titch124's 52 for 2010 updated Week 9, 10, 12

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i think i might be a bit insane for trying this but here goes anyway. my aims for this is to improve my photography and push myself a bit , and think creatively
i am not going to limit myself to an ammount of jokers, but will try to comment on as many other 52's as a i can a week


week 9 starts on page 3 :)
 
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well my frist idea , as soon as i saw the theme for this week, was to do somthing with the xbox360 contol pad or a glass or something , but others seem to have already done them, and better than i could probably do so i went looking for inspiration, and i saw the jog wheel on my ipod and found inspiration :D


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i wanted to do a still life, just to ease myself into it

i wanted to make it a bit more interesting so decided to use a really small DOF with soft light, the ipod sock was just thrown in to add a bit more colour , and the lens cap for a bit more curvy stuff

hope you all like :):bonk:
 
Lovely DOF :love: and nicely set up! Just the right amount of interest in it...

From your official 52 blood brother....cracking start mate!!:thumbs:
 
I really like how the blue seems to bring alive the image, the wire seems to bring your eye around the image too which is great! :)
 
Lovely DOF and nicely set up! Just the right amount of interest in it...
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Thank you , ill be looking out for yours :D



Darkmage said:
Lovely shot, I think the subtle lighting really adds something. I guess with that lighting you needed a tripod?
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i used my nifty fifty (lifesaver) so didn't actually need a tripod , but used one anyway just to make sure


I really like how the blue seems to bring alive the image, the wire seems to bring your eye around the image too which is great!
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Thanks :D
 
To be honest I really like the ipod and the headphones lead but the lens cap just seems to not need to be there in my opinion. I may be way off the mark but I think the image would be a lot stronger without it.
 
I like it. I think the lens cap is not really needed and the strong colours of the iPod also negate the need for the sock. Maybe more strategically placed curly headphone wires would have done the trick?

Anyway, I think the lighting is excellent. I prefer that soft understated light. It highlights the nice brown tones in the wood.

Ian.
 
:clap: Nice start Richard.
Don't worry about being a bit insane - seems like you're in good company this year ;)

Really like the lighting in this and the grain in the wood stands out well.
I think this could be a case of less being more though.
IMO the iPod and earphones on their own, with some carefully arranged curled cable would have been enough to fit the theme and might have had more impact than with the other stuff dotted around.

p.s. if you change your thread title each week to show the week no. and theme that you're on, it'll make it easier for people to spot that you've uploaded your shot :)
 
Have to agree the lens cap is a little out of place but otherwise this is really nice image.
 
titch124 said:
well my frist idea , as soon as i saw the theme for this week, was to do somthing with the xbox360 contol pad or a glass or something , but others seem to have already done them, and better than i could probably do so i went looking for inspiration, and i saw the jog wheel on my ipod and found inspiration :D
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Titch, what a few people seem to be doing (myself included) is not looking at any of the other threads until you've sorted your own shot out. That way you don't have the worry whether someone else has done what you want. Remember that this is YOUR 52 and no-one else's. Even if someone took a shot of an xbox360 control pad, what's the chances of you doing exactly the same with it?

If you post late in the week (I put my week1 up after wk2 had been pulled out of the hat), and don't want to look at the next challenge, check the thread title. As Sarah said, it does help everyone spot where everyone else is (click on the first thread, edit, then advanced edit if you're not sure).

As for the important bit, I'm not sure that the lens cap, although curved adds to the image itself. The vibrancy of the ipod and the curves from the jog wheel and cable I think may have been enough. What I'm trying to say is I can't see the link between the ipod and the camera other than the fact that they are part of you. I don't think that is portrayed in the shot
 
First of all thanks to all who commented on last weeks :thumbs:


now on to the main course. When i saw the theme for this week,
(after getting over my initial panic) only left one option for me

Rudyard Kipling - IF


this has always been my favorite poem by far , for those who dont know how it goes :

IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!




so then i was left with how to picture it, and i just kept coming back
to these two lines "If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,"

i dont know how i would do pitch and toss , so concentrated on the first part :)


so without further ado......



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Excellent choice, this is my favourite poem too and I was close to shooting an image relating to it, only problem was thinking of one...

You did it perfectly, I love that image. Excellent.
 
For me, it's a nice idea but on my monitor it's very dark, and I also would have liked to have seen more of the cards and chips in the shot.

But as I say, a good interpretation. Look forward to seeing more of your stuff.
 
Nice interpretation of the poem but the picture is way to dark for me not my type of thing, but lovely clear shot :clap:
 
thanks for the comments , maybe i shoudn't have worn a black jumper for the shot :D
 
Richard, I looked at trying something for If too, but my mind wasn't up to the challenge. Personally, I won't even look at other shots till I've got mine so you might be seeing some of that, also, the sheer numbers make it tricky. Anyway...

A really good shot, I like it. My only niggle, given the context, I'd like to see a bit more of the chips and cards.
 
ok , week 3 - chopped , was a bit of a struggle this week, thats why im posting it on a sat

ok, enough waffle
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i really enjoyed making the fake blood :D , it was like being a kid again, although i had to visit 4 supermarkets till i found some red food colouring
 
Agreed - very good shot - although I know how painful it is to do that for real with a nice sharp knife. Left a crimson rainbow all over my wall when I did the typical 'ouch' fingerwaggle! :lol:
 
Made me a bit queezy so it must have worked. Nicely set up and I think the first sign of blood I've seen this week. Good job :thumbs:
 
week 3 is brilliant! It made me giggle actually, when I was little my dad was chopping up some carrots and this was pretty much the scene after approximately 30 seconds of chopping..!
 
made me wince just looking at it - oooooooooooouch

so a result then! :clap:
 
Hi Richard,

Catch up time for me, missed your poem first time round.
Love that shot. Dark, moody but kind of intimate too. No idea what "pitch & toss" actually is, but the bit of the line you did portray works well.

Chopped : :eek: I know it's fake but it actually made me cringe . . . which can only be a good thing. Well thought out, well executed and ouch! definitely says chopped.
 
10 out of 10 for effort.... bet the time spent getting that right item for the shot and seeing it through feels nice.... in fact thats what I like about these 52s, its not a quick P&S but good fun setting it up.

DOF looks good too how ever for a more gruesome effect you could replace the carrots for a bit of meat.... been slightly out of focus that would tell an altogether different story.

Terran
 
Very well done on Chopped... it's worked very well... and it looks like blood too.
 
Hi Richard,

Catchup time for me too! I bookmarked your thread after Curves because I thought I'd like your images, and I've not been wrong!

Both week 2 and 3 are simple, clean images that really work very well. Not sure there's any critique to give except to say that the blood and carrots seem "separated" somehow as if someone cut themselves chopping carrots. My first impression was that it was the carrots that had been bleeding. But that's my imagination, which is a bit flaky at the best of times.

Were you trying to tell a story, or was it a simple composition?

Ian.
 
Thanks for the comments everyone :D



Harlequin565 said:
Hi Richard,

Catchup time for me too! I bookmarked your thread after Curves because I thought I'd like your images, and I've not been wrong!

Both week 2 and 3 are simple, clean images that really work very well. Not sure there's any critique to give except to say that the blood and carrots seem "separated" somehow as if someone cut themselves chopping carrots. My first impression was that it was the carrots that had been bleeding. But that's my imagination, which is a bit flaky at the best of times.

Were you trying to tell a story, or was it a simple composition?

Ian.
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Yeah, was going for the telling a story, hence the carrots . you got it in one so it must have worked at some level :D
 
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