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I Love the feather but for some reason there appears to be masses of cloning all about 1cm square shapes on the black ?? or is that pattern or is it just my monitor ???
If the black was faultless that would be the shot for me, So I'm going for the Jack-plug - Great idea by the way
If the black was faultless that would be the shot for me, So I'm going for the Jack-plug - Great idea by the way
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#1 gets my vote Allan
Minimalist, clean, sharp, well lit holding the detail in the feather and great use of negative space.
Perfect Allan, just perfect
Storming images both of them. Well done.
I Love the feather but for some reason there appears to be masses of cloning all about 1cm square shapes on the black ?? or is that pattern or is it just my monitor ???
If the black was faultless that would be the shot for me, So I'm going for the Jack-plug - Great idea by the way
Thanks for the comments
Your monitor must be so bright DK I had to turn up the brightness setting in Aperture to see what you were on about, you were right.
The picture was taken on the canal I watched a swan pluck it out and off it went down the canal, when i converted the image with a blue filter setting the water was mostly black, on my monitor:shrug: so the only thing i can think was the area I picked to clone looked black to me but may not have been.
Just gone back to the raw file and did a better job i think
Thanks for pointing it out
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Hi Allan
Step - #1 for me. It includes steps so that makes the theme. But your angle of view looking up at the whole of the grand imposing façade makes it even more on theme for me because, as you imply in your comment, there is also the feeling of the action of stepping into the building. stunning shot technically too.
Mono - 3 good shots, all on theme and well handled. #1 - the feather- is the shot that I most admire because of the composition and clarity and simplicity of the image. Top shot, partic when I read how you had taken it and PP'ed it
Step - #1 for me. It includes steps so that makes the theme. But your angle of view looking up at the whole of the grand imposing façade makes it even more on theme for me because, as you imply in your comment, there is also the feeling of the action of stepping into the building. stunning shot technically too.
Mono - 3 good shots, all on theme and well handled. #1 - the feather- is the shot that I most admire because of the composition and clarity and simplicity of the image. Top shot, partic when I read how you had taken it and PP'ed it
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That feather was floating on a canal when you took the shot...
awesome, that would have been hard enough to do on a glass tile or however it would be done... a bit small in the frame for me, but spot on detail and reflection.mono plug is pretty faultless too.
and love the contrast around the petals of the flower. I'd clone that circular droplet thing though.. but I do like cloning things I do. :nuts:
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Grosvenor Bridge by allanhowe, on Flickr
Me and my "literal eye" (thanks Brian) went out today and took this.
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Helloooooo 
For sheer simplicity & effectiveness the feather mono shot is perfection.....thought it was on a shiny black surface till I read your words on the "how"....really well handled exposure , cracking detail in feather & reflection......cracking shot matey...LOVE IT
The mono plugs doesn't appeal to me but still a good shot , the flower head...another nice take with good detail but both pale next to the feather .
Connection.....good take on the theme with a lovely sky , fab detail in the brickwork, good low angle...yeah...liking this also
For sheer simplicity & effectiveness the feather mono shot is perfection.....thought it was on a shiny black surface till I read your words on the "how"....really well handled exposure , cracking detail in feather & reflection......cracking shot matey...LOVE IT
The mono plugs doesn't appeal to me but still a good shot , the flower head...another nice take with good detail but both pale next to the feather .
Connection.....good take on the theme with a lovely sky , fab detail in the brickwork, good low angle...yeah...liking this also
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Mono, #3, getting good at this, aren't you 
Well composed and good tonal range, but I can't help wondering what it would look like with the lower left leaf straight up, as the others are. I guess it's just a symmetry thing, and I'll be back to this one to see if the bent leaf growns on me, which I feel it will.
.....made my mind up already, prefer it as it is. Add a bit if quirkiness to it and added interest
Connecting, yup, on theme and WB looks spot on, lovely detail, Especially in the clouds and brickwork. I don't mind the converging lines, but I do like reflections and it's a pity you couldn't get the bridge reflection.....maybe you couldn't
Now, sit back and relax until Saturday.
Cheers.
Well composed and good tonal range, but I can't help wondering what it would look like with the lower left leaf straight up, as the others are. I guess it's just a symmetry thing
, and I'll be back to this one to see if the bent leaf growns on me, which I feel it will......made my mind up already, prefer it as it is. Add a bit if quirkiness to it and added interest
Connecting, yup, on theme and WB looks spot on, lovely detail, Especially in the clouds and brickwork. I don't mind the converging lines, but I do like reflections and it's a pity you couldn't get the bridge reflection.....maybe you couldn't
Now, sit back and relax until Saturday.
