this is a bit of an experiment... actually... i lie... it was a humongous experiment... because:
(a) i was shooting all sorts of things i would never normally ever bother to look at twice
(b) i had to teach myself how to create a collage template in photoshop (yeeeeeesh - it doesn't get much more masochistic than that)
(c) it's a collage... i very rarely do collages...
(d) it was a ridiculously insanely stupid amount of work...
this is a concept that @dibzgreasley spoke about on one of @taffy 's images a week or so ago... at first i thought "not bloody likely" and then i decided i should try it before saying that... so i did...
not sure i've gotten it to work properly... there are a gazillion things i would do differently next time... assuming there ever is a next time... ;p
@dibzgreasley@taffy - i decided to give this a go... not sure it really works in bw, at least not how i've done it... must think how i might approach it next time... if there ever is a next time...
Thank goodness I am a digital scrapper because I have collage templates. Hope I get a chance to look at this at work tomorrow on a bigger screen then my laptop. But what I can see reminds me of some of my photo trips. I just get carried away shooting everything. Because I don't have your talent and most of it ends up in the dump.
This is quite interesting and I am sure would drive me batty! I do like it and I do appreciate the time and effort you have put into this. Bravo for even attempting this!.
Oh my word, I'm going to sound cliched here but this is "awesome". It simply glows and I cannot believe that you created this collage in PS! I am really impressed that you had a go at this and as always you have put your own trademark stamp on it.
As others have said, a visual feast! fav of course!
It looks really great. It would be easily put together on my go-to site, ribbet.com. To get that many rows and columns you'd need a premium subscription, but I consider it the best investment of $50/year I've made. The previous year they were giving that away to generate interest and I made full use of the year and gladly coughed up the money when they ended the free period. Anyway, sorry. I sound like an advertisement.
So, turning to your get pushed challenge... I would have liked to come up with something tailored exactly to demand what you haven't done much of. But instead I'm falling back on something I've given a couple other people. I opened a little dictionary that once belonged to Frank's grandmother to a random page, stuck my finger in and these are a few words surrounding said fingertip:
Invent
Inventory
Inverse
Invest
Investigate
Choose one (or more) for your theme/subject/inspiration. Extra points if you can use more than one. In your case, extra, extra points if the image is in color-- but I'm not holding my breath. :-)
I really love this!! It really gets you to look at the different images that otherwise you may not notice in one large picture. I would just love to have this on a wall...big fav!
@mcsiegle gaaah! i have an idea but it's making me crazy trying to get it to work... may spend the week on it... thank you... apart from the frustration, this will be fun :)
So many of those photos are really lovely, individually, especially some of the back lit ones. Kudos to you for putting the time and effort into making this complex piece of art. Making a collage in PS... sounds daunting! Wonderful result.
Just wanted to tell you I was really inspired by this. I have read the link you provided and it is something I would like to try. I am not a wonderful photographer and only use a p&s but I want to give it a go. Thanks for the inspiration!
Oh my.... this is brilliant - and thank you for posting the Wex link. I'm not a great fan of collages but this is fantastic and worth every minute you spent doing it. HUGE FAV
Totally missed this til now -- congrats on TT and fantastic execution. I tried this a few ways but didn't come up with anything worthy. So I know how hard this was to achieve!
As others have said, a visual feast! fav of course!
So, turning to your get pushed challenge... I would have liked to come up with something tailored exactly to demand what you haven't done much of. But instead I'm falling back on something I've given a couple other people. I opened a little dictionary that once belonged to Frank's grandmother to a random page, stuck my finger in and these are a few words surrounding said fingertip:
Invent
Inventory
Inverse
Invest
Investigate
Choose one (or more) for your theme/subject/inspiration. Extra points if you can use more than one. In your case, extra, extra points if the image is in color-- but I'm not holding my breath. :-)
@humphreyhippo i wouldn't normally have the patience either... but it was a long weekend and i was determined NOT to be defeated by PS ;p