Hi
The red public telephone box is a common site throughout the UK although there are a few less of them now than at their peak.
Some folk have bought decommisioned boxes and , according to Wikipedia, the sale conditions include a clause that the buyer "shall not install, provide or operate any form of electronic communications apparatus (as defined in schedule 2 of the Telecommunications Act 1984) within the Goods." So old boxes have become used as garden sheds, artworks, libraries........ anything aside from a telephone.
With that in mind, this week, I bring you a rather tired looking phone box. Actually this one is a 3D model I created and rendered, loosely based on the "K2" phone box introduced in London in 1926. What new lease of life and purpose will you give this phone box?
As always, anything goes as long as it meets the forum rules on decency, copyright etc.
Anyone is welcome to have a go - whether you are a complete beginner or a Photoshop expert.
There are no prizes - just the chance to practice, show off, or bring a bit of humour and fun.
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Have fun.
Dave
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Trevor - you do realise you may just be re-opening the moon conspiracy debate from a few months ago 
. I do like the way you have changed the lighting on the box (now dark on the front and light on the left) to match the background and the rest of the image.
Chana - I think if I used that phone box to ring for a taxi to get me home from that vineyard, it may take a while 
UssNorway - It looks like the box made it to Sydney! Did you map the phone image onto a new model to make the Tardis?
HothWampa - Brilliant idea, very clever!
Keep them coming - if you are new here, don't just view the thread , join in and have a go.
Dave
Semaphoric wrote
Hey, no "Electronic Communications Apparatus"!
I had forgotten about that ! Good refereeing !!
Dave
Jane, such a cool idea. I love it. 
Only 24 in a New Mini, but the Kiwis do in style.
I looks really quite dangerous to me. A person could pass out and suffocate without anyone realizing.
The joke on this subject used to to be:
Q 'How do you get two whales in a Mini?'
A 'You drive down the M4 and cross the Severn Bridge.'
But that does not work so well when written down.
https://forums.adobe.com/people/Derek+Cross wrote
It's a joke based on homophones.
Hey, that's a good word.
Yes, the questioner is asking
Q) 'How do you get to Wales in a mini?'
And the listener hears
Q) 'How do you get two whales in a mini'
A) 'Drive down the M4 and cross the Severn Bridge.'
What it doesn't mean is 
I really need to get a life
Okay, I got the whales/Wales/Welsh part! I had to look up some other things.
M4
First to come up is "M4 carbine". Searching for "M4 in UK" shows "motorway which runs between London and Wales". I had no idea what an M4 was. I just looked at the map, though, and found that the UK names their road like they name their paper sizes — logically!
Severn Bridge
The only Severn River Bridge I knew is one near Annapolis in Maryland that I take when I go to the Eastern Shore. I didn't know there was a second one. In July of this year it was renamed The Prince of Wales Bridge, according to Wikipedia. I tried to post a photo of my Severn Bridge, but Jive is giving me the same error message that the image type is forbidden, this time with Safari on my iPad.
Fun Fact:
My family hails from a small town 45 minutes from the bridge.
jane-e wrote
Fun Fact:
My family hails from a small town 45 minutes from the bridge.
The very moment I read that, I had this mind picture of a TV series called 'The Bridge' featuring Jane's family, who live and work in the cut throat world of Content Creation, fighting their competitors and enemies with dastardly memes and sharp as a knife Photoshopped caricatures of anyone brave enough to stand against them. The series features an ever growing number of graphic designers, mysteriously disappearing, with the only clue being the footprints of a huge mountain lion. It ends with Jane running away with the FBI agent sent to investigate the disappearing graphic designers.
[EDIT] The closing scene is the mountain lion chomping down on Donald Trump, and spitting him out because he tastes so bad, but crowds of people queue up to donate sugar and Maple Syrup to fix the sour taste so that the lion can finish his meal. The meal repeats on the lion who expels a giant belch which instantly reverses Global Warming. In the epilogue, the lion receives a Nobel Prize for services to humanity.
OK, I think I feel better now. I've just started a thread over in The Lounge forum, about Neobarok which I discovered yesterday. It's a free 3D sculpting app, and pretty damn cool, but light on instructions, so I am trying to find other folk who use it.
jane-e wrote
Oh, yes, that was us in that TV series and I have the photo with the lion to prove it!
One fact wrong, though—Dirck retired from ATF, not the FBI.
Wow, Dirck was a real life Special Agent. How cool is that? The last book I read (The Late Show by Michael Connolly) mentioned a silent 'E' on the end, that being for Explosives, (I get most of my information on stuff like that from books). Were you allowed to keep his badge/shield? I imagine not, which is a real pity.
That was in The Lounge in a thread Cactus started with the subject 'Show us Your Pets' in March this year.
Holding my breath that I can post this image. Image-posting is failing for me 9 times out of 10.
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