Shauns 52-week 14 Shoot

[SarahLee]

Hi Shaun,

I can't add much to what's been said already on street. Prefer mono, but maybe a bit more contrast needed in there.

Speed. Spot on. I almost tried this myself this week.
Ghost hands on the steering wheel add a nice touch, but what makes this work is that you've got the camera in a really good steady position. The inside of the car is lovely and sharp
I'm not sure if it needs a bit of a straighten. The roof of the car looks a bit slanted, but having said that the rest of the car looks perfectly level. Could just be a result of the camera angle

[jgs001]

[mowse73]

Hi Shaun. I like that light trail shot, like you said its the first time you have tried it and thats what counts, Itried something similar but in the day.

[aztec]

Yes,was the first time I have attempted this type of light trails not even done the usual car lights on the roadside type shoot exposure was set to 30sec then down to 20 secs speed of car varied up to around 50mph and generally started the exposure from standing ie traffic lights etc.

[dade_f]

Nice stream so far, keep it up

chopped a fav

[aztec]

Nothing flowing on this weeks theme hope I do not have to play a joker still a few days left yet.

[Harlequin565]

Great series of photos so far Shaun, keep it up! Ian.

[dan_yorkshire]

Like your speed pic, I'm really gonna have to give this shot a go.

Would have been tempted to crop the LHS out and just have pure windscreen in the shot.

Like the green of the lights on the dash.

Dan

[aztec]

Had a really busy week with a great deal of head scratching but here is my present submission C&C welcome before I make my excuses

[photomaker]

I like it. Nice DOF with all the important text in focus. It's a nice 'ahhh' image, which is always good to see on valentines day.

[aztec]

Explanation of the present theme, it was my Valentine card to my partner, the general idea was to take a picture of her gift wrapped chocolates but did not manage that photo as wrapping destroyed in the opening so next best thing was the card and the flowers. So a single rose placed along side the card I decided to take the photo outside and tried to wait for better light that did not materialise so maybe should have taken inside with artificial lighting, also another lesson learnt was I found it a lot harder to get a good framed picture as I was using 100mm fixed lens making it more difficult.

[SpidersEye]

Speed is a great shot, the light trails are great

I like Present too, nice composition and colours

[DC2Z]

Really good photo for Present and would look stunning as a Valentines card

[aztec]

Originally Posted by SpidersEye

Speed is a great shot, the light trails are great

I like Present too, nice composition and colours

thanks for comments

[RobC]

Excellent stuff. Love the depth of the colours.

[jollyjack]

very nice well done

[jeangenie]

Hi Shaun Sorry I've not commented on your thread before - although I have popped in a looked.

My favourite so far is the black and white Street scene. I love the angular new buildings with just a glimpse of older traditional houses in the background. It really appeals to me.

So on to Week 6 Present: This type of shot is, as you said, much harder than it looks and arranging the itmes to work with a prime lens isn't easy. I usually end up taking it a bit wide and then experimenting with different crops. I think you've made a good job of this, though and it's topical as well as on theme (and I bet the choccies have disappeared by now ). If I have one very tiny niggle it's the little bits of white paper showing on the bottom corner of the red envelope. I love the shadow round that envlope, though - it makes it look luxurious, and you've got just the right amount of rose in the frame. I hope you both had a good day.

Jean

[aztec]

Originally Posted by DC2Z

Really good photo for Present and would look stunning as a Valentines card

Originally Posted by jollyjack

very nice well done

thanks

[jgs001]

Shaun, that image has worked very well indeed... I'd thought about trying something like that myself.

[clud17]

Hi Shaun, nice picture, good composition and the right amount of stuff in it.

[aztec]

Originally Posted by jgs001

Shaun, that image has worked very well indeed... I'd thought about trying something like that myself.

Thanks john was not sure the picture was going to be ok as it became very overcast and rain was in the air when the photograph was taken so I was working against the clock with the fading light and iffy weather and I would have like a little more time, thanks for comments.

[SarahLee]

That's worked really well Shaun.

Despite it being overcast the lighting's worked really well - none of the shadows are too harsh, but there's just the right amount of shadow contrast there to give everything some good depth.

Well done for getting this right with a prime lens too. Not something I've experimented with, but it can't be easy.

Generally not my favourite effect, but I think this type of image suits vignetting - it might give even more focus to the main elements in the shot.
A very, very good week for you though

[titch124]

nice image , nice and sharp , nice colours and great lighting and composition

top stuff

[aztec]

Was thinking of using this picture for my street theme but decided time to use it for people. been playing around with the shot and not sure if I have overdone the editing part anyhow C&C welcome

[chris321]

I have to say, I'm not very keen on the beige vingetting! If you changed it to black, it would have a totally different feel, sort of spy-camera esque if that makes sense? I'd like to see that though

Chris

[aztec]

Cheers Chris may try your idea later and repost

[aztec]

updated version not sure if it is an improvement or not

[Peter-T]

well done for getting a shot for this theme, im struggling! i really like it but the bloke at the front is distorted and that kinda puts me off! Nice amount of people though!

[philthejuggler]

I like it, but it think it could be improved with a rectangular crop across the centre (landscape) so that you only see part of the distorted head in the foreground.

Phil

[collins82002]

Hi Pete,

Looking through your 52 and they are very good images but my favourite has gotta be the speed awesome colour.