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Posted on 22/10/24 12:44:11 PM |
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lwc
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Re: Challenge 1026: The house at the end of the road
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Posted on 22/10/24 12:48:21 PM |
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Ben Boardman
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Posted on 22/10/24 1:02:38 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 1026: The house at the end of the road
Loyd that's really nice. The lithograph effect is particularly good. Is that an action or plugin? If so I would be curious to know what. They are usually disappointing. If that is in fact original Loyd then I am super, super impressed! _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 22/10/24 3:57:07 PM |
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lwc
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Re: Challenge 1026: The house at the end of the road
Thanks David…! The reflection feedback was created from the original image by hand using DP Animation and PaintShop Pro. Then cropped and added a slight ‘light’ vignette. Next created the initial aging with ‘FotoSketcher’ software. Then into Nik Collection’s Silver Efex plugin for additional tweaking. Then using Nik’s Analog Efex plugin for scratches etc. Back to PaintShop Pro for texturing, matte, text, and frame. I like to make aged images and use the technique often in some of my FaceBook posts, so in one sense you could say it's an "original Loyd'. 
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Posted on 22/10/24 8:23:55 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 1026: The house at the end of the road
Given how much of that I couldn't understand, let alone follow, I think you've definitely earned the super, super impressed trophy!!  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 22/10/24 8:45:22 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 1026: The house at the end of the road
Before Steve points it out I just realised I forgot to glaze the window. Although, in such a backlit situation at night, I am not sure that there would really be much in the way of apparent reflection except in the dark areas.  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 23/10/24 00:26:21 AM |
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lwc
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Re: Challenge 1026: The house at the end of the road
Sorry to make it confusing David, I’m a rather poor teacher. Cyanotype – Invented in 1841, this simple, inexpensive photographic method popular from the late 19th century into the early 20th century. The images are created when ultraviolet light converts the light-sensitive chemicals to Prussian blue. Method was also used for creating blueprints. 
I may be one of the last people left on planet earth that likes Cyanotype images. My Dad built grain elevators and feed mills so there were always blueprints around the house and I was fascinated by them. |
Posted on 23/10/24 11:23:23 AM |
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Ant Snell
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Re: Challenge 1026: The house at the end of the road
My first thought for this challenge was a Halloween theme but I was beaten to it so I have loosely based my idea around the weeks leading up to the gun power plot.  |
Posted on 23/10/24 11:53:28 AM |
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DavidMac
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Blue prints! There's a blast from the past. When I started studying mechanical drawing in the late fifties this was already a thing of the past. We drew on architect's tracing paper and these were copied using the dyeline process. I remember the prints had a distinctive ammonia smell when first off the machine. As far as I know this process continued right up to the arrival of CAD and for quite some time after. Certainly we were still using it in 1999 when I was working on the Millennium Dome and I continued to use it at home into the early 2000's. I loved working by hand. I owned and used these for almost fifty years! 
Apologies Steve for the diversion. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 23/10/24 12:03:47 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 1026: The house at the end of the road
Now that's fun Ant. Guy Fawkes meets the Wild Bunch! _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 23/10/24 6:12:23 PM |
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Ant Snell
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Re: Challenge 1026: The house at the end of the road
Whoops, I think you are right, I had overlooked who actually was walking under the arch. |
Posted on 23/10/24 8:06:32 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 1026: The house at the end of the road
It's great Ant! I love it!! _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 24/10/24 3:35:18 PM |
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Mariner
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Posted on 24/10/24 5:10:27 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 1026: The house at the end of the road
Michael I know you love to clean up but I wonder if the door pediment on the left isn't a bit too pristine. I think you might have been better served keeping the original. On the other hand the new street background and the extension of its cobbles and pavement into the foreground is just impeccably done. Not just the geometry but the matching light and shade too. Absolutely seamless! _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 24/10/24 5:13:21 PM |
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michael sinclair
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Re: Challenge 1026: The house at the end of the road
Loyd, Anna, and others great work, but again I love Mariner's entry. 
