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Posted on 06/05/25 3:48:15 PM |
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lwc
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Re: Challenge 1052: The Wellington Inn
Food must be really good, people will try anything to get there... 
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Posted on 07/05/25 00:55:22 AM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3163 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1052: The Wellington Inn
Having no difficulties in achieving access to Sinclair’s, it quickly became a favorite spot for tourists. 
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Posted on 08/05/25 06:52:16 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3020 Reply  |
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Posted on 08/05/25 3:28:08 PM |
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Frank
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Posted on 09/05/25 02:19:57 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2888 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1052: The Wellington Inn
http://vimeo.com/1082728633 Some very innovative ways of entering the building this week. 
Mariner, you have rebuilt it beautifully.  _________________ Wicked Witch of the West:I'll get you, my pretty! And your little dog, too! |
Posted on 09/05/25 07:48:16 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3020 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1052: The Wellington Inn
Thanks Anna. I just watched your video of "The Rains down in Africa", by, I think, Toto. Well done Anna, it looks professional. |
Posted on 09/05/25 08:44:50 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7009 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1052: The Wellington Inn
First to go to the pub this week was DavidMac, neatly referencing last week’s inflatable wings with a homage to Steptoe and Son. I like the way the angle of the fence, matching the background, distracts from the fact that we’re not looking down on Brambell and Corbett. (Most interested to read about your near miss with the film. Unlike most TV spinoffs of the day, it was a fascinating insight into post-war London life.) I enjoyed the medieval siege entry, with its huge amount of detail – you really have to zoom in to see everything here. I’m really hoping you didn’t have to cut out all those people individually. The only thing that’s missing is some shadows where there ladders meet the walls, which I think would help a lot. The BOAC entry is ingenious, and that mobile staircase does fit very well along the side. Not sure about the walkway to get to it: is the perspective perhaps too extreme for this distance? A remarkable extension from dwindt, perfectly complementing the original building. The colouring, and especially the windows, are beautifully realised – and even more extraordinary to see how you did it. A beautiful result, Denis. A zip line from lwc, shooting straight through the door – but the real star here is the colourisation of the background (or colorization, if you prefer). The browns and pinks of the building are neatly offset by the blue of the modern office block behind. This has the feel of a Photoshop auto-colour job to me, but I’m sure there was hand finishing. I enjoyed the helicopter entry, but I am concerned that (a) the chopper is so close to the wall that those rotor blades would give a haircut to anyone on the upper floor, and (b) the deck it’s standing on seems to be falling into the void. Clearly, arriving by balloon is the answer. Is Spidey there to hold it still while they disembark? A like the flying saucers, especially the three-eyed aliens from Toy Story on the balcony. A fun walking pub from Ant Snell, with jaunty legs and a charming pink render. I wonder, though, if the mismatched perspective and scale couldn’t have been better circumvented by simply enlarging the pub: 
A spruced-up pub from Mariner, complete with new hand-lettered signage. The repaired walls are especially impressive. I like the way you’ve merged the pub into the landscape, the Shambles bus ties it neatly geographically, and the couple with the dog provide a good foreground. Not entirely sure how the Beatles fit in here! An ingenious hydraulic scissor lift from Frank, with its crowd of drinkers and would-be drinkers populating the scene. The safety railing with its open gate works well. Curious perspective issue: the top of the lift shows it on track to meet the gate, but at the bottom it’s clearly several yards away from the building. Perhaps it’s one of those Escher scissor lifts. A rural setting from tooquilos, the rocks neatly concealing the sides of the building. Very good water movement in the animated version, and I like how the boat bounces between the rocks. No passengers, though? Has it come adrift from its moorings? _______ I know many of you no longer use Photoshop, or don’t upgrade it, but I would urge you to check out the new features in Photoshop 2025. The selection tools are vastly improved, and the reflection removal is extraordinary. |
Posted on 09/05/25 09:54:19 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3020 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1052: The Wellington Inn
Thanks Steve. This one kept me happily engaged for days. In 1971 The Beatles were just visiting Manchester for a gig and to avoid the fans they took a walk in the park. Why not?
In Affinity Photo 2 v 2.6.2 the Object Selection Tool does a very good job of extracting objects from your graphic. Its results are usually outstanding but occasionally some blurred areas need brushing up after extraction. |
Posted on 09/05/25 10:39:43 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5606 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1052: The Wellington Inn
Not surprisingly I couldn't find a photo with the right angle. So I made sure that fence, table and signboard contributed to distract from this. That was quite sharp eyed of you. I didn't think it was obvious.
It was one those ideas you start to question half way through. The cutting out was pretty tedious in places. That's why lots of fringing is left in places. I got bored. I toyed with the idea of shadows but mediaeval painters didn't really use them so I used that as excuse to quickly finish an idea I was starting to regret.
The staircase was a complete extended re-build to fit well. The pub is much higher than most aircraft doors. The original stair was far too short. The walkway works much better if you try and imagine it as sloping down to the foot of the steps. (If you think that's wriggling on the hook .... it is.) Another one I enjoyed more than I expected. Thanks Steve. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 09/05/25 5:00:01 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3163 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1052: The Wellington Inn
You're right it was not an auto-colorization... I have no excuse for the helicopter (a) or (b), simply got tired of foolin' with it. Thanks! |
Posted on 09/05/25 10:31:15 PM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 888 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1052: The Wellington Inn
Well done everybody. Thank you Steve. _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 10/05/25 3:02:48 PM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1737 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1052: The Wellington Inn
Thanks Steve . Explained by the angle of the viewer  |
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