dlh's 52 for 2010 - Week 16 Stare

[Florida Mel]

Love them all - great idea

 

[dlh]

Like it - as you say - number 1 is the best, although number two would have pipped it if his face had stayed out of the water!

Nice shot, and nice poem - if a little morbid...

Agreed. I deliberated long and hard about number two, but the fact his face was hidden spoilt it for me.

I like the idea but I think #2 would suit the poem more IMO. I Do like #1 but think it needs lightening a little bit.

Great idea and poem although a tad morbid it strikes my sense of humour.!

See above. Wanted to keep the image a little darker to convey the seclusion a little more. Another vote for morbid? Perhaps. But more a warning that not everything is what it seems. An odd glib remark from someone could well be a call for help in their every day lives.

Week 1 hope you are feeling better, nice improvised shot good colour and texture.

Week 2 the first one for me fits the poem better but Istill like the second too.

Thanks. Feeling better, although absolutely shattered after two days back at work.

fantastic shots but have to admit I prefer #2 to #1, he looks drowning not already dead, well, as much as an action man can!

See first reply Agree with your point but felt 2 still came up strong enough.

Without wanting to sound like a ballerina... I prefer two too.

Two too? Thank you Mr Nureyev. Seems number two has a lot of fans. i may have to try a reshoot to get his face above the water. My water bill won't be happy though!

I like #2 as well over the others, goes better with the poem, I'm not usually a fan of vignetting, but I think it works well in this, giving a sort of voyeuristic feel to it

Thanks. Too many twos to ignore now.

Well done, when reading the poem I wondered what the photo was going to look like and I have to say I like your take on it. Personally I think I prefer the 2nd shot but both work really well.

Ok Ok back to the bathtub I think.

I don't know much about the technical aspects so I my opinion is based on whether I would have like the shot had I taken it. I think I would have been quite pleased with myself with number 1, but as someone else said, 2 would have been the better shot had his head stayed about the water. A little bleak but a good image.

Thanks. Popular opinion is weighing me down here

Love them all - great idea

Thank you. Look out for a reshoot though

 

[dlh]

So I went and reshot. And got my hand wet holding him somewhere better. Liking this one more and have updated my original post. Hope you like more.

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[Snap_Happy]

Awesome - definite winner - wish I had your patience!

 

[mich66]

the reshot one is fab.. works really well with the poem... like the processing.. must suss out how to do vignettes on paintshop

 

[ShrubMonkey]

Neat idea

 

[Squawk]

New one has life in it, you can almost see him swimming hard.

 

[dlh]

Awesome - definite winner - wish I had your patience!

Thanks. Glad I reshot.

the reshot one is fab.. works really well with the poem... like the processing.. must suss out how to do vignettes on paintshop

Thanks. Can't help with PSP though sorry

Neat idea

Thank you.

New one has life in it, you can almost see him swimming hard.

The struggle is there and that's something that was originally missing. Thanks

 

[robp]

Yes, the reshoot does it for me - miles better!

I'm another who would have gone for your original #2 if the face was more visible.

Nice take on the theme.

 

[jgs001]

Really good idea, very well shot and fits the poem well

 

[Tracer]

Very clever and well produced!

 

[mickyluv]

Liked the first one Darren, simple subject done well, the second is a great fun shot well executed,really looks like he,s struggling against the flow....Mick

 

[jeangenie]

I must admit I read the intro and the poem with increasing trepidation about what I was going to see.

And then I had a coffee meets keyboard moment. Excellent!


I like the edited (post #43) one best. His expression is priceless and I like the effect of the rippling water.

Jean

 

[dlh]

Yes, the reshoot does it for me - miles better!

I'm another who would have gone for your original #2 if the face was more visible.

Nice take on the theme.

Wish I'd been more patient first time round but got there in the end. Thanks Rob.

Really good idea, very well shot and fits the poem well

Thanks John.

Very clever and well produced!

Thank you Tracer.

Liked the first one Darren, simple subject done well, the second is a great fun shot well executed,really looks like he,s struggling against the flow....Mick

Thanks Mick. I wish the water had been a little warmer

I must admit I read the intro and the poem with increasing trepidation about what I was going to see.

