Kiwi Jaz's 52 - Week 51: Health

Sorry to hear about your job loss too. Sounds like your last boss was a serious d**khead.

The photo is quite clever. I quite like how it conveys respect. I'm not big into car photos myself either so can't comment on the quality of the photo itself, sorry :shrug:
 
Sorry to hear about your job . . . and to be told by Email is just cowardly.
:annoyed: Office politics are the one thing that make me want to be self employed! Fingers crossed that you find something else soon.

Respect : something that your last employer seems to have been lacking.
And it's definitely something that's difficult to convey photographically . . . I really like your take on this. Totally different to anything I thought about and very clever. Lucky too. What are the chances of those two cars pulling up like that, just perfect for you to shoot?

I think you've done a great job of getting both of them in focus while maintaining some good dof.
In an ideal world, I'd like to see the background a little less cluttered. :shrug: but when you get these spur of the moment shots you just can't pick and choose - I had the same with my shot this week.
 
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What a struggle this weeks one was (to think of that is).
Not my best work but if I didnt bite the bullet and get this weeks theme done..it would turn into a 52 year thing! ;)

Shot with a desk lamp on my kitchen bench with my 15-55mm IS kit lens. That is my free AP reflector in the background. Didnt seem to make any difference when I held it close to the subject (I guess it is for reflecting flash?) [I should have removed it from the background though eh!]

Will have to borrow a thinking cap as this weeks theme is a tough one too.

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I like your respect shot :D

Friendship is cerntialy respresented and i think the lighting works, but as you stated it could have done with a clean background.
 
I like this shot, very well captured and as said above a clean background would have nailed it......but you know that! :thumbs:
 
Maybe it's not your best work, still a nice photo, and even if it is a last minute job! And I wouldn't even have noticed the AP reflector only for you mentioned it
 
Finally get a submission in early! (not such a hard task considering I dont have a job at the moment!)

Fresh Starts:

I am trying to grow some Thyme on my windowsill. I am a lousy gardener.

I have tried coriander, parsley, basil amongst others but they all died - even tried talking to them! ;)

Hopefully the Thyme will live to see the day - in my beef stew!

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This was taken on the kitchen bench with window light. I used my 18-55mm IS kit lens on extension tubes.
 
It's looking nice and fresh... a good idea, and almost the same sort of thing I've shot today. A couple of things, the colour looks a little orangey... white balance maybe ? also, as the exif data doesn't contain aperture information you were using manual tubes, did you stop down the lens at all ? Shooting at these distances gives a very shallow DOF, and I can't help thinking that more would be good. Having said that, you've focused it nicely (not easy with manual tubes as you lose focus confirm) on the small leaves to the right which has worked nicely, I like how you've put the shot together.
 
Major catch up time :)

Sorry to hear the job news :(

Respect - thats quite a comical shot - like Jean I'm not big into cars but I like the idea you've tried to convey :)

Friendship: yeah a clean background would've made the difference - cute though :)

Fresh Start: I kinda like the narrow dof - there is a bit of a colour cast but again that doesn't distract too much for me :) Good interpretation :)
 
Friendship : Sorry, I missed this one last week. Very cute and a clever interpretation. You've already mentioned the background, but TBH with the dof I don't think it detracts too much.
The lighting works well. There are some nice sparklies caught in the female bear's dress and you've caught all the detail in their faces.

All in all a good shot IMO, but I'd maybe like to clone out the gold cord on the right.

Fresh Starts : Another :thumbs: for the dof for me. I really like that extreme shallow dof in this context.
Interesting angle looking down into the pot and nice fresh colours - the WB actually looks OK on my monitor.
I like the lighting too. Good shadows and highlights on the leaves.

