weekly Bebop's 52 for 2020 - week 52: Decor(ate)

Bebop · 3 Jul 2020

LC2 said:
Dunno. if anything I'd be tempted to crop a little off the bottom so have the line drawn by him and the board as the exact diagonal.

Hmm you're right, that might improve the balance of it.

LC2 · 3 Jul 2020

Bebop said:
Hmm you're right, that might improve the balance of it.

I can see what you're saying would do something similar (it wouldn't be corner to corner, but it would perhaps have the same vibe).

vanishedbob · 8 Jul 2020

Wonderful detail and subject. Love it.

Bebop · 8 Jul 2020

vanishedbob said:
Wonderful detail and subject. Love it.

Thanks Bob

Bebop · 8 Jul 2020

Week 27: Signs

Follow the signs... given a film treatment effect.

Shugpug · 9 Jul 2020

Follow the signs indeed. The treatment you have given it is very effective.

DowntonMini · 9 Jul 2020

Nice find I like the processing giving it an aged feel.

vanishedbob · 9 Jul 2020

Great. Well captured and fantastic processing.

Bebop · 9 Jul 2020

Shugpug said:
Follow the signs indeed. The treatment you have given it is very effective.

Downton Mini said:
Nice find I like the processing giving it an aged feel.

vanishedbob said:
Great. Well captured and fantastic processing.

Thank you kindly. Unfortunately I don't think it is open again yet, but hopefully soon!

Fuji Dave · 9 Jul 2020

That`s a lovely image Bebop, loving the PP effect as it just makes the shot better.

Bebop · 9 Jul 2020

Fuji Dave said:
That`s a lovely image Bebop, loving the PP effect as it just makes the shot better.

Thank you Dave. I wanted to make it feel olde worlde, which the pub is - although the reflectors on the wheel and the road sign are a bit of a giveaway

HelenC · 9 Jul 2020

The processing works really well and makes the sign pop out of the image. Good dof too.

CliveH · 9 Jul 2020

Nice processing on this, it looks a bit 60s

Allan.H · 9 Jul 2020

Nicely spotted, is there a relevance to the bike

Bebop · 9 Jul 2020

HelenC said:
The processing works really well and makes the sign pop out of the image. Good dof too.

Thanks Helen.

CliveH said:
Nice processing on this, it looks a bit 60s

Thanks - I can't remember which film simulation it was, but I felt it suited an old film look.

Allan.H said:
Nicely spotted, is there a relevance to the bike

Thanks. I'd had it in mind if I couldn't find anything else, so it was photographed at the 11th hour

I believe the council would remove a sign if the pub put it there, but they won't remove a chained up bike - I think that's why they do it - they have about 3 bikes strategically placed.

Cobra · 10 Jul 2020

"Follow the signs" how apt

Nice treatment too Bee.

Bebop · 10 Jul 2020

Cobra said:
"Follow the signs" how apt
Nice treatment too Bee.

Thanks @Cobra

I confess I hadn't spotted that it said that until I arrived there to photograph it, and then I had the same thought.

Cloudforest · 11 Jul 2020

That's a great spot and beautifully processed.

Bebop · 11 Jul 2020

Cloudforest said:
That's a great spot and beautifully processed.

Thank you Pete

Nostromo · 14 Jul 2020

The processing has worked well, it could be any time in the past. Good composition too.

Phil S · 14 Jul 2020

Good sign and nice touch of sepia.

Bebop · 16 Jul 2020

Thank you @Nostromo and @Phil S for kind comments.

Bebop · 16 Jul 2020

Week 28 - Secure

I've struggled to think of anything once again, so here we have an old shed being made secure. My original idea had been belt and braces, but I was unable to find the braces which I thought were in the dressing up box, and I was also missing a model.

CliveH · 16 Jul 2020

Nice detail and a nice angle for the shot.

Bebop · 16 Jul 2020

CliveH said:
Nice detail and a nice angle for the shot.

Thanks Clive. I tried not to get the bit of shadow through the hole with other angles, but they just didn't look as pleasing to me.

Cobra · 18 Jul 2020

That's nice Bee

Nice and sharp and lots of detail too.

LC2 · 18 Jul 2020

There's something slightly odd about the shot.
The bottom right of the lock is very sharp, the door is oof, it's almost as if it's a composite, which I don't think it is.

Shugpug · 18 Jul 2020

Lovely and sharp in all the right places, and great detail kept on the lock and key.
But it's agree with Tim that there's something in the lock/door focus which looks slightly strange to me.

Bebop · 18 Jul 2020

Cobra said:
That's nice Bee
Nice and sharp and lots of detail too.

LC2 said:
There's something slightly odd about the shot.
The bottom right of the lock is very sharp, the door is oof, it's almost as if it's a composite, which I don't think it is.

Shugpug said:
Lovely and sharp in all the right places, and great detail kept on the lock and key.
But it's agree with Tim that there's something in the lock/door focus which looks slightly strange to me.

Thanks for the comments. I was about to say there's been no funny business, however in looking at the original there is indeed a slight blurry vignette, so well spotted! I thought I played with it and then reset it, but it seems not!

The lens element is very close to the lock - I had problems getting the camera shadow in it. I used a 17mm f/1.2 lens at f/3.2 on m43 camera, and a film preset.

Here's the original raw converted to jpeg.

Phil S · 20 Jul 2020

I like the viewpoint and focus point but it might be time for a bit of a paint job!

FlyPhot · 21 Jul 2020

A great close up image for Secure. You don't see many of those locks these days (I can well remember fitting hundreds of those in my days as a carpenter). The key has a lovely amount of wear on it and the detail around the ferrule on the paintwork is just enough. I also really like the slightly muted colours.

Nostromo · 21 Jul 2020

It looks pretty good to me, good processing too.

Bebop · 24 Jul 2020

Phil S said:
I like the viewpoint and focus point but it might be time for a bit of a paint job!

Thank you. You're right. It's been on the demolition list, but we haven't quite got there yet!

FlyPhot said:
A great close up image for Secure. You don't see many of those locks these days (I can well remember fitting hundreds of those in my days as a carpenter). The key has a lovely amount of wear on it and the detail around the ferrule on the paintwork is just enough. I also really like the slightly muted colours.

Thank you. Do you know, I didn't really notice the wear, but I did notice the lettering - most keys don't have that these days as far as I know.

Nostromo said:
It looks pretty good to me, good processing too.

Thanks' Dominic.

I'm falling behind a bit here on my comments and posts... must catch up!

Bebop · 24 Jul 2020

Week 29. (something) personal.

I can't believe I almost forgot to take a photo this week. A hurried shot of my hairbrush using my daughter's funky light again. I would do it differently next time - move the light further away... try focus stacking... but I'm out of time so will get this on and move on to the next theme...

Darkslinger · 24 Jul 2020

It's kind of cool Bebop, I like it. I thought that it was matchsticks...

Shugpug · 25 Jul 2020

I like it - the shallow DoF with the lighting works well together.

Cobra · 25 Jul 2020

Darkslinger said:
I thought that it was matchsticks..

I thought they were coloured cotton buds

Nice colourful close up Bee

LC2 · 25 Jul 2020

Oh, hairbrush... Like @Darkslinger I thought it was matchsticks.
Liking the mix of colour against the dark black background. Lit from the side with a flag?

vanishedbob · 26 Jul 2020

Great idea and well shot and processed.

rpn · 26 Jul 2020

I was wondering what could these be! :thinking:

What a good idea for the theme and I love the lighting too.

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