weekly Delta Skies 2014 TP52 - Week 51 Extravagant & Week 52 Support (that's 2014 done)

Delta Skies · 2 Jan 2014

After a year off the urge overtook me to try again. My photography improved leaps and bounds in 2012 by the constant challenge of the weekly themes so here I am again.

Week 00 - Odd
Week 01 - Linear/Line
Week 02 - Play
Week 03 - Close
Week 04 - Bubble
Week 05 - Smoke
Week 06 - Mineral
Week 07 - Sense
Week 08 - Ending
Week 09 - Positive
Week 10 - Time
Week 11 - Swirl
Week 11 - Reshoot (Time)
Week 12 - Linked
Week 13 - Step
Week 14 - Nature
Week 15 - Action
Week 16 - Mono
Week 17 - Twisted
Week 18 - Fresh
Week 19 - Shape
Week 20 - Number
Week 20 - Reshoot (Nature/Close Up)
Week 21 - Strong
Week 22 - Texture
Week 23 - Wild
Week 24 - Dream/Dreamy
Week 25 - Vertical
Week 26 - Yum
Week 27 - Loud
Week 28 - Rich
Week 28 - Reshoot (Sense)
Week 29 - Skill
Week 30 - Half
Week 31 - Architecture
Week 32 - Promise
Week 33 - Sharp
Week 34 - Pure
Week 35 - Sparkle
Week 36 - Fall
Week 37 - Communicate
Week 38 - Dark
Week 39 - Big
Week 40 - Cut
Week 41 - Balance
Week 42 - Change
Week 43 - Grow
Week 43 - Reshoot (Mono)
Week 44 - Live
Week 45 - First
Week 46 - Smooth
Week 47 - Attached
Week 48 - Energy
Week 49 - Round
Week 50 - Nonsense
Week 51 - Extravagant
Week 52 - Support

Delta Skies · 2 Jan 2014

Week 00 - Odd

Odd by Delta Skies, on Flickr

Taken in the dark and lit by a torch diffused through a (clean) hanky. Not much PP done at all just added to the vignetting effect already created by the torch light.

minnnt · 2 Jan 2014

Very nice mate. Like the coloured die.

Pinkbikerbabe · 2 Jan 2014

Great start nice image.

posiview · 2 Jan 2014

Welcome back....don't blame me

Nice clean start. Good bit of lightpainting.

I feel you could have positioned them better, though, maybe stacked them.

Cheers and where is Sarah?

Nortdog · 2 Jan 2014

Nice start, I like the arrangement and the lighting

mercurius · 2 Jan 2014

Good shot, nicely on theme with good colours. Good luck for 2014!

ChickenDipa · 2 Jan 2014

Nice shot crazy person!! Good luck with the challenge

Allan.H · 2 Jan 2014

Hi Peter,
Nice to see you back, nice idea central die spot on focus nicely exposed and I like the spotlight,
A really good start

JasonGlyn · 2 Jan 2014

Like how the viewers attention is focused on the central die by the use of light and vignette. Cant fault this

cowboy · 2 Jan 2014

Nice spot light to highlight

Focus on the central die is spot on :clap:

Nice bit of hiding the other odd number with shadows

MrNicholas · 3 Jan 2014

I like the lighting, it really draws you in. Focus is 'tak sharp' and the composition is good too. My only niggle is the shadows in the 5 of the central dice. It doesn't ruin in image though, Good start.

higgeh · 3 Jan 2014

Welcome to the crowd. Love the shot i always seem to envy people who can be this creative with light. Only one thing that caught my eye was the 1 on the bottom right dice. You have managed to make every other number on the even die even and every number on the odd die odd other than this one. Dont know if it was intentional.

As a photograph though its really goood

Delta Skies · 3 Jan 2014

minnnt said:
Very nice mate. Like the coloured die.

Thanks David. They were actually a bit too translucent for my liking but I had to grab the only ones I could find at the time.