Good luck getting it to grow . . . funnily enough I've just made a beef stew for tonight :)
 
Friends: Ahhh - cute. :) The expression on the fairy bear seems to be saying 'please be my friend'. I like the oof background, even the reflector, and think it adds interest to the shot. :thumbs:

Fresh Start: This look good enough to eat! :) I love the vibrant colours and the shallow dof you've used. Very nicely judged, imo. One only very small niggle is the tip of the large leaf on the left being clipped off. btw - most herbs grow in impoverished, dry-ish soil, so don't pamper them too much - they surely won't be grateful. I've tried growing from the pots you buy in the supermarket with nil success and in fact basil, parsley and corriander are easy from seed - and cheaper. Good growing. :)

Jean
 
Sorry to hear about your job, here's hoping you get sorted soon.

Like you're fresh start the detail is superb, possibly a tiny bit more dof, but not a major issue for me.
 
Jaz... sorry I missed a couple :bonk: ..

Very sorry to hear about your job, sounds all a bit odd goings on there.. Glad you had a good weekend in Amsterdam though.

Respect, I like the idea and think that the picture works well.

Friendship, this, I think is a very good interpretation. I think it possibly looks a little warm from the tungsten light, but the sparkles in her dress are picked up nicely. Agree about the background, although moving the reflector in closer and using it as the background might have worked well (or maybe the white balancer as the background... I know I have other plans for mine, other than as a white balancer)...
 
Catch up time for me...

Respect works really well, and a clever idea...:clap:

Friendship better b/g and it would be a far better shot as you already know...:thumbs:

Fresh Start...now that's far better and a really well light and the focus works a treat, well done you for keep going even with your work problems, not sure I would be able to think straight till I got a new job sorted...:clap::clap::clap:
 
I like this shot too, only niggle is DoF a tad too narrow. Well done :thumbs:
 
I thought that not having a job would give me more time for this sort of thing, but struggled with this one..sorry it is late.

As travelling is my passion, thought I would take a still life type shot of the kit that I mainly take when I travel.

I moved to Edinburgh with my wife to do a bit of travelling to the rest of Europe and we thought it would be a good base in which to do so from.

Most of our travels are long weekends away, so we take advantage of the cheap air fares and just take carry on luggage.

I quite like still life shots myself. The voyeur in me finds them interesting. :)

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There's something awfully cluttered about the shot that actually makes me like it more :D. I think not only have you covered the theme, but you've portrayed the chaoticness travel planning can sometimes cause

I like :thumbs:
 
I can't quite make my mind up about this one. I like the idea and it fits the theme but everything seems to be escaping out of the frame. Perhaps a slightly different crop or one step back might help.
 
Played around with a pan of water, my tripod and the on camera flash to capture some water droplets with the blue aftershave as a background (as I thought it kind of looked fresh and watery).
However, rather than the water droplet shots I liked this one better.
I have a job again! Back at the college where I was working but in a different area. It is a tough job market out there at the moment so I am most relieved! :)
Now, I can justify buying a new zoom lens!


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I really like this! Keep up the good work! Oh btw, congrats on your new (old) job.
 
Really like this too. Only crit I would have is a slight larger DOF to get that 'B' completely in focus. But apart from that, it's excellent. I haven't seen many real ads with photos as good as this! :thumbs:
 
Passion - I really like the idea and the only thing I want to do composition wise is nudge the lenses a bit further into frame. Otherwise the cluttered approach works for me :thumbs:

Water - I'm struggling to relate this one to the theme tbh but I do love the shapness of the B in the reflection. I get what you've done water-wise but if I didn't already know the theme I wouldn't have connected the two.
 
Passion - the cluttering works, nice.

Water, sorry, I might be being thick, but can't see what this has to do with water, otherwise an OK shot :)
 
Sorry . . . I completely missed your passion shot last week (seems like I somehow managed to miss a couple, so it's not just you)

Passion : Very nice shot and it tells a story . . . in fact the clutter is part of the story and really adds to the shot.
My only niggle, and it's a minor one, is the lenses as has already been mentioned. I'd like them just a bit further in frame.

Water : Brilliant!
I love this. Great composition and fantastic colours.
The B could do with being a touch more in focus, but it's still a lovely shot.

