Nat's Photo52 *2012* Week 51 Negative added 25 Dec - Page 8

Nathalie · 09-04-2012, 06:36 **Thread Starter**

Week 13 - Vice by C Fredriksson, on Flickr

Coffee and caffeine are personal "addictions" of mine. Chocolate a little less so, but it's still something I find hard to live without and I tend to overindulge in...

Nathalie · 09-04-2012, 06:37 **Thread Starter**

Week 14 - Entrance by C Fredriksson, on Flickr

I photographed a few different entrances to buildings, both old and modern, but I did not like any of them (including this). Basically, it's a door. There's nothing remotely interesting about it. Because I don't want to fall even further behind and risk dropping out, I'm submitting this. If a re-shoot card is ever pulled, this and Secure are the top two candidates.

Edit: New crop uploaded 9 April

lizzy23 · 09-04-2012, 06:45

Hi Nathalie can you edit the title of your thread, i think the reason you haven't had any response to your post's is that it looks like you've dropped out

anyway on to the photos

Vice yes i can see that, i think maybe the DOV is a little too shallow on this i would have liked to have seen more of the muffin in focus, it looks from here as you've tried to focus between the cup and the bun, and you've achieved that as the cup and the case are sharp,but the coffee and the bun aren't (if that makes sense)

Entrance sometimes you've just got to go for the obvious, the b/w works really well, minor niggle, theres more space on the left than right and i think to work really well it ought to be central in the frame

Nathalie · 09-04-2012, 06:54 **Thread Starter**

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Originally Posted by lizzy23

Hi Nathalie can you edit the title of your thread, i think the reason you haven't had any response to your post's is that it looks like you've dropped out

I always update the thread title as soon as I've posted new photos. You were just a little too quick, that's all. As for the feedback, I was late with Magical and haven't been commenting much on other peoples' photos lately so I'm not expecting a huge amount of comments on mine! I will try and catch up, though.

lizzy23 · 09-04-2012, 07:01

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Originally Posted by Nathalie

I always update the thread title as soon as I've posted new photos. You were just a little too quick, that's all. As for the feedback, I was late with Magical and haven't been commenting much on other peoples' photos lately so I'm not expecting a huge amount of comments on mine! I will try and catch up, though.

Its early i hadn't noticed you'd only posted today

Donnie · 09-04-2012, 09:25

Vice, great idea and on theme but I think you've focussed on the front of the cup rather than the chocolate topping of the drink which would have been better. Well lit though.

Entrance, lovely old door and liking the black and white which helps focus on the detail and texture of the door.
My only critique is that the light when you took it was bright as the shadow at the top of the door's distracting which then makes me focus up there and then realise that you've cropped the top of the arch off too.

Nathalie · 09-04-2012, 21:16 **Thread Starter**

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Originally Posted by lizzy23

Vice yes i can see that, i think maybe the DOV is a little too shallow on this

I agree - it needs more DOF!

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Originally Posted by lizzy23

minor niggle, theres more space on the left than right and i think to work really well it ought to be central in the frame

I've uploaded a new version, with the door central.

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Originally Posted by Donnie

Vice, great idea and on theme but I think you've focussed on the front of the cup rather than the chocolate topping of the drink which would have been better. Well lit though.

I was shooting at too shallow DOF really - a bit more and it wouldn't have been a problem. Something to keep in mind for next time.

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Originally Posted by Donnie

Entrance, lovely old door and liking the black and white which helps focus on the detail and texture of the door.
My only critique is that the light when you took it was bright as the shadow at the top of the door's distracting which then makes me focus up there and then realise that you've cropped the top of the arch off too.

I've uploaded a new crop, with more space at the top. As for the light and the shadows, I know what you mean and it's annoying but I wasn't in a position to hang around and wait for either cloud cover or the sun to move enough in the sky. It is what it is: a snapshot!

michael23 · 10-04-2012, 11:09

Hiya Nathalie, vice works very well with some good lighting, as said a little more dof would work well. Entrance, very nice pic, the composition looks good and I like your choice of black and white.

ChickenDipa · 10-04-2012, 13:00

Vice - like the setup, would just include the whole cup, the front lip is cropped and maybe just expand a little in the bottom left hand corner. Just to get a smidge more muffin in. Nice colours and focus.

