Daily Sarah's 365 31st December 2013 - The End! (CAN'T BELIEVE I'VE ACTUALLY FINISHED!!)

You've already told us the technical issues and why - my comments are that the composition is great, you caught that little thing at just the right time and the fact that the sky is completely whited out works in your favour - makes it a pretty 'clean' background against which you can place your subject.

Ideally, you would have had a phone call from some higher entity to warn you that a bird would be in your garden in 15 minutes, but since you didn't this is a great shot! :)
 
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Thank you Sam, I appreciate your comment, don't suppose you happen to have a number for the higher entity so I can ask :)
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I'd give it to you, but it's not worth it - buggar's never bloomin' told me anything!!! :D
 
Dont think i have ever seen a waxwing for real .... let alone get a shot of one...its great :) well done
 
Nice composition, I'd say you were damn lucky that he landed on a photogenic branch ;)

I think you did really well with it considering your equipment and situation :)
 
6th January 2013
All the gear, no idea
Well, today was going to be such a simple day, photograph the back door to the church hall that I've liked since I was a child and the bonus of this shot is that my favourite coffee shop is next door, so photography followed by coffee sounded tempting for a Sunday morning.
So off I trot, get there with camera and tripod get set up and the first problem presents itself, I've left the tripod plate on my other camera at home, hey ho, will just do some handheld shots, so do them, have coffee (that was very nice), go home, look at shots & think hmmm, would have been better with a longer exposure on the tripod.
Ok, gear back in car, back down to town get set up and....... DOH, left the memory card at home, so back home pick up card and get set up again, this time everything in hand & get the shot, only to realise that the local nutter is standing behind me, now not wanting to get involved, I pack the tripod away quick smart, big mistake as caught finger in it causing a blister, making me bite my lip and mutter curses under my breath.
Hence the title of the shot & why I am off to lie down in a darkened room.
Enjoy!


6th-January-2013 by Sarah Brooke, on Flickr
 
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Wonderful story :) so is this from the 1st try or the 3rd? Whichever it is, it is still a great shot - loads of detail I like to look at ..... paint peeling on the bottom of the door, the stone markings and even the moss on the step :D Wonderful - Great work :clap:
 
absolutely perfect :) and blister may just be worth it :)
 
Sounds like my daily outings lol!... glad you got there in the end tho!.... This is lovely and the detail wonderful:thumbs:
 
I keep hearing about Miranda... Will need to look out for it!

Sounds like an eventful day to get the shot :lol: but it was worth it! I love the colours.
 
Very nice shot and an amusing tale that we can all associate with I reckon :)
 
Really good shot and I love the story behind it! I love it as it is and think that the colour of the door is very interesting against the brick/stonework surrounding it, it really pops pit against it, but would also be interested to see it in monochrome.:)

There are a couple of buildings around here which used to be schools and still have the 'Boys' and 'Girls' in the stone above them, so might add that to my list of photos to take!
 
I like detail shots like these. Quite like the "vintage" processing.

Something about it doesn't look quite square to me though, although when I check out a horizontal line it looks OK and the same with a vertical. Must be some sort of optical illusion going on, or I need new glasses :shrug:
 
I really like the vintage processing (pm me tips pls?!?!?) I agree it is a bit off kilter feels like you perhaps need to transpose the bottom right corner ie pull it out a bit to adjust the perspective if that makes sense! Great shot and superbly processed though, really like it!
 
7th January 2013

Monday morning blues

Well monday morning and back into the office thought I'd do a self portrait with my mug of morning coffee that occasionally wakes me up enough to drive home.

Not done a self portrait before, so this is a first for me & taken on my little panasonic handbag camera that I've taken to taking everywhere with me.


7th-January-2012 by Sarah Brooke, on Flickr
 
:lol: Love it and just how I feel every Monday - Great shot
 
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