This was a collaboration between my wife, dragonlady, a member here, and me...it was her idea of the magic carpet flying, but it was mine to elevate her in the tractor bucket. Dragonlady is sitting in the bucket of our tractor: 7 feet up off the ground, on top of an oriental rug and a bale of shavings ...tried to take shots eliminating most of tractor bucket to make editing easier and legal...cropped, cloned some cat hair off dress and rug, levels to hide right side of bucket in shadow, unsharp mask and curves, burned some areas under rug...oh yes, cloned out a few wrinkles on dragonlady.
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Can you believe you received four 1s? What were they thinking...it must have been the model that turned them off! Maybe the cat hair on my dress was visible?
Very nice and charming . The clothing and the hands in the air give a sense of suspension. Personally I would have included the left side of the carpet because the strong top lighting would have aided the illusion of floating.
Great concept! The illusion works well here and the composition is good! I might have made the background more 'lofty' (sky and clouds...) though? But good set up and extra points for originality!
One of the most original I've seen so far! To bad ya couldn't have the whole leading edge of the carpet showing. I'd like to see the set up as I did something similar though much weaker for the Movie Title challenge!
TC
this is definitely one of the more effective illusions. the model looks just the part, and the outfit is great! I like the exposure, too - good lighting and detail on the subject with a darker but still visually interesting background. this one's in my top 5.
now where did you fine a genie to use in a challenge? I would have liked to have seen more of the carpet and background - zoomed out a bit is i guess what i am trying to say (thought that may have ruined the illusion??)
This is a great, interesting, and unique shot. I just wish the background was a little less clear, perhaps more of a blur, and the colors were more bold and bright. The carpet needs some reds! :)
Very cool idea and you captured a good expression. The execution is a tad off though IMHO - I have a little trouble seeing the carpet as flying. BUT, still a great shot.
First Impression: Strong composition, but the up the nose angle hurts it a bit. The model being more colourfull than the carpet feels a bit wrong too.
Was I fooled? I love the idea. 2 things trip it up imho. The busy static tree background (maybe som e motion blur?) and the bottom corner of the carpet being missing.
Still nice idea though.
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