Entrance - nice door, there are some really nice entrances around the place begging to be photographed and I think you have found one of them. Nice shot

Nathalie · 10-04-2012, 18:41 **Thread Starter**

Week 15 - Soft by C Fredriksson, on Flickr
1/200sec f4.0 60mm ISO200

One of the ideas I had for this week's theme. I have another that I want to try, but it depends on the weather (mainly the winds) and there's no guarantee I'll get it done before Saturday, so for now this will be my entry. I do actually quite like it. The shallow DOF was intentional, but I suspect it won't be to everyone's taste. I did not think monochrome when I shot it (it's a white rose) - I just happened to like it better like this.

blondie606 · 10-04-2012, 18:49

HI Nathalie

what a lovely idea for the theme & very soft indeed , the mono suits it well & like the angle so for that

I'd go so far as too say it's the sort of image that would suit a canvas & be sold in that well known swedish home store

DOF I think will be marmite....for me I'd prefer slightly more , maybe just enough to get the centre in focus & leave the outer petals oof .Still , no highlights , some nice soft shadows where they should be

Vice....like your thinking & the set up....DOF , for me , needs to be slightly greater...more of the coffee & scrummy looking chocolate bun in focus

Entrance....I like this....simple , B&W works well , like that it's offset slightly & that the door seems very slightly ajar....yup , nice image girlie

michael23 · 10-04-2012, 21:04

Lovely pic of the rose and the conversion suits it very well, I find the dof spot on.

zeb · 11-04-2012, 18:59

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Originally Posted by blondie606

HI Nathalie

what a lovely idea for the theme & very soft indeed , the mono suits it well & like the angle so for that

I'd go so far as too say it's the sort of image that would suit a canvas & be sold in that well known swedish home store

DOF I think will be marmite....for me I'd prefer slightly more , maybe just enough to get the centre in focus & leave the outer petals oof .Still , no highlights , some nice soft shadows where they should be

Fantastic shot best by far this week

Southdowns · 11-04-2012, 19:08

Beautiful, simply beautiful!

Nathalie · 11-04-2012, 21:05 **Thread Starter**

Wow, thanks for the positive feedback all.

Personally, I like it a lot but I was not expecting it to do well!!

alsjazzera · 11-04-2012, 23:21

Got to say the rose picture is excellent a very simple image but really hard to pull off. It is nicely composed.

posiview · 12-04-2012, 21:58

Hello....

OK, what have we got....

Magical...liking it. Liking Tolkien

Great composition, nice low angle. Just looks a tad orange to me

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Originally Posted by Nathalie

Coffee and caffeine are personal "addictions" of mine....

Tell me about it

Like it..again. Nice and close. For me, though, I'm not keen on the over exposed top section and the DOF is too shallow.

Entrance. Nice. I've done a few of them. Again you got in close and composed well. I'd like to see more contrast and I'm not keen on the shadows.

Soft, I have to say...this is my favourite for Soft...

Composition is spot on DOF has produced great softness as has the lighting. B&W was great choice. Big well done for the one. Do me a favoure...get it printed, placed in a nice frame and....send it to me....

or get it on your wall

Cheers.

Nathalie · 12-04-2012, 23:04 **Thread Starter**

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Originally Posted by posiview

Magical...liking it. Liking Tolkien

Great composition, nice low angle. Just looks a tad orange to me

It is more than a tad orange! In reality, the ring is actually titanium and it looks nothing like gold (grey, basically). I wanted it to look like gold, though, and because of the lighting used, it came out looking like - or at least very close to - this. I did a little bit of tweaking in PP.

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Originally Posted by posiview

Like it..again. Nice and close. For me, though, I'm not keen on the over exposed top section and the DOF is too shallow.

I agree with you about the DOF. Overexposure -- according to camera raw there are no clipped highlights, but the lighting is slightly uneven and there are areas that are brighter than the rest. The photo was taken by the window with natural light only.

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Originally Posted by posiview

Entrance. Nice. I've done a few of them. Again you got in close and composed well. I'd like to see more contrast and I'm not keen on the shadows.

Agreed -- shadows are not good.

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Originally Posted by posiview

Soft, I have to say...this is my favourite for Soft...

