Robs 52 for 2010 - Week 17 Peace

[RobC]

Week 1 Curved
post 12

Week 2 Poems/Poetry

post 23

Week 3 Chopped
Post 50

Week 4 Street
Post 79

Week 5 Speed
Post 92

Week 6 Present
Post 113

Week 7 People
Post 136

Week 8 Mechanical
Post 161

Week 9 Play
Post 177

Week 10 Chemistry
Post 194

Week 11 Candid (Arrrrgh)
Post 210

Week 12 Produce
Post 221

Week 13 Quad
Post 252

Week 14 Shoot
Post 281

Week 15 single
Post 296

Week 16 Stare
Post 312

Week 17 Peace
Post 331

 

[Squawk]

Best of luck with the challenge.

 

[Kim]

Good luck, you have nothing to loose and at least you will have given it a go.

 

[RobC]

So here it is, my first submission. I like the colour, I like the fact there is no background to mess it up. I may well re-shoot this using a tripod and a lower ISO but then again I may not.

 

[Harlequin565]

Great interpretation, and I love the colour vs the black.

Might be worth going over the darker areas with black as I can see a faint blemish just in from the lower right corner. That's just me being picky though.

Good luck with your 52!

Ian.

 

[Ambermile]

Cool - like the focus on the back flames - gives depth and pulls the eye into the picture.

Arthur

 

[mowse73]

Great idea rob. Something different

 

[SarahLee]

Really good interpretation Rob.
Lovely abstract feel and the simplicity of it works well

This is a shot that I tried when I first started out and couldn't quite get it to work, so well done on getting it.
I think it could maybe do with a touch more space on the left and right sides, the flame's a little close to the edge of the frame for me . . . but that really is a very minor niggle.

 

[RobC]

Thanks guys n gals, so nice to read your thoughts and crits.

I have a confession to make - I've just reshot it. Nothing fancy, just used a tripod this time. I might replace the original...... then again I may not, I actually like what I produced warts and all.

 

[RobC]

What have I done !?

I really should learn to leave things alone, what should have been a 5 minute exercise has turned into an all night 'session' culminating in me possibly doubling this months gas bill !!

To cap it all I now have two shots, the original 'tweaked' and a totally different view of the same thing

My second attempt. I like it, a lot, but at the same time I think it's busy and the reflection is somewhat distracting.

My third attempt, not really an attempt at all, I've just taken the original, listened to whats been said in here and opened the crop up slightly and removed a "faint blemish".

I'm going to visit a few of the other 52'ers now whilst I try to decide which of my efforts I like best.

Thanks for looking - again !

 

[Harlequin565]

I think it's busy and the reflection is somewhat distracting.

Got to say I agree with you on that.

#3 is the winner for me.

Ian.

 

[RobC]

Got to say I agree with you on that.

#3 is the winner for me.

Ian.

I'm so glad you said that. I've just updated my flickr 52 set to confirm #3 as my official submission

 

[daddy day care]

Number 3 for me as well mate

Good start to your 52.

 

[clowesey]

Number 3 for me. Enhances the original without making it too fussy with the reflection.

 

[Squawk]

Oooh, nice. I looked at the hobs when choosing my own theme, never occurred to me to turn it on. I like this a lot. Only thing, is it falling to the left slightly, or have I not woken up yet?

##edit. Think I must have been asleep, looks level to me now.

 

[ShrubMonkey]

Nice shot, not easy to get the angle I expect?

 

[SarahLee]

No.3 for me too. Glad that you picked that one.

 

[foggy4ever]

It's good to watch you progress from your first shot up to the edit.

#3 is the right choice

 

[RobC]

I can't do the fancy quoting loads of peoples comments in one post thingy so just wanted to say a BIG thank you to everyone who commented and 'suggested'. It's greatly appreciated. My 1st shot was a team effort

 

[mmcp42]

I can't do the fancy quoting loads of peoples comments in one post thingy so just wanted to say a BIG thank you to everyone who commented and 'suggested'. It's greatly appreciated. My 1st shot was a team effort

s'easy
click the " icon in each post you want
then click the quote icon
bob becomes your mother's brother!

 

[CGeezer]

3rd for me too. And it is an excellent interpretation of the theme

 

[dlh]

Nicely done. Was about to mention the "blemish" until I scrolled through to your edit. have to say I actually prefer your second image with the reflection, but then I'm awkward like that

 

[RobC]

So I don't do poetry, allright, I do but not often. So this week I cheated rotten. When I saw the theme this week the first thing that popped into my head was "Custard the Dragon" (Look it up, it's brilliant, it'll also give you an idea of my level of intelligence when it comes to literature).

I admit, I googled like a mad thing and stumbled across The door by Miroslav Holub. and so that was that, I'd found myself a theme, an idea, a little piece of inspiration and y'know what? I love the poem and I love my photo.

Thanks for reading.

Week 2 Poems/Poetry

Week 2 Poems/Poetry

THE DOOR

Go and open the door.
Maybe outside there's
a tree, or a wood,
a garden,
or a magic city.

