Something For the Weekend 4

so the task is the replace the sailor with a new model or place the sailor into a new background?

Trevor.Dennis  wrote

 

I'm providing a cutout with transparency

Nah, where's the fun in that...

Clever idea Dag - and very nicely put together

Davce

Thanks, guys - there's a sort of nostalgic feeling here that I like. Yeah, my best entry so far

It doesn't quite hang together, lighting-wise. The crumpled corner is lit from the wrong angle, but my crumpled paper plugin doesn't work, so I had to pick up my camera and actually photograph one. Forensic experts can probably spot that in a second.

I can't compete with Dag -- that was great.  I'm on a deadline today so this is my quick & dirty.

Almost Friday so :

Dave

the true cost

no its her knee but she won't get back in the kitchen where women belong!

Friday night is horror movie night

I just love Dag's image this week probably the best since we started doing this. Give that Norwegian a Nobel Prize I actually couldn't think of anything decent this week. My first thought was a wedding cake , then one of those wooden carvings on the front of those 18th century sailing ships, but finally ended up with the one below.

Pretty busy today, here's my ten minute put together.

And another....

Dave

Thats really cool, Dave!

Thanks . Only the statue and the trees are real

Dave

Someone has to put them in Times Square, so that will be uncreative me.

that's very realistic. The black and white really makes it work

That's a great job Jane - I love how you've changed the perspective and the way the people behind appear to be looking at them.

Dave

Nice, I like the way you have made it look aged circa 1880, coincidentally Trevor's year of birth

My time machine must need re-calibrating. I was aiming for the 1950's.

I know you did, I just wanted to be rude about old Dennis as he's always being rude about me In case anyone is wondering it's jest, Trevor and I get along very well even though I do wonder about his sanity.

you certainly have a very active imagination Dave. How did you do the statuette? Completely off topic,  I've got a feeling that cars in England can't have those things on the bonnet  anymore. My dad had an old style 'Inspector Morse' style Jaguar and had to have the big cat statuette removed when the car was MOT'd  or it would fail. I'm still not convinced that was legal but I was given the mascot and now have it on my desk at home on a wooden base mount.

Wonder no longer, Terri, and I think Trevor will be the first to agree, hahaha!

Pretty sure 1945 is Rista12's aim, maybe somewhere close to August 14.

It occurs to me that some non-Americans may not have grown up seeing this photo taken on Victory-Over-Japan Day of a sailor kissing a stranger in Times Square. For camera buffs, it was taken with a Leica IIIa.

V-J Day in Times Square - Wikipedia

Your probably right about the car mascots now Terri. At one stage they were retractable - but I think that was against theft rather than pedestrian safety.

The statuette was Trevor's image turned to silver by using a black and white adjustment layer followed by several curve adjustment layers each with different blending modes For example the curve below was set to "difference"

After I got the basic silver I used hue and sat and a sky image to set some color and added a hint of reflections using the tree layer with puppet warp.

Dave

Hi Trevor

I only did the chrome plating on the statue Trevor - the chrome on the top of the radiator below is taken from a section of real chrome.  I was going to paint the car bonnet (hood in US) but I realised that from that angle it would be pure reflection.To be honest the fun part was the glass, making it appear as if there was some car interior behind it.

Great challenge this week Trevor.

Dave

Trevor.Dennis  wrote

I am all for folk doing a how it was done post after they do something clever.   I keep looking at Jane's #17 and trying to work out why it looks so right.  Some how our point of view has been raised — is it just the bottom of the dress?  Very clever stuff, and a real learning experience.

Remember that I called myself uncreative? It looks "so right" because it's the real photograph taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt on August 14, 1945 in Times Square and published in Life Magazine a week later. It's possibly one of their most famous photos.

The sailor was George Mendonsa and the woman was Greta Zimmer, a dental assistant. He grabbed her and kissed her. She had nothing to do with it!

jane-e  wrote

 

it's the real photograph taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt on August 14, 1945 in Times Square and published in Life Magazine a week later.

Yes, this is one of the truly iconic photographs, along with Cartier-Bresson's man jumping a pool, or - on a more disturbing note - Nick Ut's napalm girl, and a handful of others. It's the kind of once in a lifetime shot that all photographers dream of - being at exactly the right spot at exactly the right moment in time.

The Times Square shot could not have been taken today, and yet it appears as fresh as morning dew. This apparent paradox is a reminder that, contrary to myth, great art is not "timeless" - great art is of its time with perfect precision. It tells us that whatever else is in eternal flux, there are some things that remain at the core of being human. That's the story these images tell.

This has been a great round, by far the most interesting so far. Keep it coming. This time, we get images that tell a story in their own right, not just putting together things that don't "belong" together. That's fun, by all means, but there can be more to it. It doesn't have to be a "grand" story, it can be a little one, so tiny that nobody notices it. Like a piece of chewing gum sticking to a heel.

Something for you all to enjoy the weekend!

Check this out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH2OnNEtxVY

I love these threads! Thanks for starting them up Dave and Trevor!

Anybody use Select Subject on this one? I tried it out, did a pretty good job/starting selection!

Regards

Pete

Cheers Pete

On this occasion I didn't as Trevor had already kicked the mask off. I have been trying it out though and more often than not it gives a good starting point to continue with quick mask inside select and mask.

Dave

Glad you enjoy the feature Trevor. I am not a developer and so was not part of the team that created it, but will pass on the Kudos. They like those.

Re: Keyboard Shortcut, thankfully the feature has been added as a menu item to the Select menu. Select > Subject.

You’re more than welcome and able to create your own desired keyboard shortcut for it. Something that fits you and your style.

Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts > Application Menus > Select > Subject

Regards

Pete

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