John's Photo 52 - Week 27 Added (10th July) - Highlight

I perfer the image of the books it's well composed and easy to read the titles, definatily a wealth of knowledge in those books :thumbs:
 
Toothie said:
I perfer the image of the books it's well composed and easy to read the titles, definatily a wealth of knowledge in those books :thumbs:
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Thanks Ruth, I like the idea of the library shot, one day. Maybe I shouldn't post the rejects, but I like to as it's part of the process to get the end result :D.

danielfellowes said:
Some lovely shots, really like the second lego crowd photo :)
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Thanks Daniel
 
Thanks Hyster... they were tasty too :D
 
I like both images, both fit the theme well, but just for the lateral thinking that went into the library idea, I'd have to give that shot the first prize.:thumbs:
 
Thanks very much Mark
 
I think the coins shot for me. They're both nice and sharp but the gold and silver on the dark blue background have a nice luxurious/wealthy feel. Well done.:clap::clap:
 
Thank you, I see what you mean :thumbs:
 
Hi John, I like both of them but for different reasons.

The coins - well focussed, good composition, really sharp and the blue background together with the silver and gold give it opulence. :thumbs:

The books - I love books :love: - the lighting works really well, DoF is spot on and the portrait composition really suits it. And if you've read all of those you must have a wealth knowledge inside your head. So 3 wealths :clap::clap:
 
Both good - are they really choccies they looks so real!

Second is a great idea too and well taken! :clap:

So many wealths this week :D
 
I like the thought that has gone into the library idea so I would pick the books shot over the choccy coins for definate. I feel your pain with trying to light shiny things - it's a total nightmare and I think you have done a great job! :thumbs:
 
SimonTALM said:
2 images - a wealth of images you might say :coat:

Both are technically good images and I like the way you have put non-fiction books on the shelf shows both outside the box thinking and a well thought out image :thumbs:
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Thanks Simon, I was aiming to show a range of books, showing a number of different things.

Bruja said:
Hi John, I like both of them but for different reasons.

The coins - well focussed, good composition, really sharp and the blue background together with the silver and gold give it opulence. :thumbs:

The books - I love books :love: - the lighting works really well, DoF is spot on and the portrait composition really suits it. And if you've read all of those you must have a wealth knowledge inside your head. So 3 wealths :clap:
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Thanks very much Jill. I must confess to not having read all of them, but, I have read the Astronomy and Photography books :D.

Dark Star said:
Both good - are they really choccies they looks so real!

Second is a great idea too and well taken! :clap:

So many wealths this week
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Thank very much John, defo choccies, milk in the gold wrappers, and white in the silver... mmmm. :D, more than I'd intended.

Daysleeper40 said:
I like the thought that has gone into the library idea so I would pick the books shot over the choccy coins for definate. I feel your pain with trying to light shiny things - it's a total nightmare and I think you have done a great job! :thumbs:
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Thanks very much DS :thumbs:
 
Well your on form this week Sir...:clap:

I too thought of the Wealth of books, but was too scared to go to the libriary...:lol: and if I'd photographed my books you would have seen all my Bernard Cornwall collection...

For me this week I think it has to be the coins...you have got it spot on with that background...and you got the lighting beautifully done...10/10 from me...:thumbs:
 
Thanks very much :thumbs: I was too scared for the library, but I hope to get up the courage one day :D.

The coins shot, was using the blue side of the backdrop cloth from the Maplins lighttent thingy, with the Jessops 300AFD and milk carton diffuser, bounced off the kitchen cupboards :D...
 
The 'library' one for me, please. :)

I love the idea of a wealth of knowledge and you've got a good range of the stuff there. The shot's nice and sharp and well composed.

I hope you're feeling more positive about your work this week - and if you do get to take that shot in the Library, please share it. :)

Jean
 
Thanks very much Jean. Not sure really, I think so. And if I do get into a library, I'll certainly post them up :thumbs:
 
And another week is nearly over, I finally managed to get one on chip. It's been a struggle this week, time being the biggest factor. I've spent a lot of it thinking long and hard about what I wanted to do for "Identity", this isn't it... but I couldn't think of how to do all the elements I wanted, and get them in an image (I use that term deliberatly). It's something that may well turn into a little project all it's own.

So after discarding plan A, several others went the same way, and eventually I settled on Plan W. It's close to what I wanted, but is missing quite a few elements. I don't have the time, nor the processing skills to sort it out this week anyway.

