weekly Richard, 52 week - Change added

On theme and nicely weathered stone. I like angle but would prefer a closer composition.

Light looks quite harsh which impacts, especially on the flowers.

Cheers.
 
I like the gravestones, good lighting and detail and the colours work well. The grass seems a bit over saturated to me though.
 
Yep a good original idea Richard, Nice and sharp, unsure if the focus should be on the headstone or the daffs, but still a good DoF on the main objects and liking the greenery in the background, shame it didn't go all the way across :)
 
Hi Richard

good detail in the headstones & good use of DOF to really make them pop from the scene :) For me the colors seem a little too saturated in the bg & on the grass...the Daff's however look about right...most odd :thinking:
 
Delta Skies said:
Positive - Nice and sharp image of the hand and the addition of the motion blur adds to the positive theme

Time - I like your connection with the theme. I know these are probably leaning so I'm wondering if a slight CW rotation would just even things up a bit. The greens are quite nice without going overboard with the saturation controls.
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I did try a rotation but couldn't get it looking right without losing part of a tombstone
 
mercurius said:
Like the way you have caught interesting light on these gravestones and te shadows falling across them. I must be missing something on the circle idea though as I don't quite get it.
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Death of the poet and daffodils signifying the spring and things starting to grow. Thanks for looking and commenting.
 
blondie606 said:
Hi Richard

good detail in the headstones & good use of DOF to really make them pop from the scene :) For me the colors seem a little too saturated in the bg & on the grass...the Daff's however look about right...most odd :thinking:
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Yes was playing around with layers and suing different lighting effects in the layer style which is why some of the colours are not quite right. Thanks for commenting
 
Hi Richard.. Liking that one.

as you say needs a little bit of a tidy up but not much. Seems to be calling out for another swirl under the chin too.
 
It does feel a tad oof but gives the impression the subject is looking at a computer screen. Including the monitor and the swirl coming out of the screen and then around the head would have been a good addition.
 
Hi, Richard, the red light works well with the cupped curtain and it's a good idea? I did wonder if the swirl had been added post as the ends of the beams end slightly away from your head.

Cheers.
 
Like the idea Richard (y) As mentioned above, possibly more of the swirl down under the chin :)
 
overbez said:
Hi Richard.. Liking that one.

as you say needs a little bit of a tidy up but not much. Seems to be calling out for another swirl under the chin too.
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Thanks Graham good point about the additional swirl
The goblin said:
Hi Richard, ooo that looks a little spooky! I like the swirl but the person (is it you?) is OOF. Sorry if that was intentional! Did you do this with a torch?
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Thanks Marsha, no the swirl was created in pp.
Tango32 said:
Hi Richard certainly different but the two spots in the eye kinda freaks me out what is it?
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Thanks Craig no the spots in the eyes are from the flash.
posiview said:
Hi, Richard, the red light works well with the cupped curtain and it's a good idea? I did wonder if the swirl had been added post as the ends of the beams end slightly away from your head.

Cheers.
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Thanks Andy, yes you are right swirls added in post. Still getting to grips with paths so they are not perfect.


Thanks to everyone who took the time to look and comment.
 
Hi, very odd but a nice idea, but it is a little OoF which lets it down slightly
 
Hi Richard

neat idea & different......good pp ( you've mentioned about tidying it up a little ) , like the bit of reflection on the head to give it a more real feel ( as opposed to it being added in pp)....just wish there was less of a blue cast on the face......
 
blondie606 said:
Hi Richard

neat idea & different......good pp ( you've mentioned about tidying it up a little ) , like the bit of reflection on the head to give it a more real feel ( as opposed to it being added in pp)....just wish there was less of a blue cast on the face......
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Thanks Lynne. The blue cast was deliberate as I was trying to give the impression that the blue swirl was lighting the face. Thanks for taking the tome to look and comment.
 
nice idea ...

love the intensity and blueness of it all.
 
Swirl: It's a good, offbeat idea. Agree that face could be sharper, but overall it works.

Linked: very different, illustration approach. I like the composition and your choice of colours.
 
Dark Knight said:
Hi Richard :)

Now that is BRIGHT :cool:

Certainly unusual, like the composition and the colours :)

I have to ask... What is the object you have photographed ??
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The object is a silver necklace, as you can tell form the colour quite a bit of p/p. Thanks for looking and commenting
 
Week 13 Step. Many Steps,
Runners competing in the Coniston 14 marathon
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The water appears to be running down hill :)

Nice capture on the runners, good clean subjects on what looks like a bit of a dreary day.
 
Ha ha, wave to the camera :wave: Were they just random people or did you actually know them Richard?
 
What a wonderful looking couple!

Well captured with good detail.

A bit of panning would have added to it IMO and landscape orientation giving room for them to run into.

Minor point, but don't forget to add a link in the No Comments thread to your post, every second helps when trying to catch up on people's submissions :thumbs:

Cheers.
 
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