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I thought i'd join in since im new here. So here goes...

Week 1 - Curved
Week 2 - Poetry
Week 3 - Chopped
Week 4 - Street
Week 5 - Speed
Week 6 - Present
Week 7 - People
Week 8 - Mechanical
Week 9 - Play
Week 10 - FAILED
Week 11 - Candid
Week 12 + 13 - Produce and Reshoot
Week 14 - Shoot
Week 15 + 16 - Single and Stare
Week 17 - Peace
Week 18 - FAILED
Week 19 - Reshoot
Week 20 - Stop
Week 21 - Isolation

Curved:

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It was a shot of some orange juice that i quite liked, so some advice would be greatly appreciated :)

I just noticed the curvature of the bubbles, taken with my 70-300mm Sigma set to macro and took the shot. I tried to smooth out the orange tones in GIMP because it was blotchy.

Thanks for looking!
 
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Nice take on the theme, I know nothing of photography so can't offer anything other than encouragement and oo-aah noises.
 
It's a good take on the theme, and the colour is excellent. It does seem that the focus point is on the bubbles to the left though, the bubble in front, which catches my eye, is a little bit out of focus.
 
Quite clever, nice take on the theme too! Have to agree that it seems a tad out of focus. Great start all the same :thumbs:
 
I really it, very good take on the curve theme.
I like where you have smoothed out the orange juice, and created a gradient of dark to light orange, being split by the bubbles.
Again, the bubbles could of done with being slightly more in focus, especially your biggest bubble, smack bang in the center.
Great start though, and I look forward to checking back for your take on week 2 :thumbs:

RobC said:
Nice take on the theme, I know nothing of photography so can't offer anything other than encouragement and oo-aah noises.
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That actually made me lol :lol::lol:
 
Thanks for all the responses. Now you all point it out i notice that the focus is slightly off. This is a common recurrance with my images, perhaps something to work on. Can't wait for week 2 :D
 
Great colour, but as you know slightly out on the focus. Interesting first shot.
 
Thanks for the comments :) All constructive criticism is encouraged :thumbs:
 
A shame about the focus but otherwise a very nice shot - looks like a necklace.
 
As this was shot at f5.7 it could be the narrow DOF causing the r/h side to look OOF, if you use a smaller aperture f11 - f16 when shooting closeups it will allow you to get a wider band in focus .
 
Hi Rich.

Curved bubbles, following a curve - very clever and definitely on theme :thumbs:
I love the vibrant orange, but have to agree about the focus being ever so slightly off.
I think it could do with just a touch more contrast too, to give the bubbles a bit more definition against the background.
 
Thanks for the tips, i'll give the contrast a shot when i get home (in work :thumbsdown:) The aperture was 5.6 because of the low light (indoors), so unfortunately i didn't have a choice. :bonk:
 
RichM said:
Thanks for the tips, i'll give the contrast a shot when i get home (in work :thumbsdown:) The aperture was 5.6 because of the low light (indoors), so unfortunately i didn't have a choice. :bonk:
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EXIF shows that flash was used so you should have been OK with a higher aperture
 
Week 2 - Poem/Poetry

Here goes nothing :D

Again, all C+C is welcome. This one took a bit longer than the last one, i actually had to set it up (:O).

Anyways, i give you Fool's Gold :cuckoo:

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Thanks for looking :)
 
I'm new to this so I can only go on what I like the look of. I really like the idea of the fools gold and the poem goes with it but I find the bag in the background a distraction. The bottle and gold looks clean and crisp but my eye is constantly drawn to the white bag instead. Maybe I have lazy eyes, oh no.
 
Nope i think your eyes are fine. I can see what you're saying. I found that also when the photo was in full colour, hence the selective B&W. Maybe it hasn't had the desired effect to draw the eye :)
 
RichM said:
Nope i think your eyes are fine. I can see what you're saying. I found that also when the photo was in full colour, hence the selective B&W. Maybe it hasn't had the desired effect to draw the eye :)
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Nope it's my eyes. Only noticed the black and white when you mentioned it :bonk:
 
L'Cham said:
Nope it's my eyes. Only noticed the black and white when you mentioned it :bonk:
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Hahaha... I think that's the first response on here that's actually made me laugh out loud. Thanks for looking though :lol:
 
Well I've enjoyed the concepts behind your two shots so will be keeping an eye on your 52. I'll try to have more constructive comments in future :lol:. All the best for the rest of the year.
 
L'Cham said:
Well I've enjoyed the concepts behind your two shots so will be keeping an eye on your 52. I'll try to have more constructive comments in future :lol:. All the best for the rest of the year.
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Thanks a lot mate :D
 
Very nice idea and a very nice poem too, fits the theme well, however a shallower DOF would have given more emphasis on bottle containing the fools gold.