And then I had a coffee meets keyboard moment. Excellent!


I like the edited (post #43) one best. His expression is priceless and I like the effect of the rippling water.

Jean

Thank you Jean. Glad it's put a smile on a few faces bearing in mind the morbidness of the poem.

I have my idea sorted for week 3 but struggling with light and the fact I don't have a tripod. Must get saving.

The hardest part of the 52 is the struggling to comment on all these images. Especially now week 3 images have started to appear and I must avoid them at all costs. Think I need to either retire or book a holiday just to comment!

 

[Dark Star]

I never saw your first post but this is an imaginative and great take on a great poem! Clever concept well executed!!!

 

[dlh]

Thanks John. Wish this week's was going as well.

So bloody frustrated tonight that I can't get what I want because of lack of equipment (or rather lack of figuring out how to work round it). It's one of those days where camera tossing sounds like a damned good idea.

 

[aztec]

Nice work I like both your pictures and for me it shows the vastly different subjects that people choose to use with their pictures when submitting on the same theme

 

[SarahLee]

I’m so pleased to see this poem in here for week 2!
It’s one of my favourite poems, and one that’s stuck in my head since school too. In fact I posted a comment about it in one of the other 52 threads last year.

It’s an impossible task to catch every 52 every week – especially since a lot of people are posting their week 3s already, but I’m glad that I caught this one.
And one advantage of being late is that I came in just in time to see your reshoot. Definitely the best out of the lot. Good pose and good movement in the water. Nicely focused on his face and just the right amount of lighting / vignetting.

It's one of those days where camera tossing sounds like a damned good idea.

we all get days like that!

 

[dlh]

Thanks very much Sarah. You're a regular dynamo and I don't know how you manage to crop up everywhere but well done for trying

 

[dlh]

This is not the shot I was aiming for by a long way, but try as I might I just don't have the light or remote release or tripod to get me and the subject doing what I wanted. I know it's only mid week but I only have tomorrow night free and if it turns out like today I'll be pulling out what's left of my hair.

Sorry if that sounds like a lot of excuses, but it's annoyance at myself for not getting what I had in my head onto this page.

As it's unlikely I'll get another chance to think of something else I'm posting this anyway so I don't miss the deadline.

This was shot at arms length with the 50mm and flash.

The one thing I couldn't get out of my head, on my head.

Lamb Chopped

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[foggy4ever]

That's a great take on the theme, hope you had it for tea.

 

[L'Cham]

My Mrs actually suggested doing something similar to your chopped. Brilliant.

 

[holryn]

The one thing I couldn't get out of my head, on my head.

Lamb Chopped

Haha - made me laugh - well done.

 

[Squawk]

Oooh interesting. Bizarely lamb hadn't occured to me, I was thinking pork chops for a while... Comedy value is worth a

 

[Nick T]

Hah! Very novel twist on the food theme Mmm, I'm hungry now!

 

[mich66]

well I wasn't expecting that when I scrolled down

great shot.. and a very different interpretation of the theme!

 

[ladysue]

Definitely different.

 

[dlh]

That's a great take on the theme, hope you had it for tea.

Not a lamb chop lover so it didn't end up in my tummy.

My Mrs actually suggested doing something similar to your chopped. Brilliant.

My idea was not so daft then

Haha - made me laugh - well done.

Thanks.

Oooh interesting. Bizarely lamb hadn't occured to me, I was thinking pork chops for a while... Comedy value is worth a

Couldn't find the pork chops so settled for lamb.

Hah! Very novel twist on the food theme Mmm, I'm hungry now!

You should have said earlier I could have posted it to you

well I wasn't expecting that when I scrolled down

great shot.. and a very different interpretation of the theme!

Thanks. Not quite what I had in mind when I bought it.

Definitely different.

Well it's a reaction at least

Wasn't expecting any reaction to this honestly. Was not what I wanted to put together but at least it's achieved a few giggles :nuts:

 

[ProG77]

Ha ha ha! Absolutely brilliant! One thing I'm definitely learning from this whole thing is how different people interpret the theme in different ways, yet they alll represent the same thing!

