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09/10/2006 08:16:14 PM · #51 |
| Oh, there are just so many possibilities it brings a tear to my eye. I've owned every Far Side book available, and have most of them memorized. I just hope I get a chance to shoot something by Thursday! :-D |
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09/10/2006 08:42:07 PM · #52 |
Originally posted by hahn23:
I'll skip this one, although I was/am a big fan of the Farside comic strips. They were hilarious.
The "no rules" and "anything goes" aspect of this challenge are for those who want to cut, paste, paint, draw, text and clone in. That's fine! That's fun. But, it doesn't have much to do with the photography I wsnt to do. I do respect those who are good at comic presentations...make us laugh.
There will be secret rules not revealed to most of the members, as there have been in several recent challenges. So, I'll avoid the frustration of being caught between the DNMC nazis and those who are really good at graphic arts.
Best wishes to all the participants! |
Remember, just because you're allowed to cut/paste/move/draw/write on this one doesn't mean you must... my two best ideas won't require anything outside the standard advanced editing ruleset. Unfortunately, the one I wanted to do today was thwarted by the weather. Maybe Wednesday after work...
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09/10/2006 09:06:40 PM · #53 |
| Can SC verify if we can cut and paste something onto the orginal photo that wasn't there before? In other words, say I use one photo as the background and then cut and paste an element from another photo onto the background photo. Is this legal for this challenge? |
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09/10/2006 09:11:26 PM · #54 |
Originally posted by kdsprog:
Can SC verify if we can cut and paste something onto the orginal photo that wasn't there before? In other words, say I use one photo as the background and then cut and paste an element from another photo onto the background photo. Is this legal for this challenge? |
It looks to me to be the same rules as the stdavidson challenge - which means everything in the photo must come from a single exposure. So composite photos would not be legal, but duplicating things already in the photo would be okay.
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09/10/2006 09:13:46 PM · #55 |
Thanks, I guess I better pull my entry and re think this...
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09/12/2006 06:32:24 AM · #56 |
| Can someone tell me if we are allowed to use text bubbles in this challenge? |
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09/12/2006 06:40:00 AM · #57 |
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09/12/2006 06:41:05 AM · #58 |
Originally posted by karmabreeze:
Originally posted by kdsprog:
Can SC verify if we can cut and paste something onto the orginal photo that wasn't there before? In other words, say I use one photo as the background and then cut and paste an element from another photo onto the background photo. Is this legal for this challenge? |
It looks to me to be the same rules as the stdavidson challenge - which means everything in the photo must come from a single exposure. So composite photos would not be legal, but duplicating things already in the photo would be okay. |
Well the whole brush thing last time was a bit of a sour note.
Hope that gets clarified this time. |
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09/12/2006 10:51:19 AM · #59 |
Neither the "major elements" clause nor the "Text" clause apply to this challenge
This means the opposite.
So just print out those clauses on paper, Then hold them up to a mirror.
Since this is advanced, so can also do a hrizontal flip in Photoshop.
I'm sure that's what Gary Larson would do. |
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09/12/2006 10:56:45 AM · #60 |
Originally posted by karmabreeze:
Originally posted by kdsprog:
Can SC verify if we can cut and paste something onto the orginal photo that wasn't there before? In other words, say I use one photo as the background and then cut and paste an element from another photo onto the background photo. Is this legal for this challenge? |
It looks to me to be the same rules as the stdavidson challenge - which means everything in the photo must come from a single exposure. So composite photos would not be legal, but duplicating things already in the photo would be okay. |
Hmmm at Steves challenge the multiple exposures were permited, the second place actually says he had 3 exposures to make his picture...
SOOOO??? can anyone veryfy this? please? are we allowed to make multiple exposures composites??? |
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09/12/2006 11:10:14 AM · #61 |
The Nikon D200 can take 1 to 10 exposures and also has a menu option (optional), for automatically adjusting exposures of each to compensate for all the overlapping.
I think the limitation is they have to be done consecutively and cannot just choose any existing shot on the SF memory card.
