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Posted on 08/04/21 10:32:25 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2907 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 851: The train carriage
Why not take a look at this huge site, which I have barely begun to explore: http://line.17qq.com/articles/qwwfhsmny.html |
Posted on 08/04/21 11:09:19 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5320 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 851: The train carriage
Dennis. Reminds me of my old childhood school train. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 08/04/21 11:13:02 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5320 Reply |
Re: Challenge 851: The train carriage
Unusual image this week Michael. Chaplin by Magritte.
Looks very interesting. Tons of stuff. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 08/04/21 2:14:29 PM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2907 Reply |
Re: Challenge 851: The train carriage
David I was not thinking of The Son of Man but I do now see the similarity. The problem I had to solve was "why is he looking so surprised?" and, after trying out an irate station master, and a soldier with a machine gun, this solution worked best. |
Posted on 08/04/21 3:49:35 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1815 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 851: The train carriage
Thanks David and Vibeke for your positive comments. 
I thought I would have the "brass neck" to show one of my old "train carriage" entries: 
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Posted on 09/04/21 02:35:18 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2907 Reply |
Re: Challenge 851: The train carriage
Michael, your carriage rocks! One of your best. |
Posted on 09/04/21 08:12:29 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 6929 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 851: The train carriage
Interesting to see this week’s Challenge kicking off with Mariner's 2013 entry: I’d completely forgotten I’d set exactly the same challenge 8 years ago. Would this week be a rare Forum dud, I thought? It turns out not… First ‘real’ entry was from DavidMac, a neat reference to Oscar Wilde’s play The Importance of being Earnest, whose central character admits to having been found, as a baby, in a handbag on Victoria Station. “A handbag?” was the catchphrase, spoken in a long drawn-out drawl in the 1952 film version by Edith Evans as Lady Bracknell. (Footnote: I was in a production of the play at school when I was 12. I played Gwendolen. Don’t laugh. Footnote 2: at the premiere in 1895 the part of Ernest was played by George Alexander, who later built the house I grew up in.) An evocative second entry, featuring Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson in the film Brief Encounter - featuring Rachmaninoff’s second piano concerto. Splendid Gandhi in the third entry, and great to see the original scene from your film. Good stuff! A rather more upmarket carriage from GKB - but then yours is first class! Excellent motion from lwc, both through through the window and in the juddering of the train itself. I like the fact that you’ve added a corridor, but of course that would really necessitate a change of door to a sliding one. Good to see the moose back! A beautiful entry from Josephine Harvatt, with a splendid choice of characters. Those dresses don’t leave a lot of room for other passengers, do they. I like the view. Perfect work, Josephine. Very fine work from Vibeke, with the Downton cast naturally seated - I like how they’re looking towards the campaign-wielding camera operator. That guard is a nice addition. Great composition, and nicely executed. A murder mystery from Frank, and this film has everything: bloodstained seats, a couple of corpses, and Poirot himself appearing as the blind rises. Tremendous use of sound, too. Excellent, Frank. It’s Harry Potter time from DougD, with an atmospheric scene - excellent fitting of the characters into the space. Best of all for me is the snow storm outside the window, which really gives it character. I don’t recognise the woman in tooquilos's entry, but I know a lyre when I see one. A great moody setting, and I like the new lamps. An amazing animated version, with terrific lighting effects as the landscape changes through the window. And that’s a seriously spooky mansion! The 3D modelled corridor, the ticking metronome - splendid! I’m increasingly astonished by the sudden renaissance of michael sinclair. In the last few months your work has taken a huge leap forward, which I don’t think is entirely down to your subscription to Photoshop CC. This entry is one of your best yet, with excellent walking motion. Very, very small point: the No Smoking sign on the inner window, and the sign on the right hand window, should be in front of the walkers. But I’m nitpicking - this is excellent work. Love the jiggle. And it’s good to see a reprise of the old train carriage. I always like this one, although I’d lose the bat. A tremendous cast of characters from dwindt - and modelling all of these in 3D must have taken forever. Great costumes, and a fine sense of chaos about the scene. I like the opened door, and the new corridor. Good work! A glorious Chaplin homage from Mariner, complete with added pigeons. What an extraordinary viewpoint of CC! Is that really him? Where on earth did you find it? Outstanding work this week from everyone. |
Posted on 09/04/21 08:49:45 AM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2156 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 851: The train carriage
Thank you, Steve, I really enjoyed this one and from the look at the wonderful entries from everyone else, they did too. _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 09/04/21 08:51:18 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2907 Reply |
Re: Challenge 851: The train carriage
Here is a link: http://www.discoverlosangeles.com/sites/default/files/images/2019-02/Charlie%20Chaplin.jpg?width=1600&height=1200&fit=crop&quality=78&auto=webp Keep up the good work, Steve! |
Posted on 09/04/21 09:04:42 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3873 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 851: The train carriage
I take no credit for my entry this week; as I said ‘I cheated’. 
Good work everyone. _________________ Time flies like an arrow but fruit flies like a banana. |
Posted on 09/04/21 09:18:52 AM |
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DougD
Detail Demon Posts: 25 Reply |
Re: Challenge 851: The train carriage
Cheers Steve |
Posted on 09/04/21 11:12:45 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5320 Reply |
Re: Challenge 851: The train carriage
I knew you would get the Oscar Wilde reference straight away!
All boys school? Co-ed's much more fun ...... but you don't get to play girls. Glad you like the entries. I was a bit out of inspiration this week. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 09/04/21 1:11:10 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1815 Reply |
Re: Challenge 851: The train carriage
Thanks Steve for your very positive and generous comments. |
Posted on 09/04/21 3:25:33 PM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 851: The train carriage
Many thanks Steve _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 10/04/21 2:32:25 PM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 808 Reply |
Re: Challenge 851: The train carriage
Thank you Steve. With the introduce of dForce, a clothing and hair simulator, and the improvement of the Daz models, i'm using them more and more...but it is time consuming...but more brain work is used when tying the whole scene together...getting the tones to sync, correcting lighting and introducing shadows and reflections...oh, and cutting the models where they would intersect the background scene. _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 11/04/21 02:39:45 AM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 2945 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 851: The train carriage
Thanks Steve. |
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