English not being my mother tongue, I did some research to embed as many puns as I could into my submission. There are at least 4 of them here, can you spot them? :-)
1. Easiest one: the head is floating in the air like a balloon, obviously, the girl must be light-headed.
2. There is a strong light at the end of the road, and the girl is heading to it: she is light-headed.
3. It's getting harder now: the giant hands over the horizon suggest that a very big creature is standing there. If this assumption is true, then his head must be that strong light: the giant is light-headed.
4. The whole scenery is distorted, as if the viewer himself had vision problems, like when you are light-headed.
Some could also add that the creator of the picture must be somehow light-headed too, but I will not count this one ;-)
Technically, nothing too complicated here:
- The flower field was shot at 17mm, then distorted using the "liquify" tool in Photoshop
- The sky was shot the same day, although separately and underexposed, in order to get some dramatic clouds
- The moon was shot at 600mm, then distorted too
- Hands and model were shot at home in front of a strongly lit white background, in order to comply with the scenery's lighting
Thank you all so much for the fantastic votes and comments!
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Post challenge:
I am quite disappointed that i missed the 8 mark by only 1 point! A 3 instead of one of these 2 votes would have been enough. Better luck next time! Anyway, still a new PB, so I can't really complain.
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ETA:
I received a few requests of people interested in processing details. I consider myself as a beginner with Photoshop, so I don't think my advices would be of great value. However, if anyone is interested, here is a link to a down-sized PSD file of this project (the very last step, creating the final mood, has been flattened though, I'd like to keep some little secrets ;)) It is also quite messy, I apologize about that. Hope it can be useful to someone!
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Place: 1 out of 70 Avg (all users): 7.9938 Avg (commenters): 9.0789 Avg (participants): 8.0244 Avg (non-participants): 7.9833 Views since voting: 14278 Views during voting: 633 Votes: 161 Comments: 108 Favorites: 42 (view)
you're work is fantastic... just amazing! were you a graphic designer before a photographer? just asking because most people I see that can pull these composites off have some experience in graphic design... none the less, amazing!
Thanks a lot. No, no experience in anything involving graphic design. I extensively studied music though, as my mum is an opera singer, but that's the only art I really studied before starting photography.
you're work is fantastic... just amazing! were you a graphic designer before a photographer? just asking because most people I see that can pull these composites off have some experience in graphic design... none the less, amazing!
You are the master of imaginary!!! Congrats again and oh so close to that 8. I didn't vote in this image but I wish I would have. I would have given this a 10. Maybe that would of pushed you back up to the 8 range.
Absolutely BRILLIANT in every way! A real piece of art! Hope that you're going to frame it because it's a real piece of artwork. Congrats!
ETA: This type of photographic work would be EXCELLENT for children's books and magazines as illustrations! You might want to send some of your pieces to a publishing company and see if they are interested in you doing some freelance work for them. You could be a children's book and magazine collage illustrator! Seriously! :)
"Back in June 2009, I was in search of an occupation to fill my Saturdays. Some of my friends where talking about photography at work, so I gave it a try"
Originally posted by gyaban:
I consider myself as a beginner with Photoshop,
You make me sick.... :)
I cannot be more jealous of a 'beginner'. You are truly an artist. Your material oozes originality and style, and I cannot wait to see when you are no longer a 'beginner'.
10 from me, but you might as well blame one of the 9s for not being a 10.
At any rate, your artistry really shines in this. Your straight photography is obviously excellent, but what you manage in these expert editing challenges ... c'est vraiment magnifique!
And despite English not being your first language, putting 4 quite different meanings of "lightheaded" into this is simply amazing. Especially #2!
Good grief Christophe, if you're a PS noob then I'm Michelle Obama. Yet another absolutely mind-bogglingly creative entry and winner from the most modest DPCer! Congrats on the blue! :-)
Fantastic. I knew this one would take the blue but I was out with my prediction of its author and was kicking myself when I realised who was responsible for this art piece....amazing work...congratulations.
it looks more like Tim Burton digital art than photography to me.
True.
This is not something I deliberately planned though: in fact I was myself surprised by the overall look of the result. I did not use any complicated PS stuff here, not even any Nix or Topaz plugin: mainly masking, curves, some dodge & burn, and of course the liquify tool. I simply tried to reproduce the vision I had in my head, without taking care of keeping it photo-realistic or not, this was obviously not my point here.
You're right, poor wording there! Don't get me wrong, I'm still extremely happy and thankful about such a high score :-) It's just that 1 missing point... dang.
"I am quite disappointed that i missed the 8 by only 1 point! A 3 instead of one of these 2 votes would have been enough. Better luck next time! Anyway, still a new PB, so I can't really complain."
Thanks :)
Yes, "Record personnel" would be a good translation.
Not so many layers here: 8 original photos, and around 60 layers in total (most of them being adjustment layers).
Ah, bieh. Donc, felicestations pour votre record personnel!
Le prochain doit etre plus que 8! N'est ce pas excitant? :D
Oh man you were only 1 vote away from an average of 8! I feel bad for giving you a 9 now :)
And... allez tes bleus! :)
Qu'ai-je te dire? Le bleu et un PB (PB est PB en Francais? Ou RP? Record personnel? Ou meilleur performance?)
Combien des images est ici? Et combien des layers?
Tant de questions!
Thanks :)
Yes, "Record personnel" would be a good translation.
Not so many layers here: 8 original photos, and around 60 layers in total (most of them being adjustment layers).
Oh man you were only 1 vote away from an average of 8! I feel bad for giving you a 9 now :)
And... allez tes bleus! :)
Qu'ai-je te dire? Le bleu et un PB (PB est PB en Francais? Ou RP? Record personnel? Ou meilleur performance?)
Combien des images est ici? Et combien des layers?
Tant de questions!
As usual I am amazed that 4 people gave this a 2 - DNMC?? More like envy.
Congratulations, Christophe. An 8 was so close. I am sure you will get it soon in spite of all these low voters.
Didn't get to voting or commenting on this challenge, Chrisotphe, but holy wow!! I just LOVE rollover to see what you've come up with next. Check out that voting pattern! 55 tens!
I'm going to suggest that we simply suspend voting now, give you the blue, red AND yellow ribbons, and be done with it :) Nothing else comes close to touching this one!
Regardless of your mental state you should always promote safety. Where’s here helmet and are those appropriate shoes for bike riding?? Sorry, I have to deduct 3 points from my vote and only give you a 10.
:-)
Im having a hard time being fair to this image. The rules say that we are to vote keeping in mind this is a photographic challenge, and there is very little in this image that hasn't been stretched like taffy. We are well into the arena of digital art.
However, all your components are photographic and your pun is carried deep into the image not just having the model be lightheaded, but inducing that feeling in the viewer with the swirling twisted vision of a migrane headache, where all of the parts dance a twirl as if we are about to faint.
So what should i do? Vote you down because what you did goes too far? Or vote you all the way up because what you did is brilliant, and every tug and pull is in service to the artistic vision. I will contemplate and seek clarity.
There ya go. This is fantastic. This challenge may turn into who has the most wizardry with editing. So surreal. I can see this in a contemporary art exhibit. Nice going. 10
Unmistakable who this is...
Again the processing and idea is practically flawless. From the fog / mist that is floating across the field of flowers to the bizarre hands (no ring this time I see!) to the tyre marks in the dirt road it is a masterpiece.
The only thing that does seem a bit odd is that we can’t see her right hand holding the handle bar - I know the angle probably blocks her arm and you probably chose this to match the equally weird thought process and end product. The cropping of the rear wheel does not bother me at all even though I did notice.
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