RichM's 52 Thread - Week 21 added- Still not much time!

jgs001 said:
I like that, the selective colouring is truly excellent.
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Thanks a lot. It took me a few attempts to get it right. Started off trying to make a duplicate B+W Layer then erasing through it to the colour underneath but that didn't work so well so i used the selection tool to make it selectively black and white. Harder than it looks :D
 
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Hi Rich,

I haven't popped in here for a while, but you've really been busy.

Thank you for the reshoot of Street. It's definitely closer and the lighting is loads better in this one. As Ian said, it's lacking something in the composition though. If you could do something similar in set up to the first one, but with the lighting and feel of the second it would be perfect.

Speed : Everything that I would have said about the shot has been addressed in the second edit. I love this version with the selective colouring on the cardigan.
Looking back at your week 2 shot where the selective colouring just wasn't quite right, I can't believe what a difference there is.
Absolutely spot on. Best shot so far in your 52 IMO :clap:
 
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SarahLee said:
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Hi Rich,

I haven't popped in here for a while, but you've really been busy.

Thank you for the reshoot of Street. It's definitely closer and the lighting is loads better in this one. As Ian said, it's lacking something in the composition though. If you could do something similar in set up to the first one, but with the lighting and feel of the second it would be perfect.

Speed : Everything that I would have said about the shot has been addressed in the second edit. I love this version with the selective colouring on the cardigan.
Looking back at your week 2 shot where the selective colouring just wasn't quite right, I can't believe what a difference there is.
Absolutely spot on. Best shot so far in your 52 IMO :clap:
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Great, thanks a lot for posting. I'm gonna give it a go again for my street shot. I think you're right about the composition and lighting. Composition from 1 and lighting from 2.

My present shot is gonna be a bit late though this week. I'll try and get it on tomorrow but today, being valentine's day and all, i'm spending some time with the gf. I was waiting for my valentines gift as a subject and now i'm set, just gotta get the time, I'll probably do it after work tomorrow :thumbs:
 
Ok here goes. This is probably a bit of a cop out (bring in the crow bar :lol:) But i decided against my previous 'present' idea. I decided to go for a shot i took in Haworth on saturday. I was trying to get a good shot of the main street and i think this shows how the place looks at present (see what i did there? ;) )

Haworth is a historic little village and the birthplace and residence of the Bronte sisters, authors of some classic books (Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights etc.)

Anyways, i thought this worked quite well,

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All comments are welcome, thanks for looking :)
 
I like it, it's clear and the colours have come out well... The only thing... if it weren't for your comment, it wouldn't have said present to me. There's not enough there to give it the here and now look...
 
jgs001 said:
I like it, it's clear and the colours have come out well... The only thing... if it weren't for your comment, it wouldn't have said present to me. There's not enough there to give it the here and now look...
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Hah i agree. Thats why i mentioned the crowbar... somebody should really make a smiley for crowbarred theme :p

It was more of a forced theme than a picture taken to meet the theme. Thanks for commenting though.
 
RichM said:
All comments are welcome, thanks for looking
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I find the yellow road marking a great lead in, but for me the shot is cropped far too tight on the right and the minute my eye gets into the frame, the shot is over and there's just a few tiny bits that I can't really see too clearly.

Shame... looks nice with the cobbles.
 
68lbs said:
I find the yellow road marking a great lead in, but for me the shot is cropped far too tight on the right and the minute my eye gets into the frame, the shot is over and there's just a few tiny bits that I can't really see too clearly.

Shame... looks nice with the cobbles.
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Right i'll see what i can do. That shot isn't cropped but i think i took one landscape. I'll see how it turned out. :thinking:

Thanks for the advice :)
 
Would also be interested to see a reshoot. We keep sending you back to do it again. Are you fed up with us all yet?

You take a fine shot Rich. I love the colours and clarity.

Ian.
 
