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01/11/2008 04:00:55 AM |
| Good work! The concept itself is visually successful. If I may add a little criticism you could have paid more attention to the books in the background and had them match up better. Also, you can see the armatures hand behind the actual foreground one. This I felt hurt your technical attention to detail and proficiency being that it's the one element that really sells the illusion. I was a digital photo clean up artist for some time so, I notice these things. You have great skills already and apparently great visual concepts. If you apply those other things that I mentioned you'll be on the right path. Good luck to you in the future! |
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08/15/2005 01:57:19 AM |
Thank you all for your great comments.
I searched the internet for photo illusions and tricks and found this page //www.flickr.com/photos/w00kie/sets/180637/
So I began with taking a photo of this setup with the hand using my brother as a model. Do not wear any long sleeves since it makes part 2 more difficult. Then I uploaded the image into the laptop, put the laptop in place and adjusted the image through the viewfinder of the camera to find out if things matched. Then my brother put on a shirt with long sleeve and took care not to show any part of the hand. I adjusted the hand according to the perspective of the viewfinder and "click".
It is necessary to put the camera on a tripod or somewhere where it is stable and won't move.
I was not happy about lot of things i.e. the position of the laptop image is to low, the lighting is terrible (500W handheld halogen right above scene), image not very sharp and the composition isn̢۪t that great but it got me no. 7 so me happy ;-)
This takes some practice but I dare you all to try because the final product looks great as desktop wallpaper and family, friends and/or coworkers will scratch their heads till they become bald trying to figure this one out. |
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08/14/2005 08:15:49 PM |
| Congrats on your top 10 finish! I still wanna know how you accomplished this! Great job! |
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08/14/2005 08:12:14 PM |
| Great photo, gave it a 10; I think it should have ribboned for sure!!! |
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08/14/2005 08:10:16 PM |
| A great illusion. Congratulations on your top ten finish. |
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08/14/2005 08:03:21 PM |
this is amazing!
do show a picture of the set up |
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08/14/2005 12:59:51 PM |
LOL
Like this a lot
good luck |
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08/14/2005 08:04:53 AM |
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08/14/2005 01:13:18 AM |
| I'm a sucker for these. I saw one with a cat in it once that was nicely done. This is excellent. |
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08/13/2005 09:13:14 PM |
| I love these, you pulled this off wonderfully, especially the extra demension with the calculator in hand... really makes ya think 10 |
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08/13/2005 06:35:40 PM |
| the background detracts from the image. Overall, im just not too impressed with this shot. IT could use better lighting, and it just doesnt have a wow factor for me. |
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08/13/2005 03:16:37 PM |
| Good transparent illusion. I like it. |
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08/13/2005 10:32:52 AM |
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08/13/2005 09:14:26 AM |
| we went for similar ideas. I like that you incorporated more elemnts into your screen to match up with the background. The sleeve into the hand on the screen is also a great touch. The wood desktop surface does't really compliment the image, though. overall, well done. |
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08/13/2005 08:50:39 AM |
| Very clever - you must have had great fun doing this ! Well done. |
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08/12/2005 04:30:25 PM |
| very creative...like this a lot..8 |
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08/12/2005 12:28:29 PM |
Very original take on the challenge! Wanna see how you got the arm to blend with the hand! Too bad your laptop image is so flat in color... I know you wanted it darker, but the hand don't look quite right. Your lighting is a little harsh on the background too.
TC |
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08/12/2005 07:20:35 AM |
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08/12/2005 04:31:56 AM |
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08/11/2005 11:30:25 PM |
| Very good execution of a classic trick...7 |
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08/11/2005 07:41:47 PM |
Got my eyes messes up - well done!
Think I just figured it out too - hand was image on screen, shirt sleeve had no hand in the shot. Congrats on pulling this off nicely (8) |
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08/11/2005 07:40:05 PM |
| Finally an actual illusion. Very well done. |
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08/11/2005 09:44:44 AM |
| Very clever indeed and well-executed. |
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08/11/2005 01:22:26 AM |
| Nice trick, I like this illusion but I think the background lets the image down |
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08/10/2005 05:16:07 PM |
| I think that the laptop should be an HP ;) Nicely done |
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08/10/2005 12:23:32 PM |
| hmm...second pic like this I've seen in the challenge, and I just can't figure out how the heck you did this! |
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08/10/2005 07:45:58 AM |
| coulod be better focally, but an accomplished illusion |
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08/10/2005 07:01:58 AM |
| Well done! The arm looks natural, congrats! |
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08/10/2005 01:34:47 AM |
| Well done illusion! One of the best. |
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08/09/2005 09:40:34 PM |
Well thought out, and composed, I bet this took some setting up.