Pinkbikerbabe said:
Great start nice image.

Thanks Mandy

posiview said:
Welcome back....don't blame me

Nice clean start. Good bit of lightpainting.

I feel you could have positioned them better, though, maybe stacked them.

Cheers and where is Sarah?

Cheers Andy. I must admit to positioning being the "fun" (not) part of this and even tried stacking them. As for Sarah, I'm sure she'll be along soon. She said she tried a few things yesterday while I was at work but they didn't quite turn out how she wanted.

Nortdog said:
Nice start, I like the arrangement and the lighting

mercurius said:
Good shot, nicely on theme with good colours. Good luck for 2014!

Thanks Adam and Mercurius

ChickenDipa said:
Nice shot crazy person!! Good luck with the challenge

Thanks for the words of encouragement Alex. Come on why don't you give it a try again as well.

alsjazzera said:
Hi Peter,
Nice to see you back, nice idea central die spot on focus nicely exposed and I like the spotlight,
A really good start

Cheers. It's good to be back Allan.

JasonGlyn said:
Like how the viewers attention is focused on the central die by the use of light and vignette. Cant fault this

Thanks Jason. My first attempt was too strong - hence the hanky to diffuse the light.

cowboy said:
Nice spot light to highlight

Focus on the central die is spot on

Nice bit of hiding the other odd number with shadows

Thanks Mark. The last bit wasn't intentional though.

MrNicholas said:
I like the lighting, it really draws you in. Focus is 'tak sharp' and the composition is good too. My only niggle is the shadows in the 5 of the central dice. It doesn't ruin in image though, Good start.

Thanks Nick. I agree with what you are saying about the shadows. I'd need to think how to resolve that whilst still keeping the lighting as it is.

higgeh said:
Welcome to the crowd. Love the shot i always seem to envy people who can be this creative with light. Only one thing that caught my eye was the 1 on the bottom right dice. You have managed to make every other number on the even die even and every number on the odd die odd other than this one. Dont know if it was intentional.

As a photograph though its really goood

Thanks for the comments Graeme. I must admit to having completely missed this - although you and Mark are spot on. It shouldn't be there.:banghead:

ChickenDipa · 3 Jan 2014

Delta Skies said:
Thanks for the words of encouragement Alex. Come on why don't you give it a try again as well.

I am actually tempted and with the ETC 12 challenge again, in a better place this year to tackle it...she says! I am mulling over Odd and seeing what comes up. I might have something

:nailbiting:

Delta Skies · 3 Jan 2014

ChickenDipa said:
I am actually tempted and with the ETC 12 challenge again, in a better place this year to tackle it...she says! I am mulling over Odd and seeing what comes up. I might have something :nailbiting:

Go on. Go for it Alex. :woot:

planetjamez · 3 Jan 2014

Great colours and nice lighting. Good start!

Judi · 3 Jan 2014

Good start Peter like the lighting

Dark Knight · 3 Jan 2014

Welcome Back Peter

Odd - As good as I was expecting, great lighting, well thought out objects and placement, Works a treat

Was the light a spot or was it done PP mate ??

Tango32 · 4 Jan 2014

Nice Image like the lighting levels think it works well

blondie606 · 4 Jan 2014

Hi Peter

good to see you back again .....

Love the color of those Die , really well lit , sharp & well focused......the only niggle for me is the BG , would have preffered it plain but I guess sometimes we have to work with what we have

Has Sarah been struck down with the 52 madness again

-Paul- · 5 Jan 2014

Nortdog said:
Nice start, I like the arrangement and the lighting

Delta Skies · 5 Jan 2014

planetjamez said:
Great colours and nice lighting. Good start!

Cheers James

Judi said:
Good start Peter like the lighting

Thanks Judi

Dark Knight said:
Welcome Back Peter

Odd - As good as I was expecting, great lighting, well thought out objects and placement, Works a treat

Was the light a spot or was it done PP mate ??

