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Oh. That lovely bright blue sky. Great quad of pictures of fruit.
Thanks Sue, this is actually for produce, it was pointed out to me that it could fit this weeks theme too
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Great capture for candid with both shots, the first is full of energy so just takes 1st prize.
I prefer your first version for produce, all those blue skys you can see makes us all feel very envious
I prefer your first version for produce, all those blue skys you can see makes us all feel very envious
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Shhhhh Steve, don't say that too loud, it was Lynton's suggestion and don't want to give him a big(ger) head!
Thanks for looking/commenting.
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Great capture for candid with both shots, the first is full of energy so just takes 1st prize.
I prefer your first version for produce, all those blue skys you can see makes us all feel very envious
Thanks Scott. I feel kinda spoiled about my subject choice for produce. The weather was fantastic, so good playing golf with the sun on my back.
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Lovely colouds and skies Iain... it works nicely.
No envy here either... stuck here in the rain and grey murk for weeks on end...
Thanks John, I have now returned from sunny/blue skys to grey murk and miserable weather. It hasn't half given me a taste of summer, I can't wait for the better weather
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I haven't got around to getting an image for quad yet, probably/hopefully tomorrow but I have an image for reshoot. I decided to revisit my image for week 2 - poetry. The poem is also posted below. C&C welcome as always.
Castles In The Air by Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1886)
My thoughts by night are often filled
With visions false as fair:
For in the past alone I build
My castles in the air.
I dwell not now on what may be:
Night shadows o'er the scene:
But still my fancy wanders free
Through that which might have been.
Castles In The Air by Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1886)
My thoughts by night are often filled
With visions false as fair:
For in the past alone I build
My castles in the air.
I dwell not now on what may be:
Night shadows o'er the scene:
But still my fancy wanders free
Through that which might have been.
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Please ignore the above reference posting an image for quad tomorrow. Below is the image i choose to post but it needs a little explanation. The subject is me in the image, however, I set my camera, chose the settings and handed it to my friend to take the images. The images aren't straight out of camera, I have made a few changes to them, cropped etc. I have created this quad too, so I believe I have had as much input as possible.
My quad is a little play on words, quad=four which sounds like fore as in golf.
C&C welcome as always.
My quad is a little play on words, quad=four which sounds like fore as in golf.
C&C welcome as always.
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Smashing stuff !! Very clever on all sorts of levels.
We're you not brave enough to hide in the sandpit thingy and take the shots face on ?
We're you not brave enough to hide in the sandpit thingy and take the shots face on ?
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Smashing stuff !! Very clever on all sorts of levels.
We're you not brave enough to hide in the sandpit thingy and take the shots face on ?
Thanks for your comments Rob
That is me in the golf images, and I wouldn't be that brave getting in front of anyone playing a shot
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I've got only one thing to say about quad and that is WHERE IS YOUR HAT! all that sun can't be too good for that bonce . Nice idea although I would have moved the rake out of shot but thats a very minor niggle.
. Nice idea although I would have moved the rake out of shot but thats a very minor niggle.
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I've got only one thing to say about quad and that is WHERE IS YOUR HAT! all that sun can't be too good for that bonce
Cheers Scott, I had plenty sun cream on me swede
I mainly wear a hat but didn't want a sun tan tide mark around my head
No rake would have been a bonus but hey ho, I cant go back to Tunisia to take them again.....as much as I would love to!
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Thanks Tracer, The castle is in the village where I live here in North Essex, the village is Castle Hedingham. I have no idea how old the castle is though
No, I was concentrating on my golf
I parred that hole so I wasnt put off by the camera. Thanks again for looking/commenting, much appreciated.
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Like the castle reshoot, and it really does look like floating in the air there........
Now for the golf:
Nicely on plane in the swing there Iain.... (I am in denial and won't photo my golf swing, as I know its way too flat!!!!!) Those fairways look a tad unkempt though!
Now for the crit bit.......
I was going to say bottom left and bottom right should be swapped, as bottom left looks to be the finish of the swing, however the foot position on bottom right tells me you are being a camera tart and gone back to "hold the pose," so it must have been a good shot.(also no body lean willing the ball one way or the other!)........
