Daily Donnie's 365 for 2013

it does work - looks great in B&W and there's a real textured look on the glass, which I assume is bits of tabasco stuck to the inside? That really does give it the edge in terms of how the bottle looks :thumbs:
 
karmagarda said:
I do quite like that. Very smooth B&W. Nicely done.
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Ta :)

Sonriendo said:
And me - obviously has firey depths hidden in those shadows.
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LOL, indeed, but I do love tabasco.

~Sam~ said:
it does work - looks great in B&W and there's a real textured look on the glass, which I assume is bits of tabasco stuck to the inside? That really does give it the edge in terms of how the bottle looks :thumbs:
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Yep, it's a well used bottle and completely agree, a new bottle wouldn't have worked as well.
vince31 said:
Nice work once again Paul
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Cheers Vince
flook999 said:
nice shot, and very good conversion
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Ta :thumbs:

whipspeed said:
Nice work on that one, dark, but no loss of detail where it counts.
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yea was very careful to make it still identifiable too :-)

MWHCVT said:
I like yesterday's I think that it works well for the subject :thumbs:
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Cheers :)
 
And todays is a bit of a quicky one, laid some of my kitchen knives on the breadboard thinking there has to be a shot in there. I'm still sure there is but in the meantime....


365_31 by Donnie Canning, on Flickr

This is a macro of the teeth end of several of my table knives laid in a fan shape.

One flashgun set at 105mm and 1/32nd power was set directly above (about 4ft) and triggered with wireless radio trigger.

Processed in Lightroom to give a dark grainy and hopefully abstract feel.
 
I'd call it abstract as there's no way I knew what it was ;) Nicely lit though :thumbs:
 
Definite 'abstract feel' achieved, Paul! When you said what it was, I felt like I was trying to work out an optical illusion! :D it looks great! :)
 
I think that they both work well, I confess that I already knew what yesterdays was but only because in the the early days of the what is it thread I took a photo of some stake knifes :lol:
 
I love the portrait, nicely lit and a lovely subtle conversion.
 
Cheers all, been a busy few days and have fallen behind so 2 now, one for today, one for yesterday!


365_33 by Donnie Canning, on Flickr
13A


365_34 by Donnie Canning, on Flickr
Unlimited Broadband from Sky
 
Catching up on some more excellent shots... loving the fuse!:thumbs:
 
MWHCVT said:
Great macro :thumbs: and I actually like the noisy nature of the wireless, I guess it's because it's how I think if the standard of my crap broad band :(
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It's deliberately added in pp. I've just switched from BT to sky and it's already a better service for about a third of the cost! :thumbs:

Cg_Girl said:
Catching up on some more excellent shots... loving the fuse!:thumbs:
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vince31 said:
13A is awesome Paul !
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~Sam~ said:
13A is a :thumbs::thumbs:

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Thanks all, it came out better than I'd hoped given some of my recent playing with the macro tubes.
 
Oooh, I like the safety pins, nice processing there.
 
Thanks Sarah :-)

Now todays shot is yet another using my extension tubes and a stack of CD's with a torch sat pointing down into the middle pushing the light through to the edges.


365_36 by Donnie Canning, on Flickr
 
That's a brilliant idea! I found myself tilting my head to try and figure out what it was before reading the text. Very intriguing.
 
Loving the last few - the safety pins are really great, I like that one a lot.:)
 
Quick catch up for me...

Day 28 is a good shot. great dof and well lit, and loving the look of the cat shot.

The bottle shot works really well, and wouldn't look out of place on the wall of a trendy bar. The knives shot certainly has an abstract feel to it. Great portrait shot of your wife, she looks very pensive. Great close up of the amp and the broadband shot, the noise for me adds to it :thumbs:.

Loving the last 3 shots too matey, especially the CD stack, that's a cracking little shot :).
 
OK, as said been busy, even though I managed to get a couple of shots yesterday, I never got the chance to even get them off the card until this afternoon, so, here's day 37, 38 and 39 in one go. :)

Day 37 - Donegal China Vase


365_37 by Donnie Canning, on Flickr

This shot was taken with off camera flash using a white reflective umbrella to achieve this short lighting effect. Power was set at about 1/64th and looked ok in camera but on screen was underexposed so needed a slight boost in Lightroom. I additionally reduced the clarity slider all the way down deliberately and tweaked the temperature to give it a cool look.

I'm happy with it other than it's cropped too close at the top, which I could easily fix in photoshop but part of my photo a day is to learn to avoid extra post production work by critiquing it, so next time I hope not to make the same mistake.

Day 38 - Strobist Tools


365_38 by Donnie Canning, on Flickr

Pretty self explanatory shot of my flashgun and reflective white brolly.
Taken on manual settings and simply upped the f stop until I got a shot where the white wasn't blowing out.

Day 39 - Dummy Onlookers


365_39 by Donnie Canning, on Flickr

I was in town earlier today and fancied getting the camera out for some street photography.
I spotted these pensioners having a chat outside the local Next shop and it just tickled me the way some of the dummies looked like they were eavesdropping.

It was a snap really and I'm annoyed at chopping off the feet of the two men but again, you live and learn.
 
I like the macro series about the house - the amp is my fav. I need to be a bit more creative with macro shots!
 
Right, got my son to cooperate for once, bless him he hates his photo being taken:)


365_40 by Donnie Canning, on Flickr

Lit with a single flashgun into a reflective brolly almost directly above and slightly to camera right.
 
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