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Posted on 05/05/06 08:54:31 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Contest 95: Stairway to heaven
I photographed this staircase at my local rail station a few years ago, but never got around to using it. Where might it lead? High res is here - and it's a GIF file, so it has a transparent background.  |
Posted on 05/05/06 11:22:27 PM |
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Dave
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Re: Contest 95: Stairway to heaven
What do you reckon?  |
Posted on 06/05/06 09:18:41 AM |
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hi-liter
Pastiche Painter Posts: 108 Reply  |
Re: Contest 95: Stairway to heaven
Hey Dave, Nice effect! But the nose of the locomotive is much darker than the corresponding plane on the overpass and pillar. You could brighten the nose, or add more shadow to the overpass. But, overall, like the application! 
EDIT: Actually, as I'm looking at this, the nose seems to be falling into the shadow of the overpass... (Sorry, just really into lighting and shadow right now... the fever will pass soon... )_________________ Drawing attention to what otherwise might be overlooked... emphasizing things that matter. |
Posted on 06/05/06 10:57:04 AM |
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Dek_101
Apocalyptic Artisan Posts: 175 Reply  |
Re: Contest 95: Stairway to heaven
I really like this pic ... Kinda surreal ... Like a station appearing in the middle of nowhere .... makes me think of a scene from one of those Mel Brookes type films where absolutely anything can happen! |
Posted on 06/05/06 11:41:39 AM |
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Born2Run
Digital Dude Posts: 132 Reply  |
Re: Contest 95: Stairway to heaven
You could tell St. Peter was having an off day when he didn't notice anything was wrong!!!  _________________ Now the hardness of this world slowly grinds your dreams away, Makin' a fool's joke out of the promises we make! |
Posted on 06/05/06 12:24:16 PM |
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Dave
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Re: Contest 95: Stairway to heaven
Fantastic ! I really like it, i thought along the same lines but could not achieve what you have created, Well done. |
Posted on 06/05/06 6:50:27 PM |
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Eggbox
Ovoid Opportunist Posts: 797 Reply  |
Re: Contest 95: Stairway to heaven
I'm putting it down to my age but .. why can't I lay this staircase onto my JPEG background? It shows a 'no entry' sign when I try to do so. I have loaded the stair into PS as a GIF and saved it as a PSD but it still won't work. I have also noticed in the layers palette that is labeled as Index and it show as being locked. What's the trick to this?? Ted |
Posted on 06/05/06 7:17:09 PM |
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Bob
Expert Expressionist Posts: 130 Reply  |
Re: Contest 95: Stairway to heaven
Ted, Go to Image>Mode and change from Indexed Color to RGB Color and you'll be set to go. |
Posted on 06/05/06 7:26:05 PM |
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Eggbox
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Re: Contest 95: Stairway to heaven
Thanks Bob for that.. BTW are you able to e-mail me your largest files of last week including the re-colouring? Ted |
Posted on 06/05/06 7:31:28 PM |
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michael sinclair
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Re: Contest 95: Stairway to heaven
I had the same trouble, and was using the "select All/inverse and copy/paste to new layer routine". An explanation of this lack of automatic recognition would be both helpful and interesting. Mike |
Posted on 06/05/06 7:36:21 PM |
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hi-liter
Pastiche Painter Posts: 108 Reply |
Re: Contest 95: Stairway to heaven
Michael, I ended up doing the same as you. Will take Bob's suggestion to try next time. _________________ Drawing attention to what otherwise might be overlooked... emphasizing things that matter. |
Posted on 06/05/06 8:10:00 PM |
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Dave
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Re: Contest 95: Stairway to heaven
I did 'Ctrl A' and then dragged it across, don't suppose its the correct way but it worked. |
Posted on 06/05/06 8:19:12 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2157 Reply  |
Re: Contest 95: Stairway to heaven
Seems I just can't get away from kids. I spent over 25 years photographing school children, these days I stick to my grand children.  |
Posted on 06/05/06 8:24:07 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2157 Reply |
Re: Contest 95: Stairway to heaven
Thought I'd include the orginal playground.  |
Posted on 06/05/06 9:23:04 PM |
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Eggbox
Ovoid Opportunist Posts: 797 Reply |
Re: Contest 95: Stairway to heaven
There are some that just cannot wait to train for the London Olympics. 
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Posted on 06/05/06 10:16:19 PM |
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hi-liter
Pastiche Painter Posts: 108 Reply |
Re: Contest 95: Stairway to heaven
Wow... great entries! I really have to stop coming by here... needing to get mine done! Vibeke, thanks for the before and after! Great to see what's been added. _________________ Drawing attention to what otherwise might be overlooked... emphasizing things that matter. |
Posted on 07/05/06 03:16:12 AM |
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mguyer
Incisive Incisor Posts: 799 Reply  |
Re: Contest 95: Stairway to heaven
I call this one DECISIONS...DECISIONS  |
Posted on 07/05/06 03:54:28 AM |
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michael sinclair
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Re: Contest 95: Stairway to heaven
The next ship to arrive at platform 2 is the Queen Mary2 express: calling at Barbados, the Seychelles and Fiji. A full a la carte restaurant service is provided on Decks A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,O,P,Q,R only. We apologise that Decks S,T,U,V have only running buffets. Mike   |
Posted on 07/05/06 9:09:29 PM |
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paul 2005
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Re: Contest 95: Stairway to heaven
Here is my stairway. Unfortunately it doesn't lead to anywhere as interesting as heaven. Somewhere far more prosaic - The other side
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Posted on 07/05/06 9:28:55 PM |
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hi-liter
Pastiche Painter Posts: 108 Reply |
Re: Contest 95: Stairway to heaven
LOL Paul! Great idea! LOL... a riot! 
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