Go and open the door.
Maybe a dog's rummaging.
Maybe you'll see a face,
or an eye,
or the picture
of a picture.

Go and open the door.
if there's a fog
it will clear.

Go and open the door.
Even if there's only
the darkness ticking,
even if there's only
the hollow wind,
even if nothing is there,
go and open the door.

Miroslav Holub Russian Poet

 

[drfrallyphotos]

I love the simplicity of week two Although I do think it could benefit from more foreground.

Thanks Daniel

 

[clud17]

Nice idea for week 2, it makes me want to open it anyway

 

[RobC]

I love the simplicity of week two Although I do think it could benefit from more foreground.

Thanks Daniel

Thanks for the crit Daniel,

I cropped it quite heavily due to the fact the foreground was composed mainly of a nasty looking canal barge, also I wanted all attention to be on the door.

 

[Nick T]

Sorry for missing your week 1 - I'm trying my best to keep up with everyone but there are so many!

Curved: Interesting shot, certainly wouldn't have thought about that one myself - nicely done.
Poems: Really good shot - the interest is bang in the right part of the frame for me - I'm also interested as to what's behind that door! Good shot

 

[OptimusBri]

I love your week two shot. The colours in it are great. The photo and poem go very well together

 

[DC2Z]

A brilliant poem and a brilliant photo

 

[Briony]

Brillaint poem great photo very well put together clean lines simple but effective

 

[Dark Star]

For curved the 2nd shot works best for me with the reflected ring of flames in shot! Great concept there!

The poem and shot work brilliantly! Great pairing there

Love that composition!

 

[dougiem]

So much for being a rank amateur this picture is great

 

[Alladin121]

I love your week 2 picture of the door and the poem that goes with it!! absolutely fantastic!! welldone to you!

 

[RobC]

I love your week two shot. The colours in it are great. The photo and poem go very well together

Thanks, believe it or not that's pretty much how it came out of the camera

Sorry for missing your week 1 - I'm trying my best to keep up with everyone but there are so many!

Curved: Interesting shot, certainly wouldn't have thought about that one myself - nicely done.
Poems: Really good shot - the interest is bang in the right part of the frame for me - I'm also interested as to what's behind that door! Good shot

Another sheepish "thank you" I think I've just been luck so far

 

[RobC]

A brilliant poem and a brilliant photo

Brillaint poem great photo very well put together clean lines simple but effective

For curved the 2nd shot works best for me with the reflected ring of flames in shot! Great concept there!

The poem and shot work brilliantly! Great pairing there

Love that composition!

So much for being a rank amateur this picture is great

I love your week 2 picture of the door and the poem that goes with it!! absolutely fantastic!! welldone to you!

It's blind luck so far I assure you, but all the same thanks to everyone for their posotive comments I find them all a great source of encouragement. I am trying my best to visit as many fo your 52's as I can but please don't take offence if I miss a week here or there.

 

[jgs001]

Rob, A very good pair of images to start the 52 with. I really like your official submission for Curved and the Poem and Image work well together, excellent image too.

 

[mmcp42]

it would have been nice to see a couple of layers of brick below the door
but you have to work with what you've got!

nice poem too

 

[bigsteve]

Rob, it's a good poem and it certainly goes with the picture, but I'm going to speak my mind and say the photo doesn't do much for me I'm afraid.

I appreciate there might have been clutter around the rest of the scene, but maybe a different angle and perspective might have made all the difference. The light is very flat and the square-on stance hasn't done it too many favours.

I like what you did with the gas ring for week 1 and I look forward to seeing your future 52s.

 

[RobC]

Rob, A very good pair of images to start the 52 with. I really like your official submission for Curved and the Poem and Image work well together, excellent image too.

Thanks very much

it would have been nice to see a couple of layers of brick below the door but you have to work with what you've got!
nice poem too

Aye it may have been a great improvement but to be honest I was more focused on the door than the wall, it really grabbed my attention.

Rob, it's a good poem and it certainly goes with the picture, but I'm going to speak my mind and say the photo doesn't do much for me I'm afraid.

I appreciate there might have been clutter around the rest of the scene, but maybe a different angle and perspective might have made all the difference. The light is very flat and the square-on stance hasn't done it too many favours.

I like what you did with the gas ring for week 1 and I look forward to seeing your future 52s.

Thanks for taking the time to comment, and for speaking your mind too, crit like yours is what drives me to improve. Sadly a better angle/perspective wasn't in the offering (unless I swan across the canal). You're right about the lighting though, it is a tad flat and believe it or not I actually altered the image in PS to give it the 'square on' stance :bang:

All the same, thanks for taking the time to reply as you have and please continue to do so.

 

[Dave450]

What I like about the image used for Poetry, is for me the imagination it left for me. With the composition of the image, it made me think what was to the right of the door, and why we must keep out. This then ties in with poem itself.

For me a crackin effort and the photo and poem interact nicely!



PS - Just read Custard the Dragon, lol please do an image for it