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Posted on 23/07/08 11:33:21 AM |
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katew
Virtual Virtuoso Posts: 681 Reply  |
Re: Contest 207: Messing about in boats
Hmmmm ....  |
Posted on 23/07/08 1:57:41 PM |
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jwhite
Collage Critter Posts: 274 Reply  |
Re: Contest 207: Messing about in boats
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Posted on 23/07/08 2:02:50 PM |
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james
Surreal Spoofer Posts: 1194 Reply  |
Re: Contest 207: Messing about in boats
Nice one Kate, brings to mind a 1967 TV series featuring Patrick McGoohan, as ’The prisoner’. |
Posted on 23/07/08 2:20:38 PM |
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katew
Virtual Virtuoso Posts: 681 Reply |
Re: Contest 207: Messing about in boats
Thanks James! Bit before my time ..... (not really, I was 10 in 1967!)  |
Posted on 23/07/08 4:08:32 PM |
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Pierre
Constructional Confabulator Posts: 637 Reply  |
Re: Contest 207: Messing about in boats
Mum! That's not exactly what I had in mind when you said: "Let's go do a tour with the mini wood boat!" 
I know, I know... they're a bit big for the size of the car... _________________ |
Posted on 23/07/08 10:51:54 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1864 Reply  |
Re: Contest 207: Messing about in boats
Last one: Click for bigger: http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e341/sinclair97/Niagara1.gif 
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Posted on 24/07/08 11:13:29 AM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply  |
Re: Contest 207: Messing about in boats
Having trouble getting inernet connections on our computers, so hqve to use the hosts with a french keyboard;  |
Posted on 24/07/08 2:25:01 PM |
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Pierre
Constructional Confabulator Posts: 637 Reply |
Re: Contest 207: Messing about in boats
Les jardins de Monet VIbeke? Great montage. _________________ |
Posted on 24/07/08 7:33:11 PM |
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Patrick33
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Re: Contest 207: Messing about in boats
Here my second offering ...  |
Posted on 24/07/08 7:44:32 PM |
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katew
Virtual Virtuoso Posts: 681 Reply |
Re: Contest 207: Messing about in boats
Patrick, that's brilliant! |
Posted on 25/07/08 07:28:29 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7025 Reply  |
Re: Contest 207: Messing about in boats
We kicked off this week with a beautiful image from Mick Malkemus, who's transported the boat to a magical cave complete with dolphin and rainbow. Excellent reflections, and a gorgeous scene altogether - fantastic, Mick. A new member this week - and triststephens has created an excellent pool pun. What makes this one so good is the fact that the perspectives and angles of view match so well between the two photographs. A great idea, neatly executed. Welcome to the forum, Tristan! Glad to see Eva Roth has managed to keep in touch while in Sicily - and with a rather splendid can of, er, some kind of aquatic foodstuff. The bot fits neatly in there, but I'm intrigued as to what could be in the can. Tinned coral, anyone? Great work from Nick Curtain showing that, as ever, it's all about blending. In this case, changing the colour of the original water (so as to preserve the reflections) from blue to the green of the fountain. And I like the second entry - but then I like anything set in Paris. An attractive setting from mguyer sets the boat off well. I'd take issue with your positioning, though, Marty - anywhere but bang in the middle! This makes for a very static image. Someone really should write a book about design and composition in Photoshop... Thoroughly convincing work from dave.cox, who's blended the boat perfectly into the new surroundings. And the new reflection works a treat. An alpine scene from swalkr - and that's one way to avoid having to make new reflections! But doesn't the boat seem rather oddly positioned, half of the bottom of the frame? Funny work from Andy L, with the boat heading straight for the waterfall. I wonder, though, if placing it at a slightly more rakish angle might accentuate the sense of impending doom? I like the way GKB has added the boat to Turner's early masterpiece - a great idea, but I'm not entirely sure the treatment of the boat matches the original closely enough. Now, if only someone would write a book on how to emulate the styles of old masters in Photoshop... I loved the second entry, a dazzling piece of work. My only problem is with the shadow under the penguin, which is rather too grey. A tranquil setting