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Posted on 23/10/26 09:07:00 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Challenge 1128: Spooky time
Halloween is nearly upon us, and it happens that I chanced upon this abandoned graveyard last weekend in Bungay, north Norfolk. How long will the dead remain buried? High res is here.  |
Posted on 23/10/26 1:58:27 PM |
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lwc
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Posted on 23/10/26 2:41:00 PM |
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Ben Boardman
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Re: Challenge 1128: Spooky time
I did use Relight in PS Beta |
Posted on 23/10/26 3:33:33 PM |
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lwc
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Posted on 23/10/26 3:44:49 PM |
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Ant Snell
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On a day that the UK government warn us all to stock pile emergency supply’s in preparation for the worst, who needs a zombie apocalypse.  |
Posted on 23/10/26 6:47:56 PM |
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GKB
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Re: Challenge 1128: Spooky time
 _________________ Have you ever noticed that all the instruments designed to detect intelligent life are pointing away from the Earth? |
Posted on 24/10/26 1:38:30 PM |
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lwc
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Re: Challenge 1128: Spooky time
They're coming to get you Barbara... 
Find Waldo...? 
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Posted on 24/10/26 2:23:00 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 1128: Spooky time
Not long ……….. ........... but not quite in the way you intended ………….. Resurrectionists at work under the watchful eye of the boss. 
I wanted to do something with a touch of the macabre, but to avoid the inevitable spookies. Quite lot of work. More than I expected. Finding source material was quite tricky as all the photos from that period tend to be rigidly posed looking straight into camera. The three I found and used are all colourised (by me by hand) from black and white. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 24/10/26 3:04:44 PM |
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lwc
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Very nice David...! We were on the same page with this one. But, you know me, quantity over quality every time. I was too lazy to use any images other than what I found. So in essence it is a 'quickie'...
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Posted on 24/10/26 3:18:43 PM |
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DavidMac
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And a lot of fun! That's a very slim body he's got there. Or is he on his way home from a shopping trip to Carpet World? _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 24/10/26 4:04:50 PM |
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dwindt
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I reckon this priory has enough ghosts, so let's start afresh.  _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 24/10/26 4:39:31 PM |
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lwc
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Well done Dennis, I wouldn't even attempt something like that. 
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Posted on 24/10/26 4:43:30 PM |
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lwc
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I made these Friday while trying to think of something to make as a viable entry... too many so I put them all into one slideshow.  |
Posted on 24/10/26 10:45:57 PM |
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DavidMac
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Dennis that's terrific! When I visit old ruins I often try to imagine how they must have looked when they were built. I went to school in the 1950's in Devon, in the south west of England. There was an abbey nearby called Buckfast Abbey. The abbey church which had been destroyed was completely rebuilt between 1907 and 1938. So when I saw it in the fifties it was, by church standards, brand spanking new! I can remember thinking this is 'wrong', it's far too clean and perfect! Then I realised that this was exactly how all the centuries old weathered and worn churches I was used to must have looked when they were freshly built. It seems so obvious when you think about it, but when you actually see it for yourself first hand, pristine and completely new, it comes as a real shock! _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 24/10/26 10:50:49 PM |
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DavidMac
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This is a challenge for Steve ............. So Steve ..... tell me ............ ?  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 25/10/26 6:12:34 PM |
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dwindt
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Thank you, David and Loyd. So, the tower is complete. A few decades on and we have our first burial ceremony in the cemetery.  _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 25/10/26 6:16:57 PM |
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dwindt
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I couldn't get this image past an illustration style image. I really wanted to depict some type of mossy growth and wear and tear...so I ran it through ChatGPT. It rendered an appealing version of my image. The small size doesn't do it the justice it deserves. 
_________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 25/10/26 8:57:45 PM |
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lwc
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Amazing!  |
Posted on 25/10/26 10:05:32 PM |
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Ben Boardman
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Beautifully composed, great lighting David |
Posted on 25/10/26 10:27:53 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 6608 Reply |
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I can understand totally what you were trying to do, the original is very pristine. But, to my eye, this hasn't really done what you wanted. I don't feel any "mossy growth and wear and tear" and it's starting to look a bit overcooked and post produced. I'm being super picky because you've already done an amazing job .......... but I don't feel this is moving it forward. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
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