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Something for the Weekend - Part 197 - Monstrous!

  • 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?

 

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Have fun!

 

Dave

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Trevor.Dennis
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September 17, 2023

I happened across a video about using color LUT recently, and realised I'd been missing out on some cool, and uber easy to use effects.

davescm
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September 17, 2023

If he hooks the monster he's going to need a bigger boat !

Dave

Jacob Bugge
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September 18, 2023

And a bigger fire?

 

Michael J. Hoffman
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September 16, 2023

I envision one of the minions of Cthulhu crawling up from the depths...

 

Suzanne Mathia
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September 17, 2023

so good.  love this

 

.....Suzanne Mathia
davescm
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September 16, 2023

I think I may have discovered the reason behind the monster sightings :

Dave

Abambo
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September 16, 2023

Was that a message in a bottle?

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Abambo
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September 16, 2023

Did someone say that the BB-8 SFTW was last week?

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homeboy4
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September 16, 2023

LOL

J E L
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September 16, 2023

I can't help but think of this “Bewitched” episode (Season 8; Episode 3) when anyone mentions the Loch Ness Monster. It's not a monster, it's Steve Franken! How wild that in 1971, the production team (likely the director of special effects, Dick Albain), had the idea to turn a blackboard into a Zoom call. Watch the video clip from that episode attached to see for yourself!

Leslie Moak Murray
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September 16, 2023

Hee! Love the way he said "There's nae monster."  My ancestors came from Scotland!

J E L
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September 16, 2023

...and laid on thick, indeed!

didiermazier
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September 16, 2023

- Hey Franck how did you say this meal of the day was nammed?

- Something like monster something…

davescm
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September 16, 2023

All of them wearing tuxedos for the occasion too..... 🙂

Dave

Trevor.Dennis
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September 17, 2023

Hah!  We see a lot of Orca (killer whales) here, but I have never heard the tuxedo analogy Dave.  So I might have to borrow that next time the opportunity occurs.  🙂

Jacob Bugge
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September 16, 2023

 

Never look over your shoulder at Loch Ness; but always remember to bring your mirror stick.

 

 

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davescm
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September 16, 2023

So that's why no-one sees it. It's behind you!

Dave

Trevor.Dennis
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September 16, 2023

So a sort of pantomime monster?

Ged_Traynor
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September 16, 2023

Trevor.Dennis
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September 16, 2023

    So is the little duck feeling sea sick Ged?       

 
homeboy4
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September 16, 2023

davescm
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September 16, 2023

A two headed monster - very appropriate homeboy4

Dave

Leslie Moak Murray
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September 16, 2023

They say the Loch Ness Monster is a plesiosaur. I say that's a croc.

Trevor.Dennis
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September 16, 2023

That is perfect Leslie.  It brightens my day when you upload one of your creations.  They are so much cleverer than the composites and Ai gen fill that the rest of us produce.

Leslie Moak Murray
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September 16, 2023

Thanks, Trevor! This made my day.