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Took me a while to work out what was going on there - which I think is a good thing. Nice first entry, and lucky you to have interesting things to take photo's of :thumbs:
 
Here's my try for 'History'. There are some old underground quarries near La Rochebeaucourt in the Dordogne. These provided the limestone blocks for many of France's cathedrals. They were used in the WW2 to hide supplies and British airman and are now used partly as stores and partly as a place to dump unwanted things.
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It's a sad sight to see places that were once a important piece of history

being used this way. But it happens all over the world.

Great photo for this subject:clap:
 
Missed this one :)

Love the reflection shot! Took me a second to realise it was your Dobro (am I right with that :thinking:)

Anyway an ace first shot and a cracking second image!

Almost two histories in one: the location and the cars :)

Very nice! :clap:
 
Thanks for the comments guys. It's a National John but there's not a lot in the way of identifying features in that view.
 
I like this last one. They've been dumped in a very photogenic state, and the description add valuable back story and makes it really interesting.
 
Very good first pair for the 52. Love the reflection shot. It took a moment to work out what was going on. Very interesting information and shot for History :thumbs:
 
The photo certainly contains lots of historic elements to it with the cars and the location even if I'm not convinced the best has been made of what is there. To me this is dull and I'm sure you could get a much more interesting shot by getting creative (angles, position, Compostion, DoF etc). That said, the image you have is good; you've done well with the difficult lighting not to loose huge amounts of detail to either shadow or highlight and I especially like the colour of the van as it really stands out well in contrast with the white car and both in contrast with the quarry backdrop.

However, it's not about me, it's about you; what do you like about it and if you decided to reshoot this in the future what would you keep the same and what would you do differently?
 
Thanks for the comments.

I have to agree with Simon that There's something lacking. While I'm pleased with where I've got to with this shot in the time, it's got a way to go. Definitely a 'revisit' shot.

I've learned that I directional light coming into an enclosed space needs careful positioning of the camera and that just because I got the shot without losing too much detail from highlights and shadows doesn't mean I've finished. Definitely going back to try to get some different angles and the DOF I'd only considered going for as much depth of field as I could. Thanks
 
This is a great scene, well found but I think maybe the white car puts me off this a little. I just love the blue van however as it got bags of character. Maybe you could make more of the blue van somehow? Don't know how easy that would be, I guess it depends on how much room you have around it.
 
Thanks staffitaxi. The room around them is very tight but I'm sure I can make more of it.
 
Here's my effort for 'Education'. I had a lot of trouble setting up this simple image. The page is not meant to be straight and it isn't white (honest). I think I've overdone the out of focus on the guitar but I ran out of time and couldn't decide on how much.

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Things I've learnt.

1. You need more space than you think!!
2. It's more difficult to set up the components for the shot than I thought.
3. I need to experiment a lot with depth of field to get a feeling for 'differential focus'

And now 'Surprise'! I should have had a camera focussed on me when I opened Simon's email - or maybe that would be for 'Horror'.;)
 
Composition and concept are great (as a guitar player I alway enjoy seeing guitar related stiff on here :))

I don't think you've overdone the oof effect at all - looks just right to me

I keep wanting the book to be whiter though for some reason, it just looks a tad underexposed!

The guitar - is that a Yamaha? Or a Fender? :D And how many more have you got ! :D
 
Thanks. I wasn't sure about the focus. I think the page is dark and I thought of saying I refuse to alter my images in PP but the truth is I don't know how to do changes to areas yet.

The guitars....... Fender strat, Gordon Smith GSI, Nationaal Style 1, Dobro 33D, Guild G37B and an Ari ProII Bass. I quite like guitars.:D
 
Graulges said:
Thanks. I wasn't sure about the focus. I think the page is dark and I thought of saying I refuse to alter my images in PP but the truth is I don't know how to do changes to areas yet.

The guitars....... Fender strat, Gordon Smith GSI, Nationaal Style 1, Dobro 33D, Guild G37B and an Ari ProII Bass. I quite like guitars.:D
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Drool :p:p
 
I think you've got just the right amount oof and the detail on the book is perfectly sharp. I think the only quiblle for me is the background is very similar in colour to the page and therefore it lacks a bit of punch. But that's just personal taste. :clap::clap::thumbs:
 
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I think you've got just the right amount oof and the detail on the book is perfectly sharp. I think the only quiblle for me is the background is very similar in colour to the page and therefore it lacks a bit of punch. But that's just personal taste. :clap::clap::thumbs:
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I agree with Bruja - but I also appreciate how difficult it is trying to set up something moody and interesting when you have limited space and rubbish weather to contend with. Options become severly limited!

I think the OOF is actually just right btw :thumbs:
 
I'm glad I found your shot in the end...I was worried you were not posting for this week...:clap:

I like the OOF part it really works... it really good to see so many different versions on this suject...:thumbs:

Good luck next week...I think we will all need it..:eek:
 
I agree, that works really well. A very good take on a tricky theme.
 
I really like what you've done so far, the 2nd one especially. Love the colours.
 
That's a lovely shot of a reflection :thumbs::thumbs: I like your learning one, but yes, it does blend a little
 
Hmm, you like your instruments don't you :D. Like the others I think you've got the DoF element just right, and like you I think the page looks a bit dark and would like to see a bit more contrast in that element (i'm not sure but it appears a bit warm too - although that could be becasue I'm on 3G at the moment and all images get compressed, making propper analysis difficult :D)
 
Thanks for the comments guys. The page does look a bit dark but it is very close to the actual page colour (old book-cheap paper!). I'll try playing with the colour temp as you suggest simon and see if that improves things.:thumbs:

The background might be improved by getting one that contrasts more but I've only just painted that wall!!:shrug: More learning to do with PP and look out for alternative background materials.
 
I like your Learning shot lots. It's a good take on the theme and meets the brief in every way.

If I'm being hyper critical, I would have placed the guitar (from your very impressive collection :) ) at more of a diagonal angle to lead the eye though the upper part of the picture. I realise you may have tried it and couldn't do it for practical reasons - guitar falling over? - just my two-penn'oth.

I think the dof is excellent, and look forward to seeing your Surprise.

Jean
 
Yep! I'm a bit overprotective of those guitars!!:love:
 
I've only just caught up with your 52 - I think its great. Particularly like weeks 1 and 2 :)
 
Right, here's my effort for 'Surprise'. Not that happy with it but at least I had some sort of idea - obvious, if a bit lame. I got the idea when I had to set a trap for some mice brought in by the cat (must have a word and explain his role). Only using this for the photo we have hmane traps.


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Things I learnt:

Sitting and thinking about it doesn't necessarily result in an idea
Getting skin tones right takes a bit of work (my monitors not profiled so it probably still isn't right):D
 
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Personally I think it is a good suprise shot - you would be bloody suprised if that happened for real!
What are you not happy with?
 
Ouch :) Nicely different in the surprise stakes :D

Has a tiny bit of a blue cast on my screen but meets the theme and raises a smile :)

Good and sharp too!

Is that a French trap :)?
 
Very good Surprise image Frank, that meets the theme really well... boy would you be surprised if that happened :thumbs:
 
He He He...great surprise shot...:clap:

It's so good to see other peoples idea's....I didn't manage any..:lol:

Excellent
 
Thanks for the comments. I had hoped to get a feeling of surpise out of the hand but that eluded me :shrug:
 
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