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After sitting tight and looking at every one elses project i thought i will have a blast at this. Only going for a 52 as time is some times hard to get.

Week 1 ~ Curves - Post 1
Week 2 ~ Poem / Poetry - Post 14
Week 3 ~ Chopped - Post 26
Week 4 ~ Street - Post 40
Week 5 ~ Speed - Post 57
Week 6 ~ Present - Post 90
Week 7 ~ People - Post 104
Week 8 ~ Mechanical - Post 119
Week 9 ~ Play - Post 138
Week 10 ~ Chemistry - Post 156
Week 11 ~ Candid - Post 167
Week 12 ~ Produce - Post 176
Week 13 ~ Quad + Reshoot - Post 198
Week 14 ~ Shoot - Post 207
Week 15 ~ Single - Post 226
Week 16 ~ Stare - Post 247
Week 17 ~ Peace - Post 270
Week 18 ~ Indulgence - Post 273
Week 19 ~ Ingredients - Post 290
Week 20 ~ Stop - FAIL
Week 21 ~ Isolation - Post 293
Week 22 ~ Quality - FAIL
Week 23 ~ Post - Post 302
Week 24 ~ Metal - Post 330
Week 25 ~ Grunge - Post 338
Week 26 ~ Beginnings - FAIL - Work Commitments overtook me
Week 27 ~ Art - Post 347

Week 27 - Art Privew.


Part 2 of my 52



any way to start.

Week 1
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50mm M42 Prime lens mounted on the Canon 40D all manual so exif shows very little
 
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A tad dark for my personal taste...did you do it by ambient only I would imagine?
 
yes, no extra lighting used, i was messing with the camera and few of the model cars and it came out like this. bit of photoshop was used but only to sharpen the edges slightly. maybe could brighten it up.
 
Nice shot.

The DOF is great, and I think the lower light adds to the shot.

Good luck with the rest of the weeks!

Ian.
 
Love it!

What is that in the bottom left though?

edit: cause I don't know my right from my left
 
Hi David,

good start to your 52.

Personally, I don't think it needs brightening - I quite like the darker feel to it.
Could maybe do with cloning out some of those purple reflections on the bonnet though.

Still a well spotted and well executed shot to start with. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your 52.
 
Thank you, now you say it i think the purple lights could do with a clone.

the thing to the bottom left is a ruffed up bit of the carpet. may soften that.

But thanks i look forward also to my 52, i may also make myself use a 50mm prime throughout.
 
I like this, nice subdued lighting rather than dumping too much light on it. Just feel it loses a bit of definition at the rear of the car on the right of the frame, is there another car behind it?
 
yes its another car, i think it was a mini cooper as that was out also. oops. its things like that i miss.
 
I think the highlight area on the screen is slightly distracting- could you have used some grease proof paper / kitchen roll between the light source and subject ? - but like the shot overall
 
A promising start David.

Others have already mentioned the few small points to look at fixing.

You will be setting youself a real challenge if you decide to stick with a 50mm prime.
 
Slightly underexposed and the biggie for me is that the colour balance is way off I'm afraid. Good use of DOF though!
 
It simply works well for me, on this screen the exposure looks just fine - or maybe thats just personal taste :)

Its a lovely shot! :D :clap:
 
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Struggled with this one lol. best i could do as mind has been on other things as seen in "Disaster Picture". christmas orangy colours and a nice warm feeling.

Poem / Poetry theme

"The Night Before Christmas"

Week 2, Theme - Poem / Poetry from TP forum.

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there.

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.
And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap.

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.

The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below.
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tinny reindeer.

With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name!

Now Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! On, Cupid! on, on Donner and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!

As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky.
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of Toys, and St Nicholas too.

And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St Nicholas came with a bound.

He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot.
A bundle of Toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler, just opening his pack.

His eyes-how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow.

The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly!

He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself!
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.

He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk.
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose!

He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ‘ere he drove out of sight,
Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!
 
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I like both shots David, they work for me, and it is nice to see someone still holding onto the chrisymas spirit :thumbs:
 
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thank you, this book has to be read every night and has been for the last 12months to our son, its his favourite.lol, Plus as i said i was really struggling with the theme especially when my nearly 3 year old son had set fire to my house lol. Head is every where.

thanks for the comments and hope next week i can think better, unsure who Kevin is though.
 
That shot really brings back some childhood memories!
I used to love that book, although mine wasn't the swanky new "lift the flap" version. Is that like a pop-up book type thingy?

The orange is a bit OTT for me, but it certainly has that Christmas glow to it.
It might have been interesting to have shot the open book with some text visible ????

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Plus as i said i was really struggling with the theme especially when my nearly 3 year old son had set fire to my house lol. Head is every where.
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I can't believe that you just used the :lol: smilie in the same sentence as the words "when my nearly 3 year old son had set fire to my house" :cuckoo:

I've missed that thread somewhere along the way, but I hope there wasn't too much damage - and it's no wonder your head's all over the place.
 
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You either laugh or you cry so i choose to laugh. but on the day i didn't feel much like laughing.

Although i did this shot it actually came to me with a different peom picture but unsure if i should change now.
 
I like week 1, it's curved, but maybe a touch more light.

Good Poem, and the image works with it. The colours are christmassy, but maybe a little orange for my tastes too.

I'm glad everyone is ok, and it was only a nearly...
 
Two good starters,specially like the D.O.F in them both.
 
david, I like your composition and dof on your chopped image, I would like to see it with a bit more saturation, to bring out the colours in the tomatoes. Good start to your 52 ***'. Its a lot more difficult than I thought it would be. Iain
 
yes i was thinking about the reds they seem a little dull. I have to agree i thought the 52 themed would be easy. but its not, probs because we have to think about it rather than just see-ing the shot and shooting.
 
That certainly ticks the box for me, I like the deeper reds David
 
yes i have to agree the first attempt was a little saturated. a little play in photoshop solved it.
 
You've used a nice angle for which to shoot this from David :thumbs:
slight crop from bottom (remove edge of work surface), and its the second one for me also, nice colours,
though I have to agree with Allan about lighting.

Graham
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I prefer the stronger reds in the second one Dave. The lighting on one half of the tomatoe works well, but the rest feels a little too dark for my tastes.
 
2nd one improves it no end David. Good angle for the shot and nice DOF again.....Mick
 
Well beyond my comfort zone here but I had two on my short list, (other in my flickr) but choose this one as my fave to be added to my 52.

The apartments make the pic look wonky lol.

And although i felt really beyond my depth i enjoyed been on the street.
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I like the idea very much. It's hard to know what to focus on though as the in focus part is the apartments, which should really be background.
 
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Yeah I see what your saying, I was trying to have them as the feature as the arch way is boring in the flesh.
 
this was the other in the shortlist. Didn't notice the cyclist until he went by lol.

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