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Posted on 12/10/23 00:06:50 AM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 2639 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 975: A couple of tourists
Disclaimer: Just for fun… picture on wall was made by an online AI image generator, https://www.mage.space/ - I typed in: Dune Buggy Steampunk. 
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Posted on 12/10/23 05:38:20 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2828 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 975: A couple of tourists
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Posted on 12/10/23 2:04:50 PM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1581 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 975: A couple of tourists
Was going to comment on all but too lengthly so - good and imaginative entries all - hilarious week. |
Posted on 12/10/23 2:07:55 PM |
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Frank
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Re: Challenge 975: A couple of tourists
For some reason had a stumbling time with this one this week. Maybe because summer is coming to a close too soon.  |
Posted on 12/10/23 2:07:56 PM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1581 Reply |
Re: Challenge 975: A couple of tourists
Double entry. |
Posted on 12/10/23 3:35:03 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1754 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 975: A couple of tourists
Ant thank you so much for explaining the reason you couldn't make comments on account of dyslexia. I also now appreciate your effort to do something and yet try to catch your plane as well. 
I suspect Mrs Caplin has now already got a "pinup" of the newly invigorated Mr Caplin that you portrayed so well in your likeable entry in her linen cupboard.  |
Posted on 13/10/23 08:11:04 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 6838 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 975: A couple of tourists
First to take to the beach this week was DavidMac, with a… er… oh David, I think you might have set a trend there. I enjoyed the beach train, with its cunningly wrought title. Sometimes simplicity just works; and the artistry here is in the placement of the people, with Josephine and Gordon leaning into shot. The bikini theme was followed by lwc, with an unanimated beach image. Gordon and I are a little dark for the setting, wouldn’t you say? It looks like a German bierkeller in the moose entry, where they clearly have a very relaxed attitude towards livestock. Good to see him back. I enjoyed the cockroach entry, with its stormy exterior. It would have been perfect if our eyes had followed the roach. The plane entry provides a neat contrast to the stormy weather. Good lighting in the table dancing entry, although judging by that stack of euros I think we might be overpaying. The beach buggy entry is an excellent animation – I like how the seagull is masking the fact that neither of us has our hands on the steering wheel. But McD’s? You jest. The steampunk beach buggy is impressive. A leap of imagination takes dwindt to Omaha beach, with a spectacular WWII bomber (I’ll leave Gordon to fill in the serial number). Excellent placement of Gordon and me in the pilots’ seats, and good to see Ant and Josephine as gunners. Good one. I loved the chameleon beach walk first, second and third entries – really hilarious, and brilliantly achieved. Excellent. A movie poster from tooquilos, with Gordon and I taking over the Bill and Ted roles. Good choice of bodies! I like how we fit into the train in the animated version, and you’ve had some fin with that tsunami! Gordon wrapped in a towel is brilliant, and the detail of the splashing water through the window and on the table is brilliant. No restraint from Ant Snell on the choice of bodies… although I do have to say michael sinclair’s suggestion regarding head shading is a valid comment. Couldn’t find a body for Josephine? And I must say, Gordon seems a little overexcited in that image. Parachute time for michael sinclair, or rather the lack of it… although I’d have thought with anything aeronautical it would be Gordon who was in charge of pulling things. The flapping arms are cute. I was very entertained by the arm wrestling entry, a neat two-framer. That’s some serious musculature. A formal dinner setting from Ben Boardman and one for which I, sadly, appear distinctly underdressed compared to Gordon’s immaculate turnout. It’s an interesting array of dishes and tableware; no plates for either of us? And is Gordon eating a plant? Zooming in on the menu I see you’ve chosen the Coutanceau restaurant on the Plane de la Concurrence. I haven’t been there, but I have looked at the menu – and stopped when I saw a starter of sardines would set you back 84 euros. I enjoyed Josephine Harvatt’s Barbie entry, with its overwhelming pinkness. Not tempted to put your own head on the Barbie in the deckchair? A fun rebuild from Mariner, with a new shirt for me and a rather cute dog for Gordon – I like the shadow its head casts on his shirt. The girl in the middle seems impossible thin! A packed beach from Frank, with an outstanding choice of bodies for Gordon and me. And I do like the writing in the sand. Very good! |
Posted on 13/10/23 08:50:10 AM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 767 Reply |
Re: Challenge 975: A couple of tourists
Thanks Steve. I enjoyed that challenge even though it's difficult being back at work. Lovely entries everyone. _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 13/10/23 09:07:53 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3732 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 975: A couple of tourists
I wondered what might come from this week’s Challeng. Everyone stepped up to the job with some excellent work. Sorry I couldn’t come out to play this week. _________________ Whatever you do in life do it with the enthusiasm of a 4-year old in a Batman suit. |
Posted on 13/10/23 09:18:07 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2828 Reply |
Re: Challenge 975: A couple of tourists
Thanks Steve.
Not impossible Steve. She's from an original photograph. |
Posted on 13/10/23 09:39:36 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 4947 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 975: A couple of tourists
For some strange reason Ingrid's comment included the phrase 'dirty old man' ........ I don't think she meant the one's in the picture.
Yes I liked the long horizontal composition but somehow it just seemed all too easy, popping heads in a new place. Glad you liked it. Thanks Steve. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 13/10/23 11:31:54 AM |
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Ben Boardman
Printing Pro Posts: 471 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 975: A couple of tourists
I felt guilty about Steve's apparel. |
Posted on 13/10/23 11:37:52 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 6838 Reply |
Re: Challenge 975: A couple of tourists
Perfect! |
Posted on 13/10/23 1:03:13 PM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1581 Reply |
Re: Challenge 975: A couple of tourists
Thanks Steve. Now of to bisect an octopus maybe. |
Posted on 13/10/23 5:01:10 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 2639 Reply |
Re: Challenge 975: A couple of tourists
I often "mask" something that I am either too lazy, or lack the artistic skills to recreate... McD's came from a search for restaurants near the beach...
Thanks Steve...! |
Posted on 16/10/23 3:38:54 PM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2596 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 975: A couple of tourists
Thanks Steve but I dont think that would be much of an improvement - aesthetically speaking anyway _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 17/10/23 04:44:27 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2804 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 975: A couple of tourists
Thank you, Steve. _________________ Dorothy: Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore |
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