I'm currently down with a fever from cellulitus, so no entry. I commend David and others making a brave stab at an excellent technical challenge from Steve. When I first joined in 2006 this type of technical challenge (bulb in basket lampshade) was the normal thing; therefore, I entreat Steve to "re-introduce" this as an additional challenge, as it's such a good idea |
Posted on 24/10/24 8:18:43 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 1026: The house at the end of the road
Sorry to hear Michael. Not a pleasant thing to have. Look after yourself. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 25/10/24 04:19:38 AM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 1026: The house at the end of the road
David I almost agree: I spent several hours trying to make that doorway look better. It was blurred and strange looking when I started. It was sharp and strange looking when I gave up trying. If I had had the street address I could probably have done better. As for the rest, it gave me hours and hours of pleasure. Thank you for the compliment. |
Posted on 25/10/24 04:29:45 AM |
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Mariner
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Thanks Michael. I am sorry you are suffering from cellulitis. I wish you a very quick recovery. |
Posted on 25/10/24 08:46:05 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Challenge 1026: The house at the end of the road
First to enter the alley this week was lwc, with a pre-Halloween spookfest. A great sense of atmosphere, with that swirling fog; not sure about the man’s shadow, which seems more lit by the moon than the streetlamp. I like the Dracula entry, but who’s the man flying in front of him? Mrs Dracula is rather impressive, by the way. I was very amused by the T Rex image, with its threatening head movement – but it’s the grasping claw that really works for me. I’m sure Howard Hawks would have approved of The Thing – a very dramatic poster! The infinite alley is very appealing, especially with its lithograph effect: there’s a real hand-drawn quality to this image. And it’s been a while since I’ve seen a cyanotype – a slice of history there. A new glass roof over the street from tooquilos, and is that a river running down the middle? Ah yes – I see it is from the animated version. A great waterfall reveal, and I really like how you’ve put some thickness on those opening doors. An extraordinary view from Ben Boardman, with a genuine view of La Rochelle seen through the archway. I like the concept of the room above the arch, and the diners do fit well in there. But a couple of observations: while the room is clearly big enough to hold them, there’s no sense of its depth from the outside. Extending the roof of the arch, since we’re looking up at it, would help there. And while I commend you on having taken a view of the dining table from below, at this distance there would be very little difference in scale between the chair in the foreground and the diners behind the table; as it stands, the chair looks huge. The amended version neatly solves the chair problem. There’s real drama in DavidMac's Jealousy image, with its expert lighting and realistic appearance – I particularly like that we’re seeing the back of the curtains from the outside. My only issue is that, as with Ben’s image, the archway doesn’t look deep enough from below to contain the room above. I agree with you about the lack of reflection! I greatly enjoyed tripping down memory lane with your collection of drawing implements. I used very similar tools back in the 80s. A fine Gunpowder Plot image from Ant Snell, even if it does rather skew with the history. I like the sense of menace of the four men walking through the arch, but must point out that Guido is too large: at this distance, there’d be barely any difference in scale between him and his pursuers. A spruced-up street from Mariner, with a view of La Rochelle through the archway that exactly matches the perspective of the street – I’m particularly impressed by the way you’ve persuaded the cobbled road surface to run right into the foreground. No doubt the shoulders of the man with the stick hide the join. I like the reflection on the window, and the rebuilt doorway. The man sitting seems rather too small, though, and is he leaning backwards? ________ Congratulations to both of you who took part in the secondary challenge – it was, I know, a difficult task. DavidMac's entry gets the shape and spread of the shadow just about right – very well calculated. The illuminated bulb is good, but could be slightly more dazzling. Altogether a very commendable effort, and very much closer than you give yourself credit for. Ben Boardman’s shadow would work if the lamp were a lot further from the wall; right up close like this there’s very much more distortion. Here’s the real thing: 
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Posted on 25/10/24 08:53:40 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2958 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1026: The house at the end of the road
Good resume Steve, thank you.
Yes, he is too small. No, he is not leaning backwords. |
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