Calling all UBER photochoppers: The continuance of one big prank, directed by ATOT.

[Azurik]

I would never syringe my faithful ATOT.

I apologize for not getting the voting poll going. A lot of real life issues right now, mainly... a spilt-up of me and my girlfriend of 4 years. As much as you guys love YAGT threads, I won't be doing one for this. It was extremely personal and truth be told, probably more dramatic than ATOT normally sees. Because of this, my best friend and I haven't gotten to this prank yet. It WILL happen soon though - I just need to take care of a few things to resolve the relationship... namely all the junk her and I have at each other's place.

To get this started though, I would like all of you guys to name who you think the winner would be. I will use the top nominations for the poll.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Some place warm with wimmenz will do LOL.

2 pixel motion blur, that's all. Makes him blend in more.

 

[turunturun]

I nominate FrustratedUser

 

[FrustratedUser]

I can't take full credit for 2 secs of work. turunturun is the winner.

 

[gotsmack]

Originally posted by: turunturun
thanks for the credit frustrateduser. If it wins hopefully we can agree on where to go in the concierge's private jet.

as for the scale of our OP in the photo: relative to the female on the right of the photograph - I think if you look closer you will notice that her legs don't end where her pants stop. A good bit of her leg extends out (capri pants) and you can see a sliver of her shoe to the left of the very foreground female's tricep. This makes her about 20% taller than our OP and judging by her face and build is not likely as tall as OP.
For scale (and focal point) I was using the heavy set gentleman in the blue in the center of the photographers gallery. He is about 5 feet in front of the position of OP and certainly taller (although OP never provided his height we presume he is in the 5"-8" range) and considering that, OP is sized correctly.
I do agree with the criticism that the OPs left hand is fishy looking, but again, if the tagline graphic in the news anchor image fooled our target last time I think this little shortcoming with slip right under the radar.
Since photo manipulation can become a bottomless pit of tweaking and second guessing, I intended to give it one pass, and thats that.
Thanks for everyone's good feedback.

the picture is taken at an angle, both the heavy guy and the lady are closer to the camera so they should be bigger.

 

[turunturun]

Originally posted by: gotsmack

Originally posted by: turunturun
thanks for the credit frustrateduser. If it wins hopefully we can agree on where to go in the concierge's private jet.

as for the scale of our OP in the photo: relative to the female on the right of the photograph - I think if you look closer you will notice that her legs don't end where her pants stop. A good bit of her leg extends out (capri pants) and you can see a sliver of her shoe to the left of the very foreground female's tricep. This makes her about 20% taller than our OP and judging by her face and build is not likely as tall as OP.
For scale (and focal point) I was using the heavy set gentleman in the blue in the center of the photographers gallery. He is about 5 feet in front of the position of OP and certainly taller (although OP never provided his height we presume he is in the 5"-8" range) and considering that, OP is sized correctly.
I do agree with the criticism that the OPs left hand is fishy looking, but again, if the tagline graphic in the news anchor image fooled our target last time I think this little shortcoming with slip right under the radar.
Since photo manipulation can become a bottomless pit of tweaking and second guessing, I intended to give it one pass, and thats that.
Thanks for everyone's good feedback.

the picture is taken at an angle, both the heavy guy and the lady are closer to the camera so they should be bigger.

and umm....they both are. are we looking at the same picture?

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Some place warm with wimmenz will do LOL.

2 pixel motion blur, that's all. Makes him blend in more.

And a little bit of grain and some flare around those lights. Those lights are bright. Who is the guy standing up in the back? He looks chopped. :laugh:

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[thecrecarc]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Some place warm with wimmenz will do LOL.

2 pixel motion blur, that's all. Makes him blend in more.

And a little bit of grain and some flare around those lights. Those lights are bright. Who is the guy standing up in the back? He looks chopped. :laugh:

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teh winna

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: thecrecarc

Originally posted by: MS Dawn

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Some place warm with wimmenz will do LOL.

2 pixel motion blur, that's all. Makes him blend in more.

