Marks 52 the next 6 months..... Week 52 Texture and I'm done!

Bruja said:
Really like the Lemon shot for Easy. Yes the background could be tweaked a bit, maybe using black card would make the lemon and juicer stand out more :shrug:

It´s a nice sharp shot, well on theme :clap::clap::clap:

ps, what about a square crop :thinking:
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Thanks Jill and yes a square crop may work better:thumbs:
 
A slightly abstract attempt at colour this week



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Mark:thumbs:
 
Nice idea, just trying to think what they are? Headbands?
 
Now that's bit different it's and good idea and works for the theme but I would have liked to have seen a bit more colour in the front of the shot, it's spot on looking at the back of the shot guess it could be a bit of flash burn out. Still a good idea though mark...:clap:
 
Good idea Mark. It's worked very well... although I think I agree with Marcus... perhaps a little stronger colour at the front of the shot. As for what it is, those bands are part of a larger overall object, there's material texture on the gaps in between... back cloth I reckon. so... cushions ? or something to do with a chair ?
 
Spartacus said:
Now that's bit different it's and good idea and works for the theme but I would have liked to have seen a bit more colour in the front of the shot, it's spot on looking at the back of the shot guess it could be a bit of flash burn out. Still a good idea though mark...:clap:
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Thanks Marcus, I see what you mean about the front of the shot, maybe a bit more saturation required.

SarahLee said:
Everyone's had such good ideas this week! Really unusual shot and it works so well.
I can't quite work out what they are though :thinking:
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Thank you.

jeangenie said:
Me neither - but whatever they are, they look good. I like the colours and the texture. Fits the theme really well. :)


Jean
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Very kind Jean, thank you.

jgs001 said:
Good idea Mark. It's worked very well... although I think I agree with Marcus... perhaps a little stronger colour at the front of the shot. As for what it is, those bands are part of a larger overall object, there's material texture on the gaps in between... back cloth I reckon. so... cushions ? or something to do with a chair ?
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annnnd we have a winner, 2 cushions to be precise! :clap:

Thanks for the kind comments everyone.:thumbs:
 
Fine shot Mark, reminds me of the linear shots of a few weeks ago, took me a moment to work out what I was looking at but it fits the theme well.
 
Looks like a pyschedelic ploughed field on rolling farmland :) No sense of scale which foxes the eye I guess

I like it and I quite like the muted colours - well seen and taken! :)
 
Colour doesn't have to be strong and in your face so I really like this. I like the composition and the DoF is spot on and sharp in all the right places you you get bothe texture and colour. :clap::clap::clap::clap:
 
Thanks again for all the comments, glad you liked it, and yes I could have used it for Linear, only the cushions are new.:lol:

This week I'm in early with Food. It's a bit out of the box, well flower actually, but the butterfly is definitely getting a feed!



Thanks

Mark:thumbs:
 
Nice idea, I guess food doesnt have to be food we eat, animals as well, never thought of that. Well Done :)
 
Very nice shot Mark. Lovely and sharp in all the right places, good colours, and that flutterby is sipping away. Well done :thumbs:
 
Thanks both, the full size Tiff is currently in pride of place on my desktop. I love this picture.
 
Hello again, Mark! Highlight, really good idea!! As the others have said, I think it would have been massively improved with a whiter background. Fun, I did a very similar thing only using a trampoline. Great expression and you have my sympathy over the hands. My favourite shot by miles when I did it had a missing hand so had to go with a different one I didn't like as much. Easy, I was being thick too, took me a while to work out what was going on there... Colour, nice and simple and works well. Food is very nice, I do miss seeing butterflies!
 
:clap::clap::clap: I really don't know what to say to this one :shrug:
I think it's very close to being perfect for me.

Beautiful subject matter - flutterbys & flowers are really my sort of thing.
Processing is spot on. Love the background. Colours and sharpness are all there.
I love it :love:

I can see why you have it on your desktop.
 
Toothie said:
says it all for me, very well done :clap: :clap:
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Thank you very much.

dizzy said:
Hello again, Mark! Highlight, really good idea!! As the others have said, I think it would have been massively improved with a whiter background. Fun, I did a very similar thing only using a trampoline. Great expression and you have my sympathy over the hands. My favourite shot by miles when I did it had a missing hand so had to go with a different one I didn't like as much. Easy, I was being thick too, took me a while to work out what was going on there... Colour, nice and simple and works well. Food is very nice, I do miss seeing butterflies!
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Thanks dizzy, good to see you back. :thumbs:

Kiwi Jaz said:
Wow..very impressive. That shot is so sharp. Very nice.
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Glad you like it

SarahLee said:
:clap::clap: I really don't know what to say to this one :shrug:
I think it's very close to being perfect for me.

Beautiful subject matter - flutterbys & flowers are really my sort of thing.
Processing is spot on. Love the background. Colours and sharpness are all there.
I love it :love:

I can see why you have it on your desktop.
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Blimey high praise indeed, thank you very much.:)

jeangenie said:
Top shot in every way, Mark. I really love it and hve gone back to look at it several times. :love: No wonder it's on your desktop. I'd want it very large on the wall!