I'm guessing that it's stood in water to get the reflection ??????
 
I really rather like Water, the colours and the reflection, although, if it weren't for the description, I'm not sure I'd have got the water connection, but then, I can't talk ... ;)
 
Like the shot, but I think i would struggle to recognise the theme unless it was explained
 
Sorry I missed your last week's shot somehow.

Passion: As lots of other people have said, I like the clutter and the suggestion of all the stuff you have around when packing for a holiday. A Passion for travel fits the theme very nicely. :thumbs:

Water: It might not be strong for the them, but I really like the shot. The shallow dof works well for me and imo, you've judged the focus on the centre of 'Bulgari' just right. The slight blurring at the beginning and end of the word looks very arty. :clap::clap:

Really pleased to see you're back with the wage slaves. Seriously, you must be very pleased to have found work so quickly, and going back of your college is probably easier than going to a totally new environment. Good luck. :-)

Jean
 
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Took me a while to make the link to the theme as well, now I have I can only agree with what's already been said, great reflection, shame about the B. Well done for getting me thinking.
 
Ooooh, forgive me, I've missed loads of your shots :(

Respect - well spotted, and I'd certainly have respect for the big one if I was in the little one :D

Friendship - you already know about the background (I use a piece of white card propped against something strong enough so I get a seemless shot, and it's dead cheap!) but I love the detail in the figures and it says Friendship to me :thumbs:

Fresh Start - it looks lovely and fresh to me, the WB looks ok on my monitor and I love the DoF you've got going on. :clap:

Passion - lots of stuff in there and I first thought it looked cluttered then I started being nosy and wanted to know what you take with you, so it works :clap:

Water - doesn't say water to me but it's a great shot. Pity you didn't have any Cool Water by Davidoff :D

Sorry to hear about the old job but really happy for you for your new one.
 
Which one of these is not like the other one?!

Have been on holiday in Italy so wasn't able to submit week 41's theme but did have it in mind all through my holiday! Was a fun theme, even though it was tough.

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Er, give in I think :thinking:

Unless it's the one in the middle as it's engine is in the back, or the Renault cos it's French, or the red one cos I can't figure out how the driver would get out.

Apart from that, and to be a bit picky, I'd crop out some of the road so it's more like a pano.
 
I'm not sure what part it Out of Context?

I'm thinking it's the tree stuck in the middle of the parking area...:thinking:

or it's the small car...:thinking:

Still you got your shot in and that's what counts...:thumbs:
 
It's a really cool photo! But it doesn't really say out of context to me. I do like the obscurity of it all though. The fact that the cars really look like they shouldn't be parked there. So in that way I suppose it does kind of say "out of context" :lol:
 
Catch up time :)

Love your passion shot - loads to look at and well put together - tells the story well and fits the theme nicely!

Water - I love the shot - colours, comp and dof but it doesn't quite hit the them for me :)

Out of context: What a great spot :) I read the 'out of context' as the tiny car sandwiched between the other two - well it made me smile even if I'm wrong :)
 
Dark Star had it right..it was the fact the little wee Fiat was dwarfed by the bigger cars (even though they would all be classed as 'small cars').
That is a great idea about the pano..I hadnt thought of that but will look into it. It is one thing I have not tried so would be keen to give it a go.
 
Been a busy last couple of weeks, coming back from a holiday and starting a new job (which I love).
Time for a catch up.

I struggled for a good hour trying to produce some bubbles.
Even to the point where I half filled a cup with Coca Cola and detergent.
Alas, my bubble making abilities are not great.
Also tried some chewing gum to try and make a bubble but I guess Bubble gum is more useful for that.
Anyway, it is lucky I dont manufacture hot air balloons as I failed to even inflate one decent bubble with my 1 Tbl measuring spoon and detergent.
So....
Here is a little wee baby bubble!
Taken with my 18-55 kit lens and extension tubes.

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