Composition is spot on DOF has produced great softness as has the lighting. B&W was great choice. Big well done for the one. Do me a favoure...get it printed, placed in a nice frame and....send it to me....

or get it on your wall

Thank you very much, Andy!

blakester · 12-04-2012, 23:12

Nathalie, soft, simply perfect. Iain

Nathalie · 12-04-2012, 23:24 **Thread Starter**

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Originally Posted by alsjazzera

Got to say the rose picture is excellent a very simple image but really hard to pull off. It is nicely composed.

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Originally Posted by blakester

Nathalie, soft, simply perfect. Iain

Thank you, both.

Nathalie · 15-04-2012, 19:50 **Thread Starter**

Week 16 - Pride by C Fredriksson, on Flickr
1/200sec f1.8 50mm ISO800

One of the things I am proud of: my two cats. This is one of them; Oskar, a male Norwegian Forest cat.

I feel I've done a lot of monochrome lately, but it's not really been by choice... The blanket to the left/bottom of the frame is a very vibrant orange and I felt it was too distracting in colour. With the cats, it's a case of getting what I can, when I can, because like with most cats, they choose to only speak Human when it suits them and they rarely take directions!

Next week I'd like to:

*go full colour
*not use the 50mm
*explore ideas that require much more DOF
*photograph something I don't normally shoot, or
*try a new technique

I feel a lot of the stuff I do is similar... Obviously, because I'm photographing the cats every week anyway for my other Photo52 project, using one of them as the subject for this week's TP theme doesn't help in that respect.

lizzy23 · 15-04-2012, 20:09

Hi Nathalie, i missed your soft, but its already been said, its just lovely

Pride yes i can relate to this one, and he's a nice boy, great focus on the eye, always difficult with the little darlings, but you've nailed it

Dark Knight · 15-04-2012, 21:30

Vice - Fantastic Shot... love a good coffee myself too - Your shot makes me want a descent cup !!!!

Entrance - Again a nice image, really like the textures in the right hand rocks

Soft - The softness adds to the soft aspect of the rose in my opinion.. a real nice image

Pride - A lovely looking cat indeed

jgs001 · 15-04-2012, 23:05

Nathalie... sorry, trying to catch up...

Vice, works really well, and as a personal vice is bang on theme... i think the DOF works to highlight your main vice in the shot.

Entrance... I love old doors, so this works great for me, and mono suits perfectly

Soft... Very soft and dreamy... the exposure looks spot on, and it works for me

Pride... A lovely looking cat, and the shot is just about purrfect for the theme, cats seem to look prideful a lot of the time. Spot on.

Donnie · 16-04-2012, 06:59

Pride - certainly not easy to get a shot of the critters for sure

Nicely exposed and I like the depth of field used and you got the eyes nicely in focus. I can see why you did B&W and it works but it does make me want to see him in colour, but then theres the blanket like you said.

michael23 · 16-04-2012, 10:48

What a lovely cat, the black and white suits it very well.

manda · 16-04-2012, 10:58

The cat is a great shot - love the BW conversion!

Nathalie · 16-04-2012, 16:19 **Thread Starter**

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Originally Posted by Donnie

I can see why you did B&W and it works but it does make me want to see him in colour, but then theres the blanket like you said.

This is what it looks like in colour:

Untitled by C Fredriksson, on Flickr

Ajophotog · 16-04-2012, 16:45

Super looking Cat, I prefer the colour version I think.

alsjazzera · 16-04-2012, 22:19

Have to say i like the colour version too lovely cat

09-04-2012, 06:36 Thread Starter	#211
Nathalie Been here a while Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 420 Camera: Nikon D90	Week 13 - Vice by C Fredriksson, on Flickr Coffee and caffeine are personal "addictions" of mine. Chocolate a little less so, but it's still something I find hard to live without and I tend to overindulge in... __________________

09-04-2012, 06:37 Thread Starter	#212
Nathalie Been here a while Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 420 Camera: Nikon D90	Week 14 - Entrance by C Fredriksson, on Flickr I photographed a few different entrances to buildings, both old and modern, but I did not like any of them (including this). Basically, it's a door. There's nothing remotely interesting about it. Because I don't want to fall even further behind and risk dropping out, I'm submitting this. If a re-shoot card is ever pulled, this and Secure are the top two candidates. Edit: New crop uploaded 9 April Last edited by Nathalie; 09-04-2012 at 23:29.