I would like to see some more use of lighting to lift the image |
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08/09/2005 05:50:14 PM |
| I don't know how you people come up with these things! :) I was impressed, well done! I just wish the focus was a bit more crisp. |
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08/09/2005 04:42:17 PM |
| This really came out great. The execution and set up are perfect. |
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08/09/2005 12:06:00 PM |
| the shirt makes this picture, and the woody adds a good balance to it. very nice picture |
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08/09/2005 10:58:31 AM |
| Love the Woody touch LOL 9 |
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08/09/2005 09:41:10 AM |
| if i could vote, i'd give a 10. nice photo :) |
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08/09/2005 09:05:40 AM |
| There's another picture that has a computer monitor in it, but yours is by far the best! Great colors, composition and original idea. 9! |
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08/09/2005 05:35:33 AM |
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08/08/2005 11:44:02 PM |
Very nice illusion! Well done!
The red is a bit dominant, combined with the yellow makes it ver warm, almost stuffy. |
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08/08/2005 09:58:52 PM |
| shouldnt the arm be reaching...behind...the monitor to give complete the idea? 6 for cool idea |
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08/08/2005 09:31:39 PM |
| Very good shot. I can't even see the seams. |
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08/08/2005 09:10:45 PM |
| Very creative shot. Took me a bit to figure out how you did it. I almost wonder how this would look in b/w? |
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08/08/2005 08:10:22 PM |
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08/08/2005 05:57:42 PM |
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08/08/2005 05:14:27 PM |
| cool, i've never been able to re-produce this on my lcd.. i guess i've only tried once so i dunno. |
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08/08/2005 04:22:39 PM |
| interesting image and composition. |
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08/08/2005 03:22:02 PM |
| I like it...but it may have been better if you lost the dummy on the left! |
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08/08/2005 01:48:15 PM |
| Very creative and appears to be a complicated set-up. Everything lines up perfectly. Good execution of this illusion. 10 |
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08/08/2005 10:02:16 AM |
| Interesting illusion... I know you're not happy to see similar entries in this challenge. Great minds think alike? |
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08/08/2005 09:10:04 AM |
| this is funny, i dont know how you did it |
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08/08/2005 08:36:57 AM |
| very cool. I don't like the lighting has too much of a snapshot feel. 7 |
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08/08/2005 06:37:39 AM |
| Great illusion, color is good, lighting is a little harsh in the upper left corner. |
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08/08/2005 05:59:24 AM |
| Very well thought out and executed shot. I'm stumped as to how you created the arm - great job. |
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08/08/2005 04:30:14 AM |
| Neat picture! I bet it was pretty hard to do!?!? |
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08/08/2005 04:19:40 AM |
| This is a fantastic idea, unfortunately I would have liked better light setup, and more detail/sharpness. But you nailed the image on the PC :-) Very cool 8 |
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08/08/2005 03:50:53 AM |
| Well done illusion. Had to look at this one for a while to figure it out. Looking forward to reading your description. |
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08/08/2005 03:34:43 AM |
| brilliant! Color seems a little strange but since alll monitors are different (as seen in this image)... this idea and execution are great! 9 |
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08/08/2005 12:52:48 AM |
| huh!! very clever!!!!!! this could be the winner! how come my hp doesn't do that?? |
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08/07/2005 10:29:51 PM |
| i'm familar with the trick but the sleave does add an extra umm factor - good work |
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08/07/2005 10:16:00 PM |
| Grumble... growl... I can figure out how you did the stuff BEHIND the screen (I think), but I can't figure out how you did the hand in front. This will be an interesting read, post challenge. |
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08/07/2005 09:37:14 PM |
| Not an original idea, but a great version. |
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08/07/2005 09:01:12 PM |
| That is a classic! The hand is a nice touch. |
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08/07/2005 08:30:40 PM |
dear gosh this is genious
10 from me
do tell how this was done |
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08/07/2005 08:25:26 PM |
| My first 10 ive given out so far. I just wanna know, how hard was this to set up? This is absolutely fabulous!! |
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