Trompe Loeil Photography Contest (18577), Pictures Page 1

Trompe Loeil - Photography Contest [4 entries]

Winning entry, with a score of:

70%

Contest goal:

Seen from an elevated bridge-like platform at the Waterloo Museum (Brussels, Belgium,) on the far wall is a huge painting (or mural?) depicting the famous battle. To the full extent of the painting and for some 30 or more yards immediately in front of it, (foreground,) are deployed and arranged props and effigies (burned carriages, destroyed canons, also the mock-ups of wounded and dead or dying soldiers and horses,) though in such a realistic way, that the visitor gets the impression of a hologram-like depiction of the battle, as both the painting and the setting in front of it merge and magnificently blend together.

The task of the contest is to arrange in front of a painting of your choosing knickknacks, statuettes, small scale objects e.t.c.- in such a way that would blend in with the painting- i.e., in case of a seascape, you can place in front of the painting a small boat, or ship-, giving the impression of a 3D depiction. Good luck!

Required level: 5+ or higher.
Status: finished. Check out the winners below!

Suggested by: jerostone

MnMCarta: uh.... um... Guess I should have put things on my wall. We have NOTHING. Maybe the museum will let me borrow a good monet? or however you spell his name. LOL

( 5 years and 3059 days ago )

RayTedwell: What you have suggested isnt actually a Trompe L'oeil (the defining characteristic of a Trompe L'oeil is that it is a 2D image made to look 3D), but you have explained the concept very well, and this sounds like a cool contest idea. ( 5 years and 3059 days ago )

kyricom: Is it ok to put stuff in front of a photo... or does it have to be a painting? ( 5 years and 3059 days ago )

Contest Moderator: Putting objects in front of a photo will be considered on topic for this contest. ( 5 years and 3059 days ago )

jerostone: Kyri, putting things in front of a painting is the topic's key requirement, though in a fashion that these "props" would look like they "belong" to it, i.e. the painting, somehow complementing it in an artistic way. For instance, in the case of a country road painting, you can place in front of it a toy carriage, or a horse drawn rig, or whatever may befit the painting's theme.
*RayTedwell, you're right about the wrong use of the term Trompe L'oeil. I regret the error.
( 5 years and 3059 days ago )

Derivatix: uhm, aren't we somehow going to get problems with copyright? I cannot take a painting or a photo, put objects in front of it and photograph the whole thing without the authors consent using his work as a background, can I? I just wanted to put up such a scene when this came to my mind. ( 5 years and 3055 days ago )

jerostone: Copyright infringement or Copyright violation

If copyright gives the artist certain rights to publish, perform or reproduce a work of art they create, copyright infringement occurs when someone reproduces (copies) or publishes a creative work without the permission of the artist. One important factor is that although copyright gives the artist rights, these are limited. For example, anyone is allowed to take a photograph of a copyrighted painting in a public art show and publish it to accompany an article reviewing the show. This is called "editorial use" and it is not a copyright violation. On the other hand, taking the same photo and using it to create and sell posters is "commercial use" and doing this without asking the artist is a copyright violation.
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Derivatix: I know all that of course and a contest is NOT editorial use. I wonder why in the photoshop section all sources have to be mentioned and are checked that they are either free to use or have been licensed accordingly and here the goal is to photograph somebody elses work. Where is the difference between taking a source and chop it into a new image and taking a source and photograph it with other stuff in it regarding copyright issues? Just think about it. ( 5 years and 3055 days ago )

jerostone: To be honest, I don't have the foggiest idea. Maybe I shouldn't have bothered suggesting this whole thing in the first place, but, hey, if it's the work of someone you know, you can always ask for their permission, and then again if it is that of a late very well-known and famous painter, I guess there won't be a copyright problem whatsoever. ( 5 years and 3055 days ago )

Derivatix: I didn't realise it was your suggestion and hey, I find the idea great. That's why I was about to work on an entry for this. I thought the Contest Moderator would put a word in this and clear things up. It's just that if I would see one of my images used for something like this, I would take every measure to have them either take it down or pay a license fee. There are ways finding images on the net nowadays. I have found a number of stolen imgages of mine, one even for the main page of a website.

I don't want to be picky, but I do know that pxleyes is very strict about copyright and such and I find that very good. We should bear in mind that good reputation is easy lost and hard to restore. ( 5 years and 3054 days ago )

Contest Moderator: For clarification, please credit the original painting/photograph used in your entry in the description. Something as simple as "Original painting [painting name here] by [author name here]" will suffice. If possible, please link to the author's website as well. ( 5 years and 3053 days ago )

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