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Posted on 18/12/18 11:36:32 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2837 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
I don't normally care for church choirs Gordon, but that was lovely. |
Posted on 18/12/18 12:19:57 PM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2837 Reply |
Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
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Posted on 18/12/18 7:35:50 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3734 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
Thanks Michael. Milady is going to have a jolly time there. All sorts of jokes pass through my mind, none of which are repeatable here. 
_________________ Time flies like an arrow but fruit flies like a banana. |
Posted on 18/12/18 9:41:31 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 4953 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
Gordon do I spot some of your signature infra red photography in the opening there? Very nicely done. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 18/12/18 10:48:30 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3734 Reply |
Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
Thanks David. Yes the image was shot a couple of years ago when we had a glorious couple of weeks in Bavaria. As Mohr was pastor in this church shortly before he wrote Stille Nacht it was the obvious choice for this challenge. Initially I wanted to do a pull all the way from the opening scene, through the window and into the room but I figured that it would be too complex in the time available so you got a fade instead. _________________ Time flies like an arrow but fruit flies like a banana. |
Posted on 20/12/18 5:56:04 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2152 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
a feeble effort, I'm trying to keep my hand in, but running out of time.  _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 20/12/18 10:24:31 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
It was going to be this or more dead pheasants and rabbits, boar and even elephants, rhino, lion etc. Just from here I know some gamekeepers and of course the people they try to catch 
Loosely connected, not at all or much deeper, deviation "Old Adam the Poacher" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b34e3I1FGTE |
Posted on 21/12/18 01:59:15 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2837 Reply |
Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
Trevor, I just loved Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin playing "Old Adam the Poacher". I recommend this to all lovers of folk music. |
Posted on 21/12/18 05:13:10 AM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
Trevor - Thank you for sharing "Old Adam the Poacher" Animation: http://vimeo.com/307628709  _________________ I'm still learning. |
Posted on 21/12/18 06:20:45 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2837 Reply |
"Shush Baby, or you might wake Bluto"
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Posted on 21/12/18 07:17:13 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 4953 Reply |
Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
Sara, beautifully done. Very atmospheric. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 21/12/18 09:06:40 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 6842 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
First entry this week was from DavidMac, with a splendid sepia exercise in lighting. I like all the extras - the shirt, the boar’s head, the antlers, as well as the boots, furniture and jug seen through the open door. Is milady perhaps a touch small, though? Given how near the camera she is. Congratulations on rising to my additional challenge in the second entry - that really must have been tricky. Terrific shadows and lighting over the door, and I love the position of the hands and feet. Glorious. Big game from lwc, with a tiger sliding its way past the door - and I like how its shadow spills into the room. A good job of turning the woman around to match her reflection, which must have taken some time. Not sure about the zoom in; but I do like the second entry, which is most impressive. A homage to Dinner for One from Josephine Harvatt, slotting perfectly into the scene. If you haven’t seen the ancient TV show, you should watch it if only to wonder why it has been so absurdly popular in Germany. A dark entry from Ben Mills, with splendid lighting around the shadowy figure in the doorway. I like the gamekeeper, lurking in the gloom. Good stuff, Ben. A very well-dressed gamekeeper from Frank, who’s clearly well paid for his services - those shiny binoculars, antique pottery and single malt can’t be cheap. Most impressed by the Gamekeeper’s Welfare Trust over the mantlepiece - but what sort of person gets a tacky poster framed? And who is that woman behind him? There’s a wide range of stuffed wildlife in tooquilos's entry - I like the remade bed, but perplexed by the bloodstain. Great titling and an ingenious torch device open the animated version - perhaps the torch beam should follow the path, though? A fine parallax tracking into the family of deer, and I like the flickering flame in the animated room. Beautiful, but I was waiting for a punchline! A child’s bedroom from GKB, with toys ancient and modern - and, curiously, a new door. A moving rendition of Stille Nacht in the animated version, with a great snow scene. Ah - now I see why you changed the door! I like how the scene builds up, but if I were that boy’s dad I’d put a guard around that fire. Nice to see the sleigh disappearing through the window. A somewhat raunchy scene from Mariner, with a hunky gamekeeper stripping off to the accompaniment of some classical guitar. A neatly cleaned-up room - so much better without those conduits - and I really like the stained glazing over the door. An extraordinary follow-up in the second entry - is that how parenthood has made him come over all domestic? Terrific remodelling of the room! I like how Vibeke has placed a seated woman outside the door to replace that modern radiator. I think, though, that shrinking those rifles to fit the wall is a little extreme; perhaps a pair of handguns there instead? Keep that hand in! A joyful entry from Jota120, with a cheery gamekeeper coming home to his somewhat enormous girlfriend - seriously, Trevor, she can barely fit in that bed. I like the lit fire. Subtle lighting from srawland, with a tremendous warm glow from the lit fire. Period-appropriate titling in the animated version, but do please use a proper apostrophe - that vertical line looks so anachronistic. A great soundtrack, and the flickering firelight works really well. What’s the glimmering light that almost appears at the end? Very fine work this week. |
Posted on 21/12/18 09:15:05 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2837 Reply |
Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
Thanks, Steve. Great fun. Next! |
Posted on 21/12/18 09:31:49 AM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1586 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
Thanks Steve. A tacky gamekeeper put the old wood frame around the tacky poster. The woman behind him is the tacky gamekeepers evening entertainment.  |
Posted on 21/12/18 10:14:33 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3734 Reply |
Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
Thanks Steve. More excellent work from everybody. Happy Christmas to everyone. _________________  |
Posted on 21/12/18 10:18:37 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 4953 Reply |
Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
I think petite is the word you are looking for Steve. I played with this quite a bit when doing the image. I was unsure and it gave me quite some difficulty. I ended up using plain instinct. But here, however, is some deconstructive reasoning. 1) The photo was taken by you - a man of average height. 2) The verticals are parallel therefore the camera was horizontal and we can extend eye level more or less consistently throughout the scene from foreground to background. 3) Even if you have been playing with lens correction again, and created those parallel verticals yourself, No 2) is still subjectively valid in terms of the image as it is perceived. 4) Looking at the converging parallels on the door the horizon is about 20-30 cms. above the light switch. This implies an eye level entirely consistent with 1) & 2). 5) Because of 2) there will be no significant difference in foreground and background heights. This places the top of her head at about your eye level or level with his shoulder ............. petite. Well that's my story .............
Thank you. It wasn't easy but rewarding to try. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 21/12/18 10:45:49 AM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2596 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
Thanks Steve and Merry Xmas everybody! _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 21/12/18 12:57:29 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
Thanks Steve. She is certainty is not small. I think she'd fit into those original clothes on the bed. Value your comments of course. Could do with a bigger bed maybe. Sara and Michael, glad you liked Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin's song. I met them and saw them playing live at the Lama Tree festival. They signed Singing The Bones CD. |
Posted on 21/12/18 2:08:00 PM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply |
Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
Thank you, Steve. The glimmering light is from a candle being carried up the stairs. I'm surprised you didn't mention the only other addition to the scene besides the fire and associated glow. _________________ I'm still learning. |
Posted on 21/12/18 2:24:52 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 2651 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 736: The gamekeeper's lodgings
Thanks Steve! 
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