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Week 5 - Hard: This is not a good picture but I wanted to be up to date on the themes. Now that I am on board I hope to improve my posts.

Week 1 - Accommodations: http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=103548&title=w01-accomodation&cat=5406
Week 2 - New: http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=103549&title=w02-new&cat=5406
Week 3 - Style: http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=103550&title=w03-style&cat=5406
Week 4 - Open: http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=103551&title=w04-open&cat=5406
 
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I will read that post again. And I agree with you on this picture. Thank you for your comments.
 
Saw this clutter at a birthday party I attended this week. Thought it would be a good post for this week. Made it look a little better my doing a single photo HDR.

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Hey Joe

Not sure about it if im honest... I on first impression wanted to turn it 180deg! The out of focus blanket is distracting me too... It's def a clutter shot I just dont know I can look at it for too long at a time either... the colours seem an awkward combination... but im sure random and just as it was... I'm prob being overly negative...
 
You are not over critical, it is the only way I am going to learn.
 
Here is the picture rotated 180 degrees.

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Week 5 - Vibrations! Definitely hard. Nice DOF but composition could be better. Strange WB or is that just yellow paper?

Week 6 -Doesn't work for me sorry. Strange colours and there's nothing to draw me into the image.
 
Yip very vibrant maybe would have added something to the empty bit bottom right ;) but remember it is a clutter shot and thats what you have achieved dof doesnt work maybe try f8 f11
 
This is a picture of a delicate star that was hand make. The first star of this design we had broke so we had to have a new one made. I am a little disappointed that the star is off center.

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RedTele said:
Week 5 - Vibrations! Definitely hard. Nice DOF but composition could be better. Strange WB or is that just yellow paper?

Week 6 -Doesn't work for me sorry. Strange colours and there's nothing to draw me into the image.
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The hard is yellow paper and thank you for your comment on the clutter shot. I am learning my new camera and have not been able to take a really good picture with it.
 
RedTele said:
Week 5 - Vibrations! Definitely hard. Nice DOF but composition could be better. Strange WB or is that just yellow paper?

Week 6 -Doesn't work for me sorry. Strange colours and there's nothing to draw me into the image.
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Mr G said:
Yip very vibrant maybe would have added something to the empty bit bottom right ;) but remember it is a clutter shot and thats what you have achieved dof doesnt work maybe try f8 f11
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Thank you for the comment. I am a true beginner and it is good to do another photo project receive advice from pros such as yourself. The people in my 365 project give good comments and it is good to have another set of eyes look at my photos.
 
Good to see someone else had the same idea as me for hard. I just couldn't quite pull it off though.
Must admit. I'm not too keen on your clutter photo but I can't quite put my finger on why.
Your photo for delicate is nice and simple. Which sometimes make the best pictures. Perfectly in focus throughout the whole of the star. Only Criticism I have about about it is to maybe rotate the picture to straighten up the star and chop off a bit on the left hand side of the photo to make the star more central, as it's a little to much to the right of the photo.
 
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Hiya Joe,

Sorry I seem to have missed your thread, so going to do a quick catchup here:

Hard: I like your thought process and the written problem, not sure about the angle and the lighting though, the page looks very yellow.

Clutter: Prefer the cropped and rotated version (the first image made me feel a bit giddy) ... but then I suppose that is the effect one feels from clutter :lol:

Delicate: I like this one, and the way the starry blue background makes the main star look almost 3D.

Chaos: Now this is just so clever and original. I love the story you composed to fit the theme too ... quite a chaotic tale.

Well done on your project so far.

Cheers

Dawn :)
 
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There was a trio of ducks sitting by the water. One duck said to the other duck, "That water looks too fast for me to go into, you go first."
 
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Hiya Joe,

Week 9: Nice idea for the theme, although a little soft and the for me the frame doesn't work, mainly because the subject seems very busy and then the framing just makes it look even more so. Perhaps if you added a plain border it would work better and make the subject stand out more.

Week 10: Another great idea for the theme, and I like the little inscription with it. Is this a photo from winter (not that it matters)? Only ask because it looks freezing cold with the snow and ice on the left. A great photo though that fits the theme well.

Cheers

Dawn:)
 
Dawn - That picture with the ducks and the water was taken yesterday, it is still winter were I live. I have a little more than a foot (.3m) of snow on the ground in some places in my yard.

I agree with you in W09 - I attempted to cover up bad areas of the photo (dead and dried out flowers). I should have cropped it instead of adding a frame.
 
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Trio

I rather like the composition though the eye is drawn to the water rather than hte ducks, though that is the lighting differential.

