Challenge #147

[Grant]

Dave Dahlberg has submitted this weeks Challenge I suspect there will be many interesting images on Dave's Radar.

For those that are interested in hardships drove out of a blizzard and into snow drifts the height of my car's hood to get home to post the Challenge. In between these two extreme weather conditions was relatively clear sailing. Such is the mystery of Canada's winter.

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Since my hard disk failure I have had some wonder Challenges
suggestions submitted by a few people . I need more suggestions from more
people to be able to mix up the choices. Please send me *your*
suggestions for the Challenges. Part of what makes the Challenge great
is your input. Also please don't forget he Photo Challenge as
presently I have only one suggestion although it is a great one but I do
need more.


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http://www.cavesofice.org/~grant/Challenge/Challenges.html

Present and Past Challenges will remain Until tomorrow at 7:00 pm the then
the Present will be Past and new images will be posted.

* Important notice to all the new people in this forum. This is not a
close shop you are all invited to submit an image. If you don't think you
are good enough this is your first mistake, I think most have found that
working on the Challenge has improved their personal level. So young and
old, hot shots and cool dudes now is you time to post.
--
Grant

Home Pages: http://www.cavesofice.org/~grant/Challenge/index.html

Challenge Pages: http://www.cavesofice.org/~grant/Challenge/Challenges.html

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Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while
discouragement often nips it in the bud. Any of us will put out more and
better ideas if our efforts are appreciated.

Alexander Osborn (1888 - 1966)

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[GaryK]

Geez Grant

Sorry to hear about the drive..:(

We had not much more than a dusting..maybe an inch?

[Carbone]

Another reason why I sooo despise Winter.. !

Ray

[Grant]

Gary

We only had a dusting in Dundas as well but ...down Lake Erie way it was blowing like crazy and night driving was very treacherous. Then just outside of Caledonia, on the back roads, there was considerable drifting for about 5 km.

[Pauline]

My husband works in Mississauga and coming home tonight was an adventure. He passed through quite a few white outs. On a 'good' day the trip is 1.5 hours. He can pass through 3 different types of weather some times. The strange thing is, he really does like snow. Just not the white outs.

[Wendy]

Grant ...

Do take care ... :)

Wendy

[CarolLHB]

What dedication! Thanks Grant!:)

[Grant]

The first images are now being posted and again they are all great.

Notes for viewing.

1). Clicking on the thumbnail will open a larger image.
2). Clicking on the larger image will advance you to the next larger image.
3). If you are using Internet explorer F11 will toggle a full screen view

... gives the images a view they deserve.

Grant

[mrod]

I've really enjoyed looking at the creativity of this one. Marylyn, I like your submission with the planet (Saturn?). What did you use for the rest of the picture? Was that done in PSE? It looks very nice.

This was my second attempt at one of these challenges. I was gifted with some unexpected time this afternoon, and had a couple hours to play around with the challenge image and a shot of my youngest son taken during a refreshment break at the zoo last summer. You have to look close--as the idea evolved, the amount of the original photo I used just kept getting smaller and smaller and smaller...

Mike

[Diana]

There is such a wide variety of creativity in this challenge and they are all so wonderfully done. Plus, I just love Jodi's image on the Challenge home page.

Diana

[Wendy]

Alex ... Oh I do like your two animations. No 2 just has to be my favourite those eyes are great.

Barbara ... Wow that is beautiful. I had forgotten just how stunning your work is ... I love the colours you have used and those effects are just wonderful !! How do you make those oval folds??

Ben ... Neat idea of the golf and nicely done!! ... good work on the candle image and clever use of a caption !!

Bob ... Three really nice images like the brush stroke effect in No 1 and the ball in No 2 but No 3 is so cute ... very original and really well done!!

Chris ... Wow thats a great space station .. very nicely done. No 2 is great I love the colour and the lighting effects are brilliant. How did you light up the top???

Cliff ... Oh that is different it makes a really good image ... very well done!!

Dave .. Well done on the flattening animation ... very nice indeed! but the second one has it for me it is just so good.

Gerald ... What a great effect. How did you do that??

Kevan ... Your image did make me laugh. Good fun idea and well blended.

Larry ... That has to be the biggest ice cream ever ... Excellent work on inserting it :)

Malcolm .. I had to look at your several times before I realised that the light globe isn't real. You have done it so well ...

