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It might surprise some that I should go all the way to Norway and come back with a photograph of a manhole cover, but you have to admit it is a very fine manhole cover.
What I want you to do is to lift the lid and show me what lies beneath. It's not quite as easy as it sounds: you'll need some subtle shading to make this one convincing.
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I had to do another graveyard montage for a newspaper last week, and it put me in mind of this shot of a broken grave I photographed a few months back. How did this come about? And, more importantly, what happened next?
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The idea of creating a floating piece of land was raised by Scott earlier this week, and it's one that intrigued me.
Of course, the idea of castles in the air has been around for centuries, perhaps most notably realised by Rene Magritte in 1959. His version had a stark, weighty quality that made it all the more surreal; what I'm after is something that looks altogether more plausible.
Your castle is here. Can you make it float? Use as much or as little of the hill as you need. Or, if you prefer, choose your own building.
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A slightly more technical Challenge this week, after last week's flights of fancy.
Here's a flag I photographed a few months ago. It was outside a military airbase, and the blue serves to indicate something or other - not sure what, sometimes it's red, sometimes it's green.
The important thing about this flag, though, is that it has no design on it. And that's what I want you to remedy: I'd like you to place your own country's flag onto this one, making the result as convincing as you can.
Not easy, this one. I don't think there's any quick way of doing this. But can you make your flag look real?
Finished work: (this is the flag of Derbyshire - my spiritual home!)
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This Sunday is Mothers' Day here in the UK, and of course I'll be taking mine out for lunch. But where should we go? Can you picture the scene?
I'm not giving you any pictures of my mother, of course. But you can assume that she looks something like me, so here's the mugshot I used in the latest edition of the book.
I have a feeling I'm going to regret this...
Finished work: (not exactly following the brief but, hey, you've got to rebel occasionally!)
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I spent some time in London's National Maritime Museum over the weekend, which has a wide range of entertaining and interesting seafaring artefacts. I was taken with the construction of this display case, which has been made to look as if it's constructed of rusted metal and ship's planking.
The object inside, though, is rather dull, and the walls (this was the children's gallery) are overpowering. Could we come up with a better setting, and a more interesting exhibit?
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