So here it is.... I used the Jessops 300AFD with milk carton diffuser to bounce off the ceiling. I made a background out of sheets of white paper in a cardboard box lid. And guess what, I'm not that happy with this one either :D

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Lessons Learned...

1) You can think things through till your blue in the face but it's not going to help
2) Try to leave some time to actually shoot something instead of thinking about it

I'm sure I've missed some bits and pieces from the lessons, if anything else occurs to me I'll add it later. I may yet get a chance to do a reshoot of one of the other themes over the weekend.
 
I had the same sort of idea - must be good then :D Like the addition of the finger prints especially the one on the glass - nice touch. Good crisp focus and accurate looking colours.:thumbs:

If you do a reshoot on this is it worth trying shallower depth of field? Don't know if it would add anything - maybe you've already tried it and it doesn't look as good.
 
I like the idea and I think the finger prints add an interesting extra element. I'm not sure about the composition - my eyes are jumping around all over the place but with all the different elements I'm not sure how I'd go about setting it up differently :shrug:

I completely sympathise with your second learning point - and just not having the time spare that you need. Well done for getting this shot and I really hope you manage to get some quality togging time in at the weekend for a re-shoot... looking forward to seeing what you come up with :thumbs:
 
Graulges said:
I had the same sort of idea - must be good then :D Like the addition of the finger prints especially the one on the glass - nice touch. Good crisp focus and accurate looking colours.:thumbs:

If you do a reshoot on this is it worth trying shallower depth of field? Don't know if it would add anything - maybe you've already tried it and it doesn't look as good.
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:d, Thank you. Hmm, interesting, I used the nifty, so getting a narrower DOF is real easy... I'll look into that.

Daysleeper40 said:
I like the idea and I think the finger prints add an interesting extra element. I'm not sure about the composition - my eyes are jumping around all over the place but with all the different elements I'm not sure how I'd go about setting it up differently :shrug:

I completely sympathise with your second learning point - and just not having the time spare that you need. Well done for getting this shot and I really hope you manage to get some quality togging time in at the weekend for a re-shoot... looking forward to seeing what you come up with :thumbs:
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Thank you, I know what you mean about the composition, I tried to get some diagonals in and put the key elements, the finger print on the glass, and the centre of the passport on the thirds. This is very much the pared down version of what I wanted to do based around a self portrait, but getting the elements shot and processed would have taken far too long.
 
I think it works John, took me a moment to suss why the glass was there :)

I suffered similar composition problems with my monopoly shot getting lines and angles right! But I think you've cracked it :)

Theres something of the sinister about it too with the prints...!

Nice one :)
 
Very good idea. Covers a few different angles on the identity theme. I agree on the previous comment on the composition of it, there's something that's just not right but again, I'm not sure what I'd do differently. One thing I would alter is the positioning of the fingerprint on the glass. I'd have tried to make it more identifiable as a fingerprint by having it higher up the glass and facing the camera.

Well done though!!
 
what if you'd stood the glass on the birth certificate and had the passport leaning against the glass and not had the finger prints on the paper..just the one on the glass..and perhaps done it in red..lipstick...or BLOOD!

:)
 
Dark Star said:
I think it works John, took me a moment to suss why the glass was there :)

I suffered similar composition problems with my monopoly shot getting lines and angles right! But I think you've cracked it :)

Theres something of the sinister about it too with the prints...!

Nice one :)
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I guess the glass wasn't clear enough, thanks for the comments.

-Rob- said:
Very good idea. Covers a few different angles on the identity theme. I agree on the previous comment on the composition of it, there's something that's just not right but again, I'm not sure what I'd do differently. One thing I would alter is the positioning of the fingerprint on the glass. I'd have tried to make it more identifiable as a fingerprint by having it higher up the glass and facing the camera.

Well done though!!
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Thanks Rob, I shall think about it further, you're right about the print on the glass, it's not clear enough.

kennysarmy said:
what if you'd stood the glass on the birth certificate and had the passport leaning against the glass and not had the finger prints on the paper..just the one on the glass..and perhaps done it in red..lipstick...or BLOOD!

:)
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Interesting idea, that may well have worked much better, and provided a bit more depth to the image too. As for the Blood, that's more Dark Stars sort of thing :D but I do like the idea of red though.
 
