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Posted on 16/08/24 08:07:33 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Challenge 1017: The riddle of the sphinx
There's a museum in Cognac, France, in a house formerly owned by one Don Kilian Hennessey (yes, that Hennessey). It houses a bizarre and eclectic collection assembled during his travels around the world, including a pair of truly remarkable sphinxes. This one, the label tells us, is from the 18th Century, and its sculptor is anonymous. Can you release this beast into the wild? Somewhere it will blend in with its surroundings? High res is here.  |
Posted on 16/08/24 11:43:49 AM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 1017: The riddle of the sphinx
What a bizarre object! Interestingly she looks, somehow, very French. To my eye, the style and clothing is much more fin de siècle (Edwardian in England) than 18th century. There is something quite Art Nouveau'ish about it. But, on the other hand, what on earth is that US civil war flat cap doing? Curiouser and curiouser ............. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 16/08/24 1:26:44 PM |
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lwc
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Re: Challenge 1017: The riddle of the sphinx
Expecting house guests for the next several days and not sure how much time I will have this week, so here's a non-animated first impression. 
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Posted on 16/08/24 4:44:08 PM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 1017: The riddle of the sphinx
Oddly effective Loyd. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 16/08/24 4:47:24 PM |
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DavidMac
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TRUMPIAN DREAMS
God forbid ............... 
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Posted on 16/08/24 9:33:09 PM |
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lwc
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Re: Challenge 1017: The riddle of the sphinx on the horizon
Still had a bit of time to kill and this went together much easier than expected, so... 
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Posted on 17/08/24 09:24:04 AM |
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Ben Boardman
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Re: Challenge 1017: The riddle of the sphinx
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Posted on 17/08/24 3:31:55 PM |
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GKB
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Re: Challenge 1017: The riddle of the sphinx
Scientists recently made an astonishing discovery on Easter Island.  _________________  |
Posted on 17/08/24 3:56:27 PM |
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GKB
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Re: Challenge 1017: The riddle of the sphinx
Scientists investigating Global Warming of the Greenland Ice cap make another astonishing discovery  _________________ Have you ever noticed that all the instruments designed to detect intelligent life are pointing away from the Earth? |
Posted on 17/08/24 7:42:54 PM |
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GKB
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Re: Challenge 1017: The riddle of the sphinx
It was a nice day for a walk on the beach today. 
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Posted on 18/08/24 5:58:41 PM |
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lwc
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Re: Challenge 1017: The riddle of the sphinx
Nicely done Ben and Gordon... interesting takes!  |
Posted on 19/08/24 11:45:18 AM |
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GKB
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Re: Challenge 1017: The riddle of the sphinx
Just one more ... oops! 
Detail:- 
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Posted on 20/08/24 00:14:25 AM |
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lwc
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Re: Challenge 1017: The riddle of the sphinx at the movies
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Posted on 20/08/24 04:52:48 AM |
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tooquilos
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Re: Challenge 1017: The riddle of the sphinx
http://vimeo.com/1000620285 I love the Trump one. His face is so smug! I was a bit stumped with this one but fumbled through it. During the process I discovered a great text to speech program - 11Labs - it seems to blow all the other ones out of the water. The voices are the most realistic so far.  _________________ Wicked Witch of the West: I'm melting! I'm melting! |
Posted on 20/08/24 09:31:56 AM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 1017: The riddle of the sphinx
Were you worried we'd miss the upside down bit? 
It was the first thing I spotted in the original. Classic Gordon humour. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 20/08/24 09:44:32 AM |
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DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 1017: The riddle of the sphinx
It's been quite hard to think of things to do with this except put her in different places ......... which is what I have done here. 
This was quite a bit of work and I don't feel I have pulled it off. It looks 'comped'. But you can have fun guessing her riddle to avoid being devoured. Since she's twins it's double jeopardy. If you get them by all means say so but please don't give away the answer here. I want to see if Steve can guess. He's good at that kind of thing. Hint. The answer to the left hand lady is not in any way religious or philosophical. 
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Posted on 20/08/24 10:06:11 AM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5345 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1017: The riddle of the sphinx
If you Google them shame on you ............... .............. she will indubitably look upon that with considerable disfavour. Dismemberment and ingestion will undoubtedly ensue!  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 20/08/24 10:55:56 AM |
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GKB
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Re: Challenge 1017: The riddle of the sphinx
No, it was more because the image was quite small in the original and got a little lost. Trying to figure out the riddle in yours. Hopefully I’ll get it before Friday. _________________ |
Posted on 20/08/24 12:07:00 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3006 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1017: The riddle of the sphinx
All of my images are now showing up as clickable icons, I have no idea why... suddenly SimpleForum Pro 4.6 just doesn't like Imgur.
I'm not doing anything different when posting, my images have worked fine until now.  |
Posted on 20/08/24 1:17:26 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5345 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1017: The riddle of the sphinx
Yes. I am afraid that is how they are showing here. I am not quite sure , I may be quite wrong, but I think Michael Sinclair uses Imgur. Might be worth checking if he's having problems. A lot of us here use Flickr which works very well. They do support some types of movie but not quite sure which. It comes in free and paid flavours depending on how much privacy you want. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
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