Personally I would have liked to see same size top 2 and bottom 2, but that must just be me, given the amount of people I seem to have offended / upset this week saying, "yeah nice, but same size, or get them aligned properly."
If there's ever a Norwich afternoon meet - how about coming up early and taking a trip round my track before heading off with Camera's?? Just a thought.......
Now for the golf:
Nicely on plane in the swing there Iain.... (I am in denial and won't photo my golf swing, as I know its way too flat!!!!!) Those fairways look a tad unkempt though!
Now for the crit bit.......
I was going to say bottom left and bottom right should be swapped, as bottom left looks to be the finish of the swing, however the foot position on bottom right tells me you are being a camera tart and gone back to "hold the pose," so it must have been a good shot.(also no body lean willing the ball one way or the other!)........
Personally I would have liked to see same size top 2 and bottom 2, but that must just be me, given the amount of people I seem to have offended / upset this week saying, "yeah nice, but same size, or get them aligned properly."
If there's ever a Norwich afternoon meet - how about coming up early and taking a trip round my track before heading off with Camera's?? Just a thought.......
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Like the castle reshoot, and it really does look like floating in the air there........
Now for the golf:
Nicely on plane in the swing there Iain.... (I am in denial and won't photo my golf swing, as I know its way too flat!!!!!) Those fairways look a tad unkempt though!
Now for the crit bit.......
I was going to say bottom left and bottom right should be swapped, as bottom left looks to be the finish of the swing, however the foot position on bottom right tells me you are being a camera tart and gone back to "hold the pose," so it must have been a good shot.(also no body lean willing the ball one way or the other!)........
Personally I would have liked to see same size top 2 and bottom 2, but that must just be me, given the amount of people I seem to have offended / upset this week saying, "yeah nice, but same size, or get them aligned properly."
If there's ever a Norwich afternoon meet - how about coming up early and taking a trip round my track before heading off with Camera's?? Just a thought.......
Thats a definite yes to having a game Lynton
The castle image i was lucky with, I went out to try and capture a reshoot of my previous shot of the castle at night from the same position but it never really worked. So I had a wander around the perimeter and there was some do on, people often hold their wedding receptions in the hall beside the castle. Because of the do, the castle was lit..result for me.
The golf shot, I had finished hitting the shot and was bringing the club back down. The fairways were a bit ropey, it was Tunisia after all and is not known for its rainfall and lush conditions
Thanks for looking Lynton
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Nice work, good composition and a nice choice of the 4 main parts of the swing. I might have been tempted to have the final pic as more of an expressive one, so either celebrating a great shot or breaking the club over your knee for a bad one...
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Well done on both of these. The castle in the air is great. It really is floating. I would probably have cloned out the trees at the bottom of the photo, though.
The golf shots are very clever but again I would have cloned out the rake or removed it first.
Great takes on both of the themes.
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The golf shots are very clever but again I would have cloned out the rake or removed it first.
Great takes on both of the themes.
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I hadn't thought that far ahead Gary but I like your thinkingThanks Jenny, I left the trees in at the bottom to add to the thought behind the poem, that is castle in the air. I do take your point though Jenny, thanks for looking/commenting
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Good photo for reshoot Iain. I really like the silhouette of the tree against the castle in the centre of the shot.
Quad works well - never really managed to get into golf beyond the games console. Quite enjoying watching it on the TV though.
Quad works well - never really managed to get into golf beyond the games console. Quite enjoying watching it on the TV though.
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Quad is a great idea and play on words, and don't forget the squares... the Reshoot is great and it really looks like the castle is floating.
John, I am glad you like them, thanks for your comments.
Paul. thank you too for commenting, golf is my favourite hobby, its a bit of an obsession really.
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Thank-you Jenny, your comments are much appreciated.
yep that works for me.
Thank-you too Lynton
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A great idea, beautifully composed and executed. My only slight niggle is the highlight on the bracelet in the top right which I find distracting - I'd prefer to tone it down a bit.
I'm surprised the dice are as sharp as they are with a shutter speed of just 1/6. Have you anchored them with bluetac or something?