And a little bit of grain and some flare around those lights. Those lights are bright. Who is the guy standing up in the back? He looks chopped. :laugh:

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teh winna

The flare is to much... IMO

 

[gotsmack]

Originally posted by: turunturun

Originally posted by: gotsmack

Originally posted by: turunturun
thanks for the credit frustrateduser. If it wins hopefully we can agree on where to go in the concierge's private jet.

as for the scale of our OP in the photo: relative to the female on the right of the photograph - I think if you look closer you will notice that her legs don't end where her pants stop. A good bit of her leg extends out (capri pants) and you can see a sliver of her shoe to the left of the very foreground female's tricep. This makes her about 20% taller than our OP and judging by her face and build is not likely as tall as OP.
For scale (and focal point) I was using the heavy set gentleman in the blue in the center of the photographers gallery. He is about 5 feet in front of the position of OP and certainly taller (although OP never provided his height we presume he is in the 5"-8" range) and considering that, OP is sized correctly.
I do agree with the criticism that the OPs left hand is fishy looking, but again, if the tagline graphic in the news anchor image fooled our target last time I think this little shortcoming with slip right under the radar.
Since photo manipulation can become a bottomless pit of tweaking and second guessing, I intended to give it one pass, and thats that.
Thanks for everyone's good feedback.

the picture is taken at an angle, both the heavy guy and the lady are closer to the camera so they should be bigger.

and umm....they both are. are we looking at the same picture?

I'm just saying that he should be slightly smaller than the chick

 

[turunturun]

Originally posted by: gotsmack

Originally posted by: turunturun

Originally posted by: gotsmack

Originally posted by: turunturun
thanks for the credit frustrateduser. If it wins hopefully we can agree on where to go in the concierge's private jet.

as for the scale of our OP in the photo: relative to the female on the right of the photograph - I think if you look closer you will notice that her legs don't end where her pants stop. A good bit of her leg extends out (capri pants) and you can see a sliver of her shoe to the left of the very foreground female's tricep. This makes her about 20% taller than our OP and judging by her face and build is not likely as tall as OP.
For scale (and focal point) I was using the heavy set gentleman in the blue in the center of the photographers gallery. He is about 5 feet in front of the position of OP and certainly taller (although OP never provided his height we presume he is in the 5"-8" range) and considering that, OP is sized correctly.
I do agree with the criticism that the OPs left hand is fishy looking, but again, if the tagline graphic in the news anchor image fooled our target last time I think this little shortcoming with slip right under the radar.
Since photo manipulation can become a bottomless pit of tweaking and second guessing, I intended to give it one pass, and thats that.
Thanks for everyone's good feedback.

the picture is taken at an angle, both the heavy guy and the lady are closer to the camera so they should be bigger.

and umm....they both are. are we looking at the same picture?

I'm just saying that he should be slightly smaller than the chick

And he is. Are you looking at the asian dude in this picture:?
http://pics.apartment808.com/users/FrustratedUser/shopjobth2-FUmod.jpg
relative to the blonde haired girl behind the big arm on the right with the brown pants?

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: turunturun

Originally posted by: gotsmack

Originally posted by: turunturun

Originally posted by: gotsmack

Originally posted by: turunturun
thanks for the credit frustrateduser. If it wins hopefully we can agree on where to go in the concierge's private jet.

as for the scale of our OP in the photo: relative to the female on the right of the photograph - I think if you look closer you will notice that her legs don't end where her pants stop. A good bit of her leg extends out (capri pants) and you can see a sliver of her shoe to the left of the very foreground female's tricep. This makes her about 20% taller than our OP and judging by her face and build is not likely as tall as OP.
For scale (and focal point) I was using the heavy set gentleman in the blue in the center of the photographers gallery. He is about 5 feet in front of the position of OP and certainly taller (although OP never provided his height we presume he is in the 5"-8" range) and considering that, OP is sized correctly.
I do agree with the criticism that the OPs left hand is fishy looking, but again, if the tagline graphic in the news anchor image fooled our target last time I think this little shortcoming with slip right under the radar.
Since photo manipulation can become a bottomless pit of tweaking and second guessing, I intended to give it one pass, and thats that.
Thanks for everyone's good feedback.

the picture is taken at an angle, both the heavy guy and the lady are closer to the camera so they should be bigger.

and umm....they both are. are we looking at the same picture?