Graham
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uniquegardens said:
Very nice idea and a very nice poem too, fits the theme well, however a shallower DOF would have given more emphasis on bottle containing the fools gold.


Graham
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I was considering that but i took this shot and one at f5.6 (i think :thinking:) and i preferred being able to see the text on the bag a bit more clearly. It was annoying not being able to read what it said so i went with the higher DOF. Thanks a lot for the comment though, i think that's gonna be a common gripe with this one :)
 
Hi Rich,

Good poem and good interpretation.
Nicely thought out and pulled together and I actually kind of like the bag in the background :shrug:
What's not quite working for me is the selective B&W - it looks more like a diagonal swatch of colour across the bottom half of the frame rather than the colour being used to highlight particular elements.

I think I'd prefer a total mono conversion or maybe the gold in the bottle and the cork left in colour.
 
Ah, I see what you've done... it took a little while, and I thought it looked a little odd. It's a gradient type B&W across the top... Not sure that's worked for me to be honest. I think just having the Iron Pyrites in colour and the rest B&W would work better. I agree about the bag, and think it works well being in focus.
 
The shot of the bubbles does not look to be a very strong image, Perhaps a different angle might help. Also there is to much space top and bottom.
I like the jar and that should be the focal point, A wider aperture would have put the BG more out of focus leaving the jar as the main subject. The space to the bottom left is just right for it's purpose.
 
Thanks for all the comments. The bubbles was just an opportunist shot tbh but im considering a reshoot of the fools gold at f5.6 as this seems to be the main issue many people are pointing out. Also ill give the idea of the jar in colour rather than B+W a go. :thumbs:
 
I like it mate.
Think you should stick with the bag, I like it.
Agree though that a wider aperture may of helped focus the eye slightly more on the subject of the shot.
Great idea though, I really like it.
Will keep an eye on your 52, like the start you have made :thumbs:
 
Here's a version of my week 2 but with the colour on the bottle in an attempt to draw the eye to it. I'm not sure if it works and now i dunno which i prefer :<

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Thanks for the comment Mtracerz, i think a reshoot is in order :thinking:

Also, i'm sooo stuck for week 3... :shake:
 
Finally got a week 3... Not too impressed though. It's a bit... 'meh'. I was really stuck for ideas on this one. C+C MORE than welcome this week because i'm not happy with it at all. :shake: Here goes...

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Thanks for looking.
 
Hi Rich, not really sure it fits the 'chopped' theme as such...
Having said that, you got some nice textures going on there and I like the reflection off the blade on the breadbox. :-)
 
bigsteve said:
Hi Rich, not really sure it fits the 'chopped' theme as such...
Having said that, you got some nice textures going on there and I like the reflection off the blade on the breadbox. :-)
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Hah yes, it's more a 'chopping in progress' :p

I set out to get the reflection on the text, that's as close as i got.
 
RichM said:
C+C MORE than welcome this week because i'm not happy with it at all
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My first thought was confusion about why the knife is chopping a potato when there's a bread bin, and bread is sliced? Looks like a mean knife... think I'd like to see more of that, and ditch the bread bin.
 
Really like your fools gold pictures - very good :thumbs:. I too am wondering why there's a potato being chopped next to a bread bin - a nice, crusty bloomer wouldn't have looked out of place instead of a spud :lol:

That being said, the textures are really nice, and that knife looks awesome :thumbs:
 
68lbs said:
My first thought was confusion about why the knife is chopping a potato when there's a bread bin, and bread is sliced? Looks like a mean knife... think I'd like to see more of that, and ditch the bread bin.
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Nick T said:
Really like your fools gold pictures - very good :thumbs:. I too am wondering why there's a potato being chopped next to a bread bin - a nice, crusty bloomer wouldn't have looked out of place instead of a spud :lol:

That being said, the textures are really nice, and that knife looks awesome :thumbs:
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Well this is another i got, but i don't think it fits the chopped brief either. It's also a different knife but it's bread this time :p

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What do you guys think? any better?.. I was really stumped this week :(
 
Hi Rich,

Still not quite there with the poetry for me. I'd like the whole of the bottle including the cork to be in colour - but it's working better than the original.

I'm pleased that you did the reshoot for chopped.
I was sitting on the fence with the first one. Not a bad shot, but it didn't really do much for me.
Two things I really liked in it though - the reflection from the blade across the bread bin and the reflection of the text in the blade, so I'm glad that you picked that up in version 2.
A definite improvement, but maybe could do with a bit more foreground in it.
 
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