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Posted on 09/01/26 08:38:19 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Challenge 1087: Don't leave Harold hanging
I spent a weekend in Geneva shortly after Christmas, where – among other attractions – I visited the outstanding Chaplin's World museum, about an hour out of the city. In it are reproduced many scenes from his films, as well as a few of those of his contemporaries. I'm sure you'll recognise this iconic moment from Harold Lloyd's movie Safety Last. Can you either rescue him from his plight, or move him to a different clock? High res is here.  |
Posted on 09/01/26 12:32:13 PM |
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Ant Snell
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Re: Challenge 1087: Don't leave Harold hanging
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Posted on 09/01/26 12:36:04 PM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 1087: Don't leave Harold hanging
Ant you didn't dally with this one did you? |
Posted on 09/01/26 12:36:45 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 1087: Don't leave Harold hanging
That's quick! And clever! _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 09/01/26 12:40:56 PM |
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Nick Curtain
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Re: Challenge 1087: Don't leave Harold hanging
Ant, you've set the bar high with that lovely piece. |
Posted on 09/01/26 12:41:00 PM |
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Ant Snell
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I see what you did there.  |
Posted on 09/01/26 12:42:34 PM |
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Ant Snell
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Re: Challenge 1087: Don't leave Harold hanging
Thanks, I thought I would be playing in the snow this morning, but not a flake, so best get on with the Friday Challenge |
Posted on 09/01/26 3:36:02 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 1087: Don't leave Harold hanging
Rain has just washed all ours away ........ but plenty more to come apparently. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 10/01/26 12:24:17 PM |
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Nick Curtain
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Posted on 10/01/26 11:10:07 PM |
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Frank
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Posted on 11/01/26 2:11:32 PM |
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GKB
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Posted on 11/01/26 9:44:49 PM |
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DavidMac
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Lots of unexpected entries and lots of fun! I have gone for a ”How it was really done." entry. There were no special effects back then except for in camera effects. The clock and wall were a set, built on a roof top high above New York. The shots were made so as to exclude the rooftop but with the dizzying view of the city visible behind Harold. Apparently Harold Lloyd was very protective of his methods and did not allow photographs to be taken. I certainly could find nothing genuine. I have put this together from all sorts of mixed sources and reconstructed and built much of it myself. Sadly the weakest part is the awful plastic looking dummy from the museum exhibit with its cheap shiny terylene suit. But there was no other element of Steve's photo I could use and I like to try and at least pay lip service to the challenge image if I can.  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 12/01/26 05:22:08 AM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 1087: Don't leave Harold hanging
David I agree with most of what you have written but my research tells me the background is near Broadway, LA, not New York. |
Posted on 12/01/26 09:25:06 AM |
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DavidMac
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You are absolutely right Michael! LA not New York. Another senior moment ............  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 13/01/26 11:33:00 AM |
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lwc
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Well done David... |
Posted on 14/01/26 00:57:29 AM |
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lwc
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Posted on 14/01/26 05:46:01 AM |
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tooquilos
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http://vimeo.com/1154203396?fl=pl&fe=sh By the time I got round to this challenge, all the clocks I knew had been used (which are wonderful, particularly Loyd's cuckoo clock). What started off as one idea ended up a mish mash of calamities for Hanger on Harold.  _________________ Dorothy: "there's no place like home!" |
Posted on 14/01/26 06:38:44 AM |
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Mariner
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Well done Anna. And fitting music. |
Posted on 14/01/26 12:17:51 PM |
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lwc
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Poor Harold.. nicely done Anna
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Posted on 15/01/26 2:08:45 PM |
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Mariner
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Well, wasn't this one difficult! I couldn't use any of that dreadful set piece dummy except his shoes, sorry Steve, so I dug out the original photo and went on a restoration binge. I tried to colour it, but couldn't get it to look natural. Here it is then, with all its faults. 
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