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Stockholm Boat Show: Skills Overboard!

Posted on 4 February by Vernon
Lars Nilsson loved his new cabin cruiser, bought for a song from the mysterious stranger with the hideous scar tissue on his forehead.  The cloaking device was just icing on the cake.

Layer off, layer on!  Heh-heh… this looks funny!  Layer off, layer on!  Ha-ha-ha!  Layer off—what?  Ten minutes ago?  Hold on… There.  Saved, exported, and e-mailed to the publisher.  Happy?

Thanks Kitty!  This picture came from a bank with an offer to enter a competition in which you could win tickets for the Stockholm international (stealth?!) boat show.

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  • Andy

    Obviously NOT a PSD. Idea here is to look for a boat you yet do not have, and the missit boat is intentional. Lame.

    • Trash

      Exactly, who would they bother recreating reflections in the water if a boat was meant to be there.

      • Trash

        who* should read ‘why’ ;)

    • Garek

      If you want to fit in here, you must “think” simply and literally and go along with the crowd. Actual thinking might be detrimental.

  • Eddie Haskell

    those darn Swedes! always trying to come up with a new Olympic event. I’m not sure exactly what this activity is called, but apparently Sebastian Coe is looking into this…….

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lightstriker-Stormyhahaha/1046633734 Lightstriker Stormyhahaha

       I saw an Olympic event where they jump on trampolins. Come on, what is that!

  • Jshook

    “The kid will be alright. She’s got a float. But I’m going to need help – I never learned to swim! Catch this rope and pull me onto the dock before I realise I’m floating in mid-air! Oh, wait….” (Splash)

    The head reads (more-or-less) “A tease [i.e., a tantalizing glimpse] of summer.” Below is a notice about a boat and accessories show to be held in Stockholm. I think the idea is that you go to the show to buy a boat and accessories to complete the picture, as it were. So it’s nicely surrealistic, but not a PSD in my opinion. The concept might have been clearer if the had added the dotted outline of the missing boat or some other device to suggest that you will be able to fill in the picture for summer at the show.

  • Fromage012d211

    One more time, another psdisaster fail.

    It’s on purpose. http://www.alltforsjon.se/

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lightstriker-Stormyhahaha/1046633734 Lightstriker Stormyhahaha

       Its very well done; especially with the boats. The concept is questionable though.

  • Bev

    If this was done intentionally, it’s stupid and crappy.  If not, it’s hilarious!

    • Guest

       If you were done intentionally, you’re stupid and crappy. If not, you’re hilarious!

  • Bdaske

    “Great” use of tags by the “writer”. In the “witty” caption he implies this was a mistake. In the tag, he (ironically enough, correctly) identifies this as intentionally decided in a meeting.

    • Jshook

      When I realised what it was I immediately thought that it was the kind of idea that would sound good in a meeting but turn out not to work after all.

    • Yo_momma

       Did you “run out” of “ironic” “quotation” “marks”?

      I have a few I can loan you.

      • Bdaske

        hahaha you butthurt, Scooter?

  • Stella

    Aw, I was going to write this elaborate explanation of why this isn’t a PsD – something about how the man was perfecting his circus act – The Human Kite - this trick involved taking his kid up with him as he loop-de-looped through the sky, but his assistant accidentally let go of the rope (the rope made of such strong metal that it held him aloft) and he plummetted into the sea – and now I find out it wasn’t really a PsD and it was intentional.

    Oh well, I’m just glad I didn’t have to write down my explanantion.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lightstriker-Stormyhahaha/1046633734 Lightstriker Stormyhahaha

    Before I read any thing, I am going to guess this is an insurance ad.

    Otherwise its a merman villan fishing for a damsel in distress. 

  • http://rodatradar.blogspot.com/ ZealotZebra

    This is intentional, as you can see with another picture from the same ad campaign:

    • CragAntler

      The campaign may be intentional, but going by this photo you’ve dug up alone, it’s still really bad Photoshopping.  If it looks like a bad cut-and-paste job or obvious layer deactivation, that to me is a DISASTER.  Doesn’t matter one whit whether or not they intended for the boat to be invisible.  A truly skilled GA should be able to make it look “real” and not leave it an obvious cheap effect.

      • http://rodatradar.blogspot.com/ ZealotZebra

        Since the whole point of the entry was that they “Forgot the boat” I was merely pointing out that it was the whole point of the ad. 

        Considering your post, we end up in the land of “Bad, but not really a disaster”, since it isn’t a disaster if you need to be using photoshop on a regular basis to spot the errors.

  • Trendybackwards

    I’m getting a bit bored, watching so many – quite obvious -non PSDs here. What a pity…

    • Stella

      Maybe you should send in some not obvious non-PsDs , or some obvious PsDs, or some not obvious PsDs…. 

      If that doesn’t work for you, then  just ask Vernon to refund your membership fee. 

      • Guest

         Maybe YOU should send some PsDs if it offends you that much people calling obviously non-PsDs non-PsDs.

        • Frank

          Stella isn’t the one that sounds offended. 

  • Cropper

    This is photoshopped. Is it a disaster? That’s the fun of it. We get to critique the image. And it brings up all sorts of issues of style, taste, the uses of technology, manipulation and just plain bad taste. Keep ‘em coming!!