 

[mickyluv]

Ha ha, love the humour darren, nice PP work where you,ve cloned the nail out that you used to attatch it to your forehead..Mick

 

[Ian_Wilson]

Interesting shot, something different and as you say difficult to operate camera and model at same time. Like the eyes and expression, would maybe have been nice to include just a touch more of the face.

I had a similar idea about putting chopped mince on my face but was worried that it would be seen as an improvement and my wife might insist that I always cover my face with mince!

 

[dlh]

Ha ha ha! Absolutely brilliant! One thing I'm definitely learning from this whole thing is how different people interpret the theme in different ways, yet they alll represent the same thing!

Yep there's been quite a diverse selection this week. Pretty sure I was the only one with a lamb chop on my head.

Ha ha, love the humour darren, nice PP work where you,ve cloned the nail out that you used to attatch it to your forehead..Mick

Took some doing but I don't think the cloning work is too noticeable. Having trouble getting the nail out of my head now so hoping to incorporate it into the next theme too.

Interesting shot, something different and as you say difficult to operate camera and model at same time. Like the eyes and expression, would maybe have been nice to include just a touch more of the face.

I had a similar idea about putting chopped mince on my face but was worried that it would be seen as an improvement and my wife might insist that I always cover my face with mince!

More of the face is definitely not a good idea. Would have required weeks of post processing to make it safe for viewing.

I'd like to have seen the chopped mince, at least then I'd know I wasn't the only fool here

 

[philthejuggler]

This is not the shot I was aiming for by a long way, but try as I might I just don't have the light or remote release or tripod to get me and the subject doing what I wanted. I know it's only mid week but I only have tomorrow night free and if it turns out like today I'll be pulling out what's left of my hair.

Sorry if that sounds like a lot of excuses, but it's annoyance at myself for not getting what I had in my head onto this page.

As it's unlikely I'll get another chance to think of something else I'm posting this anyway so I don't miss the deadline.

This was shot at arms length with the 50mm and flash.

The one thing I couldn't get out of my head, on my head.

Classic! What's wierd is that when I asked at work for ideas to inspire my 'Chopped' shot, this was exactly what one person suggested!

Phil

 

[ccsnet]

A meating of a great mind to a great idea...

How did you get it in focus etc in that position or was it leave it on auto ???

Terran

 

[jgs001]

Oh very good and funny too... first laugh I've had today thank you... bang on theme

 

[aztec]

very good think it would be better if straightened slightly in photoshop, only joking looking at the chop in depth it reminded me of the bottom part of the British isles or maybe its just me

 

[SarahLee]

Very Funny!!!!
And very well executed too – shame that your eyes are so close to the edge of the frame, but I don’t suppose that composing the shot was easy at that angle.

 

[dlh]

Classic! What's wierd is that when I asked at work for ideas to inspire my 'Chopped' shot, this was exactly what one person suggested!

Spooky! That person has a great mind obviously.

A meating of a great mind to a great idea...

How did you get it in focus etc in that position or was it leave it on auto ???

Auto focus. Point and hope to fit in as much as possible.

Oh very good and funny too... first laugh I've had today thank you... bang on theme

Glad it gave a chuckle.

very good think it would be better if straightened slightly in photoshop, only joking looking at the chop in depth it reminded me of the bottom part of the British isles or maybe its just me

British Isles with a slightly limp Scotland!

Very Funny!!!!
And very well executed too – shame that your eyes are so close to the edge of the frame, but I don’t suppose that composing the shot was easy at that angle.

It was a bit of a crop to even out the space to each side and I'm not a fan of non-normal proportions. Looking at it again I could have straightened it slightly and moved the framing down just under the eyes. So I've done that just for you

Again thanks for all the comments on what I thought was a pretty dire shot

 

[Tracer]

LOL: one of the the more original interpretations! It works rather well - didn't you smell of raw meat for ages afterwards, though?

 

[jeangenie]

Excellent, Darren - it made me laugh out loud! Well done on capturing it handheld, too. It's a great take on the theme - full marks for ingenuity!

Jean