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Posted on 13/06/14 08:27:11 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Challenge 509: The distorting mirror
I was visiting a hospital this week when I noticed a curved mirror, placed high up in the corner of a corridor. I was intrigued by the extreme distortion of the view. Can you remove me from the scene, and add someone else who matches the distorted view? I shot this on my iPhone, which was the only camera I had to hand, and that means the images is rather blurry and noisy - so you're going to have to try to match that as well. It's not going to be easy. Good luck! High res is here.  |
Posted on 13/06/14 08:55:40 AM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 509: The distorting mirror
Tricksy! _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 13/06/14 09:05:41 AM |
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BigVern
Q Quipper Posts: 674 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 509: The distorting mirror
I immediately think I know how to do this but will reflect on it for a while  _________________ "Why so serious?" The Dark Knight |
Posted on 13/06/14 12:05:52 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4005 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 509: The distorting mirror
You would think that people would be more considerate in a hospital, wouldn't you?  _________________ You're never too old to learn something stupid. |
Posted on 13/06/14 12:14:06 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4005 Reply |
Re: Challenge 509: The distorting mirror
The lengthiest part of the image I have just posted was trying to find a suitable image of a man with a pneumatic drill; eventually I found one that worked reasonably well so I used it. Now, just as I post the image, I can hear a man with a pneumatic drill a few yards away from my house! He will never know how close he came to being a HTCIP star. _________________ You're never too old to learn something stupid. |
Posted on 13/06/14 1:43:42 PM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 509: The distorting mirror
This one is really going to push me forward. And, Gordon, how did you make you image so quickly? I'm still trying to figure out how to remove Steve from the mirror. -Sara _________________ I'm still learning. |
Posted on 13/06/14 1:50:34 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4005 Reply |
Re: Challenge 509: The distorting mirror
Hi Sara, You don't actually need to remove all of Steve; much of him can be covered up by the new image and you can still use his shadow. But don't tell anyone - it's a secret!  _________________ It only seems impossible. |
Posted on 13/06/14 2:57:55 PM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply |
Re: Challenge 509: The distorting mirror
Thanks for the hint, Gordon! I just got back from my morning walk. I found 4 quarters, 4 dimes, a nickel and 6 pennies, scattered all along my walk. I expect to have an exceptionally lucky day. -Sara _________________ I'm still learning. |
Posted on 13/06/14 3:22:42 PM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1750 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 509: The distorting mirror
Hate those hospital gowns -- can never get them to tie properly -- and always a draft  |
Posted on 14/06/14 7:20:52 PM |
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brewell
Pixel Pentagrammarian Posts: 752 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 509: The distorting mirror
"Operation Zebra? Who comes up with these crazy names?"  _________________ Onward and upward! Excelsior! |
Posted on 14/06/14 11:07:21 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 509: The distorting mirror
Mine's pretty boring after looking at the other entries.  _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 15/06/14 11:41:34 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2898 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 509: The distorting mirror
http://vimeo.com/98252531 All the people in the video are from my Digital Juice Photo Knockouts Collection. Thousands of people in various poses, angles and situations. Fortunately they are all cut out and in .png format so it was just a case of reducing the size, creating the blurriness and adding them to the video.   _________________ Dorothy: "there's no place like home!" |
Posted on 15/06/14 12:32:53 PM |
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Garfield72
Montage Manceau Posts: 353 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 509: The distorting mirror
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Posted on 16/06/14 12:40:48 PM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 509: The distorting mirror
Been leaving the Challenges until too late and then running out of time - so thought I'd better get on with it!  |
Posted on 16/06/14 2:30:56 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5676 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 509: The distorting mirror
Quentin Tarantino Directs "General Hospital" WARNING - PARENTAL GUIDANCE ADVISED In trawling for suitably medical people I stumbled across this guy:  ChainsawSurgeon by david.macd, on Flickr
I couldn't resist him! 
My apologies if anyone finds this really too horribly tasteless. Intended as simple spoof. 
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Posted on 16/06/14 3:16:04 PM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply |
Re: Challenge 509: The distorting mirror
Anna - Loved the video! David - Gruesome, but funny. I wonder what Michael Sinclair will submit now that you've thrown down this gantlet. -Sara _________________ I'm still learning. |
Posted on 16/06/14 4:35:50 PM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply |
Re: Challenge 509: The distorting mirror
When Gordon posted his hint, I decided to find a suitable figure to replace Steve. I found someone right away, but before I could even begin to work on my entry, Frank used the same figure I had found. My sister suggested I just sit this one out, but then I thought, "This is not a contest. I can look at this as an exercise in learning how to remove one figure, replace it with another and match the background." If I am successful at this, then I have accomplished something. The point is to learn how to do it, not to "wow" anyone. -Sara _________________ I'm still learning. |
Posted on 16/06/14 6:08:07 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5676 Reply |
Re: Challenge 509: The distorting mirror
No gauntlets. Just good fun ....... |
Posted on 16/06/14 7:55:04 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1864 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 509: The distorting mirror
Actually, now might be a good time to vindicate my real underlying motives, as I have sensibilities, and sensitivities that distinguish between acts of gratuitous violence in very bad taste on the one hand, and depictions that leave it to "one's imagination" on the other. A (the) case in point is the elephants, monkey, and vultures sequence: a monkey lying on the ground (it could have been sleeping for all I knew). and a photo of a clump of vultures--the deduction was yours! Not necessarily mine! BUT no gratuitous violence was actually shown! We hear and see atrocities been committed every day by madmen, and I'm truly sickened by it; therefore, regretfully, I cannot in anyway applaud or admire DavidMac's submission for this week; moreover, had I attempted this image Steve would have pulled it--no doubt about it! 
PS I'm (at last) now been relocated to my flat, and therefore, after tonight I won't have access to my computer until late Thursday at the earliest; therefore, my tarantulas might have to wait another day.  |
Posted on 16/06/14 9:25:07 PM |
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Daniel Millar
Ghost Controller Posts: 34 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 509: The distorting mirror
Seeing Oneself Source: http://www.stockvault.net/photo/119035/sportsman I used this perfectly clean image of a man, then suitably blurred and added noise per Steve's instructions. The red and blue lines are directional lines such as found in my local hospital (e.g. follow the blue line to x-ray). Assuming convex mirrors do not always have a perfect surface, I added a bit of ripple distortion here and there. Question for Steve and others: Do you like a brief explanation as above describing how I manipulated the image, or would you prefer I said nothing and let the image speak for itself? Dan  |
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