09-04-2012, 06:45	#213
lizzy23 Feet under the table Real name : Liz Location: Wakefield West Yorkshire Posts: 1,568 Camera: Canon 7D	Hi Nathalie can you edit the title of your thread, i think the reason you haven't had any response to your post's is that it looks like you've dropped out anyway on to the photos Vice yes i can see that, i think maybe the DOV is a little too shallow on this i would have liked to have seen more of the muffin in focus, it looks from here as you've tried to focus between the cup and the bun, and you've achieved that as the cup and the case are sharp,but the coffee and the bun aren't (if that makes sense) Entrance sometimes you've just got to go for the obvious, the b/w works really well, minor niggle, theres more space on the left than right and i think to work really well it ought to be central in the frame __________________ You grow old because you stop rocking......................you don't stop stop rocking because you get old http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/for...d.php?t=374778 MY 52, C & C WELCOME

09-04-2012, 09:25	#216
Donnie Forum Regular Real name : Paul Location: Kempston, Bedford, UK Posts: 1,452 Camera: Canon 40D	Vice, great idea and on theme but I think you've focussed on the front of the cup rather than the chocolate topping of the drink which would have been better. Well lit though. Entrance, lovely old door and liking the black and white which helps focus on the detail and texture of the door. My only critique is that the light when you took it was bright as the shadow at the top of the door's distracting which then makes me focus up there and then realise that you've cropped the top of the arch off too. __________________ 2013 - 365 & 2013 - 52 www.donniephotography.co.uk Donnie on Facebook Twitter feed

10-04-2012, 11:09	#218
michael23 Growing roots Real name : michael Location: Derbyshire Posts: 8,809 Camera: Canon Eos 50d, Panasonic G5 +14mm	Hiya Nathalie, vice works very well with some good lighting, as said a little more dof would work well. Entrance, very nice pic, the composition looks good and I like your choice of black and white. __________________ My 2013 52 project Fluffy The Alien, His Adventures On Planet Earth Pics On Flickr Growing up 365!

10-04-2012, 13:00	#219
ChickenDipa Forum Regular Real name : Alex Location: Wakefield, West Yorks Posts: 1,359 Camera: D90	Vice - like the setup, would just include the whole cup, the front lip is cropped and maybe just expand a little in the bottom left hand corner. Just to get a smidge more muffin in. Nice colours and focus. Entrance - nice door, there are some really nice entrances around the place begging to be photographed and I think you have found one of them. Nice shot __________________ 2013 ETC Challenge - Flickr - 52 2012 Pictures - 500px

10-04-2012, 18:41 Thread Starter	#220
Nathalie Been here a while Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 420 Camera: Nikon D90	Week 15 - Soft by C Fredriksson, on Flickr 1/200sec f4.0 60mm ISO200 One of the ideas I had for this week's theme. I have another that I want to try, but it depends on the weather (mainly the winds) and there's no guarantee I'll get it done before Saturday, so for now this will be my entry. I do actually quite like it. The shallow DOF was intentional, but I suspect it won't be to everyone's taste. I did not think monochrome when I shot it (it's a white rose) - I just happened to like it better like this.

10-04-2012, 18:49	#221
blondie606 Loves the place Real name : Lynne Posts: 4,656 Camera: Nikon D7000	HI Nathalie what a lovely idea for the theme & very soft indeed , the mono suits it well & like the angle so for that I'd go so far as too say it's the sort of image that would suit a canvas & be sold in that well known swedish home store DOF I think will be marmite....for me I'd prefer slightly more , maybe just enough to get the centre in focus & leave the outer petals oof .Still , no highlights , some nice soft shadows where they should be Vice....like your thinking & the set up....DOF , for me , needs to be slightly greater...more of the coffee & scrummy looking chocolate bun in focus Entrance....I like this....simple , B&W works well , like that it's offset slightly & that the door seems very slightly ajar....yup , nice image girlie __________________ MyFlickr Click the colored logo for my 52 for 2013 :

10-04-2012, 21:04	#222
michael23 Growing roots Real name : michael Location: Derbyshire Posts: 8,809 Camera: Canon Eos 50d, Panasonic G5 +14mm	Lovely pic of the rose and the conversion suits it very well, I find the dof spot on.

11-04-2012, 19:08	#224
Southdowns Feet under the table Real name : Mark Location: Near Portsmouth Posts: 2,273 Camera: Walkman Alpha 65	Beautiful, simply beautiful!