I'm surprised the dice are as sharp as they are with a shutter speed of just 1/6. Have you anchored them with bluetac or something?
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Thanks for your comments Tracer, I hadn't picked up on the highlight but now you mention it.....
The shutter speed is quite low, I had the iso way down. Blue tac, you guessed it
Thanks Chris, I like your idea about the foreground, I am going to revisit the images i took to see what I can do. Cheers
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I like the Quad shot. That's thinking outside the box.
As for the Shoot shot
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Wow !!!!
3 really good shots there since I last popped in.
The reshoot for poetry is a million times better than the original shot.
OK you were lucky with the lighting, but you spotted it and you shot it. You've still got that floaty nighttime feel, but so much better clarity on the building in this one. The silhouettes of the trees against the wall work particularly well.
My only suggestion would be to crop a little of the foreground away - although it might not be so much of a castle in the air then
Quad
Works well. I like these story board type images where you can follow one shot through to the next and I think this works better than your fruit shot.
Shoot : Really good take on the theme.
The edit with the highlights toned down is a definite improvement, but TBH the original worked for me as it was anyway.
Very clever use of blue-tac. You've managed to keep it very natural looking.
3 really good shots there since I last popped in.
The reshoot for poetry is a million times better than the original shot.
OK you were lucky with the lighting, but you spotted it and you shot it. You've still got that floaty nighttime feel, but so much better clarity on the building in this one. The silhouettes of the trees against the wall work particularly well.
My only suggestion would be to crop a little of the foreground away - although it might not be so much of a castle in the air then
Quad
Works well. I like these story board type images where you can follow one shot through to the next and I think this works better than your fruit shot.
Shoot : Really good take on the theme.
The edit with the highlights toned down is a definite improvement, but TBH the original worked for me as it was anyway.
Very clever use of blue-tac. You've managed to keep it very natural looking.
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Wow !!!!
3 really good shots there since I last popped in.
The reshoot for poetry is a million times better than the original shot.
OK you were lucky with the lighting, but you spotted it and you shot it. You've still got that floaty nighttime feel, but so much better clarity on the building in this one. The silhouettes of the trees against the wall work particularly well.
My only suggestion would be to crop a little of the foreground away - although it might not be so much of a castle in the air then
Quad
Works well. I like these story board type images where you can follow one shot through to the next and I think this works better than your fruit shot.
Shoot : Really good take on the theme.
The edit with the highlights toned down is a definite improvement, but TBH the original worked for me as it was anyway.
Very clever use of blue-tac. You've managed to keep it very natural looking.
Thanks for dropping in again Sarah
On the castle shot, I will take the luck with the lighting
Shoot, I enjoyed setting this up, the blue tac a bit of a cheat but hey if I'd known how to strip the exif data from the image I might've got away with it
Thanks again Sarah.
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Peter, thats me playing the shot. Some may say its cheating a bit to have someone else take the photograph but I set the camera, and created the quad image so I had some creative input. Thanks for looking and commenting.
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Hi Iain, I'm ashamed to say this is the first time I've visited your thread - but I've found it very enjoyable. There are lots of imges I love, but my favourites are People (the hands), your Poetry reshoot - of the castle, and the Chemistry shot (the matches). That must have taken some doing!
The one that bourght a smile to my face was Mechanical - very, very clever.
Shoot: It's a good take on the theme and I like the dof. The green foreground works well and provides a good contrast to the dice. Well conceived and executed.
Jean
The one that bourght a smile to my face was Mechanical - very, very clever.
Shoot: It's a good take on the theme and I like the dof. The green foreground works well and provides a good contrast to the dice. Well conceived and executed.
Jean
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Hi Iain, I'm ashamed to say this is the first time I've visited your thread - but I've found it very enjoyable. There are lots of imges I love, but my favourites are People (the hands), your Poetry reshoot - of the castle, and the Chemistry shot (the matches). That must have taken some doing!
The one that bourght a smile to my face was Mechanical - very, very clever.
Shoot: It's a good take on the theme and I like the dof. The green foreground works well and provides a good contrast to the dice. Well conceived and executed.
Jean
Jean, thanks for dropping by
Your comments are very much appreciated.
Iain