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

Very nice Chris, a nice subtle pink rose, nicely presented and captured.
 
just saw another pink rose and suggested water droplets, now here it is! Nice work Chris.
 
Love that Chris such a simple image lovely subtle tones and some fantastic detail I agree with @pjm1 it's perfect
 
Chris that is a cracking picture for Flora.

Tha added water droplets are the finishing touch.

Excellent mate :clap:​
 
Hi Chris,
Plenty of signs of the times there, perhaps more-so the Maccy Ds which also stands out against the lovely sky as the road forms a leading line more or less towards it. Presumably the white balance is a bit off as the white van has a blue tinge.
Stone reshoot - Good shot, very crisp and full of detail. Nicely like at f/8.
Flora - Nice simple shot. As others hae said, the water droplet really does add to it.
 
LC2 said:
Hi Chris,
Plenty of signs of the times there, perhaps more-so the Maccy Ds which also stands out against the lovely sky as the road forms a leading line more or less towards it. Presumably the white balance is a bit off as the white van has a blue tinge.
Stone reshoot - Good shot, very crisp and full of detail. Nicely like at f/8.
Flora - Nice simple shot. As others hae said, the water droplet really does add to it.
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Thanks for taking the time to catch up Tim, I was going for a kind of cheap 1970 colour print look to the sign shot, hence the duff WB
 
52-2016-Activity by TheWub, on Flickr

Went caving today and thought I'd come back with something for Active but I only had the TG3 and time constraints meant that I couldn't set up any shots so nothing worth publishing. BUT there was a 1940's activity going on in Ingleton Village so I grabbed some snaps whilst dropping off some gear.
 
I like that Chris - colourful and nicely detailed but above all that, the expressions are superb. I particularly like the US (?) general sitting down and the lady standing next to him .... think they've had a falling out! :clap:
 
rpn said:
Not much Activity going on there looks like they all just standing about doing not a lot but on theme though. Is the boy trying to move that tank?
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Carl Ayling said:
I like that Chris - colourful and nicely detailed but above all that, the expressions are superb. I particularly like the US (?) general sitting down and the lady standing next to him .... think they've had a falling out! :clap:
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Thanks guys, I liked their expressions and the sense inactivity during the activity.,..
 
Nice period image Chris, and I bet they were active, just before you turned up, always the way eh? :D
 
Cobra said:
Nice period image Chris, and I bet they were active, just before you turned up, always the way eh? :D
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It seems to be a natural thing, point a camera at people and they stand still, although I'm not sure this lot had seen a camera before :) thanks for commenting.
 
sirch said:
although I'm not sure this lot had seen a camera before :)
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LOL going on some of the expressions I think you are right :D
 
Chris, the gent in the front with the boater really reminds me of someone but for the life of me I can't think of his name.
He was a French actor. It will bug me for ages ! Like the period inactments, the effort people make
 
chrispp said:
Chris, the gent in the front with the boater really reminds me of someone but for the life of me I can't think of his name.
He was a French actor. It will bug me for ages ! Like the period inactments, the effort people make
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Thanks Chris, can't help with the French actor though.
 
Nice colourful image Chris some great expressions love the guy sitting with his arms folded he looks like he's really enjoying himself....
 
Hi Chris, I like that image. In particular, I like the chap staring right at you - it makes it far more engaging and contrasts with everyone else just getting on with whatever they're up to.

Can't say I find it particularly linked with the theme, but that's never properly bothered me anyway so a (y) from me!
 
Downton Mini said:
Nice colourful image Chris some great expressions love the guy sitting with his arms folded he looks like he's really enjoying himself....
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pjm1 said:
Hi Chris, I like that image. In particular, I like the chap staring right at you - it makes it far more engaging and contrasts with everyone else just getting on with whatever they're up to.

Can't say I find it particularly linked with the theme, but that's never properly bothered me anyway so a (y) from me!
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Thanks guys, as I said above I liked the sense of inactivity during the 1940's activity
 
Lots of colour, detail, facial expressions, lots to see, little activity. :D
 
Plenty of (in)Activity except for the little lad trying to move the APC ;)
I quite like these kind of events, but it's always so hard trying to get a shout without someone in modern dress photobombing (albeit not deliberately).
Good detail in the shot, I would have preferred some space on teh right for the APC to be able to move into.
 
LC2 said:
Plenty of (in)Activity except for the little lad trying to move the APC ;)
I quite like these kind of events, but it's always so hard trying to get a shout without someone in modern dress photobombing (albeit not deliberately).
Good detail in the shot, I would have preferred some space on teh right for the APC to be able to move into.
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Thanks for commenting Tim, you are right about space but as is so often the case with these things there wasn't a lot of options
 
What a faff this week. I had the idea of shooting "Park Life" but having spent more time than is seemly hanging around local parks with a camera it turns out that no one goes to parks, particularly when it's p'ing down. So on to plan B, I've never tried a focus stack so after a few practices here is one, just in time for tomorrow's new theme, onward and upwards.

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sirch said:
but having spent more time than is seemly hanging around local parks with a camera
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OOOooo risky :D

sirch said:
I've never tried a focus stack so after a few practices here is one
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I have real issues trying to "stack" I tried a few times in the distant past and each was a disaster, so I gave up.
Perhaps I should try again.

Nicely done Chris. :thumbs:
 
Cobra said:
OOOooo risky :D
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May be it wasn't the rain that was putting people off the park :naughty:

Cobra said:
I have real issues trying to "stack" I tried a few times in the distant past and each was a disaster, so I gave up.
Perhaps I should try again.

Nicely done Chris. (y)
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The stacking turns out to be pretty simple if you have Photoshop but don't tell anyone ;)
 
Dark Knight said:
Not tried stacking myself Chris, sounds like faffing ?? Result is real nice detail Chris, and sure a risk hanging around in parks :)
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Thanks Dean, the focus stack faff was more about finding suitable subjects (e.g. not blowing around in the wind, well lit etc.) as much as actually creating the stack. Re parks, the things we do for a 52 :)

Emja said:
I have totally failed on focus stacking too...you'll have to give us a tutorial! I like the contrast of red and green leaves in this one.
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As I said above getting a good, steady, consistently lit subject was the bigger challenge. I set up on a solid tripod and manually focused in small increments at f8, trying to keep an eye on what was sharp from one shot to the next, the above image was built from about 15 shots. Some stuff I read said to fix the focus and move the camera because changing the focus changes the perspective but for the shot above this wasn't really an issue and PS is good at taking care of the small differences. Then open as layers in PS, select all the layers Edit->Auto Blend. I guess if you are trying insects or moving subjects then my method wouldn't work.
 
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