As part of a charity campaign to save the Asian Elephant, theres 250 uniquely painted adolescent-sized elephants dotted all across London at the moment. Decided to enjoy the sunshine on Saturday to go and see how many I could find... turned out that this is a brilliant way to see a few bits of London that I wouldnt normally come across, so that was cool too.
Full set here: Full Set (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccsawyer/sets/72157623990815943/)
And to do my charitable bit here: http://www.elephantparadelondon.org/ (http://www.elephantparadelondon.org/)
1. Quadrophelephant - Orange Square, Chelsea
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3392/4629941637_b150a8229d.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccsawyer/4629941637/)
2. Coffee Shop Kid - Orange Square, Chelsea
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4039/4629947895_802a3b45cb.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccsawyer/4629947895/)
3. Thundercats are go! - Trafalgar Square
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4630731312_dbc87cfc35.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccsawyer/4630731312/)
4. Poser - Berkeley Square
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/4630619652_0296c6b268.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccsawyer/4630619652/)
5. TfL - Berkeley Square
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4630640284_d13ef5955a.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccsawyer/4630640284/)
6. My Herd!
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4631642274_281df90d53.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccsawyer/4631642274/)
Absolutely love these shots.
Seen lots of these about and tbh thought they looked crap but youve done a great job on them. Might try something similar next time I see one.
Ive seen that kind of pp done quite a bit, is it just manually selecting the foreground and making the background b/w?
Some lovely shots of a very cool idea.
Cant quite resist pointing out your mixing up of kiddies TV shows in the caption for no. 3 though, surely that should be "Thundercats - Ho!" (or "Thunderbirds are Go!, but theres no bird in the pic).
Quote from: sexytwAbsolutely love these shots.
Seen lots of these about and tbh thought they looked crap but youve done a great job on them. Might try something similar next time I see one.
Ive seen that kind of pp done quite a bit, is it just manually selecting the foreground and making the background b/w?
The selective colouring stuff was done using layer masks - just playing tbh - given more time and patience the finished effect could probably be a bit smoother.
Like this (although the example in the link is more complex than my version):
http://www.graphic-design.com/Photoshop/selective_coloring/index.htmlQuote from: MongooseCant quite resist pointing out your mixing up of kiddies TV shows in the caption for no. 3 though, surely that should be "Thundercats - Ho!" (or "Thunderbirds are Go!, but theres no bird in the pic).
/Hangs head in shame
This demonstrates two things. 1) Im old 2) Inbetween my childhood and now Ive probably pickled my memory somewhere along the line.