ohh nice lights and colours!
Project: agreed close crop, get in there Sue. Good choice for tough subject
Very clever - not an interpretation I would ever have thought of. You're very good at spotting things out and about that fit these themes. Something I should try to get better at rather than relying on tabletop set ups.
Sorry I'm a bit behind with your thread, Sue. One week slips into another all too quickly.
Light: I really like this - it's vibrant with light and as everybody else has said, the composition and amount of interest really make it. My only suggestion would have been to crop a smigeon off the top of black sky. Did you go and have a go on that coaster?
Project: Well spotted - I really like this interpretation of the theme. I like your cropped edit best for several reasons - it moves the man over to the side of the picture, it emphasises the contrast between the varnished wood on the transom (?) and the rubbed down area on the hull and also between the smoothness of the rudder and the texture of the planking. It also shows what an enormous project he's undertaken - with the boat towering over him.
Jean
Light - I think you are to o critical of this. I love the vibrant colours and the wonderful swirly shapes they make.
Project - well spotted and captured. There is a very pleasing balance of colours and textures, and the curved lines of old boats are always attractive. I think you have cropped it just a little too tightly at the right for my taste - I don't think having a little of the protective board in the shot would distract. Difficult to tell without trying it though (my husband would just clone it out!).
I've also noticed how much your composition has improved since you started this 52. The angle you've chosen is so much more interesting than just a straight head-on shot.
Thanks. I actually preferred the uncropped version of project but most people like the crop. It is difficult to find the best place to crop to suit everyone. I agree - I think you have to produce images that make you happy, although other people's ideas can help to stretch your skills and imagination.
Thanks Sarah. I am no good at table top shots and dont have any lighting equipment. That is why I have to find things out and about. being retired I do have time to look for things. As Sarah replied, don't let lack of kit stop you. I've just got a few sheets of black, white and cream mountboard (the sort of stuff you use to mount photos) and use natural light. I do have a tripod, though, which means I can use longer exposures to help control the light. It's always a bit hit and miss, but very satisfying when it works.
I agree with Sarah, you have a good eye for an unusual interpretation of a theme, and find just the right angle.
Which leads me neatly onto 'Film':
I like the angle and it's a clever interpretation. The building looks to be in use, since the entrance lights are on, and I like the slightly blue cast - arriving at the cinema in the early evening was very much part of my teenage life (long, long time ago!!!). The b&w version isn't showing for me, but I'll try again later.
Dirty: Another excellent interpretation of the theme. Obvious when I see it. :bang: I like the presentation, too with the butt. The mono treatment and border all add to the idea of it being 'dirty'.
Jean
What a great idea for dirty. As someone who has given up the dirty habit myself, that looks even filthier to me. The butts add even more disgust for the subject. Well spotted
Excellent, Sue. I really like the multiple interpretations of dirty - not only dirty habit but dirty background with the butts and general grime. The B/W really adds to the theme.
Well done with this one
Jenny
Top marks for this, Sue - fits the theme in so many ways, great composition and processing. If I had one suggestion it would be to move the lower butt a fraction to the left of the packet and rotate it anti-clockwise a little, so that it looks less tidily placed. JMO and a very minor point indeed. Well spotted.
This really works Sue
. As someone else has said I like the composition, I like how the vertical lines of the right hand side of the image and the roof of the building follow the frame of the picture. Nice shot
Project - I think the crop works better as others have said. A nice photo capturing real life, a nice find as this totally captures the project theme.
Film - Nice take on the theme, I thought of getting the interior of a cinema but getting a camera inside is impossible because they don't want people recording films
Dirty - I really like this shot, not something I would have thought of (I wish I had!). It really sums dirty up for me in many ways, I personally don't like smoking and so thats one element, but then the ground and packet are also dirty.
As others have said you're adventurous and are getting out there to pick up your shots, I like this. I haven't quite found the confidence to get out there in full view of others, its a weird 'what will they think' feeling even though I don't know them. I have taken some outside shots, but hopefully one day I'll have your go get um spirit! Keep it up and I look forward to your future images.
