CARTOON CARNAGE
by Giles

Comment:
The 'fake look' via topaz making toys look like real life vehicles works well. And the remnant shallow DOF because of the close range to subject gives it a 'tilt-shift' effect thrown in also.

I'll bet it's based on a real story that actually took place on a construction site?

The 'cartoon effect' was probably the only direction to go in from images of toys. In the CGI film Ice Age 1, to portray the mammoth's 'flash-back' memory, they had to animate crude cave wall paintings. I think you'd done a similar thing here.

Three Men and a Digger
by ekmai

Comment:
This is a great. You've got the blur nice overall. To 'fake' a very narrow DOF. I would of thought this would of got a MUCH higher score than it did.

IMO, could of done with more blur to background behind digger, very tight up close to above digger's cab and around arm, to make the digger stand out more. Also, I would of tried bringing downwards a full width of blur, a bit closer to the digger ,even engulfing the two men in the middle, so they look like they were outside of the faked narrow DOF.

Good work!

"Honey, I shrunk the Bridge!"
by m_a_r_c

Comment:

Originally posted by smardaz: i almost hope it gets dq'd based soley on the self-righteous tone of the description

I've added some more to the description for you :-)

"Honey, I shrunk the Bridge!"
by m_a_r_c

Comment:

Originally posted by JH: Faking-up a fake to fool the viewers into thinking they're viewing a real photo of a model when in fact it's a faked photo of someone elses photo of a real scene. Genius!

Very succinctly put!

"Honey, I shrunk the Bridge!"
by m_a_r_c

Comment:

Originally posted by SwordandScales: Maybe there should be some sort of screening and license process to buy a DSLR before you unleash ridiculousness on the world of photography.

Actually, it's alleged that no camera at all (let alone an SLR) was used, so such screening you proposed would be ineffective! :-)

"Honey, I shrunk the Bridge!"
by m_a_r_c

Comment:

Originally posted by Giles_uk: original image here is my guess, mirrored. see the shadow line clipping the first barge

Close, but no cigar :-) The Poster has some features this doesn't have.

thanks for the high vote! :-)

Message edited by author 2012-01-05 13:55:53.

Model Home.
by Jon_H

Comment:
Congrats on the high score, I think this deserved much higher than 6.9075. It's probably because people the voting were distracted by a certain 7.5549 scoring 'other entry' :-)

"Honey, I shrunk the Bridge!"
by m_a_r_c

Comment:
I owe a big Thank You to the DPC community for helping me to define an ideology that can be used
to win first place and 'blue ribbon' in advanced editing. Now that I've cracked what the 'DPC formula',
is, my challenge has come to an end. This is nothing new, Politicians had always sought out which
particular ideologies are the most effective to win votes and elect themselves into power. Except in
politics you can't "ask for your vote back" or "un-vote" if you're later dissilusioned with the president
that YOU had elected.

Special Thanks also goes out to the member who posted a direct .bmp image and a method to
achieve the same effect. To demonstrate that one does not even need to utilise a camera at all, is
could well open the floodgates for more entries using methods like this (if not already already taken
place). But more clever.

As for allegations of 'plagarism', and 'judging a photo of a photo'? Welcome to the Real World!
That's what sells Units. Example: You've heard Madonna's 2005 single 'Hung Up'? It's mostly
re-cycled Abba (1979), repeated over and over. Listen for yourself:
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1RdtUJtG8s (listen to first 10 secs)

Message edited by author 2012-01-05 13:22:06.

"Honey, I shrunk the Bridge!"
by m_a_r_c

Comment:

Originally posted by fridjo: what do you mean by "a poster of london from the air, of which I photographed part of"? did you actually photograph a poster?

I was very reluctant at first to continue, but I checked the challenge rules carefully which stated: "[you may] include images that are clearly recognizable as existing artwork when photographing your entry. Images that could be mistaken for real objects in the scene may also be included, but must not be so prominent that voters are basically judging a photo of a photo."
After I manipulated the image it became un-recognisable from the original, because the TiltShift effect took over, the bridge becomes a model and looks too fake to look real.

The night before Christmas
by FocusPoint

Comment:
snowman in background I think is good thing there in background. Gives tree a sense of scale. Imagine if it was not there are all.