Peter-Ts Photo52 Week 20 Stop + 21 Isolation. Pg 6

I like it - unusual subject, definitely mechanical-looking and interesting lighting.

Two comments - firstly I find the road sign a bit distracting - could perhaps PS it out, or retake at a slightly different angle.

Secondly - you mention that you used the 580 off-camera and set rear-curtain sync. This is not in any way being negative about the image but I wonder what you feel were the advantages of setting the flash up this way? The affect of off-camera flash in this case appears to be that you have some shadows on the arm on the right hand side - on-camera flash might have avoided these and been preferable in this instance. As for second-curtain sync - the advantage of this is that when you shoot a fast moving subject using a slow shutter speed the trails of motion are behind rather than in front of the subject. Example is a car driving along at night - it looks more natural that the trails are behind the sharp image of the car frozen by the flash and therefore setting rear curtain is better. On a still subject there will be no affect on the outcome.

Hope the advice helps. I like the image,

Phil
 
I really like this shot.

It fits the theme perfectly.

Focus is right on the subject with the background nicely blurred :thumbs:

The only slight issue is the street light in the top right hand corner. Perhaps it could be toned down a bit in PP?

Well done for getting it nailed so early as well.
 
philthejuggler said:
I like it - unusual subject, definitely mechanical-looking and interesting lighting.

Two comments - firstly I find the road sign a bit distracting - could perhaps PS it out, or retake at a slightly different angle.

Secondly - you mention that you used the 580 off-camera and set rear-curtain sync. This is not in any way being negative about the image but I wonder what you feel were the advantages of setting the flash up this way? The affect of off-camera flash in this case appears to be that you have some shadows on the arm on the right hand side - on-camera flash might have avoided these and been preferable in this instance. As for second-curtain sync - the advantage of this is that when you shoot a fast moving subject using a slow shutter speed the trails of motion are behind rather than in front of the subject. Example is a car driving along at night - it looks more natural that the trails are behind the sharp image of the car frozen by the flash and therefore setting rear curtain is better. On a still subject there will be no affect on the outcome.

Hope the advice helps. I like the image,

Phil
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Thanks for your comments. I chose to have the flash off to the left of the camera as I was taking the shot at night, i wanted the subject lit, but with a bit of spookyness in it. Therefore i wanted some shadows. I used a 2.5sec exposure with the 2sec self timer and a rear curtain sync so i had 4.5seconds to position the flash where i wanted it! (i dont have a remote shutter release)
Also, the road sign, i will attempt to get rid of it but im still a major novice at PS (i have now aquired PS7)

Thanks for your comment Andy. As said above my PS skills are quite lacking, bit will try to correct that lamp post too!
 
The edit for people works really well. Nicely done.

I like the Mechanical shot... the only thing is that street sign...
 
Lights and sign a bit too distracting for me, the subject is a good one for the theme and I like the colours in the scarecrow which is very sharp and focussed
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thanks for your comments everyone! i'm attempting the clone now! wish me luck lol this could take me a while!
 
Okay, sign cloned out, took me ages and about 4 attempts! I hope this works!!
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Well done on the clone - big improvement!

Phil
 
Oh no! I've inadvertently seen a week 8 shot! I saw nothing... My mind is a blank... bleurghhh!
 
I really like your mechanical shot - colour and lighting are great!
 
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This is a great interpretation on the theme - and made me smile too! Well done! :clap:
 
The edit is much better.

Also, I did agree with Phil until I read your reasoning behind it. All that running around must have beena bit mental. Worth it though. It's a good shot, and well done for getting out to get something appropriate!

Ian.
 
You've made a good job on the edit. Shame about the light top left. Maybe underexposed the background slightly might have helped there. Scarecrow is fascinating though and you've captured it well. Good colours and lighting on him. Does he scare off the yoofs?
 
dlh said:
You've made a good job on the edit. Shame about the light top left. Maybe underexposed the background slightly might have helped there. Scarecrow is fascinating though and you've captured it well. Good colours and lighting on him. Does he scare off the yoofs?
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he'd have a job!! this is in the grounds of my old school! (I had to 'break in' to get this shot) It's this bloke and next to him is a scrap metal sheep (which looks like it has a chainsaw for a p**is lol)

Thanks for your comments people!! Much appriciated and a big boost to the confidence!
 
