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Posted on 14/12/18 09:55:43 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
I visited Ickworth House in Suffolk recently, which features the servants' quarters of this fine old country house in a remarkable state of preservation. I was particularly taken with the gamekeeper's room. Knowing what you do about the predilections of gamekeepers on country estates, can you suggest how the occupant of this room might pass his evenings? High res is here.  |
Posted on 14/12/18 10:15:19 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 4936 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
Bearing in mind that all I know about gamekeepers comes from D. H. Lawrence I am having suitability qualms here ............... _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 14/12/18 10:20:03 AM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
I often wondered what Mellors looked like. |
Posted on 14/12/18 5:40:33 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 736: Mellors receives a visit from Lady C
Like this? Given my very unoriginal approach to this I have turned it into a self imposed exercise in lighting to make it more challenging.  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 14/12/18 8:46:24 PM |
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lwc
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Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
Nice one David...  |
Posted on 14/12/18 11:04:44 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
Thank you. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 15/12/18 00:39:07 AM |
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lwc
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Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
Planning to spend an evening reading Guy Ritchie's novel 'GAMEKEEPER', Sheila suddenly realizes that her new gamekeeper job may be more than she bargained for... 
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Posted on 15/12/18 08:05:38 AM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
A rare example of the Bengal Gliding Tiger more commonly referred to as the 'Slippy Foot'.  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 15/12/18 10:59:02 AM |
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lwc
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Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
 "Slippy Foot"! I like that. When I've used the Tiger in other projects I've always called it the 'foot flick', and had the luxury of hiding the 'flick' with grass.
Perhaps I should have used an elephant...  |
Posted on 15/12/18 11:07:09 AM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
He's great! I love way the trunk reaches into the room. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 15/12/18 11:57:03 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Challenge 736: Mellors receives a visit from Lady C
If you really want a lighting challenge, you could always light the fire... |
Posted on 15/12/18 12:45:27 PM |
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josephine harvatt
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Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
Quick and easy but I couldn't resist ... after Mellor's untimely death from Gamekeepers Knee an ageing Lady Chatterley finds consolation in the arms of her faithful butler. Here is some context for the couple concerned: http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/dec/15/beloved-freddie-frinton-skit-dinner-for-one-to-air-on-uk-tv-for-first-time (tried to make alink but it wouldnt work  )
All fixed: just remove the s from https _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 15/12/18 1:43:56 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
Married to an Austrian wife we have German TV in our home. I have seen this many, many times. All my German friends love it and think it's wonderfully funny. It's fun but, personally, I have never really understood what the all fuss is about. Now you can make up your own minds .............  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 15/12/18 1:46:55 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 736: Mellors receives a visit from Lady C
Thank you Steve. Maybe I could ..... ....... or maybe not ..........  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 15/12/18 3:49:03 PM |
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Ben Mills
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Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
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Posted on 15/12/18 8:44:05 PM |
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Frank
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Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
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Posted on 16/12/18 5:00:57 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 4936 Reply |
Re: Challenge 736: Lady C and Mellors at it again!
Put that in your pipe and smoke it Monsieur Caplin!  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 17/12/18 08:49:40 AM |
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tooquilos
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Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
The tiger is good but the elephant is brilliant Loyd! David is your gamekeeper a 3D model? The lighting in both images is beautiful. Frank I like the welfare trust poster! http://vimeo.com/306762911  _________________ Wicked Witch of the West:I'll get you, my pretty! And your little dog, too! |
Posted on 17/12/18 10:03:44 AM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
No I never use them. Hate them. Always look like shop dummies. That being said he does look rather rigid and 'posy' and artificial. The body is an online catalogue image for long thermal underwear and the head is an old Edwardian portrait. This was black and white, which is one of the reasons I turned the whole image sepia monochrome, although that also helped deal with all the blue content in the bed and sheets which when compressed into darkness became very saturated and difficult to attenuate. The firelight version was much, much harder than I thought. There I dealt with the bed colour by hiding it under fresh covers. I notice you have done the same - perhaps for similar reasons? My compliments on your own firelight and lamplight. Very well done and the opening animation, the second shot particularly, has, of course, all the Anna trademarks of perfectly handled parallax and tiny subtle details like the slight movement in the light beams. Always love to look at your work. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 18/12/18 09:46:54 AM |
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GKB
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Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
http://vimeo.com/306918782 "Stille Nacht" was composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in the small town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. Shortly before composing this song Mohr was a pastor at the parish church shown in the video. The church is in Ramsau, Bavaria. 
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