weekly Carl's 2015 Photo52 Challenge

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Chilling #2 for me. I live in a house with 3 goals and often here 'AAAAAaaarrgghhhhhh, HUGE spider!'

Nice clean BG and good detail.

Cheers.
 
**Shudders!** Hate spiders but thats a cracking shot mate. just the right amount of light to not over expose the shot and DOF to bring the interesting bits in to focus. Great stuff!
 
Hi Carl, sorry I've not been here for a while. I absolutely love the stained glass composite shot, a very striking image and very well done. Not so keen on the fruit shop window, but I see the connection with the theme. Of the two shots for Chilled, I prefer the spider. I quite like spiders, but I like the detail and the position you've caught him in.
 
susiejb said:
Hi Carl ...a super sharp shot for the first one, love the deep black and the bright eye catching red, I would perhaps like to see the ends of the scarf, but a great choice for the theme, well done for spotting that one. Total contrast in your almost transparent spider ...I like the processing it looks like an illustration in a book.
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Thank you Susie. My luck was in when the scarf (t-shirt) fluttered in front of me that day ... must have stepped ibn something nasty that morning!

alsjazzera said:
Hi Carl, have a couple to catch up on "Fashion" that has to be the most unappealing fruit and veg shop I have ever seen, would love to have just seen the whole window, the crop sort of lets it down a little. "chilled" definitely chilling and such a weird angle to add to the overall effect
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Thanks Allan. A wide angle lens would have done the trick for the shop and spidey was very patient with me.
 
brownin said:
**Shudders!** Hate spiders but thats a cracking shot mate. just the right amount of light to not over expose the shot and DOF to bring the interesting bits in to focus. Great stuff!
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Thanks Nathan. Spiders are so forgiving of a photographer what with flashes and re-takes etc.

XenosElaine said:
Hi Carl, sorry I've not been here for a while. I absolutely love the stained glass composite shot, a very striking image and very well done. Not so keen on the fruit shop window, but I see the connection with the theme. Of the two shots for Chilled, I prefer the spider. I quite like spiders, but I like the detail and the position you've caught him in.
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Hi Susie. My mate spidey was hanging there on my Kitchen door waiting patiently for the photoshoot and coping with all my faffing around.
 
Week 37 - Re-shoot (Geometrics) This is part of a personal project learning how to photograph glass and crystal in particular. This is looking straight down onto a stopper of a crystal decanter.

Geometrics by Carl Ayling, on Flickr
 
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Hi Carl :)

Geometric - a great object, I'd prefer a much more symmetrical crop although I guess this would not be possible :)

Fashion - Some great textures in the flaking paint, the green lumps are a tad distracting as is the naked bulb, I would love to see more of a letterbox crop of the lower section of window , nice close up of the rough window and the fruit 'center of attention' as there are some great colours there :)

Chilled - :jimlad:

Much preferring the macro spider image, although the jolly roger is nice and bold/colourful, there is some nice detail on the spiders knobbly legs :)

Re-shoot - Liking the crystal, but the marks on the background distract a little, still, a lovely shine on the object and great colours coming through :thumbs:
 
Hi Carl.
Geometric Re-shoot. I'm not sure... As DK says, nice colours and it looks a nice object, but I'm not sure about the shot / composition.
I think I would have tried something other than a top down view (but for all I know, you'd already tried that and discarded it).
I would never have guessed it was a decanter without your write-up, the it looks like a paperweight from that angle.

Tim
 
Dark Knight said:
Re-shoot - Liking the crystal, but the marks on the background distract a little, still, a lovely shine on the object and great colours coming through (y)
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LC2 said:
Geometric Re-shoot. I'm not sure... As DK says, nice colours and it looks a nice object, but I'm not sure about the shot / composition. I think I would have tried something other than a top down view (but for all I know, you'd already tried that and discarded it).
I would never have guessed it was a decanter without your write-up, the it looks like a paperweight from that angle. Tim
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Thanks DK & Tim. Yes, reflecting (pun not intended) on it I suppose both the original and re-shoot are too obvious and apart from have geometric shapes evident, they don't really have another aspect to hold a viewers interest. Maybe the way to go is a more natural angle for the stopper .... or maybe try something completely different. Quite like experimenting. Thanks again guys.
 
Nice ... I like the red GB through the glass, and I like the wood grain (?) too.

I've just been playing with it! And a 90 deg. CW rotate followed by a flip looks nice ... but you might say why bother. o_O
 
d00d said:
Nice ... I like the red GB through the glass, and I like the wood grain (?) too. I've just been playing with it! And a 90 deg. CW rotate followed by a flip looks nice ... but you might say why bother. o_O
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Thank you David. You're right, followed your advice and it is definitely an improvement. Think I'll call time on Geometrics though .... spotted this one today which would have served me better than my previous attempts methinks.
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Hi Carl that one is spot on for Geometric but I would like it either centred or really off set. Super clear shot of that lovely clock face.

Love the crystal stopper, but I do think it needs a crop, it looks great on the iPad if you pull it out on the screen till all the background red disappears, it makes a great image with so many lovely shapes and colours. I really like crystal ...it's fascinating to photograph.
 
Geometric ... on theme entry with laterals and rotundamentals ... slightly off centre but hey ... lovely old brickwork but appallingly bad pointing job.
 
