbus
I thought his arm was getting a bit tired and needed a rest



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Posted on 01/05/09 5:15:00 PM
The Mad Lep
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Re: Contest 247: Spinning Columbus
A little bit of animation this time.. just trying it out really. (I'm linking to it, because I don't want to slow the page down for others.)
Looks a bit like he's stuck on top of an unseen airplane actually, lol.


(Please click here.)



Posted on 01/05/09 7:17:51 PM
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Re: Contest 247: Spinning Columbus
here is mine



Posted on 01/05/09 8:58:00 PM
mguyer
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Re: Contest 247: Spinning Columbus
statues need a touch of realism



Posted on 01/05/09 11:18:13 PM
Steve Mac
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Re: Contest 247: Spinning Columbus
That's one big bird Marty!

Posted on 02/05/09 09:16:07 AM
Nick Curtain
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Re: Contest 247: Spinning Columbus
Apologies for reposting - not happy with lighting on initial attempt.

Posted on 02/05/09 3:12:24 PM
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Posted on 02/05/09 10:02:21 PM
brewell
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Re: Contest 247: Spinning Columbus
Uh-oh. I thought you said Colobus.



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Posted on 03/05/09 06:06:29 AM
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Re: Contest 247: Spinning Columbus
[quoted]
brewell wrote:
Uh-oh. I thought you said Colobus.


Hi Bruce,

great, I cant help but I am still laughting. I like it.


Posted on 03/05/09 1:17:17 PM
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Re: Contest 247: Spinning Columbus
Modified

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s211/fungismith/Columbus2.gif

Posted on 03/05/09 1:51:05 PM
Nick Curtain
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Re: Contest 247: Spinning Columbus
James, that's really lovely.

Nick

Posted on 03/05/09 2:04:27 PM
josephine harvatt
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Very nice James !

What is on the note the pigeon is carrying accross, Nick?

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Posted on 03/05/09 2:37:28 PM
Nick Curtain
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josephine harvatt wrote:
Very nice James !

What is on the note the pigeon is carrying accross, Nick?


Hi Josephine.
I was worried that the message within the image would be lost and that seems to be the case. In the high res TIFF original you can see clearly that the pigeon is carrying a takeaway bag with a motif of the Taj Mahal on it. Now, we all know what happens after a good vindaloo and Christopher is directing the pigeon to nice clean Nelson, who's all scrubbed up following his restoration. After all, old Chris does seem to have had his fair share of s*** to contend with. I could have made the bird bigger, but he would have appeared to be too far in front of the statues.

Nick

Posted on 03/05/09 6:42:26 PM
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Re: Contest 247: Spinning Columbus
Emil wrote:
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brewell wrote:
Uh-oh. I thought you said Colobus.


Hi Bruce,

great, I cant help but I am still laughting. I like it.


Thanks, Stefan. It started as a pure whim, and I was fortunate to find an image with the proper gesture.


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