Harlequin565 said:
Would also be interested to see a reshoot. We keep sending you back to do it again. Are you fed up with us all yet?

You take a fine shot Rich. I love the colours and clarity.

Ian.
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Hehe no i'm not sick of it. Gives me something to do. I've just signed up for a photography course with the OCA so hopefully i'll be able to kill 2 birds with one stone soon enough. Working on one of the other shots. It's not amazing but i think it's an improvement.
 
Ok here's my attempt at the 'People' theme. To begin with it's less 'People' and more 'Person' but i think it still fits the theme (It does, in theory still have people in it :rules:)

It's an older shot i took for a friend, the guy in the picture, and since i don't do portraits generally i don't think it was too bad. This was actually my first ever attempt at portrait photography and i didn't have anything except my camera and on board flash so i couldn't do anything fancy.

Like i said, it's nothing amazing but here you go...

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Also, i'm still working on my reshoot of 'present', it shouldn't be long.

Thanks for looking anyway :)
 
Nicely posed with an interesting background. Well taken. Just clone or burn out that lighter area on the right hand side :)
 
dlh said:
Nicely posed with an interesting background. Well taken. Just clone or burn out that lighter area on the right hand side :)
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Now you mention it, yep, distracting. Gonna sort it soonish :)

Thanks for commenting.
 
Ok here's the re-edited version without the light bit on the right hand side.

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I think thats a bit better. :)

*EDIT* - While i'm here i though i may as well give the guy in the pic a bit of a plug. He's actually an aspiring musician and poet and goes by the name of Yosh. This was intended for use on one of his CD covers. If anybody is interested in Rap/Grime music with a philosophical edge look him up. Revolutionairy85 on youtube or TiZYOSh on twitter. Even if, like me, you're not into that style of music, his lyrics make for some good listeneing :D Cheers
 
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I think this is a really great portrait Rich. Shame that the subject is looking out of the frame if you know what I mean.

I love the colour in this shot, and it's not that it's bold or striking or anything, it just appeals.

Nice one.

Ian.
 
I think the edit works a lot better now that you've taken that light bit out on the right. Something I probably wouldn't have noticed back in September before I bought my dSLR and hung about on places like this. Damn you all :lol:
 
Harlequin565 said:
I think this is a really great portrait Rich. Shame that the subject is looking out of the frame if you know what I mean.

I love the colour in this shot, and it's not that it's bold or striking or anything, it just appeals.

Nice one.

Ian.
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Thanks for posting again Ian. :D

With the looking out of frame, we found that it didn't really work with the shot when he made eye contact with the camera. It looked a bit too false. With this pose it looked more natural and almost as if the camera wasn't even there, which is what we were going for. I tried to keep the colour as natural as possible, especially on the subject. I cranked up the saturation and contrast slightly on the wall and sign and cloned out some graffiti to make the subject more obvious.

L'Cham said:
I think the edit works a lot better now that you've taken that light bit out on the right. Something I probably wouldn't have noticed back in September before I bought my dSLR and hung about on places like this. Damn you all :lol:
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Hehe there's no shame in not noticing that, i took the shot, edited it and still didn't think to get rid of it :lol:

Thank god for the eagle eyed TP'ers eh? :clap:
 
I love this, I think the colours are great and it's got a real down to earth feel to it. I might be misinterpreting Harlequin, but I don't think he was referring to looking at the camera. He meant the guy is on the right, and looking to the right. Ie, not a lot of space to look into. I could be wrong though.

I also happen to disagree with him on this occasion :shrug:, I think it looks fine that way (if I interpreted what he said correctly). It gives the photo a bit of an abstract feel which I really like, its a bit quirky.
 
Hi Rich,

Sorry I seem to keep missing your thread.

I really like your shot for present. It's unusual in that you've gone for a portrait style rather than landscape, but that works for me in this one. Lovely textures in the bricks and cobbles and some nice earthy tones. My only complaint is that crowbar sticking out the side of it . . . just doesn't really say present to me ;)

People - hard for me to comment on because I don't really "do" portraits. The edited version is deifnitely better though and the lighting's worked well.
 
