This was inspired by Luke Skywalker and graphicfunk's incredible "Broken".
I took a photo of my arm of a white background, using a tripod angled in such a way that the camera points vertically down, and used the onboard flash, then dismembered it in photoshopped and added the flange on the end from another of my photos, then I added the writting. I just KNOW its going to upset some people, but its make me laugh SO THERE!!!
Then Printed out my arm on A3 paper, and cut out a rectangle and made curved "doors" from kitchen foil, this is then taped over an extendible table, with a gap where the rectangle is. Then I made a vaguely machine like thingy from all sort of bits lying around and sunk this into the table. Then took a picture of this in with EXACTLY the same setup as the arm (with the flash). I know it creates shadows, but they are the same shadows, so i reasoned it might make it look a bit more "real". On the final shot, apart from levels, there is no photoshoping.
There are a few bits I'm not happy with, highlights on the "doors" and my hand looks a tad pink, also there isnt much of a shadow on the flange on the end of my arm, I tried to photoshop it, but it look real bad, so I thought if i leave it - only a few people will notice it, but if i do it BAD everyone will pick up on it! I'd also like to thank Scalvert for his time (as an SC) for answering some of my questions.
I hope its received the ways its intended, just a bit of fun!
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Dude, you should send this in to Canon... It's pretty hilarious and remarkably well done... maybe they could use it... Tell them when they make it, you get the first sample free.. :)
Love the concept! Your lighting is very harsh. It makes the shot look very flat and gives ugly shadows. It also tends to dull the colors. Nice illusion though!
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A very clever idea. I did a similar effort which remained an outtake for the "Broken Challenge" Everything you did here is 100% insofar as the layout and composition. The minor drawback is the lighting otherwise the effect os tops.
'7' - Great concept, though for me, even without the 'end' bolts etc, might have been more effective. Creative. Good illusion but needs more fine tuning to get a real 'mind tricking' shot.
Very interesting illusion. I keep looking at it wondering how in the world you did that. I wish there weren't so many shadows, but you did an amazing job with the illusion!
Great concept and extremely well done. The shadows around the hands make it look as though the hands are shaking slightly. Was this intentional ? Even so, I feel that this effect sits really well with the subject.
Canon doesn't refer to its products as mk I unless they have been replaced by mk II already and the old product would therefor never be marked as mk I. ;)
Anyway, as for the image I like it! It is creative, funny and well done. The main fault I see is the shadow off the hand and the 'device' the the right. It would have been nice to have a light to the right as well in order to minimize shadows.
Very creative and imaginative. The shadow is a little bothersome and maybe the picture could have a little more contrast but the uniqueness and originality more than make up for those short comings.
A very creative photograph and thought provoking. It looks like a complicated set-up. I can understand why it needed to be validated because I wouldn't know where to begin to figure out how this was done. The lighting is nice and it is well focused. Only thing (and I'm reaching here)...is that the skin tones between the natural hand and the mechanical arm don't quite match up. 9
Cool idea, a lot of work went into this. The only problem I see is the flash cast to much shadow. I still like it and see you went through the stress of validation - 9
If this is a valid shot then I think you have at least a top 5 entry here. I think I'm close to figuring out how most of it was done, but the letters on the forearm are eluding me. Printed on clear plastic? In any case, I think it's humorously ironic that the one blurry part of the photo are the words "anti-shake"!!
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