Jean
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Many thanks Jean, I'm glad that I have provided a picture that keeps bringing at least one person back.:D
 
Oh how I nearly put in butterfly shot and I'm so glad I didn't...you would have knocked my clean out of the water...:clap::clap::clap:

That's a superb shot mate and a perfect example of how to take a macro shot...:clap::clap::clap:
 
Nice shot, can't be easy getting butterfly shots, so well done on that alone :thumbs:
I like this
 
What a different take on food. Fantastic imagination you've got there Mark :thumbs:

But it's also a fantastic photograph too :clap::clap::clap::clap:
 
Spartacus said:
Oh how I nearly put in butterfly shot and I'm so glad I didn't...you would have knocked my clean out of the water...:clap::clap::clap:

That's a superb shot mate and a perfect example of how to take a macro shot...:clap::clap:
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Shorty said:
Nice shot, can't be easy getting butterfly shots, so well done on that alone :thumbs:
I like this
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SarahLee said:
Not at all.
Very well deserved IMO - I still love this shot.
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karmagarda said:
Excellent shot! Love it. Not much else I can say really!
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Bruja said:
What a different take on food. Fantastic imagination you've got there Mark :thumbs:

But it's also a fantastic photograph too :clap::clap:
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Many thanks for all your comments folks, I'm really chuffed to have got such praise for a picture that I also really love. I think a print is in order!

Mark:thumbs:
 
This was a trickier theme than first imagined so I opted for the rather obvious use of a camera and film for this week. There's at least three interpretations of exposed here, can you spot them all.:naughty:



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Two shots that couldn't be further apart but both great

Food : Wonderfully sharp and soft at the same time with lovely colours ! Great :thumbs:

Exposed: Sharp, well composed and taken - a very stylish looking shot! :clap:
 
I just love that exposed shot! In regards to overexposure this was close to what I was trying to achieve with mine, but you managed to make the colours work much better! Simple yet extremely effective.

(And I think I can pick out all 3 "exposed" parts of the photo... ;) overexposed, film exposed... only one I'm unsure of is the 3rd... back of camera open?)
 
I agree, that's a very good shot. Well done, and spot on theme covering a number of different variations too.
 
How did I miss that food shot, superb stuff.

I really like your exposed shot, love the old camera and the film strip, the reflection, excellent.

I get where you are going with the high key look and I know its just my novice mentality, I know you are using over exposure creatively but my mind beginners mindset is to expose "correctly" so I struggle to get past that looking at the image.

A great interpretation of this weeks theme.
 
Colour - no idea what they are but I like the idea. The colours are quite muted but I don’t think that is a bad thing.

Food - Lovely, lovely shot (it helps that I had a similar idea!). The colours are all very complimentary and the composition spot on. I’d be well chuffed with that one. :clap::clap::clap:

Exposed - Again I like the composition and everything is sharp. Nothing bad to say other than the idea is not setting me alight.
 
Dark Star said:
Two shots that couldn't be further apart but both great

Food : Wonderfully sharp and soft at the same time with lovely colours ! Great :thumbs:

Exposed: Sharp, well composed and taken - a very stylish looking shot! :clap:
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Thanks John, very kind.

karmagarda said:
I just love that exposed shot! In regards to overexposure this was close to what I was trying to achieve with mine, but you managed to make the colours work much better! Simple yet extremely effective.

(And I think I can pick out all 3 "exposed" parts of the photo... ;) overexposed, film exposed... only one I'm unsure of is the 3rd... back of camera open?)
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Yep that would be all three, plus of course the shot itself which is of course an exposure!:rules:

jgs001 said:
I agree, that's a very good shot. Well done, and spot on theme covering a number of different variations too.
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Hyster said:
How did I miss that food shot, superb stuff.

I really like your exposed shot, love the old camera and the film strip, the reflection, excellent.

I get where you are going with the high key look and I know its just my novice mentality, I know you are using over exposure creatively but my mind beginners mindset is to expose "correctly" so I struggle to get past that looking at the image.

A great interpretation of this weeks theme.
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You'll get used to it, I'm enjoying this high key stuff, if it truly is high key!

Daysleeper40 said:
Colour - no idea what they are but I like the idea. The colours are quite muted but I don’t think that is a bad thing.

Food - Lovely, lovely shot (it helps that I had a similar idea!). The colours are all very complimentary and the composition spot on. I’d be well chuffed with that one. :clap::clap::clap:

Exposed - Again I like the composition and everything is sharp. Nothing bad to say other than the idea is not setting me alight.
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Thanks for your comments, I think the food shot is one of the best pictures I've ever taken, I looked back at some butterfly shots I took last year and realised how far I had come photographically..... still got a long way to go mind.


Toothie said:
Really like the processing on your last shot :D
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Thank you
kennysarmy said:
great retro feel...
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Thank you

I'm annoyed about the straps on camera to be honest. I should have removed them, but never mind we live and learn.
 
maddog.mark said:
I'm annoyed about the straps on camera to be honest. I should have removed them, but never mind we live and learn.
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I wish that you hadn't pointed that out :bat:

I was thinking "What a fantastic shot", but now that you've mentioned the straps, then yes, maybe it would be better without - they don't really detract too much from the photo though.

I agree about the retro feel of this, it's something that I could see as a poster or flier for a camera shop. Well done. I like it!
 
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