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I like Jaffa cakes but I'd be really p***ed if someone filled my best lens with coffee ;).
 
Have you been sneaking around the staffroom Rab? :D

A nice take on the theme, it fits well :thumbs:
 
Jaffas....secret points from the staff methinks :lol:
It does look like a nice way to relax though!
 
on theme, love jaffa cakes, nicely lit but as you have already said, better background needed especially as you use it alot in your images :)
 
Nice shot and totally on theme, All I can say is to echo the other comments with regards to the background. If this type of thing is something you enjoy, its amazing what you can do with a few pieces of foam core from Hobbycraft and for the bases I sometime use Acrylic to give reflections.
 
cheers guys&girls yea i do like my jaffa cakes lol yip i will need to sort out some form of background , ps cobra i could be the fly on the staffroom wall so for god sakes dont swat it lol
 
Hi Rab,

Nice one - you can't bet a jaffa cake. I've found that a dark coloured fleece (mine's navy) works well as a background :)
 
Bold - nice bright cups love the colours and the edit works much better.

Relax - lovely take for the theme, and I love Jaffa cakes indeed a nice way to relax. With a good cuppa and some biscuits and a spot of tv, good work.
 
Hi Ya

Bold.....good basis for a shot just needs a little tweak with the composition & crop as others have mentioned as they are lovely bold colors & contrast nicely with the black bg :) .....maybe both mugs close together & frame so you only see half of one ?

Relax.....again , a good idea just needs a few tweaks :)

For backgrounds I rely a lot on large sheets of card ( normally black & white) from HobbyCraft or The Range so they don't break the bank , for bases I've found some sample tiles from B&Q work well & cost a couple of quid , also looking to buy a sheet of perspex in black & possibly white for shots where a reflection is needed - cheap as chips from fleabay (y)
 
The Whitevale and Bluevale flats by hoochy1, on Flickr


week 9 vertical rite this was a hurry job lol taken from my car window as I haven't had a lot of time this week with hospital appointments ,and my laptop giving up the ghost lol
 
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Go on then i will state the obvious It needs a slight straighten for me but never the less for a quickly grabbed shot its a good shot (y)
 
Good fit for the theme but agree with Simon.....needs a straighten so that at least something is vertical :lol:
Good grab though.
 
the dogs are featuring heavily for mouth but its another fine picture for the theme for me. (y)
 
As Simon says, there are a few dogs about this week, but another lovely detailed image :thumbs:
 
I knew there'd be a few pooches for this one :-)
This one's bang on, and made me chuckle.
 
cheers guys and girls I had the 50-500 siggy out my bag to give it a clean as I don't use it that often
and thought I would fire it on an take some shots with it
 
ok crowd this was taken on sunday at a race for stroke
IMG_2883 by hoochy1, on Flickr
 
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I like that for a crowd shot, nice colours, but yes it is wonky, and I'd also crop out the OOF guy in the jacket to the left :)
 
Mouth ... blimey that's a mouth ... good shot.

Crowd ... another good one ... but still not straight.
 
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Crowd ... another good one ... but still not straight.
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David's right.

Better version cropping the guy out on the left, but the colour balance has changed according to my brain. I'm seeing a much warmer image in your initial post which I prefer. Straight is good. I do like shots like this. I love people and like to see all the different expressions. For me you could crop very letterbox like (try a 16x9 ratio) to focus on the faces more than the concrete road foreground and streetlampy background. Actually, looking at your two images, you've done that in shot #1 but not in #2.
 
Hi Rab,

Sorry, I don't seem to have done much commenting on your thread, so this is a bit of a catch up.

Vertical - yes, fits the theme and a good shot for being taken in a hurry. I agree with Simon - it does need a bit of straightening.

Mouth - fits the theme, nice and sharp :-)

Crowd - great fit for the theme, the edit has really improved it :-)
 
HI Rab

Mouth..super focus on that tongue (y)

Vertical....pretty darn sharp for a grab shot & right on theme (y) but def needs a cw rotation..a little bit of pp would really make that shot pop, even possibly a mono conversion, gritty to go with the buildings :thinking:
 
ok close up this was taken across george square at a rally against racism etc i picked this woman out of the crowd as she looked deep in her own thoughts and the way the light was hitting her hair
IMG_3954 by hoochy1, on Flickr
 
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cheers for the reply lynne i get that as you would have to have been there here is a photo to show some of the crowd

IMG_4121 by hoochy1, on Flickr
 
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Close up, like Lynne, I'm not convinced either, but its a nice study of someone deep in thought.

Crowd, much more "on theme" IMO
Although I may have been tempted to crop in down the side of the person with the mega-phone as the LHS seems a bit bland where as the RHS 1/3 is nice and colourful and more in your face.
If you see what I mean?
 
ok i need to catch up lol machine man and his machine this was taken at the easter egg run for yorkhill

IMG_4908 by hoochy1, on Flickr
 
Well, your machine shot certainly makes me chuckle.
Until now, I was unaware that Bananaman rode a motorcycle! :lol:
 
LOL at banana man, but thats certainly a nice machine :thumbs:
 
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