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Well, Christmas is upon us, and it's time for a seasonal Challenge. I toyed with several ideas for this year's festive offering, before Ted Eggs posted his link to a rather spectacular animated illuminations house. It's a beautiful piece of work - and I assume it's all 100% real.
So your Challenge is to take the rather dull image of a house, below, and add festive lighting to it. Ideally, this should be animated so the lights flash on and off. (If you're not sure how to do animations in Photoshop, I know of a good Reader Forum where you can get top quality advice.) Any other seasonal extras are entirely up to you.
Note: My computer will be turned off on Christmas Eve and it won't go back on again this year. So this will be a two-week Challenge: the write-up, and the first Challenge of the New Year, will appear on Friday 2nd January.
Happy Christmas/Channukah/Winterval/Saturnalia/Non-Denominational Seasonal Celebration, everyone!
Finished work: click here for animation ...
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I went to London's Natural History Museum last weekend, and once again was awestruck by the fantastic Waterhouse interior of this magnificent building.
There were several animatronic models in the dinosaur exhibit, and I was particularly taken by the size and position of the hands on this one, held in front of it in a remarkably human way. It could be holding a shopping basket, or grasping a tiny Fay Wray, or leaning over a windowsill, or... well, it's up to you. After the trials of last week's technical Challenge, I'm giving you pretty much a free rein on this one.
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I was intrigued by Jota120's entry to last week's Friday Challenge, which shows Poirot reflected in the mirror - with a view over his shoulder in front. It made me think: could we achieve this effect with just the one image? Is it possible to adapt a view of the shoulder from the front so it looked as if it was taken from the back?
An interesting Challenge, I think. You'll probably want to change the head - at least, I'm sure Neal will. Or, of course, use a body of your choice. This one's just a suggestion.
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I was cycling through the City of London last week when I came across Charterhouse Square, which contains not just the 12th Century Charterhouse (the square itself is the site of a plague pit, which is why it can't be built on) but this rather splendid 1930s apartment block.
Fans of the TV show Poirot will recognise it as the Belgian detective's headquarters, known in the series as Whitehaven Mansions.
Of course, for the series they added a load of extras in 1930s costume, as well as vintage cars... and what sort of dastardly deeds could be going on behind all these windows? Time to get the little grey cells working.
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I had to get a tyre/tire repaired recently, and was struck by the complexity of some of the machines in the workshop. Here, for instance, is a machine that takes them off the wheels of the car. Seems to me this machine could be put to a far more interesting use...
Finished work: (time machine)
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Normally I try not to make too many personal appearances in the Friday Challenge - after all, I've learnt from experience that it can be a dangerous place to let one's images loose. But I couldn't let this one just slip by. It's my 50th birthday tomorrow, and I was wondering if any forum members had some advice for how I should adapt my ways in my dotage. Or can I expect a second childhood?
No starting image this week. I don't want to make it too easy for you!
Finished work: (click for bigger picture)