Cheers.
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At first (cos I can't really remember too much about my teenage years ) I was thinking that this bridge connected England to Wales... but it looks from the map that the border is further up, however my mum gets the bus across this bridge once a week (her welsh bus pass is only good as far as Chester) to go to witherspoons for lunch with her friend and then they get the bus home to Wrexham again! Anyway where were we? Oh yeah...
Great shot mate, lovely focus and detail throughout. POV is good too, nowt wrong with a literal connection to the theme. (see, I did it again) as Graham rightly says, good PP too. Well done.
) I was thinking that this bridge connected England to Wales... but it looks from the map that the border is further up, however my mum gets the bus across this bridge once a week (her welsh bus pass is only good as far as Chester) to go to witherspoons for lunch with her friend and then they get the bus home to Wrexham again! Anyway where were we? Oh yeah...Great shot mate, lovely focus and detail throughout. POV is good too, nowt wrong with a literal connection to the theme. (see, I did it again
) as Graham rightly says, good PP too. Well done. 
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As Graham said Allan, nowt wrong with a literal take on a theme
I particularly like the strength of the composition, the bridge fills the whole frame, its the main subject, no distractions around it.
Do I detect some very subtle HDR? If it is, you've handled it really well, bringing out the fine detail of the bridge.
If its not, then ignore the sentence above
Good work regardless Allan, nowt I'd want to change about this
I particularly like the strength of the composition, the bridge fills the whole frame, its the main subject, no distractions around it.
Do I detect some very subtle HDR? If it is, you've handled it really well, bringing out the fine detail of the bridge.
If its not, then ignore the sentence above
Good work regardless Allan, nowt I'd want to change about this
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Helloooooo
For sheer simplicity & effectiveness the feather mono shot is perfection.....thought it was on a shiny black surface till I read your words on the "how"....really well handled exposure , cracking detail in feather & reflection......cracking shot matey...LOVE IT
The mono plugs doesn't appeal to me but still a good shot , the flower head...another nice take with good detail but both pale next to the feather .
Connection.....good take on the theme with a lovely sky , fab detail in the brickwork, good low angle...yeah...liking this also
Thanks lynne
The foliage annoys me too but beyond my PP skills so left it in
THanks
Mono, #3, getting good at this, aren't you
Well composed and good tonal range, but I can't help wondering what it would look like with the lower left leaf straight up, as the others are. I guess it's just a symmetry thing, and I'll be back to this one to see if the bent leaf growns on me, which I feel it will.
.....made my mind up already, prefer it as it is. Add a bit if quirkiness to it and added interest
Connecting, yup, on theme and WB looks spot on, lovely detail, Especially in the clouds and brickwork. I don't mind the converging lines, but I do like reflections and it's a pity you couldn't get the bridge reflection.....maybe you couldn't
Now, sit back and relax until Saturday.
Cheers.
Thanks Andy wasn't any chance to get the reflection I would have liked it too.
Thanks
The literal thing was sarcasm, its all Brians fault didn't think anyone would take that seriously
At first (cos I can't really remember too much about my teenage years
Great shot mate, lovely focus and detail throughout. POV is good too, nowt wrong with a literal connection to the theme. (see, I did it again
Thanks Brian yes the bridge is across the Dee leeds into the part of Wales you are talking about, fancy your mother hanging round Wetherspoons
As Graham said Allan, nowt wrong with a literal take on a theme
I particularly like the strength of the composition, the bridge fills the whole frame, its the main subject, no distractions around it.
Do I detect some very subtle HDR? If it is, you've handled it really well, bringing out the fine detail of the bridge.
If its not, then ignore the sentence above
Good work regardless Allan, nowt I'd want to change about this
Thanks No HDR Iain a bit of highlights and shadows tinkering thats all
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The beginning of our driveway*
Duke of Westminster gates by allanhowe, on Flickr
Very tenuous link to the theme and I seem to be stuck on architecture at the minute, it was graveyards earlier in the year.
About a minute after taking the pic security came and moved us on, they were fine about it though.
Will be having another look around for something else, have tried a couple of things but wasn't really happy with them.
*This might not be true :shake:
Duke of Westminster gates by allanhowe, on Flickr
Very tenuous link to the theme and I seem to be stuck on architecture at the minute, it was graveyards earlier in the year.
