Thank you to @jane-e for creating our last 'BB-8' SFTW challenge, and to all who took part in it. A couple of weeks ago many folk descended on Loch Ness, in Scotland, to search for the famous monster, which is said to inhabit the loch. No-one found anything, but the legend continues. At 23 miles long and 755 feet deep there is plenty of water there, but over the years there have only been a few grainy and blurry photographs of something in the water.The following week, I was standing on the shore of the loch on a very calm morning and got to thinking that 'team Photoshop' could help put this right. So this is where you come in. Can you show us your explanation of what the 'monster' might be or might look like? The “rules”: Use the starter image as at least part of your own image entry. Anything goes, as long as it meets the forum rules on decency, copyright, etc. Anyone, and everyone, is welcome to have a go, whether you are a complete beginner or a Photoshop expert. This is not just for our forum “regulars”. There are no prizes apart from the chance to practice, show off, or bring a bit of humour and fun. Don't be shy, join in and have a go! The starter image is made available for you to use in this forum challenge only. Sorry to emphasize this, but the image is not for use elsewhere. To download the image below, hover over the image and click on the circle with the arrows at the top right. Then, when the image opens in its own window, right click and choose “Save Image As/Save Target As” (or similar depending on your browser). When posting back your image — please use the blue reply button in this first post and use the 'Insert Photos' icon at the top of the reply box. If posting a comment on someone else’s entry, then please use the grey reply button next to their image post. Have fun! Dave

davescm

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Something for the Weekend - Part 197 - Monstrous!

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September 15, 2023
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Thank you to @jane-e for creating our last 'BB-8' SFTW challenge, and to all who took part in it.

A couple of weeks ago many folk descended on Loch Ness, in Scotland, to search for the famous monster, which is said to inhabit the loch. No-one found anything, but the legend continues. At 23 miles long and 755 feet deep there is plenty of water there, but over the years there have only been a few grainy and blurry photographs of something in the water.

The following week, I was standing on the shore of the loch on a very calm morning and got to thinking that 'team Photoshop' could help put this right. So this is where you come in.

Can you show us your explanation of what the 'monster' might be or might look like?

The “rules”:

Use the starter image as at least part of your own image entry.
Anything goes, as long as it meets the forum rules on decency, copyright, etc.
Anyone, and everyone, is welcome to have a go, whether you are a complete beginner or a Photoshop expert. This is not just for our forum “regulars”.
There are no prizes apart from the chance to practice, show off, or bring a bit of humour and fun. Don't be shy, join in and have a go!
The starter image is made available for you to use in this forum challenge only. Sorry to emphasize this, but the image is not for use elsewhere.

To download the image below, hover over the image and click on the circle with the arrows at the top right.

Then, when the image opens in its own window, right click and choose “Save Image As/Save Target As” (or similar depending on your browser).

When posting back your image — please use the blue reply button in this first post and use the 'Insert Photos' icon at the top of the reply box. If posting a comment on someone else’s entry, then please use the grey reply button next to their image post.

Have fun!

Dave

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JR Boulay

Community Expert

It seems that ProDesignTools also has information about the monster:

https://prodesigntools.com/adobe-creative-cloud-myths.html

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JR Boulay

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In France, we also have a monster in the Villefort lake.
But it's easy to spot, hiding in late autumn when the water level rises, and revealing itself in summer when the water level falls.
It's made of stone, but it scares children from a distance.

(This is a real photo)

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Trevor.Dennis

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Good gracious! That is incredible. And you say that is a real photo with no additions? The stegosaurus like scales on the monster's have to be what give life to this rock. This has to the fossilized remains of a real life dinosaur that fell asleep after gorging itself on fish from the lake, and got trapped by a sandstorm a few million years ago.

JR Boulay

Community Expert

It's not a rock, it's stones.
The Cévennes are masters in the art of building with dry stone.

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Cheizer

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Jurassic secrets hidden beneath the calm waters.

davescm

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Welcome to SFTW Chezier. That's a nice job with the image, recolouring the foreground rocks helps keep the atmosphere throughout. I always thought it would be nice to have a house on the banks of the loch, but maybe not with that monster at the foot of the garden!

Jacob Bugge

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Click/RightClick to get closer, Click again to get closer still, and see

davescm

Author

Community Expert

I see something happening on the hill Jacob, but I'm unsure what it is 🙂

Dave

Jacob Bugge

Community Expert

Fully grown and old as the hills, Nessie is well hidden but still keeping an eye on the loch, ever ready for a wee dip and hoping for a quiet future in it when everyone tires of searching, Dave.

I wonder how many have spotted the fisherman waiting for the big catch, albeit hardly realizing how big.

M

Maria22255705wu2w

Community Expert

Thanks for the fun project

davescm

Author

Community Expert

Hi Maria - welcome to SFTW and thanks for sharing your image. It's nice to see your monster puts safety first and wears his/her bouyancy aid. 🙂

You may want to look at blending in (or masking out) the rectangle around the monster for a smoother image.

Dave

Andy Tells Things

Community Expert

Always shocked at how well the Generative Fill works.

Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

Always shocked at how well the Generative Fill works.

By @Andy Tells Things

Why is it that Generative Fill is so crap at rendering hands and fingers, and sometimes can't even do convincing legs, but has no problem with alien tentacles? As for the sight seeing tourists in the boat, what the heck are they thinking? It reminds me of that scene in Yellow stone where a bus full of Japanese tourists wonder onto a Dutton paddock to stroke a grisly bear. Innocently vying for a Darwin award.

Being serious for a moment, I love how well Generative Fill does reflections. There's another example in SFTW 197 where the reflection is broken by one of those rocks in the forground. That must have made the render more complex, but it was perfect.