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Tuesday, 12 April 2011

JUMP!!!

Original titel, "whoops! There goes gravity" but it doesn´t start with J :-D
OK...How´s it done??? There are a couple of people who worked it out so it would be good if you kept quiet for now ;-D
Hello to Iron Mammoth from Iron Mammoth design, a freelance sculptor.
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27 comments:

  1. Tim Gow12 April 2011 at 08:13

    Great stuff!

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  2. DeanM12 April 2011 at 08:13

    That is a cool photo! Love it. Dean

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  3. Dr. Willett's Workshop12 April 2011 at 08:49

    You're a magician!!!

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  4. Porky12 April 2011 at 09:22

    I'm guessing it's something to do with fundamental particles, but it looks amazing.

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  5. Unknown12 April 2011 at 09:26

    Very cool Paul! My guess was that you used several photos, shot from same spot to keep light direction consistent. Human eyes spot that instinctively. Then brought together in post production using layers. It appears there are at least layers: a figure layer (which can be cloned and tweaked for the second rider), a shadow layer with a large offset (computer generated), and background layer. Then adjust the luminosity to get the light levels right. Like I said it was a guess, I could be amazingly wrong. And if I'm wrong drop me a message so the trick is not given away.

    Cheers
    Will

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  6. Ray Rousell12 April 2011 at 10:42

    Cool photo, very intriguing?????

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  7. peter12 April 2011 at 11:04

    I still love this one Paul :-D

    @Will: wrong ;-)try again :-)

    Greetings
    Peter (who's lips are sealed)

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  8. War Minister Crittumbo12 April 2011 at 11:14

    I'll give you a packet of Twiglets and a biscuit (cookie) to tell me!

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  9. Ju Dimello12 April 2011 at 12:49

    Wow!! Great piece of work.. Is it hung, like a puppet or something? I thought I saw the shadow of a stick on the stone, but I might be mistaken!

    Following you from A-Z challenge!

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  10. The Angry Lurker12 April 2011 at 13:25

    Very well done but no idea how it was done.

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  11. kingsleypark12 April 2011 at 13:40

    Well I'm totally stumped as to how you have done it.

    Great pics!

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  12. mekelnborg12 April 2011 at 14:50

    It's like those fountains Patti D had, they run a water hose back up the stream like a salmon swimming upstream in the mating season, and...no that can't be it, there's no water stream in the one with the shadow...

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  13. Unknown12 April 2011 at 15:18

    @Peter, well I said I could be completely wrong. ;^] Time to file this under "Bob's your Uncle"

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  14. Biff Tanner12 April 2011 at 15:24

    Nice very well done.

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  15. Giano12 April 2011 at 15:45

    got it: you paid a stuntman to do the jumping scene in place of the real bod. quite simple.

    Or maybe you took your picture while being on board of an orbital station, floating around Earth. that would explain everything.

    the last chance is that you hollowed the bod and then filled it with hot air. the correct balance between the downwards pull of the gravity on the plastic and the upwards pull of the hot air can make the bod float in midair for a few seconds, at least until the air cools down. I sometimes use this approach to add that bit of realism to my model aircrafts.

    Cheers!

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  16. Sarah Allen12 April 2011 at 17:24

    Very nice :) Now I'm curious about the secret ;)

    Sarah Allen
    (my creative writing blog)

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  17. Laughing Ferret12 April 2011 at 17:55

    What? You mean the rest of you don't base your flying miniatures telekinetically?

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  18. War Minister Crittumbo12 April 2011 at 20:33

    I gotta know in case I die tonight.

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  19. Al12 April 2011 at 22:17

    Very clever, cool Paul don't keep us in suspence

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  20. Anonymous13 April 2011 at 07:22

    I'm working on anti gravity stuff for a MS. Not sure if it will work but it would be really cool if I can squeeze it in the story.

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  21. Anonymous14 April 2011 at 00:14

    Hehe... I guess it's some sort of pivot placed out of the cameras' reach (see the small shadow at background of the grey stone on the first two photos). The figure itself hangs from a transparent string.

    y.,
    Zedalist

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  22. peter14 April 2011 at 09:09

    @War Minister Crittumbo: Twiglets and a biscuit? I send you my adress, and when I have them I tell you the secret :-D

    @Will: you did ;-)

    @all: have a good look at the first picture! ;-)

    Greetings
    Peter

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  23. SamSagace15 April 2011 at 16:47

    fishing line???

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  24. Phersu16 April 2011 at 03:10

    Simply amazing!
    I didn't knew you had also a magic wand within your brushes... ;-)
    The only way I could do something like that would be "cheating" with photoshop, but I guess you didn't...
    A levitation magic trick?

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  25. Captain Richard's miniature Civil War20 April 2011 at 10:33

    Well you got everybody guessing, Paul. Real cool shot, havent got a clue how you did it, but I like it.

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  26. Anonymous26 May 2017 at 14:05

    Well? What's the secret?

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    1. Paul´s Bods27 May 2017 at 00:23

      Hi Anon. I´m not only amazed that after 6 years someone has added a Reply to this thread but that no one has worked it out. One of the replies is very Close..but not 100%. The method is very easy ;-)

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