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[challenge entry] We'll be there as soon as funds are available.
Meantime, be sure to visit the snack bar.


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(tiddlycove, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:14, archived)
# that's either some top grade potatoshopwork
or a really fucked up bridge... Woo,yay....
(I helped save b3ta! Monkeyboy, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:15, archived)
# i'm going to vote "top grade potatoshopwork"
woo to the pic!
(yakmonkey, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:17, archived)
# I wasn't sure
but I found where the end of the bridge was cloned from, so I'm voting "top shoppage" too!
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:19, archived)
# same here


very very woo
(I helped save b3ta! lo, the OTHER greebo warrior, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:21, archived)
# yes that was my clue as well.
the water cloning is flawless as far as i cant tell.

<pedant> the other clue is the shadow of the bridge now contains
the reflection of the cloned end area. the reflection and the
shadow of the bridge would not occur in the same area though.</pedant>

but overall a big woo yay and houpla
(yakmonkey, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:26, archived)
# Well...
...The elements are superb...BUT the give away is that the reflection of the end of the bridge is attached to the bridge shadow. You can clearly see the end reflection appears OVER the reflection of the bridge parapet, where as the parapet, being closest to the water should be seen as being over the reflection of the end of the bridge.

You see the shadow covers everything, although the parapet covers the reflection of the end of the bridge.

I think it is one of the best bits of photo shopping I've seen for a long time though. Trying to guess how it's done is part of the fun.!
(I helped save b3ta! Ravenblack All the good quotes have gone, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:30, archived)
# you missed the supports :P
(I helped save b3ta! Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:38, archived)
# So I did,
but it shows what I was trying to say!
(I helped save b3ta! Ravenblack All the good quotes have gone, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:40, archived)
# indeed iit did :)
woo to you dude :)
(I helped save b3ta! Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:45, archived)
# Just realised
that the reflection probably wouldn't be in the picture, as the bridge is so high. I just did a quick copy and invert to see where things should line up and found that the end would be about 30 pixels lower than the bottom of the picture.

And the end of the bridge shadow is too far to the left. Look at the shadow lean of the other supports under the bridge. The last supports are level with the end of the real bridge, but the shadow bridge goes out beyond the supports.

Me super pedant!

/coat
(I helped save b3ta! Ravenblack All the good quotes have gone, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:49, archived)
# Mini-oops.
You're right, of course. I didn't think of that.

Thanks everyone for the great comments.
(tiddlycove, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:39, archived)
# I think
they're bloody impressed!
(I helped save b3ta! butchbint, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:40, archived)
# We are!
It really is great mate!
(I helped save b3ta! Ravenblack All the good quotes have gone, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:43, archived)
# ding ding ding!
you are correct
(yakmonkey, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:44, archived)
# we wouldn't spend this much time pedanting
if it wasn't an impressive pic well worth pedanting about.

excellent work really.
(yakmonkey, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:43, archived)
# Yes we would.
It just wouldn't be quite so picky.
(I helped save b3ta! Ravenblack All the good quotes have gone, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:50, archived)
# love it
great shadows
w/y/h
(teh_3ntropy: Yarr!!, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:16, archived)
# its very good,
but the shadows/reflection is the one area of error
(I helped save b3ta! Happyperson, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:22, archived)
# as i realised
quite soon after i posted.

yes, i'm too lazy to edit.

FACT (100% of)
(teh_3ntropy: Yarr!!, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:23, archived)
# a light application of clone stamp
will do wonders for reflections

(I helped save b3ta! Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:24, archived)
# good advice
its also worth trying to imagine what you'd be able to see if you viewing the item from the serface of the water.
(I helped save b3ta! Happyperson, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:30, archived)
# yeah
you have to make sure it is exactly symmetrical with what you have above the water line...

then liquify it a little to add ripples etc

lil bit of a semi transparent black mask layer over the top doesnt hurt either :)
(I helped save b3ta! Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:32, archived)
# why can't they just
carry on going, under the sea?
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:16, archived)
# they don't like getting
seaweed in their trunks.
(I helped save b3ta! butchbint, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:18, archived)
# i thought everybody liked that?
maybe this is why my pulling technique does not work.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:21, archived)
# it's more likely to be your personality
;)
(I helped save b3ta! Pootle, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:26, archived)
# saucer of milk
table 5
(I helped save b3ta! Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:27, archived)
# *weeps*
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:31, archived)
# that looks nasty
so much pus
(I helped save b3ta! butchbint, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:35, archived)
# They like it in their own
Not that of others!
(I helped save b3ta! butchbint, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:28, archived)
# w.y.h.p
(I helped save b3ta! Laughing Boy, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:16, archived)
# p?
Are you inventing terms again?

PS... Laughing Jobby, have a look at pearoast.
(eight, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:21, archived)
# panwowie
DUH! :P
(I helped save b3ta! Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:25, archived)
# Ah..
I love this place.. learn something new every week! :-)
(eight, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:27, archived)
# sometimes followed with
drzgringl but that dies out cos no one could work out how to spell it
(I helped save b3ta! Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:30, archived)
# i havent seen that in a bit
and ive been lurking forever.
(KurutteiruRisu, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:47, archived)
# Panowie!
IIRC
(I helped save b3ta! The_Intriguing_Mr_P, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:25, archived)
# SPLOSH
WYH
(I helped save b3ta! eh dad, wheres the stella? Parp + Honk = Wibble!, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:17, archived)
# do you know the way to...
oh that was Jose wasn't it.... bah
(I helped save b3ta! popt_art, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:17, archived)
# fantastic.
Woo
(I helped save b3ta! ilovemy5dollarhorse All things considered, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:17, archived)
# speed 3 maybe?
*fingers crossed* wherein sandra bullock drowns
(stone the crows, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:19, archived)
# That's top! Have a wooyay on me.
(I helped save b3ta! Kamikaze Stoat £4.09, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:20, archived)
# Bloody
Brilliant.
(I helped save b3ta! Bud Muhnquai Update your profile or fuck off, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:20, archived)
# oooh
top shop! yay!
(lampoon now lives in new zealand, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:21, archived)
# good stuff !
(I helped save b3ta! Tedmus, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:24, archived)
# Excellent shopage
Best done i've seen in a while.
(I helped save b3ta! UncleLewy, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:35, archived)
# that's especially brilliant
top work :)
(I helped save b3ta! chilledunit, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:43, archived)
# wow!
that's some flawless shopping.
(I helped save b3ta! mrRush, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 17:58, archived)
# You didn't post that to alt.binaries.pictures.rail did you?
(about 8 months ago) Because that seems terribly familiar, if not exactly identical. The same pic was used, and the same bit of bridge was cloned to make the end. I would post a link to it but (1) I doubt there are any online archives of a.b.p.r that go back that far and (2) it would take forever to find it.
(Tri-ang is keeping up his 1 post per 2 months average, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 18:21, archived)
# No, but it's an old chop.
I did this in March, and posted it to another site. It may have been borrowed from there by ne'er-do-wells of the rail ilk. They abound, the bastards.
(tiddlycove, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 18:38, archived)
# That explains it...
have a woo yay


(Tri-ang is keeping up his 1 post per 2 months average, Tue 14 Oct 2003, 20:38, archived)