11-04-2012, 21:05 Thread Starter	#225
Nathalie Been here a while Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 420 Camera: Nikon D90	Wow, thanks for the positive feedback all. Personally, I like it a lot but I was not expecting it to do well!!

11-04-2012, 23:21	#226
alsjazzera Forum Regular Real name : Allan Location: Chester Posts: 1,221 Camera: Canon 550D	Got to say the rose picture is excellent a very simple image but really hard to pull off. It is nicely composed. __________________

12-04-2012, 23:12	#229
blakester Feet under the table Real name : Iain Location: Scots Exile, North Essex Posts: 2,909 Camera: D700	Nathalie, soft, simply perfect. Iain

15-04-2012, 19:50 Thread Starter	#231
Nathalie Been here a while Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 420 Camera: Nikon D90	Week 16 - Pride Week 16 - Pride by C Fredriksson, on Flickr 1/200sec f1.8 50mm ISO800 One of the things I am proud of: my two cats. This is one of them; Oskar, a male Norwegian Forest cat. I feel I've done a lot of monochrome lately, but it's not really been by choice... The blanket to the left/bottom of the frame is a very vibrant orange and I felt it was too distracting in colour. With the cats, it's a case of getting what I can, when I can, because like with most cats, they choose to only speak Human when it suits them and they rarely take directions! Next week I'd like to: go full colour not use the 50mm explore ideas that require much more DOF photograph something I don't normally shoot, or *try a new technique I feel a lot of the stuff I do is similar... Obviously, because I'm photographing the cats every week anyway for my other Photo52 project, using one of them as the subject for this week's TP theme doesn't help in that respect.

15-04-2012, 20:09	#232
lizzy23 Feet under the table Real name : Liz Location: Wakefield West Yorkshire Posts: 1,568 Camera: Canon 7D	Hi Nathalie, i missed your soft, but its already been said, its just lovely Pride yes i can relate to this one, and he's a nice boy, great focus on the eye, always difficult with the little darlings, but you've nailed it

15-04-2012, 21:30	#233
Dark Knight Loves the place Location: Norfolk Posts: 4,857 Camera: Canon EOS 7D+40d	Vice - Fantastic Shot... love a good coffee myself too - Your shot makes me want a descent cup !!!! Entrance - Again a nice image, really like the textures in the right hand rocks Soft - The softness adds to the soft aspect of the rose in my opinion.. a real nice image Pride - A lovely looking cat indeed __________________ The 2013/52 Challenge Thread - - - - The 52'ers 'Photo's Only' Thread

15-04-2012, 23:05	#234
jgs001 Brian Cox Real name : John Location: Sussex Posts: 12,431 Camera: Canon 450d	Nathalie... sorry, trying to catch up... Vice, works really well, and as a personal vice is bang on theme... i think the DOF works to highlight your main vice in the shot. Entrance... I love old doors, so this works great for me, and mono suits perfectly Soft... Very soft and dreamy... the exposure looks spot on, and it works for me Pride... A lovely looking cat, and the shot is just about purrfect for the theme, cats seem to look prideful a lot of the time. Spot on. __________________ John One of these days, I may get it right.... My 2012 Photo 52

16-04-2012, 06:59	#235
Donnie Forum Regular Real name : Paul Location: Kempston, Bedford, UK Posts: 1,452 Camera: Canon 40D	Pride - certainly not easy to get a shot of the critters for sure Nicely exposed and I like the depth of field used and you got the eyes nicely in focus. I can see why you did B&W and it works but it does make me want to see him in colour, but then theres the blanket like you said.

16-04-2012, 10:48	#236
michael23 Growing roots Real name : michael Location: Derbyshire Posts: 8,809 Camera: Canon Eos 50d, Panasonic G5 +14mm	What a lovely cat, the black and white suits it very well.

16-04-2012, 10:58	#237
manda Been here a while Real name : Amanda Herbert Location: Hackney, London Posts: 399 Camera: D600	The cat is a great shot - love the BW conversion!

16-04-2012, 16:45	#239
Ajophotog He's macroscopic ! Real name : Alby Location: Portsmouth UK Posts: 12,805 Camera: Olympus, Fuji, Canon, Nikon & Panasonic	Super looking Cat, I prefer the colour version I think.

16-04-2012, 22:19	#240
alsjazzera Forum Regular Real name : Allan Location: Chester Posts: 1,221 Camera: Canon 550D	Have to say i like the colour version too lovely cat