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Posted on 23/02/07 10:40:14 AM |
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Steve Mac
Grunge Genie Posts: 539 Reply  |
Re: Contest 134: Make it rain
Thank you for noticing the irony of the window washer. I wasn't sure how that would be taken. _________________ Steve Mac |
Posted on 23/02/07 10:47:44 AM |
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stefan
Detail Demon Posts: 401 Reply  |
Re: Contest 134: Make it rain
Hi Steve, Many thanks. What I actually tried to get was a reflection of a bit of sun coming through the dark clouds but it didn't really work out the way I wanted . Have a nice weekend. |
Posted on 23/02/07 11:26:49 AM |
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Wayne
Printer’s Devil Posts: 312 Reply  |
Re: Contest 134: Make it rain
Thanks for the remarks Steve. I was trying to create the feel of one of those awful childhood days out on a Sunday when it rained all day long and there was nowhere open. This was what first came to mind when I saw your image and you wanted rain! (The words of 'Every day is like Sunday' by Morrissey sum it up perfectly)  |
Posted on 23/02/07 12:43:49 PM |
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BigVern
Q Quipper Posts: 674 Reply  |
Re: Contest 134: Make it rain
Hi Steve, thanks for your comments. I think your comments to Stefan about water on the lens and not having shadows is actually directed to me as I seem to be absent from your summing up. 
I will play with the layer style later on to reduce or remove the shadowing on the lens droplets and see what happens. Some really great entries from others, I really am going to have to learn about animation. Cheers |
Posted on 23/02/07 12:58:12 PM |
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BigVern
Q Quipper Posts: 674 Reply |
Re: Contest 134: Make it rain
I finally got to see one of Char's animations. I basically left the browser window open for a while and suddenly it appeared. Wow it is amazing! |
Posted on 23/02/07 1:39:29 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3882 Reply  |
Re: Contest 134: Make it rain
Thanks Steve, There was one thing missing that I really tried hard to include and that was Eric Morecambe in a New York policeman's uniform standing under the gutter getting soaked. Unfortunately I couldn't find that photograph on the web and the BBC wanted lots of money for it with all sorts of restrictions on its use. For those of you who don't know, Eric Morecambe was one half of a British comedy duo who did an excellent parody of the Gene Kelly 'dancing in the rain' scene. A much loved and much missed comedian. ttfn |
Posted on 23/02/07 1:44:53 PM |
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dave.cox
Marquee Master Posts: 518 Reply  |
Re: Contest 134: Make it rain
Boot Scraper? New one to me. I thought it was what we sometime call a scupper, which is type of drain.  After I posted it, I wondered about the yellow being a bit off. Thanks for your feedback on that.
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Posted on 23/02/07 2:04:33 PM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 6935 Reply  |
Re: Contest 134: Make it rain
Oops! Sorry about that, to both of you! |
Posted on 23/02/07 2:30:23 PM |
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pauline
Centenary Challenger Posts: 213 Reply  |
Re: Contest 134: Make it rain
Thanks Steve. Not feeling any anger last week. Just some fear. Child #2 turned 16 on the 18th and as of the 19th holds a licence to learn to drive! I was just playing around with some ideas and liked the effect it produced. Sometimes I have to just let myself go and be creative. As for the second one, thanks for the heads up. I will have to start paying more attention to reflections......although we are currently getting dumped on with snow so............real life is not so helpful! _________________ Pauline |
Posted on 23/02/07 2:47:10 PM |
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char
Collage Conquistador Posts: 141 Reply  |
Re: Contest 134: Make it rain
Thank you very much Steve always so generous with my works. Your knowledge are the base of these works! |
Posted on 23/02/07 5:50:53 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2157 Reply  |
Re: Contest 134: Make it rain
Steve, your comments are just great, learn as much from them as from the challange itself. You must spend so much time viewing the images, I always see new things in everybody images, when viewing them with your comments. Thanks |
Posted on 23/02/07 6:04:12 PM |
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Lexus
Persistent Pixellator Posts: 623 Reply  |
Re: Contest 134: Make it rain
I did say not touched it for months 
Maybe I'll start joining in, but i probably wont socialise as much, considering im doing GCSEs. _________________ 3Media - Music, Videos, News, Radio and loads more crazy crap... http://www.3media.co.uk |
Posted on 23/02/07 8:00:25 PM |
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Philip Saunders
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Re: Contest 134: Make it rain
Steve, Thank you for your comments. I stumbled across your book whilst browsing in the local bookshop, then was directed to this website. I quite like your Friday Challenges because they force you to work to a deadline and I further impose a time limit on myself. I won’t be doing too many of them though - too many demands on my time. The duck thing. I like them. I like to see them in the wild and I like to eat them! I’ve been known to carve decoys too, so have taken pictures of other people’s work at competitions. They’ll crop up again! Regards, Philip |
Posted on 24/02/07 08:10:41 AM |
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BigVern
Q Quipper Posts: 674 Reply |
Re: Contest 134: Make it rain
Steve, I played with the shadows on the droplets and of course you are right. Here is a comparison with the original on the left and on the right the shadows have been reduced significantly but not completely and it looks more realistic. Of course thinking about it, if the droplets were on the lens then either the foreground or the background should be out of focus, I guess; my excuse is that this is hyper-reality 
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Posted on 24/02/07 3:06:21 PM |
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Ben Mills
Luminous Luminary Posts: 570 Reply  |
Re: Contest 134: Make it rain
Steve, Thanks for the encouraging remarks, also for the title. I mentioned it to "her indoors" and now she calls me the Luminous Lunatic. |
Posted on 26/02/07 06:30:32 AM |
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Tom
Texture Technologist Posts: 401 Reply  |
Re: Contest 134: Make it rain
Thanks for commenting, Steve. |
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