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Week 1

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nope...1st of the 52....curved....can you see what it is or not?
take a guess.

and sorry about the white dot will rectify at some point.
 
WHite dot? Just a white rectangle for me. :thinking:
 
you must be doing something wrong?
 
have you amended your flickr page as the image isnt coming up
 
no but will upload it again
 
think its working again now!
 
Hi Paul.

Very interesting, but I've got no idea what I'm looking at :thinking:
. . . a bubble / the bottom of a glass ????
It's definitely curved though whatever it is :lol:

Nice, simple abstract but I think for it to really work it could do with a wider DOF so that the whole image is sharp. Maybe a bit more control with the lighting too, to eliminate some of those reflections.
 
only used the standard camera flash as no external off camera lighting available. but i know what you mean. it is actually a ladel but i have edited out the handle...
 
Hi Paul, Loving the abstract angle on this, cant go wrong!

Agree with Sarah's comments on the technical side of it. Even try it on daylight (if there is a lot of it :thinking:) and with some reflectors and flags to watch the highlight.

Looking forward to the rest :thumbs:
 
Is it a paper weight? Some of the image has disappeared into the background :shrug: It definitely fits the theme :thumbs:
 
Now you've explained it's a ladel I can see it. As has been said, you need to control your lighting better (I have the same problem with onboard flash).

Did you shoot against black or add that in PP? The image looks a little jagged around the edges of the ladel in places, particularly on the left where I assume the handle was cloned out.
 
well this is my shot for this one......FOOTPRINTS.

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One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord. Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky.

In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand. Sometimes there were two sets of footprints, other times there was one only.

This bothered me because I noticed that during the low periods of my life, when I was suffering from anguish, sorrow or defeat, I could see only one set of footprints, so I said to the Lord,

“You promised me Lord,
that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I have noticed that during the most trying periods of my life there has only been one set of footprints in the sand. Why, when I needed you most, have you not been there for me?”

The Lord replied, “The years when you have seen only one set of footprints, my child, is when I carried you.”

Mary Stevenson, 1936
 
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Hi Paul,

Do you have a link to the poem? Yep definitely footprints, but kind of hard to put it in context without the poem.

Having said that, there's really interesting tread pattern on those prints.
Spoilt slightly by the mud showing though on the left hand print (at least I hope it's mud) but that's a minor complaint.

I think it might have worked better if you'd shot from the back of the print so you had them leading away from you into the frame and got down a bit lower.

Good idea though, looking forward to week 3.
 
Took me a while to think about this...not really what i was after but it fits the catagory....

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1. Curved - The image is showing for me now. And I'm with the others, wondering what it is. The harsh highlights aren't doing a lot for me though, and the composition needs work.

2. Poetry - Looks underexposed. Shame you couldn't have got footprints in the sand.

3. Chopped - a nicely cored and chopped apple. Would benefit from the background having a little more thought so that the blue/purple doesn't just end on the left.
 
Hi Paul.

Week 2 - you've got a very interesting couple of footprints there. Unfortunately for me the image is a little too dark and the snow seems to have been past its best. A bigger patch of fresher looking snow and a longer line of footprints leading off into the distance would have helped. Shame it wasn't sand :)

Week 3 - Nicely lit and nicely arranged centre piece to the image. As 68lbs says above, just watch those backgrounds. Moving the apple a few inches to the right before shooting would have prevented the drop off of the purple to the left. Nicely done though, keep it up :thumbs:
 
It's clearly chopped. I do agree with Lee and Darren though, that the background would be better without having it chopped too.. although having said that .... ;)
 
Hi Paul - I'm sorry I haven't visited your 52 before - it's hard to get round all of them! So bit of a catch up, now:

Week1: I didn't guess what it was - so I'm glad you let us in on the secret. I'm a sucker for this type of abstract shot - so, yes I like it. Nice start. :)

Week 2: An interesting poem to illustrate and definitely not easy. I think footprints in the snow is a very hard shot to get (I tried loads of times in the last lot of snow) and if you try to get a long shot they disappear into nothingness, but if you do a close up you don't get the perspective. It's a bit of a no-win situation, and although a lower point of view would perhaps have made a more arresting shot, you'd have got very cold and wet in the process. :)

Week 3: I love how you've cored this apple and the purple background works well (despite the left hand side) Well chopped and well shot! :thumbs:

Jean
 
well not really the shot i was after but with limited time this week had to do something quick. Did not want to do the "street" shot ind this being a band i like thought that this would suffice..

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Hi guys. An early post for me this week.
When speed came up i thought i would try something that has been going around in my head for a while.

This is it. Mounted tripod and camera in the car and drove.....
Not sure if i have got exectly what i was after i was trying to create a tunnel effect by using max DoF and using a slow-ish shutter speed.

Let me know what you think.......

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works for me :thumbs: can i ask what settings you used to get the shot ta andy
 
works well for me!! :thumbs:

makes my eyes go funny though :thinking:
 
yeah i had the shutter set at 1/13 with f-stop at 22(not quite max!!). camera was set on passenger side on tripod held in place with seat belt. focal length was 18mm with ISO 100
 
Cor, that was brave just holding the tripod in place with the seatbelt, I wouldn't have the nerve to do that!
Well done on your interpretation of speed, I like how you left the dashboard in for context.
Looking forward to seeing your future work too! :-)
 
thanks steve. was not quite held just by seat belt......had one leg in passenger footwell, one in the cup holder by the gearstick and the other leg on the seat with belt wraped round that leg....was quite scary though
 
nice idea for street.. thats quite an eclectic set of CD's there ;)

like speed.. very effective, certainly gives the tunnel feeling you were looking for
 
catch up


Week 1 little bit to much reflection from the flash
week 2 footprints nice poem and photo but little flat
week 3 apple for chopped really like the colours and angle
week 4 street cheat :lol:
Week 5 speed, one one my favourites in this theme love the effect you have managed to obtain with the tunnel effect:thumbs:
 
Love the speed picture. It really shows the speed and you defintely got the tunnel effect.Several people did this at night but this is the only day time one I have seen and it says speed more.
 
That's brilliant. I tried the same thing but it's virtually impossible to focus on a sign and drive and take the shot at the same time (and I really wanted the sign in the shot). So I cheated and photochopped mine. This has to be one of my favorites.
 
thanks guys. its nice to hear that i got something right. really appreciate all the comments.
 
Hi Paul,

A couple of weeks behind with your thread.

Chopped : Nice colour, nice composition - as others have said, maybe a bit more attention needed to the background but it's definitely on the right lines.

Street : I like your thinking with this. A really unique take on the theme.
Unfortunately photographs of images don't always come out particularly well so you've lost a bit of definition in it and the scratches on the CD cover are slightly distracting.
Still a good concept and very close. Maybe boosting the contrast a bit might give it a bit more lift.

Speed : My favourite from you so far :clap:
An unusual slant on the light trails through the windscreen thing. You've got the tunnel effect that you were after and there's a real sense of motion. I like this very much.
 
hi guys, a late one this week from me...here is week 6...Present...

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:thumbs: Very good idea. I'm amazed at how many different interpretations I've seen so far this week.
Good colours and very nice clarity in the image.

I'm not totally convinced that black was the right choice of background for this one though. I think I would have preferred to see it laid out on a wooden table or something with a pen to the side ready to fill it in :thinking:
As Stuart said, the angle is slightly off too. I'd prefer it either dead straight or more deliberately angled in the shot.
 
I agree with the others about the angle and the background but nevertheless it is a good take on the theme and you've captured the colours well.
 
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