That's a really good portrait; nicely composed and I like the background colours. I think the edited version does work better as the lighter area was a llittle distracting. Well done :)
 
Looking a lot better with the edit Rich. Hope you don't mind but I wanted to see what it would look like with some space to the right for him to look into. Bearing in mind this is or could be a CD cover I squared it up. Quick and dirty job on the background so it needs lots of work, but I think this works as an album cover with space for some text.

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Rich it's a good shot, better with the light bit removed, and I like it. But Darren has nailed it good and proper...
 
That is a stunning portrait, Rich -- you have captured a wonderful expression and the lighting/colour/overall mood is great. :clap::clap: I agree that it needs a bit more space for him to look into, and like Darren's edit, but maybe you shot it like that to fit into the CD cover design. Whatever - it's a cracker!
 
Squawk said:
I love this, I think the colours are great and it's got a real down to earth feel to it. I might be misinterpreting Harlequin, but I don't think he was referring to looking at the camera. He meant the guy is on the right, and looking to the right. Ie, not a lot of space to look into. I could be wrong though.

I also happen to disagree with him on this occasion :shrug:, I think it looks fine that way (if I interpreted what he said correctly). It gives the photo a bit of an abstract feel which I really like, its a bit quirky.
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Oh i see now... yes now you mention it he does need somewhere to look to. Sorry Harlequin if that's what you meant :p
Yeah it is an odd composition when you analyse it.
Thanks for commenting Squawk :)

SarahLee said:
Hi Rich,

Sorry I seem to keep missing your thread.

I really like your shot for present. It's unusual in that you've gone for a portrait style rather than landscape, but that works for me in this one. Lovely textures in the bricks and cobbles and some nice earthy tones. My only complaint is that crowbar sticking out the side of it . . . just doesn't really say present to me ;)

People - hard for me to comment on because I don't really "do" portraits. The edited version is deifnitely better though and the lighting's worked well.
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Heya Sarah, thanks for nipping in. Glad you liked my present shot it didn't seem to get much attention at the time. I did try to warn you about the crowbar though :D

I'm not a portrait person either but i agree about the edit :)

dougiem said:
I love this weeks picture The edited version looks so much better i will try to keep up with your thread i seem to have missed it until now
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Thanks for the kind words. Don't worry about missing my thread, there are hundreds knocking about :)

SpidersEye said:
That's a really good portrait; nicely composed and I like the background colours. I think the edited version does work better as the lighter area was a llittle distracting. Well done :)
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Thanks again for the comment SpidersEye.

dlh said:
Looking a lot better with the edit Rich. Hope you don't mind but I wanted to see what it would look like with some space to the right for him to look into. Bearing in mind this is or could be a CD cover I squared it up. Quick and dirty job on the background so it needs lots of work, but I think this works as an album cover with space for some text.

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I don't mind at all, in fact, thanks a lot for the edit. I'll have to attempt this and show him your version. Seems to balance the composition a bit, slightly more natural. Cheers Darren :thumbs:

jgs001 said:
Rich it's a good shot, better with the light bit removed, and I like it. But Darren has nailed it good and proper...
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Totally agree, the space evens it all out. :)

Tracer said:
That is a stunning portrait, Rich -- you have captured a wonderful expression and the lighting/colour/overall mood is great. :clap::clap: I agree that it needs a bit more space for him to look into, and like Darren's edit, but maybe you shot it like that to fit into the CD cover design. Whatever - it's a cracker!
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Thanks for commenting Tracer. I'm pretty sold on Darren's edit now, i'll get to work on expanding the empty space first chance i get.

Cheers all who commented! Much appreciated.
 
