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Posted on 19/08/18 3:53:16 PM

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Re: Challenge 719: No sun in Fortia

You left me behind somewhere about half way through........

But there's some very interesting techniques in there so when I have the time I shall go through this again and try to actually sing along to your description with the image itself.

Thanks Mariner. Very educational.

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Posted on 20/08/18 11:34:50 AM

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Re: Challenge 719: No sun in Fortia

Surely nobody would harness two horses to a trap like that.

Posted on 20/08/18 1:51:25 PM

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Re: Challenge 719: No sun in Fortia

As Gordon has already hinted there is such a thing as having too much sun ...

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Posted on 20/08/18 1:58:49 PM

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Re: Challenge 719: No sun in Fortia

josephine harvatt wrote:
... there is such a thing as having too much sun ...

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Posted on 20/08/18 4:07:38 PM

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Re: Challenge 719: No sun in Fortia

Nice work on the moving vegetation Loyd

Michael great work as usual

I don't consider the first "static" image an entry: just completing the brief. All my work (a labour of love) is in the animated gif
NOTE: I have re-submitted my "improved and further animated entry.

Posted on 20/08/18 8:31:06 PM

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There's a lot going on in those sunflowers Michael... nice!

Posted on 20/08/18 8:33:17 PM

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josephine harvatt wrote:
As Gordon has already hinted there is such a thing as having too much sun ...

For some reason, I've got to go get a drink of water...

Posted on 20/08/18 9:48:59 PM

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Re: Challenge 719: No sun in Fortia

DavidMac wrote:
One of the things about this challenge is that it looked like quite a tricky selection for sky replacement. I was quite nervous about it. In the end I found was able to do it very quickly indeed by simple application of high contrast to a copy of the blue channel using Levels. A wee bit of hand painting and that was that!

Trying to refine this further with Refine Mask simply went downhill. So I simply left it as it was. A classic technique I haven't used for a while now.

Curious to know whether others found this challenging and how they did it.

I don't mind replacing the sky when buildings and such are involved, but with trees, shrubs and the fine leaves, I find it to be a real pain and prefer not to fool with it.

However, I put good judgment aside and gave this one a go.

How I did it... a little like Mariners suggestion and a lot of my own hodge-podge of hacker's 'try this, try that'. This one's okay, but I still have never changed out a sky with complicated tree leaves that I was completely satisfied with. Specific methods? I can't remember... oh well.

Posted on 21/08/18 09:12:33 AM

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Re: Challenge 719: No sun in Fortia

Michael: Thanks.

Loyd: It looks good to me.

Posted on 21/08/18 09:17:04 AM

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Rainbow in Fortia

Posted on 21/08/18 2:30:15 PM

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Re: Challenge 719: No sun in Fortia

Yes, there is a thing as too much sun.

Love the vulture, Josephine.

Animation: http://vimeo.com/286463395

I wanted to do another parallax with this animation but my computer kept crashing. I finally had to give up on that idea and just go with simple changes in opacity.

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Posted on 21/08/18 2:54:19 PM

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Re: Challenge 719: No sun in Fortia

If you had only known about ao.com Steve you could have ordered a replacement sun bulb.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KS1Qs0i78k

Posted on 21/08/18 3:07:12 PM

michael sinclair
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Re: Challenge 719: No sun in Fortia

Loyd temporarily disable the additional layers (sky and horse riders), and go to Adjustments---Shadow and Highlights--click OK and I promise you it will be OK!

Posted on 21/08/18 9:36:23 PM

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Re: Challenge 719: No sun in Fortia

michael sinclair wrote:
Loyd temporarily disable the additional layers (sky and horse riders), and go to Adjustments---Shadow and Highlights--click OK and I promise you it will be OK!

Thanks for the tip Michael. I have a tendency to manually adjust levels towards a dark and moody side (I lose a lot of detail this way) and forget that most viewers don't and shouldn't see it the same as me.

Posted on 22/08/18 12:23:07 PM

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http://vimeo.com/286125708

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Posted on 22/08/18 1:19:34 PM

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Re: Challenge 719: No sun in Fortia

David and Sarah - that is just how my poor garden is looking at the moment - my crocosmia are kaput!

Some very ingenious and painstaking entries on one of the most fiddly challenges ever - particularly love Anna's roiling clouds!

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Posted on 22/08/18 8:07:15 PM

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Re: Challenge 719: No sun in Fortia

Nice work Anna.

I have added further animations, so I'm re-submitting my entry: note how I have made the Bumblebee's wings move.