The moon shot is fantastic!
A clever idea to use the ticket. I like the second version better, not so much for the narrower DOF, I think, but because the different direction of the parallel lines in the background give a much better sense of movement.
I think your first Produce shot is - errrr - interesting, John.But I ended up struggling, too.
The second one definitely fits the theme! What's this if it's not a production:
... and a mjor production at that. The end result is stunning. For me, it also meets Produce in another way: I think the moon looks like a melon, so it's definitely Produce.
The ticket is a clever interpretation of the theme, and nicely produced.
Jean
It sure was a major work doing it... a Melon... I can't say I'd spotted that before, but hey... it adds another one... 
I thought that first one looked like Broccoli, so good to see that I was on the mark. Definitely got some potential there, but as you said it's not quite right.
The moon shot is absolutely AMAZING!!!!
I know I've said this about your moon shots before, but I honestly think that they are incredible.
I still don't understand half of how you do it, but the amount of work that goes into them is well worth it.
And the ticket . . . really creative interpretation and the blurred background is perfect. Really reminds me of the rush to get through the station and onto your platform in time.
As the theme goes the ticket is a great idea, the second version with a narrower dof stands out as the first is a little flat seeing all the ticket very sharpe.
The moon is just showing off
D) minds over which of these to choose ..
Well... it's been a mad week, I managed to get something though...
I'm in 4
They are both square cropped (in case it doesn't come across)... so another set of quads... I never thought of claiming 'quadness' with square images - nice one! they were not going to balance on top of each other...
I tried something with lighting, and set my 360afd in slave mode beneath me along the floor, fitted the 300afd to the camera and used the flash from that to trigged the 360. The dice were sat on a sheet of A4.
It's got loads of impact, even the colour's strong, and I've never seen 4-sided die before. 
I like them both, but though the second is clever I prefer the first one - much more dramatic, with lovely colours and use of DOF.
They're both good and certainly bang, bang, bang, bang on theme, but #2 jumps out of the screen at me - brilliant perspective and dof.
Jean
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#1 for me, I like your second shot but the colour and lighting in your first wins hands down.
... any why not Rob... Thank you.Both images for quad work well John but #1 would get my vote. I like the composition, the dof and the colour. Perhaps #2 says quad more than #1 but you have chosen to have the 4 in sharp focus on the top of the dice in your first image so it does fit the theme.
Hey, why choose, have both images as your quad and do like I have done and have a 104 instead of a 52
Iain
First one for me - really nice, sharp detail
Again the first one for me, works perfectly on theme and I can't see this subject being repeated
) with the sawn off trunk more central. 
Definitely Chopped, John.
I love the colours and texture you've captured in this one, and the differences between the weathered timber in the sawn off trunk and the bark of the tree. I'm in two minds about the composition. For me, the gate on the right is a little distracting, although I can see that it puts the tree into context. But if you crop in to the tree on the right it looks a bit unbalanced.
Did you by any chance take another shot from a slightly different angle - more to the right perhaps? Then you could get a really close crop (if you want one, that is
But as I said originally, it still works as it is.
Jean
Awesome moon John!!!! Truly....I dread to think what shape the moon would end up if I tried this!
Also loving the first dice shot especially although I do like the second too I think the texture and colours of the 1st win it. What RPGs do you play?
my better half and about 6 vikings gather here every few weeks for a game, I tend to sit on the pc and listen to the madness Jim has started setting up a website for a game that he wrote so if you ever fancy looking over it give me a shout 
Oh I wouldn't mind seeing your first attempts
OK well I won't make any comments about RPG'rs
... and the website sounds interesting.Ah yes, very clever quad shot...I didn't even think about that one, great stuff.
It amazes me how we can all come up with our own interpretations on themes and each week there is one one person who comes up with something totally unique, well done
great shots for quad, prefer the 1st as think it has more impact, great DOF and agree with sarah, it does make your eyes go funny the longer you look at it
great texture and tones on your chopped reshoot..
Perhaps it's a guy thing but I like this
