MWHCVT(Matt's) Challenge 365 - Completed

295 - Nice! Slightly over done for me, I think. Shame about that darn tree (As usual for churches). Nice effort though, what programme do you use for HDR?

296 - Good effort and great colours. I think it's a good stance for a lady with one leg and two feet ;)
 
duttytd said:
as long as you had fun ;)

:D

^Joe said:
295 - Nice! Slightly over done for me, I think. Shame about that darn tree (As usual for churches). Nice effort though, what programme do you use for HDR?

296 - Good effort and great colours. I think it's a good stance for a lady with one leg and two feet ;)

Thank you, I have to confess to being a little disappointed with the church HDR it didn't come out the way I wanted it to :'(

I use a program call Dynamic Photo HDR :thumbs: it's very hard to use

:lol: I hadn't noticed about her legs :eek:

Matt
 
^Joe said:
. I think it's a good stance for a lady with one leg and two feet ;)

I thought there was something bugging me when I saw it.... But its a learning point. Like double chins and armpit bulge.. Going strong Matt :thumbs: well done
 
Day 297 - A Powerful Apple

I'm told apples are powerful machines :shrug: bit I have no experience of apples other that my ipod :razz:


297/365 by mwhcvt, on Flickr

I thought there was something bugging me when I saw it.... But its a learning point. Like double chins and armpit bulge.. Going strong Matt :thumbs: well done

Thanks Kev, I'm pleased that your liking the progress :thumbs:

Matt
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Hiya Matt, back to reality now! Some great ideas for the pics, really liking the apples, they are great, super colours. A very good first attempt in the studio, this something I have never done myself, I like the angle you used on that pic. :thumbs:
 
Hiya Matt, back to reality now! Some great ideas for the pics, really liking the apples, they are great, super colours. A very good first attempt in the studio, this something I have never done myself, I like the angle you used on that pic. :thumbs:

Thank Michael, hope you had a nice holiday :thumbs: thanks I really like the apples myself :thumbs: the studio stuff is not somthing that I'm totally used to yet still feeling like a square peg in a round hole :lol:

Matt
 
woah!!!!...radioactive fruit...!! run..run for the hills!!...MARGE ..grab the kids and get them in the station wagon...

..love the apple .. is that done with a flash inside the apple??? or just heavily painted... .. or genuinely radioactive..?? :shrug: ..i don't know??
 
^Joe said:
Super floating apple. nice colours

Thanks Joe, I'm really pleased with the colours :thumbs:

Hunders said:
Hah! Nice effect with the apple.

Thank you :D

Matt
 
SamuelSlade007 said:
woah!!!!...radioactive fruit...!! run..run for the hills!!...MARGE ..grab the kids and get them in the station wagon...

..love the apple .. is that done with a flash inside the apple??? or just heavily painted... .. or genuinely radioactive..?? :shrug: ..i don't know??

Sorry Kev we must have cross posted :bang: I was done my carving out a torch sized hole in the back of the apple then carving out the inside of the apple, then a touch was slipped into the hole ;)

It's not To hard and makes an interesting effect :thumbs:

Matt
 
Nice idea Matt and a very nice result ( now wheres me pen knife) :lol:


Les :thumbs:
 
Sorry Kev we must have cross posted :bang: I was done my carving out a torch sized hole in the back of the apple then carving out the inside of the apple, then a touch was slipped into the hole ;)

It's not To hard and makes an interesting effect :thumbs:

Matt


...so its not radioactive..? ... so i can get the kids out of the NBC suits? ..

very effective this technique... so adds another to his wish list of things to do when got a free moment... :thumbs:
 
Nice idea Matt and a very nice result ( now wheres me pen knife) :lol:


Les :thumbs:

Thanks Les, I'm really pleased that you like it :thumbs:

...so its not radioactive..? ... so i can get the kids out of the NBC suits? ..

very effective this technique... so adds another to his wish list of things to do when got a free moment... :thumbs:

Leave em in there for the evening then you can watch TV in quiet and play with the camera :lol: :naughty:

I think we may see some more glow in the dark fruit soon :lol:

Matt
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Day 298 - Gold at the end of the rainbow..

The first decent rainbow that I've seen this year when I had my camera to hand


298/365 by mwhcvt, on Flickr

I'm a little annoyed about this as there is a little imperfection in there and I just cannot seem to get them to align correctly, I suspect there may have been a little movement in the rainbow as the rain shifted :(

This is a panoramic image made up of four (triple bracketed) exposures so that's actually 12 different frames :thumbs:

Matt
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i would imagine shift in the rain would defo account for movement surely as the colours are produced like the prism effect..

..i did think you meant the ground not being level..i know many a tog expects level horizon... so i looked and thought.. but the ground dips like rolling countryside... AHHHhhh panoramic imperfection... least you tried... and for that you get the golden seal of :thumbs:+ for effort ... only 67 to go?
 
i would imagine shift in the rain would defo account for movement surely as the colours are produced like the prism effect..

..i did think you meant the ground not being level..i know many a tog expects level horizon... so i looked and thought.. but the ground dips like rolling countryside... AHHHhhh panoramic imperfection... least you tried... and for that you get the golden seal of :thumbs:+ for effort ... only 67 to go?

Thanks Kev, I think that the shifting rain is the real issue, I did rush a little I think all images were taken in about 45 seconds and no tripod so I'm impressed with myself for getting it as right as I did :lol: but still doesn't stop me aiming for perfection :bonk:

Indeed only 67 to go for this year :naughty:

Matt
 
Hi Matt, great rainbow, as you say, a shame about the imperfection, but I still like it.

