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Posted on 23/06/21 11:14:32 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5666 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 862: The mystery shop
Dennis is the foreground man a photo or 'posed'? He is going to have a terrible stoop when he gets older. 
Lots of activity which is fun to look at ...... you seem to have transported us to Bavaria with a German sign in the window and a typically dirndl clad waitress with litre steins. 
Good luck with your other challenge. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 23/06/21 11:40:11 AM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3215 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 862: The mystery shop
Anna-
I will let you produce and direct that one...lol. David-
Have something against 'upscale dining'...?
Ok, why is McDonalds like the white house? Dennis- Your entry really gives a feeling of depth... nice! Frank- I really like your painted version, good one! |
Posted on 23/06/21 12:21:57 PM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 919 Reply |
Re: Challenge 862: The mystery shop
David, Its how the clothing simulator folded the shirt at the back. They are all Daz models. It's a pity you can not see the detail of that characters face. Its as if he is on the receiving end of his girlfriends jealous outcry. He is pointing to the waitress at the kegs and his expression appears as though he could be saying, in a very frustrated fashion, "Go ask her!" All 7 characters were rendered individually and blended into the background separately. If I haven't saved over the pose and set up, i'll render a close up of him. My ancestors, 5 generations back, originated from Netherlands / Germany? Would love to go visit there. Bavaria looks stunning. I would make that a destination. So, yes, in my minds eye I was trying to image a social gathering of my people. _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 23/06/21 1:19:32 PM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 919 Reply |
Re: Challenge 862: The mystery shop
"Go ASK her!" You can see part of the fold down his back, now that I have more resolution. Being able to recognise the fold, makes him less arched in the back. 
_________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 24/06/21 01:03:00 AM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3215 Reply |
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Posted on 24/06/21 04:23:54 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3054 Reply  |
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Posted on 24/06/21 08:21:52 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5666 Reply |
Re: Challenge 862: The mystery shop
Old Reagan era joke. "They both have a clown named Ronald". Unaware that Americans had a less cynical view of of Nancy and Ronald than Europeans I foolishly came out with this quip in the eighties to my American crew on a movie set in New York. It was met with a terrible deafening silence.  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 24/06/21 08:27:00 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5666 Reply |
Re: Challenge 862: The mystery shop
Yes. Deceptive. it's the lower part of the fold ballooning outwards makes him look so bowed. The close up is truly remarkable Dennis! I worked a lot in Germany in the seventies and eighties. Munich and Bavaria mostly. It is very beautiful and, if you like beer, some of the best in the world (outside Belgium of course!). One of my sons did a three year double university degree in German and Japanese. He spent a year in universities in each country and ended up living in Munich. He has lived there for eighteen years now. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 24/06/21 09:00:48 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5666 Reply |
Re: Challenge 862: The mystery shop
Michael your latest is full of tiny hidden surprises, quite aside from my having moved to Antwerp. It wasn't until I enlarged that I spotted a couple. Little bit of texture mismatch in places but otherwise very neatly incorporated. Great fun. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 24/06/21 10:45:20 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2898 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 862: The mystery shop
The more I look at your image Michael, the more I see. The mouse and David in the windows, the wreath, the wooden mouse, the water bearer, one of the seven dwarves (or maybe two?) and I'm sure there is a lot that I have missed. Very well done. _________________ Wicked Witch of the West: I'm melting! I'm melting! |
Posted on 24/06/21 10:45:39 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2898 Reply |
Re: Challenge 862: The mystery shop
_________________ Wicked Witch of the West: I'm melting! I'm melting! |
Posted on 24/06/21 10:46:15 AM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 862: The mystery shop
Yes great fun, David. Now, I know I can get good colour matches, but texture matches are a work in progress. This was a particularly difficult FC because of the complicated nature of the carvings, so I did not really try to achieve shiny results. I didn't think it would work. That cannabis plant in the forground was also fun and I'm quite proud of how it came out - after a couple of hours of work. Your own entries this week are, as usual, exceptionally good. In fact everyone who still takes on these challenges has improved a lot over the past few years. |
Posted on 24/06/21 10:48:46 AM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 862: The mystery shop
Loyd, that moose looks real. |
Posted on 24/06/21 10:51:40 AM |
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Mariner
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Dennis, lovely picture, thoroughly convincing. |
Posted on 24/06/21 3:41:04 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1864 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 862: The mystery shop
THE AFTERMATH: Smoking barrel 
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Posted on 24/06/21 9:36:04 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5666 Reply |
Re: Challenge 862: The mystery shop
I knew you would! Interesting and curious to see that blowing up shops in Antwerp should produce exactly the same crater as blowing up cinemas in England. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 24/06/21 9:42:02 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5666 Reply |
Re: Challenge 862: The mystery shop
I missed that completely.
Maybe after Judgement Day you should publish a list to see how much we caught or missed. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 25/06/21 00:51:45 AM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3215 Reply |
Re: Challenge 862: The mystery shop
Thanks Michael, the swaying of the moose antlers really makes a difference. Your small and subtle reworks of the sculpture are great! Nicely done as always. 
I have had intermittent ISP outages over the last few days... my service has been awful lately. Hopefully It will be back to normal soon. At least they admit that the problem is on their end and not mine. |
Posted on 25/06/21 04:46:52 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3054 Reply |
Re: Challenge 862: The mystery shop
David, never put off until Judgement Day what you can do today... 
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Posted on 25/06/21 04:54:47 AM |
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Mariner
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Thanks, Loyd. We all have ISP outages from time to time. Mine once crashed for three whole days! |
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