Great edit by DLH... prior to seeing his edit, I wasn't really connecting at all with the shot and was struggling to know what to say. Amazing what a bit of blank space can do. :)
 
Right, so... week 8 - Mechanical aka. Hell. :bang:

I hated this week. Everything about it. I tend not to shoot anything mechanical whatsoever so the results, i think, reflect my complete lack of inspiration with this theme. In the end, i deconstructed an old battery powered watch to find something interesting. It wasn't :gag:

This is the rather boring result. Hopefully next week will be better for me :thumbsdown:

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Thanks for looking anyway.

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That could make for a really interesting image Rich, but the composition is all wrong here. Moving the parts over the lower left third might have helped, but I think a bit of juggling is needed to see what works best. The lighting and exposure work a treat on the face of the watch. Unfortunately if you weren't inspired then that can't be helped.

Hope next week is better for you.
 
I'd have to agree with DLH... the subject matter looks great, and I was rather worried initially as it looks like it was a really nice watch. My preferred choice of composition would be components in the foreground, narrow DOF, blurring the main face in the background with the light producing some nice specular highlights off the little chromed bits. :)
 
dlh said:
That could make for a really interesting image Rich, but the composition is all wrong here. Moving the parts over the lower left third might have helped, but I think a bit of juggling is needed to see what works best. The lighting and exposure work a treat on the face of the watch. Unfortunately if you weren't inspired then that can't be helped.

Hope next week is better for you.
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The lighting was the only thing i decided to play with. I used a long exposure and a torch to paint the light on, to get rid of shadows. I didn't like the subject so i have no motivation to try again :thumbsdown:
Thanks for commenting though.

68lbs said:
I'd have to agree with DLH... the subject matter looks great, and I was rather worried initially as it looks like it was a really nice watch. My preferred choice of composition would be components in the foreground, narrow DOF, blurring the main face in the background with the light producing some nice specular highlights off the little chromed bits. :)
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Hehe don't worry, i had never used the watch, don't think it was expensive. I saved the parts in case i want to use them again for something else but i don't think i'll shoot them again on their own. Too boring :D
 
RichM said:
I saved the parts in case i want to use them again for something else but i don't think i'll shoot them again on their own. Too boring :D
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That's a shame, because with a few tweaks to the composition I think this one had definite potential.
Very clean, crisp image with some lovely detail in it, just not sitting quite right with the way it's been set up.

But if mechanical bits are not your thing I can't blame you for not wanting to reshoot.
 
Agree with Darren yet again

It does look like it is in interesting subject and as Sarah said, it definitely has potential.

I didn't like the subject so i have no motivation to try again
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Says it all really and I know how you feel. I had a bad week too. Hopefully this week should be better.

Ian.
 
SarahLee said:
That's a shame, because with a few tweaks to the composition I think this one had definite potential.
Very clean, crisp image with some lovely detail in it, just not sitting quite right with the way it's been set up.

But if mechanical bits are not your thing I can't blame you for not wanting to reshoot.
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Thanks for the compliments anyway though Sarah. Appreciate it when others notice the good in what i think is a rubbish image.

Harlequin565 said:
Agree with Darren yet again

It does look like it is in interesting subject and as Sarah said, it definitely has potential.



Says it all really and I know how you feel. I had a bad week too. Hopefully this week should be better.

Ian.
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Thanks for posting again Ian. I think you guys are right, with the right photographer the subject could make for an interesting image. I could probably improve on it but i wouldn't enjoy it a great deal. No passion for lifeless bits of broken clock i'm afraid ;)
 
dade_f said:
Bring some element into the foreground, play with the DOF and this could be a good image

- isnt that the challenge of photography?
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I suppose it is. I KNOW i could improve this image with a reshoot, i just don't have the drive to. Recently time is short with my new photography course anyway so i have more important shots to be taking. You never know, i might need a shot of a broken clock one day, i still have the parts and now all this advice so i'm set :p
 
Rich, I have to agree with the others, bags of potential that a few tweaks would make into a superb image.
 
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