Thanks Michael, I still like it myself :thumbs: it's just the perfectionist in me that wants to get it right each and every time :lol: :bang:

Matt
 
:thumbs: ... i tried painting with gel covered flash tonight ... as inspired by Matt's bridge work.. :D ... posted as my week 43 Abstract
 
:thumbs: ... i tried painting with gel covered flash tonight ... as inspired by Matt's bridge work.. :D ... posted as my week 43 Abstract

I'm really pleased that I acted as an inspiration :thumbs: and I like what you did :D

Matt
 
Super rainbow!

Matt, suprise suprise I was trying to use your apple picture and do somethign similar myself.

I see you had a 15 sec exposure at f/16, but how long did your light hit the apple for, and from what angle? I had a go but it just looked like I had an off camera flash.

Perhaps my torch was too bright.
 
^Joe said:
Super rainbow!

Matt, suprise suprise I was trying to use your apple picture and do somethign similar myself.

I see you had a 15 sec exposure at f/16, but how long did your light hit the apple for, and from what angle? I had a go but it just looked like I had an off camera flash.

Perhaps my torch was too bright.

I'm please you gave it a go :thumbs: now I used a small maglight that takes 2x AA's I first positioned the light to the rear for 5-7 seconds then I turned it off and brought the light above the apple for approx. 5 seconds using a sort of circular movement to avoid any pronounced shadows forming from the light above, I hope this helps :thumbs:

Matt
 
Thanks matt, my little torch is a nine LED thing from Wilko's it's pretty bright!! Could this be an issue as I tried it with it on for 1 second out of 30 and it was like I say, like a flash.

'I first positioned the light to the rear for 5-7 seconds '

To the rear of what? The apple or the camera :lol: ?
 
^Joe said:
Thanks matt, my little torch is a nine LED thing from Wilko's it's pretty bright!! Could this be an issue as I tried it with it on for 1 second out of 30 and it was like I say, like a flash.

'I first positioned the light to the rear for 5-7 seconds '

To the rear of what? The apple or the camera :lol: ?

The rear of the apple :D but it does sound like you torch is too bright ;) try to defuse you torch with a little bit of plastic milk bottle :thinking:

Matt
 
Day 299 - This photo has an orange glow...

...Okay so I gave it the glow but it is there :naughty:

Today I wanted to see if I could make any other type of fruit glow in the way that I did with the apple, If I'm honest I don't think that it worked nearly as well as I was hoping :(


299/365 by mwhcvt, on Flickr

I need to get my thinking cap on for tomorrow with it being the 300th Day of the challenge :D If anyone has any ideas as to what I should do, please let me know :thumbs:

That's a good idea! Thanks Matt, will report back tomorrow with a burn torrch :D

I look forward to seeing the results :thumbs: hopefully they go better than mine today :bang:

Matt
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I need to get my thinking cap on for tomorrow with it being the 300th Day of the challenge :D If anyone has any ideas as to what I should do, please let me know :thumbs:



know anyone with a sunroof in their car.... fix camera....up outside the car..awesome motion blur??? ... ok..ok...strap yourself to the bonnet OF the car... NO>. hang out of the window, like the guys at Max Power used to do... motion blur blitz..don't need to be going fast.. just a slow shutter speed?? :shrug: .. make sure other lane empty... lorries are very big and frightening.... i'm serious btw! .. i wanted to do this today... but somehow holding camera and drive seemed a daunting task.. :bang:
 
SamuelSlade007 said:
know anyone with a sunroof in their car.... fix camera....up outside the car..awesome motion blur??? ... ok..ok...strap yourself to the bonnet OF the car... NO>. hang out of the window, like the guys at Max Power used to do... motion blur blitz..don't need to be going fast.. just a slow shutter speed?? :shrug: .. make sure other lane empty... lorries are very big and frightening.... i'm serious btw! .. i wanted to do this today... but somehow holding camera and drive seemed a daunting task.. :bang:

Now there's an idea, I'm thinking it really should be a long exposure of some type :thinking:
 
Now there's an idea, I'm thinking it really should be a long exposure of some type :thinking:

...any caves nearby...you could do long exposure with painting the walls... underpasses where the lights are out... railway tunnels? ... underground bunkers.. even?? ..
 
SamuelSlade007 said:
...any caves nearby...you could do long exposure with painting the walls... underpasses where the lights are out... railway tunnels? ... underground bunkers.. even?? ..

SamuelSlade007 said:
in fact... might sound passé.. but light trails with trains..?? level crossing long exposure?

I have an idea but I need to wait on the weather :shrug:

michael23 said:
Nice orange Matt, the apple looks really suited to this kind of stuff more so than the orange, but I still like it. :thumbs:

Your right the orange is nowhere near as good as the apple :(

Matt
 
Day 300 - Out of the fire and into the frying pan :suspect:

Light painted in a single exposure, I had intended to do a long exposure this evening but this was not what I was expecting it to be :( still I can do that another evening, I just thought that I would have a little fun with this and show just where fried egg sweets really come from, honest :D


300/365 by mwhcvt, on Flickr

Matt
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cracking picture Matt! Now which came first..............:lol::lol:

:D I'm to think to answer that one :lol: I'm please you like it and well done on fitting a eggcellent pun in there :lol: :exit:
 
:lol: I was going to say Cracking, brill idea love it, fab eggsecution, lovely bit of light painting :clap::clap: eggsactly what Ive come to eggspect of you :D
 
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:lol: I was going to say Cracking, brill idea love it, fab execution, lovely bit of light painting :clap::clap: eggsactly what Ive come to eggspect of you :D

Thanks Dave, I'm please that you expect me to produce to a high standard :thumbs: I think I may have to have a go at light painting a car soon :thumbs: I have started a thread for this in the new section :D

Matt
 
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