blakester's 52 for 2010, Part 1

I like this image a lot. Simple composition, well exposed. My only minor niggle is a slight flare from the iPhone screen it its reflection.

Phil
 
Hi Iain,

Love the lego shot btw!

Anyway, I think Present is your strongest shot to date. Good composition and well lit considering all the shiny surfaces. Would have said it was perfect if Phil hand't pointed out what he did. Now he has, I haveto agree with him :(

Ian.
 
Loving the original idea for present. Very effective image when you realise what it's actually showing. At first i saw the image and though 'Oh these must have been gifts' then i thought a bit further and i realised how much thought had gone in to it. Great work :thumbs:
 
philthejuggler said:
I like this image a lot. Simple composition, well exposed. My only minor niggle is a slight flare from the iPhone screen it its reflection.

Phil
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thanks for your comments Phil, it was difficult to nail every reflection from all the shiny surfaces:(

Harlequin565 said:
Hi Iain,

Love the lego shot btw!

Anyway, I think Present is your strongest shot to date. Good composition and well lit considering all the shiny surfaces. Would have said it was perfect if Phil hand't pointed out what he did. Now he has, I haveto agree with him :(

Ian.
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thanks for looking Ian, as above about the shiny surfaces:(

RichM said:
Loving the original idea for present. Very effective image when you realise what it's actually showing. At first i saw the image and though 'Oh these must have been gifts' then i thought a bit further and i realised how much thought had gone in to it. Great work :thumbs:
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thanks for your comments Rich, I am glad you 'got it' ;)
 
Karlos said:
I like the concept, I too first thought that they were all gifts.

I did notice, that there's a slight colour cast making the background look a bit blue, 2 secs in photoshop will remove it.
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Karl, thanks for your comments.
As far as the colour cast and removing it in photoshop, I don't have any photo editing software bar the basic ones like picassa. Software is on my list of things to buy..just haven't got round to it.
Pretty much all my images are sooc, I usually just crop and straighten and not a lot more.

Iain
 
do like Present and its a great interpretation of the theme
 
There's a shadow above the Travis CD which distracts me slightly... easy fix in PP though... I do like the off-centre composition - works very well. Perhaps a vignette to black along the bottom edge rather than the cropped reflection may look better?


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Time to catch up.

curves... really like the concept and the immage. shadows look great but i agree with whats been said that maybe a larger DoF would help

poems/poetry... not sure about the colour/contrast of the image. fantastic idea but maybe for me a little lighter(but that maybe my screen...everything looks dark at the moment.

chopped.... neat idea and well thought out. but yes the crowd do look a bit wierd.......

Street... think the first one for me... really love the colours and contrast of the image.

Speed... not sure which one i prefer... like the idea behind the orchestra but like the effect of the light trails....hmmmm not sure...

Present... really nice concept and something i thought of...Past,Present and future thing but could not find the subject....well done
 
Good thinking behind your past to present, shame you didn't quite get the full reflection. Note to self... must get some perspex :D

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MC_Stoo said:
There's a shadow above the Travis CD which distracts me slightly... easy fix in PP though... I do like the off-centre composition - works very well. Perhaps a vignette to black along the bottom edge rather than the cropped reflection may look better?


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Stuart, I like the way you have edited the image, nice one:thumbs: thanks for taking the time.
 
wrecker1971 said:
Time to catch up.

curves... really like the concept and the immage. shadows look great but i agree with whats been said that maybe a larger DoF would help

poems/poetry... not sure about the colour/contrast of the image. fantastic idea but maybe for me a little lighter(but that maybe my screen...everything looks dark at the moment.

chopped.... neat idea and well thought out. but yes the crowd do look a bit wierd.......

Street... think the first one for me... really love the colours and contrast of the image.

Speed... not sure which one i prefer... like the idea behind the orchestra but like the effect of the light trails....hmmmm not sure...

Present... really nice concept and something i thought of...Past,Present and future thing but could not find the subject....well done
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Paul, I appreciate you taking the time to look through my 52 so far, thanks for your comments. In particular the castle image, I agree, I need to revisit that one, shouldn't be too difficult, thats my view from my back garden:D

foggy4ever said:
Good thinking behind your past to present, shame you didn't quite get the full reflection. Note to self... mustbget some perspex :D

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Scott thanks too for your comments, Stuart has been good enough to do a quick fix in PP, note to self buy some decent software for image editing. Oh and the perspex was about £13 from B&Q:thumbs:
 
I like the present shot very much, particularly after Stuart's fix. Great idea. :thumbs:
 
Hi Iain,

Just a quick comment on week 6 - I like it lots - really captures how the digital age is taking over.......... wonder if there will be such a thing as HMV selling CD's in 5 years time or we'll all be downloading to the Ipod 9th Generation whatever.........

Nice crisp image........ Notice someone said above, about full vinyl reflection, which is a good point but not sure it would work in a portrait mode...........

Really like it - and I must admit looked through a few week 6's now and amazed as the various interpretations on such a simple 7 letter word.

Lynton.

P.S. Jobsworth only picked on you last weeks as he worked out that "you hent from round these hare parts, are yew."
 