I'm just saying that he should be slightly smaller than the chick

And he is. Are you looking at the asian dude in this picture:?
http://pics.apartment808.com/users/FrustratedUser/shopjobth2-FUmod.jpg
relative to the blonde haired girl behind the big arm on the right with the brown pants?

i would say this pic has better lighting than MS Dawn's, but the noise in Dawn's makes Azurik's place seem more real. Meet halfway and call it teh winnar?

 

[biggestmuff]

there are only a few pictures that show him in the correct place; between the wall and tape line. No celeb walks next to the photogs.

 

[gotsmack]

Originally posted by: turunturun

Originally posted by: gotsmack

Originally posted by: turunturun

Originally posted by: gotsmack

Originally posted by: turunturun
thanks for the credit frustrateduser. If it wins hopefully we can agree on where to go in the concierge's private jet.

as for the scale of our OP in the photo: relative to the female on the right of the photograph - I think if you look closer you will notice that her legs don't end where her pants stop. A good bit of her leg extends out (capri pants) and you can see a sliver of her shoe to the left of the very foreground female's tricep. This makes her about 20% taller than our OP and judging by her face and build is not likely as tall as OP.
For scale (and focal point) I was using the heavy set gentleman in the blue in the center of the photographers gallery. He is about 5 feet in front of the position of OP and certainly taller (although OP never provided his height we presume he is in the 5"-8" range) and considering that, OP is sized correctly.
I do agree with the criticism that the OPs left hand is fishy looking, but again, if the tagline graphic in the news anchor image fooled our target last time I think this little shortcoming with slip right under the radar.
Since photo manipulation can become a bottomless pit of tweaking and second guessing, I intended to give it one pass, and thats that.
Thanks for everyone's good feedback.

the picture is taken at an angle, both the heavy guy and the lady are closer to the camera so they should be bigger.

and umm....they both are. are we looking at the same picture?

I'm just saying that he should be slightly smaller than the chick

And he is. Are you looking at the asian dude in this picture:?
http://pics.apartment808.com/users/FrustratedUser/shopjobth2-FUmod.jpg
relative to the blonde haired girl behind the big arm on the right with the brown pants?

yea, for some reason Az looks too big in the pic. I guess its just me then.

I think it's his head thats throwing me off. its the same size as the chick's.

 

[swinger222]

Originally posted by: JEDI

Originally posted by: MysticWar
Here's my version.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f133/jd2k1/azurik2.jpg

this is pretty good (compared to the other tries i've seen)

Agreed

 

[TGS]

Nice chops.

OP: Why do you edited out your name when a simple google search on Azurik Inc will link to your picture, name, and mentions of your cc transactions gaining you a AMEX Black card?

 

[fr]

These two are the best by far as of now:

http://files.upl.silentwhisper.net/upload4/normal.jpg

http://pics.apartment808.com/users/FrustratedUser/shopjobth2-FUmod.jpg

 

[gsellis]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
I am not claiming the prize for this one since I took turunturun's picture and just applied a very small amount of filtering to it.
Give credit where credit is due - I just modded his work and it took 2 secs.

shopjobth2 + FU mods.

This is close, but it still screams fake on second glance. He blacks are still too good for the rest of the picture. Just select him and cut contrast to give the smoky look of the rest of the pic. His raised hand has the flashlight look where light is shining from above through his hand and it looks red. The shadow from the far light of his hand is missing across his chest. And, there is not enough radiosity from the wall behind him on the back side of his head/face - you can see this on the blonde behind the tape. Cutting the contrast will remove the nearly illegal contrast on his face. It is almost as hot as the direct lights.

Knowing what a pain it is, it might be better if he were closer to the tape. I suspect that the tape is there as a path for a focus guide. The "blue" wall is the logo of the event, so it looks like they are trying to get whomever is on the carpet to stand near/on the line for the optimal focus and background.

But.... Great job turunturun and frustrated. It exceeds my skills by a longshot.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: fr
These two are the best by far as of now:

http://files.upl.silentwhisper.net/upload4/normal.jpg

http://pics.apartment808.com/users/FrustratedUser/shopjobth2-FUmod.jpg

i'd have to go with frustrated user... the other one has lighting that looks like it came out of a game where every texture reflects light like crazy (no offense to the artist, i ceratinly couldnt do that well )