Thanks for the comments Dean

Tango32 said:
Nice Image like the lighting levels think it works well

Thanks Craig

blondie606 said:
Hi Peter good to see you back again .....

Love the color of those Die , really well lit , sharp & well focused......the only niggle for me is the BG , would have preffered it plain but I guess sometimes we have to work with what we have

Has Sarah been struck down with the 52 madness again

Thanks for the feedback Lynne. We were away on the caravan so backgrounds were a bit limited.

-Paul- said:

Cheers Paul

Delta Skies · 5 Jan 2014

Week 01 - Linear/Line (well in this case lines)

Lines by Delta Skies, on Flickr

Taken with a 1 second exposure down in the woods - Didn't see any bears though

Pinkbikerbabe · 5 Jan 2014

Lovely effect nice processing great start, lovely take on the theme.

posiview · 5 Jan 2014

Hi, Peter, minute, must have been gloomy in there.

Like it. Has a real dreamy feel to it.

Crit, none from me on this one.

Cheers.

Delta Skies · 5 Jan 2014

Pinkbikerbabe said:
Lovely effect nice processing great start, lovely take on the theme.

Thanks Mandy

posiview said:
Hi, Peter, minute, must have been gloomy in there.

Like it. Has a real dreamy feel to it.

Crit, none from me on this one.

Cheers.

Cheers Andy. "Minute"....Whoops I meant second.

MrNicholas · 5 Jan 2014

The more I look at this image the more I see and the more I like it. Cracking shot, very effective.

Sonriendo · 5 Jan 2014

Oh, I really like this abstractish with an almost painted feel.

michael23 · 6 Jan 2014

Just thinking the very same that sarah has put, a nice image, love the sense of movement and the painted effect too.

lizzy23 · 6 Jan 2014

Hello Peter like what you've done with this, does remind me of a painting

susiejb · 6 Jan 2014

Hi Peter.....One of my favourites so far .... I like that a lot, it's an image I could live with.

Happysnapper79 · 6 Jan 2014

Two great images, really like the abstract nature of week 1.

Cheesy feet · 6 Jan 2014

Both very well done. I saw the blurring technique with trees in a magazine a while back but have never given it a go, I think I may have to now!

Delta Skies · 6 Jan 2014

MrNicholas said:
The more I look at this image the more I see and the more I like it. Cracking shot, very effective.

Thanks you Nick

Sonriendo said:
Oh, I really like this abstractish with an almost painted feel.

Thanks Sarah

michael23 said:
Just thinking the very same that sarah has put, a nice image, love the sense of movement and the painted effect too.

Cheers Michael

lizzy23 said:
Hello Peter like what you've done with this, does remind me of a painting

Thanks Liz - I hope you had a good holiday up in Scotland - not too wet I hope.

susiejb said:
Hi Peter.....One of my favourites so far .... I like that a lot, it's an image I could live with.

Thanks Susie

Happysnapper79 said:
Two great images, really like the abstract nature of week 1.

Thanks John

Cheesy feet said:
Both very well done. I saw the blurring technique with trees in a magazine a while back but have never given it a go, I think I may have to now!

Thanks Ollie. Give it a go. I've tried it a few times now with lesser degrees of success. I think the secret is to find the right density of trees and also it's one of thos subjects where gloomy light helps as you need to get a slow enough shutter speed to drag the camera up (or sideways)

Allan.H · 6 Jan 2014

Hi Peter I really like that, its something I have tried but never had results as good as that :clap:

really good start to your 52

cowboy · 6 Jan 2014

That is really good, I can't look at it for long though it makes my eyes hurt :clap:

Tango32 · 6 Jan 2014

Nice image great effect well done

Dark Knight · 6 Jan 2014

Nicely done Peter, that works really well

Was it all during the exposure or is there a chunk of PP for the effect too ??

DrRusty · 6 Jan 2014

Blurred lines of the trees makes a change to the normal "static" photo looking up the tree trunks.

Looking forward to seeing more.

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