Lynton said:
Hi Iain,

Just a quick comment on week 6 - I like it lots - really captures how the digital age is taking over.......... wonder if there will be such a thing as HMV selling CD's in 5 years time or we'll all be downloading to the Ipod 9th Generation whatever.........

Nice crisp image........ Notice someone said above, about full vinyl reflection, which is a good point but not sure it would work in a portrait mode...........

Really like it - and I must admit looked through a few week 6's now and amazed as the various interpretations on such a simple 7 letter word.

Lynton.

P.S. Jobsworth only picked on you last weeks as he worked out that "you hent from round these hare parts, are yew."
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Cheers Lynton:thumbs:
I tried in portrait mode too and you're correct, it didn't quite work, the perspex wasn't quite wide enough. The different interpretations of themes amaze me too.
Yes the jobsworth obviously clocked me as being of a northern persuasion :lol:
 
This week is very good, I like it a lot!! :thumbs:

The only things I would change would be to have all of the reflection in and try to clone out the line that seperates the glass from the paper.

Otherwise great interpretation of the theme and well thought out for presentation.

Good luck for next week :)
 
DC2Z said:
really stunning shot, a good take on this weeks theme
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Thank-you Darren:thumbs:
This 52 lark isn't getting any easier, I really have to wrack my brain to think of images to fit the theme.
Iain
 
blakester said:
Thank-you Darren:thumbs:
This 52 lark isn't getting any easier, I really have to wrack my brain to think of images to fit the theme.
Iain
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:lol: :lol: :lol: Not much point to it if it's too easy though is there?

Really clever idea for this week, and I like the way that you have an eye theme running through each different media type.

I think it's all been said already about the reflection, so my only thought to add to it is to suggest turning the perspex lengthwise for any future shots like this. 2' should be just enough to fit your composition in and 4' should be enough length to get the full reflection.

Stuart's edit does work well to minimise the problem though - and apart from the reflection it's a stunning shot :clap:
 
Good idea for Present Iain and well taken.
 
Present is excellent. A good idea and an excellent photo. I like the reflection. Its made me realise I should buy some different background materials for indoor shots so you have taught me something.
 
ladysue said:
Present is excellent. A good idea and an excellent photo. I like the reflection. Its made me realise I should buy some different background materials for indoor shots so you have taught me something.
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Sue, as i mentioned above, the reflection is from a £13 piece of perspex from B&Q, the background is white mounting board £6 from an artistcraft shop. All cheap and cheerful which appeals to my Scottishness:D
 
Good idea, perhaps a tighter crop - the empty space on right doesnt add much.

like the fact EYES feature in each media type ;)

ahh just seen the edited version, better - softer reflection and nicer on the eye
also just seen Sarahs comment, spooky! I swear i didnt copy you!
 
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Nice one Iain. I like the link between the three formats. :thumbs:

I'd not heard of Rainbow before, so got straight onto LastFM and I'm currently listening to the album - enjoying it too - cheers!
 
dade_f said:
Good idea, perhaps a tighter crop - the empty space on right doesnt add much.

like the fact EYES feature in each media type ;)

ahh just seen the edited version, better - softer reflection and nicer on the eye
also just seen Sarahs comment, spooky! I swear i didnt copy you!
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Cheers Dade, I like Stuarts edit on the image too, it works.

holryn said:
Nice one Iain. I like the link between the three formats. :thumbs:

I'd not heard of Rainbow before, so got straight onto LastFM and I'm currently listening to the album - enjoying it too - cheers!
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Cheers to you too Paul, thanks for looking.
You have one up on me then, I haven't listened to the Raindow album for years, I fished it out the loft for the photoshoot:D
Glad you are enjoying it:thumbs:
 
Week 7 - People
Below is my take on this weeks theme.
This image is of the blakester family - my people.
 
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MC_Stoo said:
I like this idea a lot...

just a little more care with your image cutout would polish this image up nicely. Very well done :)
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Thanks Stuart:thumbs:
Not sure what you mean about my image cut out:thinking:
Do you mean the crop?
 
I like this idea, the family bond idea is really strong. The only thing for me is the mans hand looks slightly OOF which is a little distracting.

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This is a great idea. My eyes were going round and round trying to count hands. My only niggle is the harsh shadow but otherwise very nicely done.

I think Stuart is referring to the jaggies round some of hands and arms. Probably likely down to image compression needed to fit it in the TP gallery. Might be worth hosting yourself or grabbing a free flickr account to host high quality jpegs.
 
foggy4ever said:
I like this idea, the family bond idea is really strong. The only thing for me is the mans hand looks slightly OOF which is a little distracting.

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Scott, thanks for your comments, I have took the opportunity to tweak the image a little and have sorted it....I think:D

dlh said:
This is a great idea. My eyes were going round and round trying to count hands. My only niggle is the harsh shadow but otherwise very nicely done.

I think Stuart is referring to the jaggies round some of hands and arms. Probably likely down to image compression needed to fit it in the TP gallery. Might be worth hosting yourself or grabbing a free flickr account to host high quality jpegs.
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Darren, thank-you too for the comments. I am not happy with the shadows, i think a black background would have been better but i don't have one. My models, well two of them (my daughters) got fed up sitting and would not indulge my creative genius:shrug: much longer.
 
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