from dikidee, with the boat very well blended into its environment. Again, though, placing it right in the middle creates a symmetry that detracts from the power of the image: try moving it left or right for a more harmonious appearance. Someone really should write a book that explains the Rule of Thirds in Photoshop... Outstanding work from tooquilos this week: the fantastic interplay between Irwin and the croc is set off by the cast of thousands decorating the view. Excellent! Extra points, too, for the Papyrus Tours logo - what an appropriate font! Now, if only someone would write a book about choosing the right font in Photoshop... Ben Mills' image will ring a bell with every parent: witty and poignant. The angle at which the boat is riding the wave is just right, but best of all is the position in the scene: with the boat on the far left, we can see the huge distance it still has to trael in front of it. That's assuming she's rowing forwards, of course. A very moody image from Icelandr, which slots the boat behind the reeds for an evocative evening setting. I really like this one - perfect blending, very powerful image. A gorgeous image from Maja, with misty moonlight dominating the scene. The recolouring of the boat to match the setting is perfect - well worth the effort! Great excitement from bjansen: this must the the only image so far in which the boy's actually looking at something. A great angle on the boat, and the added shark is perfectly positioned. Very good work! I enjoyed brewell's contribution - where on earth did you find a photo of a dead alligator? pacing the boat neatly behind the ferns places it firmly in the scene, making this a thoroughly convincing yet funny image. Excellent. I like the arm movement with the oars in michael sinclair's animation - a lot of work went into that. The water around the boat itself is excellent, but the sudden jump in the background is distracting, don't you think? Great expression on the boy! And a beautiful second entry too. An interesting effect in the third entry: it looks like Niagara's breathing, rather than pouring. Plenty of action from Patrick33 - a perfect day for boating. There's a different in contrast and quality between the fisherman and the people in the boat, though, which looks rather artificial: and shouldn't he be on the other side, so he'd have something to stand on? Ingenious work in the second entry - a great reference to an Escher classic, with the boy and his mother perfectly integrated into the image. And is that me on the roof watching them? A tranquil scene from our second new member of the week, Hope Leslie Laust - and with a perfect, thoroughly convincing reflection in the still surface of the river. This is a fantastic first entry - well done, and welcome to the forum! I loved Brian Ruddock's entry, for its amazing attention to detail: the distortion of the mountain through the bottle, the placement and treatment of the octopus, the reflection of the label in the water - and, not least, because Talisker is one of my favourite brands of malt whisky. Tremendous attention to detail, perfectly accomplished. And well deserving of a title for you, Brian. Does Detail Devil fit the bill here? A funny entry from Steve Mac, with the original boat swapped for a standard rowing boat - and the boy's had a change of shirt, too. I have to admit, it took me a couple of glances to spot that you'd made the switch - which must say something good about the quality of the montage! I like the miniaturization in Atomicfog's entry - always good to mess around with scale. The boat itself looks a little distorted here, though: is that to make the angle right? I think the masking should be a little more opaque over the bottom of the boat as well. Dolphins to the rescue from james - but what's that red and black shape we see right at the end? Looks menacing to me... The speedy movement through the water is excellent, and the way the boy's head moves back and forth is perfect. Where did you find such a close match for the original? Something of an overgrown jungle from Josephine Harvatt - in the sense of the plants being much bigger than life size, that is. All given away by the subtle SS Lilliput name on the boat. It very nearly works - but the way the plant on the left disappears into the water is a little odd. Our third new member this week is misa, with a dramatic background showing a Soviet (I believe) submarine. The sailor's hat on the boy is an excellent addition, and the perspective is just right for the scene. A very fine first entry - welcome to the forum! Looks to me as if Ellen's boat has run aground - or is that just very shallow water? An impressive setting, and tucking the boat behind those long grasses really places it into the image. A fantastic sand effect from gothic007, which makes rowing look