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Posted on 25/09/20 09:01:42 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Challenge 825: Herculaneum
A quick trip to Naples in Italy last weekend, getting a final dose of sun and culture before lockdown rules are reimposed (as will surely be the case). On Sunday we visited the Roman town of Herculaneum. Unlike nearby Pompeii, when Vesuvius erupted in the first century AD it buried Herculaneum not beneath molten lava, but beneath eight metres of ash. And that meant when it was excavated the ruins were in far better condition. Here's a typical house, and it seems extraordinary both that it's so complete and that you're allowed to wander at will throughout what is effectively a vast open-air museum. One for Mariner, obviously: can you restore this dwelling to its former glory? High res is here. You might like to incorporate the floor from this building. 
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Posted on 25/09/20 10:09:43 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2817 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 825: Herculaneum
Oh yes! |
Posted on 25/09/20 1:14:49 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 4936 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 825: Herculaneum
Save you all the bother ...........  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 25/09/20 1:43:50 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 4936 Reply |
Re: Challenge 825: Herculaneum
Actually this is not far from Ingrid's advice which was "Lots of naked people eating grapes.". I don't think she had a classical education. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 25/09/20 1:55:00 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 2629 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 825: Herculaneum
Post removed... it was never intended to be a serious entry. |
Posted on 25/09/20 3:01:21 PM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 825: Herculaneum
So, where are the naked people? |
Posted on 25/09/20 4:29:52 PM |
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Ant Snell
Specular Specialist Posts: 496 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 825: Herculaneum
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Posted on 26/09/20 2:13:19 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 4936 Reply |
Re: Challenge 825: Herculaneum
Quick question Steve. Is this a courtyard or a room that's lost its ceiling? _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 26/09/20 6:33:08 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 4936 Reply |
Re: Challenge 825: Herculaneum
This is so NOT my kind of challenge but here goes anyway. Step one restoration. I am unsure if this was originally a room or a courtyard. So I have left it open at present. The angle of the pool is really bizarre but it seems to conform to the photo ......... 
Next step will be to inhabit it with a bit more fun than this dreary image. The iconic gay photographer David La Chappelle springs to mind. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 26/09/20 11:52:39 PM |
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Mariner
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Re: Challenge 825: Herculaneum
Great floor Ant. |
Posted on 26/09/20 11:57:18 PM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2817 Reply |
Re: Challenge 825: Herculaneum
That's not dreary at all, David, in fact it's full of interest. Excellent work. On my picture I have straightened up the pool - I put it's funny angle down to earthquake damage. The walls seem a bit wonky as well. That painting of trees looks Japanese. I don't think the Romans ever got as far as Japan. |
Posted on 27/09/20 10:32:18 AM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2596 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 825: Herculaneum
And they said it would be finished by Friday? Oh dear Steve I think you have had some right cowboys* in here. * for non Brits "cowboy builders" (ie incompetent verging on the fraudulent) are the bane of every householder  _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 27/09/20 10:35:17 AM |
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josephine harvatt
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Re: Challenge 825: Herculaneum
Loved the take on Venus and Mars. You could do worse than borrow the bloke from Ants entry ... _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 27/09/20 11:57:18 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3723 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 825: Herculaneum
Honestus ducis, sed non ut sua complevit in provocationem a Veneris 
Honest guv, its a challenge but it will be finished by Friday _________________  |
Posted on 27/09/20 12:34:17 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 4936 Reply |
Re: Challenge 825: Herculaneum
It is to me. I find restoration of this kind more spadework than fun. I can't wait to see what you will make of this. I have have not portrayed this as it might have been in its day but more what it would be like fully restored. I have a feeling you will re-construct what it might have been like when fresh and new. Now that is a challenge.
My cue comes from the brochure I posted. I also notice in the photos online as it is now you can see the vestiges of these trees. I agree it is bizarre. It looks almost Art Nouveau. [/quoted] _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 27/09/20 12:37:27 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 4936 Reply |
Re: Challenge 825: Herculaneum
That a sensational floor Gordon! _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 27/09/20 3:39:31 PM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2817 Reply |
Re: Challenge 825: Herculaneum
I usually do, but this time there is a lot missing so I am going to have to invent something believable. Meanwhile I am cruising along avoiding repeating anything done by others. Especially by you ! |
Posted on 27/09/20 4:09:54 PM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 767 Reply |
Re: Challenge 825: Herculaneum
Well done on the floor Ant. It's really given me a headache. Very nice David. Very crisp and concise. I don't quite know what is happening on the right side of the photo either. I suspect the image may be going into negative perspective. Well done Josephine. Walk into the quad and Tombstone is right there. I agree with David. I love the floor. I used scaffold to but unlike you, I was just getting lazy and using them to cover up...or sick and tired of adding more layers. _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 27/09/20 4:12:04 PM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 767 Reply |
Re: Challenge 825: Herculaneum
My image is so big I battled to get it small enough and have lost a bit of detail. I'm sick of layers and that right perspective really messed me around...which caused endless problems with the floor.  _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 27/09/20 4:15:22 PM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 767 Reply |
Re: Challenge 825: Herculaneum
Steve, if you've got a problem with the decor, see the contractor. He's on the scaffolding. _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
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