Hi Carl "geometric" the bottle stop I feel needs a little better light though I offer no idea as to how this would be achieved, but cut glass is made for light,
the light works, as in no blown highlights etc it just needs something to make it stand out more
 
susiejb said:
Hi Carl that one is spot on for Geometric but I would like it either centred or really off set. Super clear shot of that lovely clock face. Love the crystal stopper, but I do think it needs a crop, it looks great on the iPad if you pull it out on the screen till all the background red disappears, it makes a great image with so many lovely shapes and colours. I really like crystal ...it's fascinating to photograph.
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Thanks Susie. I know what you mean. I'm fascinated by crystal, all those planes make lighting something of a nightmare.
d00d said:
Geometric ... on theme entry with laterals and rotundamentals ... slightly off centre but hey ... lovely old brickwork but appallingly bad pointing job.
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Thanks David. See what you mean about the pointing - must be the weak mix that makes it look crumbling. A public building (library) and many of those look to me to suffer from poor workmanship - cost I suppose.
Dark Knight said:
Oooooo I like that too, that clock face screams for a square crop for me, with equal pointing/bricks, would look great :)
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Thanks DK. Will try that out.
alsjazzera said:
Hi Carl "geometric" the bottle stop I feel needs a little better light though I offer no idea as to how this would be achieved, but cut glass is made for light, the light works, as in no blown highlights etc it just needs something to make it stand out more
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Thanks Allan. You are right of course. Been practising with crystal for quite a while now - the planes present quite a lighting challenge... too much and blown highlights and too little doesn't do the subject justice.
 
Some excellent interpretations of the word coming out :) and that's another one Carl, well done for thinking of that .... It's a bit of a tight crop but it looks brilliant on Flickr, the background really does give a 'spacey' feel to it, texture and colour of the pears is absolutely spot on.
 
Hi Carl

Dix Pair ( or dix poires ;)) has loads of detail in the pears and the black background really sets them off. The crop is very tight though and I'd like just a little more top and bottom.
 
susiejb said:
Some excellent interpretations of the word coming out :) and that's another one Carl, well done for thinking of that .... It's a bit of a tight crop but it looks brilliant on Flickr, the background really does give a 'spacey' feel to it, texture and colour of the pears is absolutely spot on.
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Bruja said:
Hi Carl. Dix Pair ( or dix poires ;)) has loads of detail in the pears and the black background really sets them off. The crop is very tight though and I'd like just a little more top and bottom.
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Dark Knight said:
Liking the wide crop Carl, but feel it's a tad too tight in a couple of spots, however overall works well, and lovely vivid colours - a different take for sure :)
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Thank you all. I agree, it is a bit of a tight crop. Have altered my archived file to give a bit more breathing room.
 
Week 39 - Noise (French last week with Dix Pears and now an Irish sounding response to this week's theme with "It's dem tree fellers"). Responsible for my rude awakening from a chill out in the back garden.

Trimming by Carl Ayling, on Flickr
 
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Great colours and an interesting non obvious shot for Noise.
I think I would have composed slightly differently, with the tree surgeon on the right hand 1/3rd line, he feels a bit too central.
 
LC2 said:
Great colours and an interesting non obvious shot for Noise.
I think I would have composed slightly differently, with the tree surgeon on the right hand 1/3rd line, he feels a bit too central.
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You're right of course Tim about the placement but, as always, I find myself caught in a dilemma - in this case, I wanted both the variety and colour of all the surrounding trees as well as the feller.
 
Hi, well spotted but a different crop might work better, making a little more of the subject matter
 
Hi Allan. I did take this one first and it does comform to the Rule of Thirds etc., but for me it just lost out on context and scale, not to mention colour, compared to the image originally posted.

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What amazing detail. I vote for the uncroped with all that FG colour and sky of interest. (y)
 
Dix poires ou cinq paires de poires comme je préfère... Works really well, reminds me of a famous photo (wish I could remember the name of the photographer)

And I like the first "noise", I have no problem with the crop (what's all this "rules" non-sense, there's loads of different rules and this matches some anyway). I think that I would have liked a bit of foreground so that I could see how high he was, other than that, lovely. :thumbs:
 
d00d said:
What amazing detail. I vote for the uncroped with all that FG colour and sky of interest. (y)
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Thanks David.
rpn said:
That's an even bigger shoehorn that my Special shot of The Kelpies. Prefer #1 with interesting colours and composition too.
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Cheers Stan
Brian_of_Bozeat said:
Dix poires ou cinq paires de poires comme je préfère... Works really well, reminds me of a famous photo (wish I could remember the name of the photographer) And I like the first "noise", I have no problem with the crop (what's all this "rules" non-sense, there's loads of different rules and this matches some anyway). I think that I would have liked a bit of foreground so that I could see how high he was, other than that, lovely. (y)
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Yeah, nothing like a bit of unruly behaviour ;)
 
Hi Carl I agree the composition gives it lots of colour and perspective, but I think for the topic a tighter crop is needed, but not so tight as the one you've done on here o_O A great find though for the topic ....what a scary (and noisy) occupation !
 
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susiejb said:
Hi Carl I agree the composition gives it lots of colour and perspective, but I think for the topic a tighter crop is needed, but not so tight as the one you've done on here o_O A great find though for the topic ....what a scary (and noisy) occupation !
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Thanks Susie. Hard to get the right balance to show the environment and the height at which he was working .... and I did so want to retain all that lovely colour.
 
hi that is a bizzarre combination of things chipboard, netting, star and an eye not sure what it all means or wether you have had a mad photoshop session

well done for doing something a little....well insane :clap:
 
... don't know what you've done there Carl

but amazing artwork

Love the lashes.
 
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