Marilyn .. Oh you have excelled yourself this week ... four beautifully done images !! Hard to choose a favourite but I guess it has to be the flowers ... but they are all so well done !!

MaryLou ... I love the alien in No 1 and you have made a great job of inserting it .. and wonderful lightening in No 2. Well done!

Melissa ... Makes such a cute image and you have done a good job on it

Mike .. Nice golf ball ... now how did you make that grass??

Mike R ... Great series of images. Took me a while to work it out but as I looked at more of them it then became obvious. Nicely done and a good theme.

Pauline ... Three excellent images and I do like the way they run together as total effect ... Well done!! I especially like the final explosion!

Rita ... Lovely textured effect in No 1 it has such an Autumnal feel to it. No 2 is so original ... really well done and a great idea.

Robin .. Oh very nice indeed ... Great work on the leaves and the way they look impresssed into the background is excellent.

Tab ... Wow that is so full of life and colour. I do like the atmospheric effect you have introduced into it :)

Tawana ... What a beautiful coloured overlay .. it is so effective in this image. No 2 is a neat effect well done on making it! but for me No 3 is the one that I like the most ... it is really special. Nice work !!

Terry ... Good explosion in No 1 !! ... How did you do that?? .. and No 2 is just great that sky is fantastic .. well done on blending the whole thing together. No 3 makes an electrifying image once again very well done as is the effect in No 4

Tom ... Wow that is good!! .. superb work on the extraction and really well done on the effects!!

Tony ... That is good .. I really like the way you have overlaid the land masses over it. Stunning colours just finish the whole thing off .. Clever idea and very well done. No 2 would make a wonderful Christmas card .. it makes such a great snowman. Well thought out and good work :)

Grant ... Oh I like the idea the big eye is so effective as is the cube. Nice work on inserting them but No 3 just has to be my favourite!! that is a wonderful idea very clever and so funny ... Nice job you have made of it!!

Wendy

[Pauline]

Wendy, believe it or not the explosion one was the easiest one!! It just fell into place no problem. I'm learning from you. It helps to try and get some theme going if you can. :D

[ktnoon60]

Wendy,
Once again Thank you for taking the time to comment on the challenge entries. Its very generous of you to provide feedback for everyone, I'm sure like me they do appreciate it. I can't really remember how I got that explosion, I went back to my layered file but I must have only saved halfway thru and not at the end. The file doesn't have the explosion, I know I was following an explosion tutorial and was playing around with but can;t really remember what I did. That sky is from a picture I took from our deck one evening just as a storm was brewing. Here is the original
http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1RRS9O2dBoXHGoz90zuTi4q6H7cT
I loved your number 2 entry the colors and lighting made it quite brillant and your little angel ball was too cute. Thanks again.
Kt

[Wendy]

Hi there ...

Thanks for info on how you both did your image ... I always find it interesting to know just how people have aceiveed the effect :)

My inspiration this week came from an image that was shown on the forum ... I can't remember now whose image it was but it was little two boys with blurred Christmas lights in the background. I was playing around with making a blurred light background and it just developed from there.

The Angel ball comes from a set of dragon wings I made for the mask competition ... they were originally green but I made a white set too :)


Wendy

[mhughes]

It's so inspiring looking at all those fantastic images!
I had a couple of ideas but never had the time to work them out.
Not least to me is admiration & awe at how the rest of you manage your time.
Sigh. Maybe next week...

Mary

[MikeH]

Wendy,

Here is how I made the grass..:

Create a new layer and fill it with white.
Go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise and use these settings Amount: 400%. Distribution: Gaussian. Monochromatic: Checked.
Apply 0.7 Gaussian Blur.
Add a new layer and fill it with green.
Set the blend mode of the green layer to Multiply.
Merge the two layers.
Go to Filter > Stylize > Wind and apply these settings Method: Stagger. Direction: From the left
Rotate the canvas by 90 deg to the right
Apply the Wind filter as above (Filter > Stylize > Wind - Method: Stagger, Direction From the Left).
Rotate the canvas 90 degrees to the left.http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1tG9mtb25U6bW12npdCUofslLJsXc6

Mike

[Wendy]

Hi Mike ...

Thanks for the info on how you made the grass ... its a way I haven't come across before :)


Wendy

[MikeH]

Wendy,

I can't remember where I got it from, but the Challenge is the first time I used it. Actually for the Challenge I modified it slightly by only applying the wind filter once and rotating the canvas 90 deg left.

Mike