like hard work. The colour treatment of the boat works very well, but there are a couple of issues with lighting direction here. We can ignore the fact that the lighting on the ground is coming from straight in front of us - but it might have made sense to flip the planet, so it's lit from the same side as the boy's face. I like gaoxiguo's tea cup - the steam works very well. But the angles are a little strange: the top of the cup looks like it has been adjusted to match the boat, but now it doesn't fit the rest of the cup. A difficult one! Very clever stuff from katew, with the boating pair placed inside the plastic globe. I like the subtlety of this one, the fact that they're only just visible. The boat may be just a little high, though. Anyone here been inside one of these things? Another impending doom image from jwhite - well immersed into the surf, and I like the way the boy's looking at the canoeist. Neither of them seem particularly concerned, though - maybe they just have cool heads. Good to see Pierre back, with a half-timbered Mini sporting a fully timbered roof rack. I'm not that bothered about the scale, Pierre, but the angle of the boat seems wrong. And the image would really have been made if you'd extended those oars to reach the ground! Looks like Vibeke's travels have taken her to Monet's lily pond in Giverney - while she's clearly struggling with the Frznch keyboqrd. Those lily pads have grown huge since Monet left! A good reflection - but we shouldn't be able to see the reflection of the trees through it. Highly imaginative work this week. A real treat to write up. |
Posted on 25/07/08 07:31:27 AM |
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Mick Malkemus
Meticulous Manipulator Posts: 91 Reply  |
Thanks Vicho, Dave, Maja, and Steve
I have to give credit to Kauai. It's a beautiful place, and always a part of my heart... Some great creativity this week, such wonderful entries... |
Posted on 25/07/08 09:42:48 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
Re: Contest 207: Messing about in boats
Hi Steve and thanks for the comments. I really enjoyed this one and it's great to see the imagination which has gone into everyone's work. I always work on the basis that if you can get the colour and light right, then you're over half way there and I think the real challenge with this one was to find locations where the water surface was close to the original. That saves an immense amount of work recreating reflections. Nick |
Posted on 25/07/08 10:31:09 AM |
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katew
Virtual Virtuoso Posts: 681 Reply |
Re: Contest 207: Messing about in boats
Thanks Steve. I put some water in the globe with them, which is why they're quite high. |
Posted on 25/07/08 11:20:04 AM |
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Steve Mac
Grunge Genie Posts: 539 Reply  |
Re: Contest 207: Messing about in boats
Thanks Steve. The one thing I had a problem with was the boy looks like he is sitting too close to the edge of the boat. I couldn't figure out how to make him look like he was sitting closer to the middle of the boat. |
Posted on 25/07/08 11:32:01 AM |
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Brian Ruddock
Detail Devil Posts: 31 Reply  |
Re: Contest 207: Messing about in boats
Many thanks, Steve. "Detail Devil" will be worn with pride! Glad you are a fan of Talisker. My all time favourite is Lagavulin, but the 16 years in the barrel have to be paid for! Brian |
Posted on 25/07/08 11:32:18 AM |
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Brian Ruddock
Detail Devil Posts: 31 Reply |
Re: Contest 207: Messing about in boats
Many thanks, Steve. "Detail Devil" will be worn with pride! Glad you are a fan of Talisker. My all time favourite is Lagavulin, but the 16 years in the barrel have to be paid for! Brian |
Posted on 25/07/08 12:13:02 PM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2898 Reply  |
Re: Contest 207: Messing about in boats
Thank so much Steve for your comments. I could really do with your new book right now..doing some video editing and need some fresh ideas for text display. Ive ordered it from Amazon.  |
Posted on 25/07/08 1:21:39 PM |
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Maja
Dewey Decimator Posts: 66 Reply  |
Re: Contest 207: Messing about in boats
Thanks Steve! Congratulations Brian. Very fine work! |
Posted on 25/07/08 3:06:01 PM |
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mguyer
Incisive Incisor Posts: 799 Reply  |
Re: Contest 207: Messing about in boats
Thanks for your comments. I always value them. I am familiar with the rule of thirds. Who wrote the rule? Sometimes a picture looks better with the horizon smack in the middle rather than the top third or the bottom third. Marty |
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