Thanks for all the comments guys - It's very exciting when people start telling you good things about your snaps!
I wish I could hold some of the joy of making this happen but I am afraid it was someone else's genius - I just happened to take a few snaps from a different angle and add a silly caption! Was lucky enough to get the picture published in the Daily Mail , Guardian , Independent and The Sun to name but a few which was also very nice!
As a busy photographer it's always hard to be able to go out and take pictures just for the challenge - Sometime a subject just happens to fit perfectly with what you are doing that week!. Well done to all that enetered.
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Jeff
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Congrats on your 4th place and newspaper publication! Looks like you are off to a great start here at DPC! This image confounded me and got my imagination going as I tried to figure out exactly how and what you did. After seeing the story about it on Yahoo, I saw your profile and realized that you are in LA; and figured it must be yours. I'm not real crazy about the idea of painting animals and making them stand inside for hours like that; but that's not your doing, and I didn't hold it against you in the scoring. You got an 8 from me.
Thanks for all the comments guys - It's very exciting when people start telling you good things about your snaps!
I wish I could hold some of the joy of making this happen but I am afraid it was someone else's genius - I just happened to take a few snaps from a different angle and add a silly caption! Was lucky enough to get the picture published in the Daily Mail , Guardian , Independent and The Sun to name but a few which was also very nice!
As a busy photographer it's always hard to be able to go out and take pictures just for the challenge - Sometime a subject just happens to fit perfectly with what you are doing that week!. Well done to all that enetered.
Love this site
Jeff
I saw a small b&w picture of that elephant in the (Japanese) newspaper yesterday. I guess it's the same one. It was up for auction or something. (Edit: Oh, so the something was an art installation ...)
Grats on the top 5 finish.
Ha haaaaaaaaa! Nicely done - how did you map that pattern to the ele so well? I'm really impressed! It's surreal and it incorporates animals in a cosy home setting... all Larson standards!
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!! WHAT AN AWESOME PICTURE! Please tell me you rented the elephant had it painted with that pattern and then caught him perfectly opening his mouth that way.
I'm surprised they let you photograph this exhibit... There are definitely copyright issues here, but what the heck :-) You've gotten away with it thus far, and it's a heck of a shot. Talk about having the right subject fall into your lap :-)
Ummm... I don't get it. Where is Mary? Where's the party? ;) Interesting set up I'm not even going to bother asking about. 8 - good luck in the challenge!
I get the overwhelming sense that their is an elephant in the room:-) A very humorous and, of course, warped sense of humor that is Larson's style. Compositionally, the photo portion is really good with just one little flaw. The angle includes the roof line thus breaking up the scene of 'Mary' totally blending into the wallpapered room. Had the elephant been totally 'immersed' in the wallpapered portions of the room then the 'horror' of her 'mistake' would be even stronger. The other critique I have, and it is a small one, is that the text font is too cursive - it is not similiar in style to most of the Far Side's typical fonts or rather his writing.
Whoa! I know there was some serious Photoshop work involved here, but I am SERIOUSLY impressed! :D I can't wait to see how you did this! 10 for the shear vision of it! ;)
just came back for a second look at this and noticed the ufo's. This had better ribbon! the only downer for me is that lamp does add depth to the image but because its out of focus its a bit distracting. Otherwise AWESOME job, cant wait to find out how you did this.
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