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Posted on 15/07/20 5:55:20 PM
DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 814: Michael's cab
lwc wrote:
Adds a new dimension to the phrase.... "blew his doors off".


But I have resisted Napoleon Blownapart ...........

........ until now that is .............

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Posted on 16/07/20 04:58:38 AM
Mariner
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A quickie
Disatisfied with entry. Removed.


Posted on 16/07/20 6:57:17 PM
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Re: Challenge 814: Michael's cab
There were a couple of reflections that shouldn't have been there given the decrepit state of the car so I thought i should get rid of them.

Good work everyone





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Posted on 16/07/20 10:32:02 PM
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Very realistic Gordon!

Could you get it back to its former state by using a sander, WD40, Brasso, polyfiller , and a tin of paint.

Posted on 16/07/20 11:15:55 PM
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Re: Challenge 814: Michael's cab
Steve was quite right, the perspective was very hard, impossible for me. I decided I would at least post what I ended up with.




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Posted on 17/07/20 08:21:01 AM
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Re: Challenge 814: Michael's cab
I literally laughed out loud at DavidMac's response to Mariner’s suggestion that we blow the cab up. Hilarious, and expertly done: the Spherize filter produces a great balloon, and the shadow makes it hover. Pumping it full of hydrogen, though? Not helium? An extraordinary second entry, recreating a scene from Fame - I can only imagine the time that myst have taken. Glorious. Set the mode of the shadow on the bonnet to Multiply, though. An expertly achieved third entry - fully on topic!

A moody infrared scene from lwc, the cab slotting neatly in there. But you’ve Mae the classic mistake of putting the driver too far forward: he’s right on top of the steering wheel. I like the hark back to an earlier Challenge in the second entry, and the detail of the image in both viewfinder and screen. And a very Michael Sinclair animation in the third entry!

A fine scrolling animation from michael sinclair, the cab racing a train. But Michael, look at your angles! At least make the perspectives of the train and the cab match:



A nostalgic reference to one of my favourite Joni Mitchell songs from Ben Mills, and of course it is called Big Yellow Taxi. Not tempted to place the taxi in the parking lot though, Ben? And do cut out those windows.

It’s taxis in space from Tom, with plenty of electrical special effects. I really like the steampunk control panel - beautiful.

I’m somewhat reluctantly ignoring GKB's entry as instructed, but glad to see it resurface in the second entry. A powerful and detailed piece of work: expert destruction, with a lot to look at. The interior needs to be darker, though. I enjoyed the animated version. If it were me I’d have that checkered line peeling off - just a thought…



A classy image from Mariner, with Michael duly being arrested for perspective infringement. A fine composition, but I do have to point out a few things that puzzle me: why is the car too small for the cops to get into? What’s holding the Adobe sign so far away from the wall? And why is he being arrested by NYPD when that’s clearly a London skyline?

I greatly enjoyed JimH's gondocab, with a good choice of background angle and a neatly perched gondolier. With such clear reflections of the background, though, you really need to add reflections of the cab. A little tricky to do - you have to split the reflection into multiple sections - but it does make a difference:



An evocative entry from Frank, with great lighting. Once again, though, the driver is much too far forward; otherwise this works really well.

I enjoyed srawland's movie poster, with its fine cast of characters. Are you using my Magical Realism action there? Splendid work.

A shift to downtown Japan from Vibeke, a real action shot. I’d lose the shadow beneath the woman, though, which has the effect of flattening the scene; and maybe use Image Warp to bend the car slightly around the corner?

An entertaining week. Many thanks, Michael, for the starting image.

Posted on 17/07/20 08:48:38 AM
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Thanks Steve. After my initial reaction of ‘where am I going to go with this?’ I quickly settled on this track and thoroughly enjoyed creating the image, even down to walking Rags with my camera with a suitably wide angle lens to find an appropriate background.

Great fun and thanks to Michael for the starting image.

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Posted on 17/07/20 09:42:28 AM
Mariner
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Re: Challenge 814: Michael's cab
Oh dear, I really screwed this one up, didn't I?
Steve wrote
...I do have to point out a few things that puzzle me: why is the car too small for the cops to get into?

It never even crossed my mind. Doh!
What’s holding the Adobe sign so far away from the wall?

Magic?
And why is he being arrested by NYPD when that’s clearly a London skyline?

It's just a skyline I dug out of my library. I didn't even notice it was from London. And, I'll bet you, only a londoner would have spotted that.

Thanks Steve, keep up the good work!







Posted on 17/07/20 10:19:41 AM
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Yes, I noticed too Steve, but unfortunately the exigencies of life caught me out and I did not have the opportunity to correct my entry.

I think your correction is absolutely perfect: I love it, and I think it's worth correcting when I have a moment. Thanks Steve

Posted on 17/07/20 11:15:09 AM
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Re: Challenge 814: Michael's cab
First off thank you Michael for letting us have what you must have surely anticipated to be some fun at your expense.

Steve Caplin wrote:
Pumping it full of hydrogen, though? Not helium?


Napoleon died in 1821. Although it had been detected previously Helium was not actually produced until 1895. Prior to that gas balloons were hydrogen filled. The first ever flight being in 1783 when Napoleon was fourteen. So I stand by my hydrogen!

Mind you I had to go and look all that up to find an excuse. Truth is it never occurred to me.

I can only imagine the time that myst have taken. Glorious. Set the mode of the shadow on the bonnet to Multiply, though.


Strangely it wasn't nearly as tricky as I expected. The background is a screen shot from the movie. I found a mass of ready cut out png dancers for the foreground. The trickiest part was trying to do reflections of the girl on the bonnet. I really struggled with that.

Which brings me to your shadow remark.

There are two elements on the bonnet. A slight shadow under the entire length of the legs which is indeed in multiply mode and partial reflections below the knees and part of the legs. There is also a partial reflection of the woman directly behind the bonnet. These latter are not in multiply. They are in normal with reduced opacity.

It would seem I have failed to pull this off and reflections have come across as wrongly executed shadow. Looking at this again, however, I am at a bit of a loss as to how to improve it.



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Posted on 17/07/20 11:28:23 AM
DavidMac
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Re: Challenge 814: Michael's cab
Mariner wrote:
And, I'll bet you, only a londoner would have spotted that.


It's all that Gherkin's fault!


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Posted on 17/07/20 5:35:07 PM
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Re: Challenge 814: Michael's cab
Steve Caplin wrote:
...you’ve Mae the classic mistake of putting the driver too far forward: he’s right on top of the steering wheel.


Yes, I understand.

A mistake, yes and no... since it was made only to be a bit of a joke, the 'driver' was positioned to hopefully be recognizable.

The driver and front seat passenger in the animated version (both Robert De Niro from the movie 'Taxi driver") were placed in a more appropriate position. Of course, their small size didn't help to make 'them' recognizable.

Thanks Steve!


Posted on 17/07/20 5:43:27 PM
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Re: Challenge 814: Michael's cab
Thank you, Steve, That action is very handy. I wanted it to look like a late 50's early 60's Romantic Comedy movie poster. When I researched them almost all of them made heavy use of red and yellow. I also gave the leading man the sir name of "Dreamboat" because that was the slang of the time. My first impulse was to use "Hearthrob" but that term didn't come into use until the late 80's.

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Posted on 22/07/20 12:15:10 PM
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Re: Challenge 814: Michael's cab
Thanks Steve, yes I had moved the driver back more but apparently not enough.
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