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paradox v2.0 (1 of 2)

Please take a look at paradox (my first attempt at this trick).

So I finally got a around to trying it again and I'm fairly happy with the results. Hopefully there will be more to come as I have a bunch of other ideas I haven't tried yet.

(8-7-08)
This is funny. Apparently my photo was posted somewhere and then link to from reddit yesterday which is apparently why I'm getting more hits again. I'm curious how this happened. Anyway, my favorite comment so far is from rlee0001:

"That's actually the notorious, and highly feared, East Los Angeles photoshop gang. Made up of primarily Asian/Pacific immigrants, they are thought responsible for countless hate related murders and other violent crimes.
The ELAPG is also one of the nations most wealthy gangs. The gang has profited greatly from sales of Heroin and Crack Cocaine, and also from their fairly well known professional 'cleaning' services. Their wealth is one of the most significant factors preventing their capture.
Members of the ELAPG are often spotted on basketball courts with high-end photography equipment. Another dead give-away is the ELAPG dress code: black leather jackets (usually) over red sweaters, and stone washed blue jeans.
Be very careful when within camera shot of any ELAPG members. Any non-member captured by an gang camera will be added to the hit list. When new members are recruited, part of the initiation ritual is to shoot to death, at point-blank range, three randomly selected people from the hit list, and put the picture on their body.
From this picture you can see one non-member (wearing a green jacket in inner picture). You can almost see the fear in his eyes. Don't be surprised when he turns up dead, with that picture on his body."

That's hot! :)

And again:
"Do you know how many ELAPG members there are in that picture? More than thirty. Seven are on the camera crew, and the rest are all ninjas.
That's just how Asians roll."

He cracks my s*** up!

Comments and faves

  1. ★

    Kurt Schlatzer, matthewtc, bdmckeown, dmaleus, and 301 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. Kurt Schlatzer (89 months ago | reply)

    Totally awesome.

  3. pochacco20 (89 months ago | reply)

    Thanks Kurt... that's a real compliment coming from the Photoshop Master. I'm glad you like it.

  4. _mpd_ [deleted] (89 months ago | reply)

    That blows the one from last year away. Total neural implosion.

  5. forsaken1 (89 months ago | reply)

    Mark, this rocks dude! One thing I noticed was that the photo you are holding should probably be a little bit darker. Also, if you could add some specular highlights to the top left side of it, that would just ice the cake. Nicely done!

  6. Season Moore (89 months ago | reply)

    Niiice! You taking the picture of the picture in the back kicks ass.

  7. matthewtc (89 months ago | reply)

    Mark, Can I Take Photoshop Lessons From You? This Is Really Great

  8. bdmckeown (89 months ago | reply)

    This is a great creation dude. I love it.

  9. pochacco20 (89 months ago | reply)

    Thanks guys!

    Mike, I still really like the one from last year. I only used one camera for that shot so it was a real pain... so maybe that's why I appreciate it more.

    forsaken, thanks for the tip. I'll need some help with the specular highlights, but you're right, that would be hot.

    Season, your YMCA shoot is gonna kick ass... it's gonna be photolicious!

    Matt, if you ever come to another meetup or if you're in Raleigh we should get together. You can mess around with PS and I'll play with your shiny new camera. ;)

    Ben, thanks, and I hope to see you again soon at the next meetup. It's been way too long.

  10. michaeljameslewis (89 months ago | reply)

    wow. really cool concept

  11. tsmyther (89 months ago | reply)

    This is phenomenal! It's like watching one of those time-travel movies where the main character becomes his own grandfather's best friend or something. Amazing!

  12. Ocell (89 months ago | reply)

    Dude, this is increadible! How did you get the shadow on your leg? Perfection.

  13. pochacco20 (89 months ago | reply)

    Thank you, thank you.

    Smythe, not sure which movie you're talking about, but it sounds interesting.

    Chris, unfortunately I was alone and didn't think ahead about having someone else cast shadows for me, so I was forced to draw that one in myself. All the others in this picture were really there.

  14. Vendobiont (89 months ago | reply)

    Yow.

  15. SublimeImage [deleted] (89 months ago | reply)

    WOW! This is impressive on all levels. The concept, the execution and the post production is amazing. 5 star photo, you do great work!

  16. pochacco20 (89 months ago | reply)

    Thanks so much! I like your work, too. Your comments are very much appreciated.

    Now, do I still get 5 stars if I confess that I really do have 7 identical brothers?

    j/k

  17. Dave Horne (89 months ago | reply)

    Very cool! Great job putting this together!