Ah, you've been at the poster paints too John.:D

Nicely lit and fits the theme well Sir.
 
Thanks Hyster... Wasn't the poster paints... It's actually using a special inkpad designed for finger prints :D... Don't ask :D. I think we have an Orange one around here somewhere, might have been better than the Green.
 
I was sure that I'd commented on this already... clearly not.

I like the composition and the idea and it certainly fits the theme, I'm just not quite sure about the green fingerprints. Perhaps if you had used a black colour it would have been better.

Mark:thumbs:
 
Interesting collection of items portraying identity. I have a few niggles about the image, the main one being that the edge of the paper the fingerprints are on appears on the left. However, the thought behind the image and your execution of it is good especially given the kit you have available :thumbs:
 
Im not sure the green finger prints on the paper add to the image but i do liek the addition of the glass :)
 
I can sense your frustration over this one, John. It's awful when all your ideas fall apart - but, honestly, if this was Plan W you've been very creative. :)

I love the dof as it is and the fingerprints are a great idea, but if you wanted to change the composition, I'd place them more to the right and at an angle to echo the line of the birth certificate and the glass.

I've found you can go on juggling objects round and round with this type of shot - it's nowhere like as easy as it looks. :)

Jean
 
maddog.mark said:
I was sure that I'd commented on this already... clearly not.

I like the composition and the idea and it certainly fits the theme, I'm just not quite sure about the green fingerprints. Perhaps if you had used a black colour it would have been better.

Mark:thumbs:
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Thanks Mark, yeah, black would probably have been better, or maybe dark blue...

SimonTALM said:
Interesting collection of items portraying identity. I have a few niggles about the image, the main one being that the edge of the paper the fingerprints are on appears on the left. However, the thought behind the image and your execution of it is good especially given the kit you have available :thumbs:
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Thanks very much Simon, I hadn't noticed the edge of the paper, blast.

Toothie said:
Im not sure the green finger prints on the paper add to the image but i do liek the addition of the glass :)
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Thanks Ruth, a different colour, or maybe not at all...

jeangenie said:
I can sense your frustration over this one, John. It's awful when all your ideas fall apart - but, honestly, if this was Plan W you've been very creative. :)

I love the dof as it is and the fingerprints are a great idea, but if you wanted to change the composition, I'd place them more to the right and at an angle to echo the line of the birth certificate and the glass.

I've found you can go on juggling objects round and round with this type of shot - it's nowhere like as easy as it looks. :)

Jean
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Thanks Jean. Thanks for the composition tip on the line of prints... I'll save that for a reshoot card :D.... along with another idea that you've just given me :d.
 
Here's my reshoot... for History, it was taken yesterday, but I didn't get time to post it up :D.... This was taken at the Sea Life Centre in Brighton... I'd hoped to get some form of ghostly crowd sort of shot as well... But the crowd that was there when I started moved on.

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Lessons Learned

1) Long exposures without a tripod are extremely difficult
2) Not helped when the thing your trying to hold the camera still on, keeps being knocked
3) Did I mention long exposures without a tripod are extremely difficult
 
Identity... by in large I think you pulled it off...

The layout could do with a bit of a tweek around...and not sure of the green fingerprints...:thinking:

History...I'm not sure what to focus on here...it feels a bit lost for a subject...only thing that point to history is the date 1872...not sure what your trying to get across...

Sorry for the harsh criticism...
 
Thanks for the comments. Don't be sorry, you're right. The green wasn't the best choice for colour on the fingerprints, I have some ideas on that. The History shot, probably needs some explaining, which means I didn't do the shot very well. To be honest, my first History shot is probably better.
 
I like the though that's gone into this one John but it feels like 2 different pictures to me. Maybe that's what people mean about the composition. There's the obvious identity clues but maybe the glass was a step too far? Either that or maybe with the glass lying down so you don't crop the top off? Hats off for getting it done though, as Jean says you can go on forever moving things round. :thumbs:
 
Thanks for the comments Jill. I know what you mean about the two pictures... Given what I had in mind, you may have thought that would have been 5 or more :D. I've got some other ideas for it now, and I'm going to hold onto them for the next occasion Simons good lady draws that reshoot card...
 
RE the finger prints i would say not at all, the one on the glass is enough :)

Love the colours on the reshoot, well done for getting both :clap:
 
Thanks Ruth, I agree about the prints.
 
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