September 16, 2007: WTF rock over highway
 

http://cellar.org/2007/wtf_rocks.jpg

I never put up an IotD unless I have reasonably good information about it. The story is usually part of its charm. Here there is no story; all I have is the image, no accompanying info. But it seemed too interesting to just leave it to our Cellar WTF Image Thread, so here's to a lazy Sunday.

argh, i hate to be the one to say this as i thought it was really cool when first saw it, but it seems very fake to me, you can see in the texture of the rock face there is multiple dublicates.. most noticable on the grass at the very top :(

Im with Fa- looks a little suss to me. If not though interesting

Or there was some writing over the picture that someone removed crudely.

Youse guys never saw something like this? Damn.

You can see it on the bottom over the building in the background too. Awfully sloppy to cover up some writing. Looks like they better than doubled the size of the overhang.

Yes definately photoshopped. Oh well... still a WTF pic!

But the Chinese sign does say... "Beware of rock"...

I wonder what this is?

Looks like either a paper clip or a diving board.

Might have been 'shopped...

Maybe it's referring to the rock to the immediate left (the one real, and still sort of scary rock)?

What an amateur P-shop job!
When I account (as best I can in roughly 15 minutes) for most of the double-stamping, what I wind up with is this:

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/10/wtfrocksne7.jpg

STILL an impressive roadside attraction! Why do people feel they need to "enhance" already cool pictures? I will never understand...

Nice work
 

Nice job Adam. Looks more like a human head in your version. Hair on top, big chin with stubblies. More interesting as a formation in your version.

Gosh, you're right! Now that you mention it... How did I miss that? ;-)

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/8...ocksne7jr3.jpg

Okay, Adam's picture deserves its own IOTD. Nice job, Adam!

You sure that Chinese sign said "Beware rock" or did it actually say "Beware giant Abe Lincoln"?

Be funny if it actually fell ON a Lincoln. :)

Mount Fudgemore?

Yeah, well done for sure! You mind asking how you did that? Not step by step or anything, but broad ideas...

I think she typed the letters M-O-U-N-T-space-F-U-D-G-E-M-O-R-E, and then the question mark key.

OK. I will. ;-)

... smartass. >:|

ADAM! How did you modify that picture using your PHOTOSHOP program?

Heh... OK.
Restore rock to probable original proportions---
Roughly:
Lasso along double-stamp lines, copy paste to new layer.
Move to probable original positions (multiple pieces)
Lasso remaining extra rock in original layer
Fill with sky color
Stamp, patch, heal, blur- to blend with original sky.

To Make Abe:
Lasso, paste, free transform (rotate nose) lasso, burn shadows, burn midtones, lasso, dodge highlights, stamp.

Combine with years of P-shop and a sculptor's sensibilities ...
And presto- Abe Lincoln- 10 minutes. Easy. ;-)

Nice work, Adam. Clearly, the most important tool you used was your eye. ...btw: your work is referenced here (post #6)

Awesome.

Y'all don't believe this is real, but I bet you believe there are still WMD in Iraq...

:lol:

I should have mentioned in the funny dwellar thread that you can be totally smartass funny, my favorite kind of funny!

Yup, and a cow belching is causing global warming.

sarasvati48 says 'Y'all"-->????

did W give somebody a primer?