weekly 52 in 2013: Brian of Bozeat : COMPLETE

Thanks Andy, It's meant to be a bit of a tongue in cheek observation of modern life. I kept an eye out at an event I went to at the weekend with regard to things that fit the theme and I started to think about the differences between how males & females sometimes see themselves and each other. I Ultimately ended up with this sideways look at the old "penis extension" thing and the "does my bum look big in this" thing. However, there's also a hint at "What does he really look at through that long lens" and "why does she want to show us her backside / underwear" etc etc etc.

I have tried to present the image in a style that (I hope) is incredibly crass and superficial but that leads the observer to share my deeper thoughts.

Oh, and then I got so deep that I disappeared up my own backside!
 
oh Brian, Brian, Brian..... you really have stooped low this week... which I understand was essential to get the correct viewpoint for the shot on the right. ;)

Constructive(ish) crit.... I might suggest to flip the lady horizontally so she's turned more towards the camera, and realign the two (vertically) so the lens is more in line with the area of interest. :naughty:

Colours are great - the red with the blue working well on the white BG.
 
overbez said:
Constructive(ish) crit.... I might suggest to flip the lady horizontally so she's turned more towards the camera, and realign the two (vertically) so the lens is more in line with the area of interest.
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Oh, Graham, Graham, Graham... See, I was only saying to my other half last week how we two are SO alike. I've been fighting my OCD for symmetry and now I can spot it in others... but thanks for the feedback :)

Actually I started with them lined up (didn't think to flip her t'other way mind...) but I liked it more this way, it's more like a collage, and better (I think) because its not perfectly symmetrically lined up). However - if you squint at it all blurry you might just see that I have balanced the blocks of colours!

PS. don't let anyone see you squinting at her bottom, they will get the wrong idea!
 
A fun but effective take on the week's theme Brian :thumbs:

A nice little peice of social commentary too. Good work
 
Can only echo what everyone else has said, its fun as photos neither of them are particularly good but thats what you were after and they work in the setting of the subject
 
Interesting take.

I get where you're coming from and I think it works well.

When I saw it on flickr I thought "what the h*ll?" :D
 
Good take on the theme and well thought out. It doesn't float my boat personally as generally im not into such "fabricated" style images. However, if you achied what you set out to do then marvellous. Well done.
 
Thanks Everyone for your encouragement. I know it will not be to everyone's tastes, I just wanted to do something "different" for a change this week.

I would say it has moved me on a little bit with regard to having actually "said" something instead of only recording what I found and for that reason I'm quite chuffed with what I did. :)
 
Hi...sorry its taken me a while to comment. Trying to catch up now :)

Pattern: I too had no idea what a physo...thingummy was, and no idea how you did it. I still have my Spirograph set.

Movement: Great motion blur through window

Below:Wow..great detail and colours :clap:

Size: made me laugh...love vpl ( on other people I mean, not myself!)
 
Hi ya :wave:



oooohh...ya cheeky thing....fun & the commentary helps me to see what you were getting at.....now I know what photographers really use their long lens's for :lol:
 
Size: First thing was :lol: very different take on the theme!
 
Thanks everyone, I've gotta ride the wave of creativity when it arrives, it don't round this way very often...
 
week 24 Process.

First - the story. It was my Birthday on Friday and my daughter bought me a Holga lens for my Nikon, effectively enabling me to imitate a £20 plastic pin-hole film camera with my expensive DSLR.... :lol: (I have wanted to try one of these for ages by the way).

So now I am able to to fake the lomography PROCESS... :naughty: for this weeks theme. :thumbs:

I took it for a walk and found some cows. (I :love: cows me :nuts:) It was loads of fun trying to get a good composition that suited the style of the image, it really made me think quite differently and I really enjoyed the different challenge. Anyway, here's my favourite shot. Actually I really really like it!



week 24 - Process.jpg by Brian of Bozeat, on Flickr
 
Brian_of_Bozeat said:
It was my Birthday on Friday ............
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Happy birthday Brian...

do you really need a lens (adaptor(?), to do this?? Bit of blur, bit of vignette, bad crop, and you're there?

Anyway, as a photo, :thumbsdown:, but as a photo for the theme, :thumbs:. But I do like the buttercups against the green of the grass, I see the crop was to be believable as a shot taken through a rubbishy viewfinder on a "toy" camera.

Actually looking at it again it does have a certain appeal, the sideways glance of the cow, through those long eyelashes........
 
