weekly It is what it is, Sirching for 52/2016 - 52 - Celebrate

Like this Chris, to me it's the struggle for life, nice colours against the rocky background. Nicely stacked !
 
Hmmm! Just read your reply to Emma - very interesting Chris. I haven't tried stacking either so may give it a shot sometime. Like the composition with those colours coming through and I like the narrative showing nature sustaining life in a harsh environment. :clap:
 
Carl Ayling said:
Hmmm! Just read your reply to Emma - very interesting Chris. I haven't tried stacking either so may give it a shot sometime. Like the composition with those colours coming through and I like the narrative showing nature sustaining life in a harsh environment. :clap:
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Thanks Carl, doing it the way I did it was fairly straight forward and is certainly another tool in the box for when there is OOF foreground stuff that is distracting from the subject. I liked the idea that life just springs up anywhere and everywhere
 
Bit of a catch up on comments
sign - plenty of signs there but no real focal point
stone re-shoot - lovely amonite well taken
flora - I like soft tones and the raindrops on it lovely simple looking shot
Life - certainly shows the adverse conditions some plants survive in well captured
 
minx said:
Bit of a catch up on comments
sign - plenty of signs there but no real focal point
stone re-shoot - lovely amonite well taken
flora - I like soft tones and the raindrops on it lovely simple looking shot
Life - certainly shows the adverse conditions some plants survive in well captured
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Thanks for taking the time to catch up Minx much appreciated
 
Nice one Chris, theme-wise, not too dissimilar to mine.

I wouldn't have guessed it was a stack job, because it's not the type of image that I associate with stacking. But now you mention it, I can see the unfocussed areas at the sides.
 
Clinging to life - interesting take on the theme Chris. Never tried focus stacking but I have been known to hang around the park with my camera looking for a tree to hang my knickers on :naughty:
 
LC2 said:
Hey Chris,
Well done getting something for life without the huge shoe horn I'm about to use ;)
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Thanks Tim

d00d said:
Nice one Chris, theme-wise, not too dissimilar to mine.

I wouldn't have guessed it was a stack job, because it's not the type of image that I associate with stacking. But now you mention it, I can see the unfocussed areas at the sides.
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Yes I think it probably needs something to give it a bit of scale, the seedling is tiny and it was a macro job.

Bruja said:
Clinging to life - interesting take on the theme Chris. Never tried focus stacking but I have been known to hang around the park with my camera looking for a tree to hang my knickers on :naughty:
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:D Thanks Jill, and I thought I was taking a risk!
 
I had no idea what I was going to shoot for this week's theme but this evening I was out looking for butterflies it being warm and all and whilst I didn't get any butterfies I did come across this
52-2016-Hidden (2) by TheWub, on Flickr

and in a bid to out-cute @Cobra here are a couple of other shots of the same deer
52-2016-Hidden (4) by TheWub, on Flickr

52-2016-Hidden (3) by TheWub, on Flickr
 
Oh Wow! What a great find Chris. #2 for me I think for the eye contact and composition. Beautiful. :clap:
 
A very nice set of image there Chris I agree with Dean No 1 fits the hidden theme best.
 
Carl Ayling said:
Oh Wow! What a great find Chris. #2 for me I think for the eye contact and composition. Beautiful. :clap:
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Emja said:
Oh how beautiful and perfect for the theme! Number two is wonderful - great eye contact - but I do like the environment in the first.
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Dark Knight said:
A nice set there Chris, the first one for me, I like the doe small in the frame and with the branches adding to the hidden feeling :)
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Downton Mini said:
A very nice set of image there Chris I agree with Dean No 1 fits the hidden theme best.
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Thanks all, I see them around in the woods fairly regularly but it is rare to get close enough to get a decent shot.
 
The theme is hidden not serendipitous :p

Nice find Chris and I'll let you off in the "cute stakes" :thumbs:
 
Cobra said:
The theme is hidden not serendipitous :p
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:D - is Running Away in the list of themes, 'cause this is a good fit for that. TBH you were probably getting this photo whatever the theme, I've learned from the best :notworthy:

Cobra said:
Nice find Chris and I'll let you off in the "cute stakes" (y)
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Thanks Chris
 
sirch said:
TBH you were probably getting this photo whatever the theme, I've learned from the best :notworthy:
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Excellent, thats other shoe horner into the flock :D
 
susiejb said:
Wow Chris lucky you ...well spotted, I'm with the others #1 for the theme, #2 for the expression, and #3 for capturing a real sense of vulnerability.
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Thanks Susie, I was happy when I managed the first but it was a real bonus that it headed out into a clearing
 
First one for me can't add anything to what's already been said nicely spotted and good reactions to catch of before it bolted
 
#2 for the pose and sharpness, #1 for hitting the brief although it looks slightly soft on my screen.
 
brrnd said:
#2 for the pose and sharpness, #1 for hitting the brief although it looks slightly soft on my screen.
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Thanks Bernd, it's probably noise/noise reduction making the first look a bit soft, it was dark under those trees.
 
Yes subject's a bit soft in #1 but still a great image, great surround. (y)
 
LC2 said:
#1 here. I was going to say something about the softness adding to the feel of the shot but that's an onteresting way to get the effect using the NR.
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d00d said:
Yes subject's a bit soft in #1 but still a great image, great surround. (y)
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Thanks both.
 
Chris, I am surprised they hung around. We stumbled across a large deer earlier in the year scared the crap out of me, I don't know who was more frightened ! Prefer the first photo
 
chrispp said:
Chris, I am surprised they hung around. We stumbled across a large deer earlier in the year scared the crap out of me, I don't know who was more frightened ! Prefer the first photo
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Thanks Chris, they usually hear me and leg it long before I can get a clear shot, this one was cautious but not too bothered
 
52'ers lament from me this week. I've been hanging on since the theme was announced for some half-decent skies and last night looked promising so I went up to shoot the clichéd lone tree. When I got up there I realised that last time I was there was probably winter and the tree(s) looked stark against the sky now they were green and bushy and not really the shot I was want but I'm not going to get another chance this week so here it is :(

52-2016-Lone-Tree by TheWub, on Flickr

On the plus side I got some reasonable path shots for this month's Takes On challenge :)
Takes on a path (July Challenge)
 
Not a long wrong with that at all Chris, especially the sky :thumbs:
 
That is a brilliant shot Chris - love the colours and that sky .. beautiful.
 
That works for me I'd lose the vignette though doesn't do it any favours
 
Downton Mini said:
Brilliant image Chris that sky is fantastic
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Thanks Mark

alsjazzera said:
That works for me I'd lose the vignette though doesn't do it any favours
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Thanks Allan, I'm not one for vignettes and I have not added one to this image but the sun was shining on the middle of the foreground limestone and tree so I pulled the exposure down a bit on the foreground which seems to have given the vignette effect
 
Very nice ... stole peep at the exif ... f/18 for 20 secs. (y)
 
d00d said:
Very nice ... stole peep at the exif ... f/18 for 20 secs. (y)
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Thanks David, it was pretty windy too, it took a few attempts to get the tripod stable enough for a reasonable shot. The 40 second version didn't work at all :)
 
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