Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 15, 2015, 07:52:18 pm
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Inspired by wmchauncy's recent fit of boredom, I thought I'd start a new thread of "creations," by which I mean images created by combining at least two unrelated images (i.e., not simply by stacking).
To start the ball rolling, I'll post some of my own recent contraptions, and I invite others to add more.
Here are three in (mostly) color. I may have posted the first one sometime in the past.
-Eric
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And here are some B&W ones.
Comments, cheers, jeers, rotten tomatoes all cordially invited.
-Eric
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The pooch was on Vancouver Island, the piano was in a park in New York City, and the stree stump face was in Newton, Massachusetts.
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Eric, that looks like Pete Aguereberry's car in Death Valley. The second scene is marvellous (Magritte-esque ). You could invert it for an even more surreal feel.
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You're right about the car, Rajan. Of course I transported it (via Photoshop) to somewhere a bit south of Death Valley, and I think the plaque ("...Nothing Happened") was actually in San Diego.
Yes, I think I'll try inverting the "Magritte."
Thanks for your comments.
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I really enjoy the second and third B+W ones. Nice work all around!
Great idea for a thread, as well! :)
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Great Photoshoppery, Eric. Quite enjoyable.
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Need some help here...am trying to create a galaxy for a space image. FWIW, I started with the orb and added blur/noise/twirl/puppet warp in various stages.
There are some tutorials out there but, I wasn't able to duplicate what they came up with.
(http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l383/chauncey43/galaxy5.jpg) (http://s329.photobucket.com/user/chauncey43/media/galaxy5.jpg.html)
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Hi wmchauncey,
If I were doing that I'd not bother making my own galaxy. Instead, search for the Hubble Telescope sky photos. They have a huge assortment of them, most available in pretty high resolution versions. And the best part is that you can freely use them in your own creations. Perhaps they want a credit; you should check their website for specifics.
Eric
P.S. My third B&W "creation" has a hubble sky in the background. They also have lots of really neat galaxies.
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I like the "star man" in the third B&W shot.
Lots of philosophy could go with that image.
Mal
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Care to share a few interpretations, Mal?
I love to hear what others get in my rather weird images.
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Two shots
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Medina Lake 2
Modified 2/15/2015
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Bruce
very enamoured of your images. The colour scheme, while not one I have ever lent towards provides an overall cohesion to your images. These are images which inspire me to action and getting on with something is what I like to do.
Mal
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Bruce
very enamoured of your images. The colour scheme, while not one I have ever lent towards provides an overall cohesion to your images. These are images which inspire me to action and getting on with something is what I like to do.
Mal
PhotoShop defaults, though tweeked and layered by me, are where the color came from.
Thanks and good luck.
Bruce
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Wild stuff, Bruce! Nice!
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Inspired by wmchauncy's recent fit of boredom, I thought I'd start a new thread of "creations," by which I mean images created by combining at least two unrelated images (i.e., not simply by stacking).
To start the ball rolling, I'll post some of my own recent contraptions, and I invite others to add more.
Here are three in (mostly) color. I may have posted the first one sometime in the past.
-Eric
I like the dog/piano picture. It is a bit more nuanced than the other color photos.
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This one is nicely odd in an existential sort of way.
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Thank you, Bob. When I snapped that dog (on Vancouver Island), I knew I had to find a context for him. The painted piano (NYC) just seemed to fit.
I'm looking for more ones like the "existential" one, that have conflicting components that obviously aren't from the same scene, but that seem to interact in a rather surrealistic way.
I will post a couple more tomorrow.
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My Lei
It's like this, it's an age thingy...I couldn't figure out how to bend the stems without breaking them.
Then Google told me that ya gotta snip the blooms and thread them on string and ya need lots of them.
From my point of view, Photoshop is a lot easier!
(http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l383/chauncey43/orchid-lei-circle-copy.jpg) (http://s329.photobucket.com/user/chauncey43/media/orchid-lei-circle-copy.jpg.html)
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And while sometimes frustrating, Photoshop is much more fun than threading things on string.
Here are more of mine, including a reworking of the stump with dog, to give the dog a bit of shadow.
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(https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7397/16187372598_d71081f0e2_c.jpg)
Here is an image with a tweak to bring out the spirit of the rock.
Mal
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In ChestnutHillReservoir, for me, the two ground segments and the "shadow" figure work well together and look cool.
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I'd like to revive this thread, which I think got interesting contributions four years ago.
Again, I invite others to show their own creations, imaginary worlds assembled from "real" components somehow or other.
One of these is a new variant of one I posted before, and the others I think I haven't posted.
Enjoy.
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Long time ago I posted the original but I like this one more
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Two girls and a cargo ship
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Eric, really like your black and white creations. Especially the falling rock.
Here are a couple that I was inspired to work on.
JR
(https://photos.smugmug.com/High-Park-Toronto/i-FXwqQcR/0/7dc99857/M/Oct%206-%202014%20High%20Park%20025%20copy2-1000-M.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-dGnLsQ3/0/30a420ff/M/May%202-%2012%20Niagara%20Gardens%20428%20geesecopy-1000-M.jpg)
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Neat stuff, folks!
Keep 'em coming.
-Eric
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Not quite what you had in mind Eric, but it is creative.
JR
(https://photos.smugmug.com/High-Park-Toronto/i-xj8SMw3/0/5e70b49e/M/July%2019-09%20HP%20024%20surfaceblur-1000-M.jpg)
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I like these, John.
They have a plausibility that makes me imagine them as possibly "straight" photos.
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I like these, John.
They have a plausibility that makes me imagine them as possibly "straight" photos.
Thanks Eric. The flower image is a straight image with blur applied to the area around the flower. I think it works really well because the bokeh was there to begin with.
JR
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Niagara at blossom time. It's a sight to behold. Try never to miss it.
JR
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Niagara-Region/i-LkH4gT9/0/b573f91f/M/Niagarabloom%20unsharpblur%20copy1000-M.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Niagara-Region/i-Gbkc478/0/8fd33065/M/Mar%2011-09%20home%20014%20ortoncopy-1000-M.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Niagara-Region/i-LpxVgGM/0/6ddae71c/M/Mar%2010-09%20Niagara%20045%20blurcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
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We have lift off and freedom. I saw this composition when I was visiting the dentist. The birds were circling and immediately this idea came to me. I had the composition nailed, the feeling of breaking out, while the buildings and solid shapes were trying to pull the subject back. But this guy wouldn't cooperate. And you know the rest. That's why it's a creation.
JR
(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-tp9BKtQ/0/3a11db71/M/Mar%2019-12%20Cloverdale%20011%20cropcreative-1000-M.jpg)
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I really like "Lift Off," John!
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I really like "Lift Off," John!
Thanks for the feedback, Eric.
JR
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A composite of three images taken from a workshop where we learned to mix and composite images of texture and patterns with other straight images.
JR
(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-gVFtFZg/0/6380a56e/M/IMGP9400%20compositecopy2-bw-1000-M.jpg)