Some other Canon models exist with similar, in-camera, editing features. I'm not sure which models they are. These in-camera editing allowances could change in the future. |
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09/12/2006 11:15:12 AM · #62 |
Originally posted by Gaby_G:
are we allowed to make multiple exposures composites??? |
No, the single photograph rule still stands. The second place entry you refer to was a multiple exposure taken in-camera (a single long exposure with bursts of light to capture each element). |
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09/12/2006 11:22:44 AM · #63 |
Originally posted by Judi:
Can someone tell me if we are allowed to use text bubbles in this challenge? |
If you can add text and you can create major elements, then it should be legal, right? |
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09/12/2006 11:33:15 AM · #64 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by Judi:
Can someone tell me if we are allowed to use text bubbles in this challenge? |
If you can add text and you can create major elements, then it should be legal, right? |
Should be :-) But as far as I can remember, and for what it's worth, Gary Larson never used Text bubbles; he did it all with captioning. The good news is you can incorporate your caption into the image itself, perhaps on a wide white border at the bottom, to reproduce the look of Gary's work.
I would also assume that since the major elements clause is not in effect for this challenge there's nothing to keep us from cloning elements that exist within the single original and doing whatever the heck we wish with them... In other words, you COULD take a single shot that included one each of everything you need in your finished image all arranged around the edge of the "background scene", then open up two instances of the original, crop one down to the background scene, and cut and paste the other elements onto that. I can't offhand see where that's prohibited :-)
Robt.
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09/12/2006 11:47:20 AM · #65 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
...Gary Larson never used Text bubbles |
Sure he did, and fairly often, too. |
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09/12/2006 11:49:20 AM · #66 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
...Gary Larson never used Text bubbles |
Sure he did, and fairly often, too. |
Well, then, I must be wrong :-) My very selective memory doesn't "see" these anymore, LOL. The ones I remember are the ones with the fantastic, long captions; I guess that's my personal aesthetic triumphing over objective accuracy.
R
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09/12/2006 11:53:45 AM · #67 |
| My memory was refreshed by reading two entire Far Side gallery books last night. ;-) |
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09/12/2006 11:59:31 AM · #68 |
Good link for examples of bubbles and captions for text. |
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09/12/2006 10:05:40 PM · #69 |
Why not? :-)
It sure would be a lot easyer to make funny pictures!
What about the date, in this one it doesn't say you have to take the picture now, could you use an old one?
Edited, I saw the rule!! It is of course within the submission date!
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by Gaby_G:
are we allowed to make multiple exposures composites??? |
No, the single photograph rule still stands. The second place entry you refer to was a multiple exposure taken in-camera (a single long exposure with bursts of light to capture each element). |
Message edited by author 2006-09-12 22:42:15.
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09/13/2006 10:21:27 PM · #70 |
| So, is everyone waiting for the last minute to submit? Or is everyone going to be in the top 25? |
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09/13/2006 10:31:20 PM · #71 |
I read Far Side books last night until my eyes nearly bled. Got one shot in mind that I think i could really pull off, but haven't shot it yet. Its one of those shots that will either work right off or won't work at all. We'll see in the morning.
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09/13/2006 10:32:46 PM · #72 |
Yeah, teaching cows to stand has been my greatest pitfall so far.
I dug up my old Far Side Gallery books, and I've at least been enjoying the reading! I don't know if I'll come up with anything before tomorrow night or not. |
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09/13/2006 10:34:23 PM · #73 |
| The animals cooperated for me quite nicely, you must not be asking the right way. |
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09/13/2006 10:40:48 PM · #74 |
It suddenly occurred to me that since there's no "major elements" rule, we can DRAW stuff into our pictures with a brush. Which, of course, leads to the logical conclusion; for this challenge, you can shoot a white wall for your "original" with EXIF data, then do everything else with the paintbrush and pencil tools, if you're so inclined...
Right?
R.
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09/13/2006 10:46:57 PM · #75 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
It suddenly occurred to me that since there's no "major elements" rule, we can DRAW stuff into our pictures with a brush. Which, of course, leads to the logical conclusion; for this challenge, you can shoot a white wall for your "original" with EXIF data, then do everything else with the paintbrush and pencil tools, if you're so inclined...
Right?
R. |
That's the way I read it, Robert, but I'm not sure the voters will like that. I think mine will be a digital construction that begins with a photograph. I think.
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