  18. Ocell (89 months ago | reply)

    "Chris, unfortunately I was alone and didn't think ahead about having someone else cast shadows for me, so I was forced to draw that one in myself. All the others in this picture were really there."

    Well you did an excellent job drawing it in. I wasn't sure if it was real or not.

  19. c r i s (89 months ago | reply)

    That's amazing! It actually makes my brain hurt a little. Very cool!

  20. jbhalper (89 months ago | reply)

    Great pair. Love this idea. Nice, nice work.

  21. jonesor (89 months ago | reply)

    Great idea - very impressive!!

  22. SouthernBelladonna (88 months ago | reply)

    very cool!

  23. Lupe Jelena (88 months ago | reply)

    I'm speachless, the best multiplicity I've ever seen.

  24. pochacco20 (88 months ago | reply)

    Thanks again everybody. Sorry to all the brains that hurt... wasn't my intention.

    Lupe, I'm flattered. I like your collection, too. If you really like multiplicity shots check out Kelli Connell's work. She does it better than anyone else I've seen.

  25. cozysf (88 months ago | reply)

    Wow, amazing photoshop!

  26. Vendobiont (88 months ago | reply)

    Thanks for that link to Kelli Connell. She's strange, but you're right about her ability.

  27. shaxxon (82 months ago | reply)

    I love how you're playing basketball in the back and the guy off to the side (the ambigous hand) can be seen in the photo. Amazing.

  28. pochacco20 (82 months ago | reply)

    Thanks Shannon, glad you liked it. I'm not as nimble as I used to be and I think I hurt myself trying to grab rim there. That ambiguous hand wasn't framed there on purpose, but I wanted to stay true to the way this was shot so I left it in. It's hard to blindly frame these shots. :)

  29. sulfababy (82 months ago | reply)

    Wow, these are so cool! :)

  30. Stefano Brozzi (78 months ago | reply)

    great!!!

  31. Jeremy20000 [deleted] (77 months ago | reply)

    Wonderful! great skills!

  32. pochacco20 (77 months ago | reply)

    Wow, thanks guys... I'm surprised these shots are still getting views and I'm glad you guys like them. Thanks for the encouragement.

  33. Samantha Nandez Photography (76 months ago | reply)

    superbly done! great attention to detail!

  34. leeleblanc (71 months ago | reply)

    will try. pretty freaking sweet idea.

  35. .JonathanV. (69 months ago | reply)

    really nice idea

  36. Anders.Dahl (68 months ago | reply)

    Good job

  37. seeebr (68 months ago | reply)

    Nice! very, very nice!

  38. Latent96 (68 months ago | reply)

    Very cool man. This is about the most creative thing I've seen in a long while. A+

  39. DrinkMocha (68 months ago | reply)

    wow! i've always wanted to do this too.

  40. reemer (68 months ago | reply)

    i took a quick look at this pic after 7 hours of intense coding, and my head exploded.

    nice pic!

  41. starrychloe (68 months ago | reply)

    So, newyork.craigslist.org/brk/sys/439208694.html

  42. Paolo_G (68 months ago | reply)

    Unbelievable fantastic!

  43. Jaqme (68 months ago | reply)

    10 minutes having a look to this one and the other.
    Good idea!
    Paradox in photography is a new way to walk...

  44. f a i t _ a i m é (68 months ago | reply)

    gorgeous!!! :D

  45. LightningSymphony (68 months ago | reply)

    Nicely done.

    You could enhance the paradox effect by having them side by side or above/below in the same image. That would let people see both at the same time.

  46. Montaraces (68 months ago | reply)

    increíble compañero... muy increíble

  47. Nurait (68 months ago | reply)

    Great idea!!!!!

    Very cool!!

  48. Synthetic_Reality (68 months ago | reply)

    Good stuff. Rock on. :D

  49. Thomas R. Stegelmann (68 months ago | reply)

    NIce idea!

  50. A. Saleh (68 months ago | reply)

    I've seen many before, but this one is unique.
    keep the good work.

  51. pochacco20 (68 months ago | reply)

    Um... thanks all for the wonderful comments, but can someone tell me what just happened?

    I check flickr maybe once a week and in the past week I just got a whole bunch of comments on this picture and I just noticed that it's gotten well over 50 thousand views now which is odd since my entire collection hasn't gotten much over a couple thousand views up until now. What in the world just happened? I haven't even uploaded a picture in forever.

    Can someone please tell me where my picture is being posted that it's getting so many hits? Thanks.

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