Certainly fits the Mechanical theme well.
Nice 'n' sharply focussed and you have captured colour and detail well.
I'm another who found the lights and sign a slight distraction.

The second image, with the sign gone is a great improvement.
 
Well better late than never I suppose. I apologise for the wait, didnt realise it would take this long to come through!

Back in week 2 I was 'chopped' from my job. Was made redundant because 'the wines and spirits aisle was overstaffed'. Anyway, here is Chopped.

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That's not a nice chopped at all Pete, but it fits the theme. Hope you're all sorted now though,
 
jgs001 said:
That's not a nice chopped at all Pete, but it fits the theme. Hope you're all sorted now though,
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Thanks for your comment. Yeah i'd had two jobs working 7 days a week for over a year so now its nice to have weekends off! :)
 
Hi Peter,

I seem to be a bit behind here - and a bit confused. I almost overlooked this with the week 3 in the title :lol:

For people and mechanical, the edited versions are huge improvements.
And personally I think mechanical is superb :clap: The removal of the sign was well worth the effort. It's removed the one distraction that was stopping a good shot from being a great shot.

Glad that the circumstances for chopped aren't as bad as they could have been - and it must be nice to have weekends off again.
That's a nicely composed shot and definitely in keeping with the theme.
 
Thanks for your comment Sarah! I guessed with week 3 in the title it might get overlooked, oops
i'll be doing week 9 on saturday as ive been busy this week, stugling for ideas right now though
 
So this week i struggled to think of a picture, and now i've got it, i think its rubbish. :bang: I'll hopefully come back to this.

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Do tell me what you think, bad or good!
 
It's a clever idea, and I like the concept - I just wonder if it would have been better if you had managed to get a crisp view of it as a spiral, then the nice blurred movement, with another crisp view of it all unravelled?

10/10 for the idea though :thumbs:
 
Agree with Nick. The idea's a good one but it needed a sharper something to ground the blur a bit. As it is it's a bit confusing and giving me a headache :)
 
thanks for your comments people, comments taken on board i'll re-shoot tomorrow
 
SarahLee said:
I'm with the others on this Peter.

Concept : :thumbs: Brilliant!
Execution : Just a bit too much blur to really work for me.

I hope you do revisit this and give it another go because it's got tons of potential!
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Wholeheartedly agree - nice idea, shame about the execution!

Phil
 
D'you know - I actually quite like this. (Probably) Mainly because I have no idea what's going on.

Watching out for the reshoot in the hope of further understanding...

Ian.
 
Harlequin565 said:
D'you know - I actually quite like this. (Probably) Mainly because I have no idea what's going on.

Watching out for the reshoot in the hope of further understanding...

Ian.
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its one of those fidgety things that comes in the help to quit pack for stop smoking, a colleuge at work is giving up (thankfully, i hate cigarette smoke)
thanks for your comment!
 
It's a great idea Pete, and those hands are clearly playing with it, but the shot needs a point with more definition for me, sorry
 
I agree with all of the above.
I think the idea is great and a good take on the theme, but feel that something needs to be sharp because with everything blurred it looks as if the camera moved as the shot was taken.
I rather like the idea of sharp wrists and lower hands with fingers blurred but appreciate that it'd be a tough one to do.
 
So Here is week 11. I know ive missed week 10 (i was really busy last week). I planned to do it yesterday, but shorty after i took this photo my camera just died! i dont know whats happened to it, it wont turn on :(

Anyway i'll get wk 10 and any other shots i miss when my camera is working again.

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Thanks. Pete
 
Nice shot but I am not a lover of the mono :thumbsdown: sorry
 
Thanks for your comments! Sarah, the camera seems to have fixed itself, i dont know whats going on?? i'll get chemistry done tomorrow. I had to boost the contrast before i decided i liked the shot, the more i look at it though, the more contrast i feel it needs. I'll do that aswell tomorrow!
 
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