There's one reason we all sleep indoors now. Freaky looking thing that.
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:48 pm
by moggy
Great shot but I give up, what is it?
Bob.
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 12:40 am
by Dug
this is the rare photoshop hopper an endangered species much like the Australian Drop Bear it is not spoken of incase we scare off the overseas tourists.
It is safer to tell them that psycho axe murderers and sharks are the real dangers rather than tell them the truth about the outback.
It is believed they grow to about 20 ft in length but no one has ever seen a fully grown one and survived.
The mating call sounds like metal on glass screeching "lEEEEKLIQIFYFILTERRRR"
This is obviously a juvenile who is not hungry it has probably just eaten an large dog or a small child.
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 1:32 am
by Zeeke
Looks like that bug ran into a Liquifying action in photoshop and came out with a Gnarly paint job aswell .. bet its packing everything under the hood too... .22222 of a hp of pure grasshopper grunt
Tim
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 6:28 am
by LostDingo
great detail and the out of focus background adds to the uniqueness of the creatures shape
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 10:34 am
by Maximus
Bah - they should ban heavily PSd images unless they carry a warning!
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 12:47 pm
by Mal
Maximus wrote:Bah - they should ban heavily PSd images unless they carry a warning!
Hang around long enough and you get to know who is into PS and who is really good at it. Normally Blacknstormy will explain how the shot was achived.
Hi guys - sorry I couldn't respond ... for some reason the system locked me out, and only just let me back in
Yes, it was PS'd... sorry, it was late and I was bored, but the colour of the grasshopper is actually true colour, the only thing I changed were the background to b&w, and excessive use of the liquify tool......
I stand ashamed
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 3:31 pm
by Greg B
Would it be wrong of me to make "first wife" related observations?
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 3:38 pm
by blacknstormy
It's ok so long as she doesn't ever read what's in the forum
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 10:26 pm
by Willy wombat
Greg B wrote:Would it be wrong of me to make "first wife" related observations?
HA
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:56 pm
by mudder
Phew, I just opened the image and thought what the heck is that thing! I feel safer after finding out about the photoshop stuff...