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Here's the 1st step then :), got to think now :thinking:.

Good luck to everyone taking up the challenge :clap:.

Week 1, Curves:- post 4.
Week 2, Poem's/Poetry:- post 13.
 
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good luck Alan, im about to start my thread!
 
Oh well, here go's, bit of a rush job as I've got a busy week at work starting tomorrow :thumbsdown:.

Rules for the following weeks:- do not look at anyone else's entry before posting mine :nono:,

Week 1:- Curves.

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not an easy subject to expose correctly - but looks good to me!
 
Hi Alan.
Yeah, I'm back at work tomorrow too :gag:

Welcome to the 52 and I really hope that you enjoy it.
You've certainly picked a nice curvy object for week 1 and you've done a good job at lighting and exposing it well.

I think I would have preferred a cleaner background on it though - not too keen on the table edge cutting across part way up the vase.
The other thing that might have been interesting to try would be to drop a tealight or LED into the vase to see if you could give it a kind of "inner glow".
 
I still haven't taken a shot for curved so I'm far behind still. It's a fair start and although it's not going to win the togger of the year award it's a fair shot. Look forward to your next weeks entry when you have more time though ;)
 
I like it Alan, clearly curved, and I like the almost internal glow effect it has. I'm going to agree with Sarah, and think that perhaps the table, given the rest of the background being in darkness doesn't quite work, but a good start...

As for the rule about not looking... We adopted that one last year early on, it's hard enough without starting to eliminate shot possibilities by looking at others ;)
 
Meets the theme, but for me lacks a little sparkle, perhaps just a tad underexposed?
 
Week 2:- Poem's/Poetry

You The Wave by Brain Ewart

I wonder where that wave started
Was it from an oceans floor?
Surging upwards through the tides
To end on this sandy shore?
Did it learn from its long journey?
As through time its power belayed
Its purpose, to tell the story
Of how our destiny is made.

Waves fade away to ripples
Beyond the gales and rain
What do they tell the sands of time
Enriching it grain by grain.
Do they tell the mystery of ages
Of man’s purpose on this shore?
Does our soul journey beyond our lifetime
Or are we dust for evermore?


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Alan-1965 said:
You The Wave by Brain Ewart
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That's a typo right?

Poetry doesn't really jangle my bits... and I'm not sure the image does either. I can see how it fits the theme, but it just seems to be a snapshot of a beach. For such an image to work I think it needs a strong graphic element to hold it together... such as everything being perfectly horizontal so you get bands of sand, sea, wave. :shrug:
 
:thumbs: I like this one Alan.
It's a very calming image with nice relaxing colours. There are some good textures there in the waves and on the sand too.

As an illustration to the poem I could see this printed alongside it in a book. As an image in its own right, perhaps it needs some sort of focal point to give it a bit more punch. I could really see this working with a couple of birds silhouetted along the edge of the waterline or a figure stood there looking out to sea . . . of course easier said than done :lol:
 
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I'm with Sarah, again (promise, it's not another week I'm following you around :D...) It fits the poem, you know what might work, crop a bit more sand off the bottom and make it more of a pano crop to highlight the waves more.
 
Looking forward to seeing your chopped shot. :)
 
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