weekly aljazzera's 52 week challenge week 52 BUSY added

A literal take on the theme Allan but one that works well showing lots of detail in the slightly battered watch face. I too feel a different crop is needed, mainly because the composition suffers a little from various elements of the watch being cropped through ie the hands, and the day window. IMHO
 
I would agree about the crop and hands. I'd also like to see more damage to the watch, if you're calling time on it.

Nice and sharp, and definitely on theme.

Cheers.
 
On the subject of the crop I feel that to crop the watch exactly in half would have been a little dull I agree with the hands but they are stuck there the winding mech is broken. Thanks for the comments.
 

Pond by allanhowe, on Flickr

Large body of water, came across this pond by accident while walking the dogs at a place called Walk mill one of the dogs disappeared through a hedge so we went to find her and there it was the biggest pond I have ever seen.

The next one I have deliberated about posting its meant to be humerous so please take it that way. The wife was not harmed in the making of this picture. Well she got a bit wet.

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both very good but I like #2 the most, a bit of humour :lol:
 
#2 for me. The placement of the 'body' works really well. I cropped the top to put the horizon on the upper third, which also put the legs on the lower third, and it worked better for me. I also did a B&W, gritty conversion but the legs were just lost.

Cheers.
 
thanks for looking everyone else seems to be ignoring it
 
Clever idea for the body of water (that wouldn't have occurred to me!) and I like the legs shot, too. It seems you got two for the price of one in that location.
 
My thought was body of water for the theme at first. Yours would have put anything I did to shame. Well composed shot.
Prefer #2 though. Simple approach and humour. There is too much sky and Andy's crop sounds like it would be a great improvement.
 
Just looked at #2 again and had a good chuckle. I can imagine you saying, "Darling, do me a favour, lay on the grass and pretend to be dead!".

:lol:
 
posiview said:
Just looked at #2 again and had a good chuckle. I can imagine you saying, "Darling, do me a favour, lay on the grass and pretend to be dead!".

:lol:
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Thats pretty much what happened, though she did say did I want her to lay half in a hedge I assured her that would not be necessary, :cuckoo:


Body by allanhowe, on Flickr

Heres an edited version I agree its a lot better
 
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Nice work Alan, 2 for the price of 1 on your walk eh?
My vote would go to #2, as good as #1 is #2 just shades it IMHO.
#2 tells a story, or at least makes me as a viewer think the body must have been run over judging by their position on the tracks :thinking:

A fun take on the theme, thinking outside the box :thumbs:
 
Time - really like this, nice crop and good shot. Had not noticed the green until Peter mentioned it, it niggles alittle but I know these things creep in sometimes!

Body - like both shots, but think #2 has it for me! Good humourous shot.
 
Hi Allan

just laughed at your comment re the OH offering to lay in a hedge ....she's a good'un for sure :thumbs:

I like the humor in the the legs shot but really like the Body of water image....lovely angle , great sky ...nice n relaxing to look at at & certainly on theme :thumbs:
 
Not really happy with this but including it as I don't know if I will get another chance this week to get another shot though I will try. Its very noisy as its heavily cropped will try and think of something else but just incase.....

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Hi Allan!

I agree that this isn't your best work - as you say it is noisy, the focus is ever so slightly off, and the colour is very flat and muted. It's framed nicely though and a good choice of subject.
 
I think this works better in B+W maybe :thinking:

NO IT DIDN'T
 
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I think it works better in colour tbh - as you say the IQ isn't very good but it fits the theme :)

have you got one with a wider view?
 
I do have one slightly wider but to be honest it adds nothing thanks for looking though
 
Hi Allan - I hope you don't mind, I spotted that you have the "edit" flag, so I had a go...

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I've added two graduated filters, one at the top and one at the bottom, to restore a little colour to the water. The top one lowers exposure and increases brightness, contrast and saturation. The bottom is the same but different to different levels. There's also a brush sweep through the middle to desaturate slightly, reduce sharpness and increase clarity. The whole image has been over-exposed with clarity reduced and vibrance enhanced. Then I've added a slight vignette.

I think the lack of focus on the wave breaking makes it confusing, so intentionally losing detail here makes it look like the water is foamy, rather than the focus is missing. The colours here are more vibrant, too; to me I think it looks like a seaside on an overcast day (as you've got the colour, but the tone is implying clouds).
 
Thanks for taking the time Vicky I am sure you have better things to do its certainly a lot better but I still feel its a bit of a nothing picture but I am going to let it stand for now maybe see if anything comes up in the week if I have the time. :thankyou:
 
Hi Allan

Dark - very good. Well thought out and taken. I like the story of the dark created by the candle going out and the dark background.

Time - good focus and idea. Green bit top left is a bit distracting and you seem to have had as many different ideas for the crop as you have had comments! Can't add any more

Body- I would not want to choose between thwm because they are both technically good but have such a different context as to make them difficult to compare. good comp on the water , good contrast between grey sky and vegetation. Body in #2 is very well placed and the edit works well. Good hot, well thought out and executed

Liquid - not as good as the others and you have your own views on it.
 
Hi, there, we're in the same boat...I won't have time to submit another liquid.

Sometimes it doesn't work as we want. Liquid, on theme but crit has been mentioned.

Cheers.
 
Hi Allan, some weeks just don't fit in with our busy lifestyles, but you have managed to get a shot in that you'd probably of been happy with when you started this challenge!:)
 
I'd agree with you that noise is a problem with this one. I'm strangely attracted to the bit of water jumping out of the way on the left hand side. I can't work out why it looks cleaner than the rest.
 
superpippo said:
That's very good. :thumbs:

Is it golden syrup?

Ethereal feel to it. Good lighting with colourful highlights. Not sure whether the background should be more consistent - either all whispy cloud or all blue. The former would continue the ethereal feel.
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Thanks, yes its golden syrup I think that if the sky was all white cloud it would have been a bit dull and as we have had very little blue sky I wanted to include it.

Nathalie said:
Like this. Much better than the other one!
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Thanks
 
Hi Allan, I like your second attempt at liquid, (I didn't see your original version) nice colours with the syrup against the cloud and blue reflected background. How long did you have from spelling the word to the syrup merging?

Edit, hit send too early:bonk:
 
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The goblin said:
Hi Allan, I like your second attempt at liquid, (I didn't see your original version) nice colours with the syrup against the cloud and blue reflected background. How long did you have from spelling the word to the syrup merging?

Edit, hit send too early:bonk:
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not too long about 2 mins before it flattened too much

michael23 said:
Nice one Allan. Works very well.
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thanks
 
Allan, you're very welcome :)

I love liquid v2 - excellent idea, and nicely done. I think I'd have preferred a plain-colour background though.

I like fear - can't look at it too long though, I'm not a fan of spiders, which I think means it's a winner!
 
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