Thanks Graham, but there is no crop, no vignette or blur added, this is SOOC, and that's the challenge with this type of photography I suppose. (there's no meter with this lens on either).

I had to really work the shot to come up with this simple composition, a cow portrait in its environment against the primary colours of the grass and buttercups...

Perhaps that's why I am so chuffed with it? Perhaps I'm just a hipster? :D
 
Hi Brian,
I kind of agree with what Graham said in the first part of his post it fits the theme I suppose, i had never heard of a Holga camera or lens hence I didn't get Andy's (posiview) pic, now I know what you are both on about I have no desire to ever own one, its probably just me though.

The good thing was you enjoyed the challenge

Happy Birthday anyhow :thumbs:
 
Happy birthday to you :beer:

Hmmm....had heard og Holga but not seen any results...I'm with Allan on this , don't think I feel the need to rush out & buy one as I can produce photo's like that with my gear already :lol:

Good challenge for you , you had fun & got the result you were aiming for so :thumbs:
 
Process - 2nd go!

OK so I had another go at process... All the "wartime" images I took last weekend got me thinking about when I used to process Black & White film in my kitchen. Then I remembered a tutorial by Gavin Hoey and looked it up. I do hope this will ease Graham's mind, I think he thinks I've gone :cuckoo:

:lol:




Process_2 by Brian of Bozeat, on Flickr
 
Would you believe, I found and followed that very same tutorial earlier this year!!

You've done a pretty good job of putting it all together - like the crop and shadow works well too, really nice selection of shots from the wartime weekend too.

Not thinking you've gone :cuckoo: at all, but 200 pics of cows......... :eek:
 
Hi Brian

Size - great idea and very well put together. Good colours and border really adds to effect. Just agree with other comment that the shorts image shjould be a little better lined up, perhaps a bit smaller but minor crit.

Process
#1 is decent enough but really only holds the theme cos of the explanation
#2 is spot on :clap: excellent in fact. Good use of mono, choice of photos, scale and shadow.
Nothing to fault in my book
 
Shot 2 my favourite by far. Great idea, I love Gavin Hoey's tutorials.
You've done yourself proud with this shot :clap:
 
#2 is brilliant. Great choice of shots for it, and the filmstrip thing is excellent, and really fits the newsreel style pics. Must have taken some serious work. :thumbs:
 
Dark Knight said:
The second shot is fantastic Brian :clap:

Whats the secret to this then ???
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NickD said:
#2 is brilliant. Great choice of shots for it, and the filmstrip thing is excellent, and really fits the newsreel style pics. Must have taken some serious work. :thumbs:
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Thanks everyone, I'm a bit embarrassed really... I can't claim anything at all for the creative presentation here, all I did was follow a tutorial using some of my pics from last weekend. Still, I did put the time in to do it myself, and I learned a few tips along the way so I'm happy with that.

If anyone welse wants to do one the same click HERE for details.
 
Brian, sorry to have been slow in commenting recently.

Movement: like this shot, bang on theme, well done there! You've solved the major problem of taking shots through train windows, where reflections ruin the image, by having the window shot really blurred! I like the 16:9 one, although I couldn't see the other.

Below: this is an absolute cracker of a macro shot, although quite what it has to do with Below I've yet to determine. I guess you weren't to know that Size would turn up the next week!

Size: um, it's on theme all right. Not quite sure anyone woud want to hang it on their wall (well, I am pretty sure they wouldn't). Sorry to be grump, this one's not for me!

Process: I understand the thought processes behind the processed beef shot, but I very very much prefer the processed black and white (although it's unusual to see positive black and white roll film:cool:). I like the curve and the fact you can still make out the images (which wouldn't have worked in negative). Nice one...
 
ChrisR said:
Below: this is an absolute cracker of a macro shot, although quite what it has to do with Below I've yet to determine. I guess you weren't to know that Size would turn up the next week!.
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Thanks - Look Below the leaf... :D
 
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Awww lovely cow :) I too like cows, great for photography, my horse used to be kept on a working farm so i have some very funny memories :lol: Still pop up to see my 4 legged friends every now and then. Not got a clue what the lens is though :thinking:

I prefer the 2nd shot, just seems cleaner and i love the b&w.
 
Brilliant idea, well executed.

I saw this on Flickr the other day and thought wow, I still do now, one of your best in the challenge.
 
Thank you again everyone - there's an explanation a few posts back.

Being perfectly honest I actually preferred my cows head...
 
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