About a minute after taking the pic security came and moved us on, they were fine about it though.
Will be having another look around for something else, have tried a couple of things but wasn't really happy with them.
*This might not be true :shake:
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The bridge shot is lovely. Really nice perspective, great tones in the stone, and the sky just finished it off nicely.
There's quite an other worldly feel to Beginning, it's as if everything beyond the gateline is painted. Central composition works well, and the bollards keep my eyes on the path.
There's quite an other worldly feel to Beginning, it's as if everything beyond the gateline is painted. Central composition works well, and the bollards keep my eyes on the path.
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Wow - how small was this little fella Allan??
Super detail in the central bunch of leaves and background works well, no faults on the composition.....
just the tiny DOF detracting a little for me, I think exaggerated by the right hand leaf in front of the central focus point).
Did you have room to stop down aperture at all, (no exif), even if it meant using a tripod? Or there's always focus stacking but that seems a real black art - even to me!!
Super detail in the central bunch of leaves and background works well, no faults on the composition.....
just the tiny DOF detracting a little for me, I think exaggerated by the right hand leaf in front of the central focus point).
Did you have room to stop down aperture at all, (no exif), even if it meant using a tripod? Or there's always focus stacking but that seems a real black art - even to me!!
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I need to get my monitor calibrated really, as often I am not sure when I see images...Thanks for the comments
Your monitor must be so bright DK I had to turn up the brightness setting in Aperture to see what you were on about, you were right.
The picture was taken on the canal I watched a swan pluck it out and off it went down the canal, when i converted the image with a blue filter setting the water was mostly black, on my monitor:shrug: so the only thing i can think was the area I picked to clone looked black to me but may not have been.
Just gone back to the raw file and did a better job i think
Thanks for pointing it out
The new background looks excellent so now the feather is my choice
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Beginning - I really like that the plant, real nice texture/detail, and the dark background helps the size definition for me as if it is in the shadows of larger plants
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Morning Allan
Loving that imposing entrance for Beginning.......looks picture postcard sharp , detail everywhere , good colors......
The tiny little plant is a corker as well , superb green with good detail in the leaves against a great bg...DOF is a little small for me but macro stuff can be a mare to get all in focus...the very centre leaves are just beginning to grow & their in focus so perfect for me
Loving that imposing entrance for Beginning.......looks picture postcard sharp , detail everywhere , good colors......
The tiny little plant is a corker as well , superb green with good detail in the leaves against a great bg...DOF is a little small for me but macro stuff can be a mare to get all in focus...the very centre leaves are just beginning to grow & their in focus so perfect for me
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Hi Alan, I love the little seedling, somehow you have made it look really small.
It seems to have a fiesty attitude despite its tiny-ness though, come on little guy push on up!
It seems to have a fiesty attitude despite its tiny-ness though, come on little guy push on up!
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Very nicely shot.
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Technically very good Allan, lighting/focus/detail all spot on
The composition bothers me a little, you have done so well with the black background, too well in fact. The musical items just seem to sit there in the blackness. I feel a closer crop would help 'ground' the items.
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The composition bothers me a little, you have done so well with the black background, too well in fact. The musical items just seem to sit there in the blackness. I feel a closer crop would help 'ground' the items.
Cheers
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Still = still life works for me Allan. I wonder if anyone else has taken the same route?
Beautiful rich black background and lots of ineterst in that. I like the different wood tones and colours.
I wonder if you could have tweaked the lighting to give sort of a spot light effect on the composition and if that would have lifted it a bit???
works for me Allan. I wonder if anyone else has taken the same route?Beautiful rich black background and lots of ineterst in that. I like the different wood tones and colours.
I wonder if you could have tweaked the lighting to give sort of a spot light effect on the composition and if that would have lifted it a bit???
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Very nicely shot.
Ta
Thanks
Technically very good Allan, lighting/focus/detail all spot on
The composition bothers me a little, you have done so well with the black background, too well in fact. The musical items just seem to sit there in the blackness. I feel a closer crop would help 'ground' the items.
Cheers
Yes I do agree about the BG i did try to get some of the black cloth texture it was sitting on but it looked a bit odd
thanks for visiting IainThanks Graham
Still = still life
Beautiful rich black background and lots of ineterst in that. I like the different wood tones and colours.
I wonder if you could have tweaked the lighting to give sort of a spot light effect on the composition and if that would have lifted it a bit???
Never thought about a spotlight but its a good idea, thanks Sarah