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Posted on 27/11/06 9:33:06 PM

james
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Re: Contest 124: The rooftops of Paris

What the fish saw.

Posted on 27/11/06 10:08:12 PM

Whaler
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Where wolf? There wolf howling at the moon. And nobody seems to care.

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Posted on 28/11/06 03:06:34 AM

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Posted on 28/11/06 7:40:02 PM

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I had to make a #2, slightly more ominous than the first one.

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Posted on 29/11/06 8:51:57 PM

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Not many people asleep in this part of town. Not much activity on the rooftops either, I'm afraid. All the action's inside!

Posted on 29/11/06 8:52:33 PM

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On reflection, perhaps not so good.

Posted on 29/11/06 9:59:53 PM

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Nighttime and rooftops- I know it's still too early for this sort of theme.

Posted on 29/11/06 10:12:26 PM

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I like that cat.

Posted on 30/11/06 3:11:24 PM

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I have been dipping in and out this week and have really enjoyed the pictures but not able to devote the time to play. I hope to play over the weekend but we now need to visit Nicole's sick aunt next week in deepest France.

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Posted on 01/12/06 01:44:36 AM

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I'm new to the forum and to Adobe CS2. I have a bit of experience in Illustrator and InDesign.
I learn so much from the forum entries in Friday's Challenge, also from "How to Cheat in Photoshop." Thank you.
A.H.A.

Posted on 01/12/06 02:39:43 AM

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Posted on 01/12/06 02:40:38 AM

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Did my entry come out really dark or is it me?

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Posted on 01/12/06 02:48:12 AM

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Something's happening in Paris and Spiderman aint doin' nothin' about it!

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Posted on 01/12/06 08:36:11 AM

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Some truly fantastic entries this week: I think the overall quality of both the Photoshop skill, and the imagination, has been particularly high. All of you who took part should be very pleased with yourselves!

Stefan was first to clamber on the rooftop, with a cunningly extended set of buildings: note how he's not only flipped the far left building to complete it, but added a new one to the left of it composed of a window and separate section of roof. Very good idea, well realised. The Eiffel Tower is a great addition, and the overall night tone is excellent. I love the Pink Panther shadow! Would have liked to see one or two of those windows lit up, though.

A new member this week - and valter has given us an explosion of fireworks in the sky. The red glow from the fireworks has been well painted onto the rooftops, and the barely glimpsed interior of the room is a very good touch. Great graffiti on the right hand wall, too! This is great work - welcome to the forum!

A truly gorgeous entry from Vibeke this week: the night effect, the lit windows, the silhouettes within, the great sky and the cat are excellent additions. But this one's more than just the sum of its parts: it's a beautiful piece of work, and one of which you should be justly proud. Vibeke, you're really excelled here!

Lots of partying going on in Babybiker's entry - the skylight lit from within is exceptionally convincing. I like the fact that we're now looking at the scene through an open window, which adds a great foreground element. Very nice work!

Plenty of action in 2bfree's entry, with a party in just about every room. The skylight, again, is beautifully created, with just the right sort of highlights on the window bars. A tonally restrained, very coherent piece. Excellent, and certainly earns you a title: Twilight Trickster, I think. Great stuff.

Loads of minimalist detail from Dek_101: the barely glimpsed "l'otel" sign, the guy preventing his son from looking out of the window, the twinkly lights in the trees, the man escaping over the rooftops. And is that my tanned, toned body standing in front of it all? Crikey!

I thought mguyer would be the one to add a photographer to all this nocturnal naughtiness - and there he is, standing in the window. Watch those cutouts, Marty - a bit of fringing going on in the view. Let's hope Mrs Marty doesn't visit here too often. Ah, there she is - dropping into the second entry.

A Faustian scene from hell from dave.cox, with dancers aplenty strutting their stuff on every available surface. It's like Mary Poppins meets Bedazzled: what a hoot! That's certainly bringing the Moulin Rouge to the masses.

Ah, I see my supposed celebrity status has brought me a location upgrade... Michael Sinclair has moved the hotel room to an altogether more upmarket location. Again, I like the idea of viewing the scene through a window - but you really, really have to watch those perspectives! The horizontal bars in the open window should, of course, all point directly to the horizon, not up in the air! A good idea, but this is a key issue.

More biting political comment from Neal, who's given us a monstrous Dubya crashing through the Paris scenery. A fantastic sense of destruction here, with beautiful cracks in the building on the left and a thoroughly well destroyed apartment on the right. Hmm... and I thought he was on the wagon...

Some neat alien invaders from Toby, with a subtle night time effect - some really great lighting going on there. And I do appreciate the fact that the two flying saucers are shaded differently, which gives them a far more realistic appearance: the slight difference in angles, too, greatly adds to the scene.

A moody piece from Tom: excellent night time effect, with just a couple of windows lit up. The skeleton sits well up there (although he's probably chilled to the bone) and the moon makes a perfect backdrop. Best of all, for me, is the subtle street lighting just casting its glow on the lower right: a really fine touch.

A very well thought-out entry from Ben Mills, who has added some subtle figures in the windows and a great sense of streetlights below - without actually showing them. Nicely judged lighting, resulting in a great sense of realism. Beautiful.

Well, Deborah Morley has certainly dredged the archives to come up with this old photo of my kitchen! It's from one of the very first Friday Challenges - and it certainly fits well in Paris. Glad to see you've gone to the trouble of adding a railing outside the doors. The picture looks great on the wall, too - and I love the way you've placed the old one on the table. Fantastic work, Deborah.

There's masses of action in james' entry, with a fight, a graffiti artist, a domestic argument and more going on here. The subtle reflection adds an extra dimension to this piece, as James himself gazes out on the scene. Very nice work! Feel a little sorry for the fish, though. But I do like the fisheye view in the second entry! And I see the third entry has brought everyone to book.

There's a real sense of desolation in Whaler's entry, with a totally unlit building that has a neatly judged amount of moonlight reflecting off its roof. Like the wolf - is it perhaps complaining about the new office block that's been built in the distance? Very fine shading here. I'd love to turn a light on, though. Interesting new sky in the second entry: moodier still!

Some very subtle lighting from Wayne, with all the curtains drawn shut - except the one that's partly open at the back, a very neat piece of work. I have a small issue with the perspective on the neon sign, though: shouldn't the top of it point down a little more?

Hey, it must be Christmas already! Cat has added lights to the windows, and a great flurry of snow to the sky. I really like the lighting inside the church - very convincing. A lovely scene, very well accomplished. Nice work.

Very dark, moody work from Steve Mac this week: has there been a power cut? Just the one window dimly lit by candlelight there. I like the subtle use of moonlight, though, especially the soft glow on the left side of the church.

So l'Homme des Araignées is as melancholy in Paris as he is elsewhere, eh? Pierre's rainswept scene shows us the man of mystery perched on his customary rooftop, with some great lighting and a good sense of drizzle. What's causing all the red? Is the sky on fire?

As I said above, the quality of this week's entries has been uniformly high. I'm most impressed! Take the rest of the day off, everyone, you've earned it.

Posted on 01/12/06 3:42:42 PM

Tom
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Re: Contest 124: The rooftops of Paris

Hi Steve.
Thanks for looking.

Posted on 01/12/06 4:51:53 PM

Deborah Morley
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