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Posted on 14/03/08 2:06:18 PM |
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RichSchneider
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Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
Thank you ever so much for the warm melcome. I must work on the resolution. I haven't prepared images for the web before and I was quite frustrated trying to balance image size and resolution and still have a small enough file to post. As for the class, I am attending Oakton Community College in Des Plaines Illinois working on a Desktop Publishing Certificate. The entire Adobe Creative Suite is a major part of what we are learning including beginning and advanced Photoshop. The instructor researched textbooks and found yours to be the most intriguing and I have to agree. Your insight, skill and talent, experience, and sense of humor make this one of the best books I've ever worked with. Thank you. |
Posted on 14/03/08 4:25:09 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3883 Reply  |
Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
Thanks Steve, There is a shadow there but it may have been lost in the translation for the web. Sorry about recycling 'that' image for the 'painting'. Stuck out here in Malmo means that I have to use images I can easily get hold of and I needed something to fill up the wall to the side of the bird. I'll try to avoid using it again in case I start to get some sort of reputation around here! More great work from everyone again. Gordon |
Posted on 14/03/08 10:57:19 PM |
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Eva Roth
Luminous Liberator Posts: 269 Reply  |
Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
Thanks a lot, Steve. While you thought no-one else had noticed the Euston Road tower, I sort-of assumed everyone else on this planet lived in North London and knew it... Thanks also to Salfordnurse, you asked about the tower's whereabouts. I's near King's Cross station in London and, beautiful as it is, doubes up as a real life photoshop job when approached from the Euston Road - see attached image.  |
Posted on 15/03/08 00:12:29 AM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2157 Reply  |
Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
" whereas the figure sitting near the clock dwarfs the buildings to the right of him. But it’s a great location otherwise. " Thanks Steve, When I looked at the picture my eyes saw the scale as the bulidings being a long way from the tower, and my giant. I can see I should have change the hills in front of the near water, to hide it, and it might have worked. |
Posted on 15/03/08 00:51:40 AM |
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Ellen
Fire Queen Posts: 102 Reply  |
Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
Thanks Steve, It was a tulip field, I really appreciate the kind words. |
Posted on 15/03/08 00:56:52 AM |
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RichSchneider
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Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
Sorry everyone . . . just wanted to see if this would be a better resolution . . . and yes the pun is intended. Sorry about that too.  |
Posted on 15/03/08 03:27:24 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2857 Reply  |
Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
Thank you Steve 
I found it difficult to position the Tourists. The little boy was testing out his new Macro lens 
As far as the setting goes, I chose Stonehenge because it's considered the original time piece.... |
Posted on 15/03/08 05:52:28 AM |
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brewell
Pixel Pentagrammarian Posts: 752 Reply  |
Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
What keeps me coming back, Steve, is that you really look and see. I squashed the top of the tower a mere trifle. The ovalized clock looks proudly into the middle distance. Onto Oslo. _________________ |
Posted on 15/03/08 3:18:35 PM |
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Whaler
Visual Viking Posts: 330 Reply  |
Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
I don't think you're missing out on anything here, Steve, at least not that I'm aware of. Just like you, I've never got into the game of WoW. This was just one of the pictures that came up when I googled for time bandits. And thanks for your appreciating words about the second entry, I enjoyed doing that (too). _________________ Only in my brightest moments I understand myself |
Posted on 16/03/08 10:41:09 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
Hi Eva When I looked at your superb stamps I recognised the Kings Cross tower immediately, because I see it every morning when leaving the station. It's such a shame that a wonderful piece of architecture like this has been allowed to fall into such a state of disrepair, along with the whole block, which is mostly boarded up. It would be wonderful to see the inevitable graffiti removed and the tower restored to its former glory. Perhaps you could sell some of those wonderful stamps to raise the money! Nick |
Posted on 18/03/08 8:51:33 PM |
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Eva Roth
Luminous Liberator Posts: 269 Reply |
Re: Contest 188: Move the clock tower
Hi Nick, thanks for your kind words. I would happily help preserve the Euston tower. I'm afraid the whole Kings Cross area is being re-developed by people who have different ideas about what it should look like. In fact, I think what it looks like doesn't even come into it. However, we can create new beauty and open people's eyes. |
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