Something for the Weekend - Part 194 - Monkeying around!

[davescm]

Hi

Thanks to everyone who took part in our previous, Clifford's Tower, challenge. There were some great ideas and images.

This weekend, I bring you the Hartlepool monkey. The legend behind this statue is well known in northern England and it is said that a monkey was hanged during the Napoleonic wars as it was believed to be a French spy from a ship. Whether that really happened, or not, is subject to debate and, although the story was used locally to taunt the folk of Hartlepool, they turned it around and celebrate it. In 2002 they even elected a mayor who campaigned in a monkey costume under the name of H'Angus the Monkey!

I thought, if the Hartlepudlians can have fun with it then so can we. So, what can you do with it?

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 emphasise this, but the image is not for use elsewhere.

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Have fun.

Dave

[Peru Bob]

It's been a rough day.

[davescm]

That is funny Bob ! Nice one.

Dave

[pixellingo]

Hey, gang. So I had some fun with this simian distant relative.  He reminds me of my Uncle Bill, back before them dad-burned revenuers shut down his shine runnin' operation. Okay, I made that last bit up. I also made this up in Photoshop, using a pinch of Generative Fill and some good ol' fashioned compositatin'.  Have a good one.

 

[davescm]

That's very effective John and fits the statue well 🙂

Dave

[Joely]

dance around the golden monkey«dance around the golden monkey»

#PhotoshopBeta

#AdobeFirefly

[davescm]

He better hold on tight, the one on the right is eyeing up the collection !

Dave

[@mj]

[davescm]

Haha - I had to look hard for what had changed, then I saw why he looked so absorbed! 🙂

Dave

[DeanUtian]

I also had to look carefully to what had changed. From Dave's reply, I was trying to see what he was looking at before going to what he was listening to.

[Jacob Bugge]

An almost forgotten 彗星 (broom star), named 猴 (monkey) after the year of first observation almost 3,000 years ago

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

[davescm]

Better watch out - they'll be crashing a rocket into it to change its course soon!

Dave

[Henrik Heigl]

I played a little bit around and had the idea of a Cake Plate thing in the jungle ... kind of 😉

[EuanWilliamson]

Three little monkeys

 

[davescm]

Very wise monkeys Euan. That's a clever idea with the mask for the last one 🙂

Dave

[J E L]

ICYMI: Just above the Amitabha Stupa and Peace Park in Sedona, Arizona, you'll find a natural likeness of the Hartlepool monkey among the red rocks of Thunder Mountain Trail.

[Suzanne Mathia]

ingenious!

[davescm]

That's a clever idea, nicely done JEL 🙂

Dave

[Monika Gause]

Let David Ogilvy help this monkey:

[davescm]

I ended up looking at some of Ogilvy's quotes Monika, including 'Political advertising ought to be stopped. It's the only really dishonest kind of advertising that's left. It's totally dishonest.' Ain't that the truth!

Dave

[Monika Gause]

There is this story about Ogilvy passing by the blind beggar and he re-wrote his sign and then the dollars poured in.

[davescm]

I hadn't found that one - thanks Monika! 🙂

Dave