The water at the top of the fall and the snow behind the ducks looks blown to me,did you use a filter at all? Maybe ISO of 100 might have helped?

Like Dawn I like your inscription ;)
 
I did not use a filter for this shot. I took it on my way home from work and did not have my filters with me.
 
Hi Joe

missed a couple of your weeks so having a little catch up .

Finish...love the color of the rose & it fits the theme really well :thumbs: Agree with previous comments on the frame though

Trio....just love the water effect , didn't spot the ducks initially though but then read the words & it became clear. Great shot:thumbs:
 
Hi Joe, I like your trio shot, I like the fact that it is pretty unclear what the ducks intend on doing. Do you know how long they'd been there?? I don't think the water/snow looks too blown, we're in Canada right now and that's how stuff looks!
Cheers
Jonathan
 
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"WPI, the nation's (USA) third oldest private technological university, was established in 1865 by the New England industrialists John Boynton, Ichabod Washburn, and their associates. Boynton and Washburn endowed the first two buildings on campus, as academic classrooms and practical shops. Boynton Hall and the Washburn Shops — renovated today into state-of-the-art facilities — still preserve their distinctive original towers. These 'Two Towers' represent WPI's continued commitment to academic excellence through real-life project experience that synthesizes classroom learning." I am attending WPI finishing up my Master’s Degree program in Mechanical Engineering in a month. I received my Bachelor’s Degree 21 years ago.
 
Hi Joe

that looks to be a beautiful building & love the write up about it:thumbs:

Personally I feel it may have connected more to the theme if you haddddddd the full building in shot ? DDDDDoes that make sense ?

Sorry about the Ddddddd....tea & keyboards dddddddon't mix :lol:
 
Hey, Joe, your to was a great catch and worked well.

I'd agree with Lynne, the full building, or at least enough to get the tree out of the shot would improve it.

Cheers.
 
I know what you mean about the tree and getting the full buildings. I wanted to get the two towers and I only had my point and shoot with me. The position of the buildings on campus make it difficult to get both of them. I am meeting my thesis advisor tomorrow so I may replace this picture if I can get a better angle of the buildings. One thing about this site is that there is much good critiquing of my photos.
 
It looks a beautiful building i have to say but for me it lacks human interest in the shot which i think the theme kinda presses upon us for knowledge! In my opinion anyway... Maybe with a shot of the building seeing the full elevation with students chatting in the foreground would work better?

Great 52 so far. M
 
Hiya Joe,

I pretty much agree with most comments already made and as Mark has suggested it may be an idea to get a shot with some students milling around to add the persona educational feel to the image.

Thanks for adding the history about the building, I always enjoy reading such write ups that accompany photos. If you had not included this I would not have associated the building with knowledge as I have not seen this building before.

I'm also not sure if the angle at which you took this shot was intentional, but the leaning tower doesn't work for me.

As Tina mentioned you had a harsh sky to contend with, perhaps if you tried some spot metering (I know you said you took this with a p&s camera which would probably not have been possible), but that might help if you had to revisit the shoot.

Good luck with your Master's Degree, that is quite an achievement.

Cheers

Dawn :)
 
This may not be an appealing picture to some of you but it is to show that I should have used moderation during the winter with my supply of wood. I used 4 cords of wood this winter and had to order 2 more cords. With 6-12 inches of snow predicted for the Friday her in my area of New England, I am going to need it to keep warm.

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Picture of the sky empty of clouds. It is very difficult to get a good picture to post on this thread because of the size limitations. Does anyone have any tips for me?

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Hiya Joe,

:lol: I can well imagine one having to use moderation when burning a lovely log fire (I love a real fire and would probably run short of wood very soon). I hope that supply gets you through the cold spell (you will have to practice moderation there :D)

As for the photo, I think you have taken a good shot. Looks like the light was a bit harsh though as it looks a tad over exposed in places.

Onto your Empty shot .... wow what a great idea! A good photo too to check if you have any dust bunnies on the camera sensor (of which I can't see any unless you cloned them out :p).

Well done on both counts.

Cheers

Dawn :)
 
Moderation! :lol: love it. My pyromaniac husband yearns for a wood burning stove but I know who would have to clean it out :( So we have boring old gas central heating. But there is nothing to beat a real wood fire to pander to our primeval core :D

Do you ever use filters? A polarising filter might have helped your wood pile given what looks like very strong light and sharp light and shade. I like the concept though.

Your dust bunny free sensor looks good to me ;) I load as large an image as I can onto Flikr and then when I post here tp kindly resize for me :$
 
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