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

mercurius · 24 Feb 2014

Ending - good idea and well shot. I like the faded look to it and I wonder how it would look if were more bleached out in PP to emphasise the fadedness?

susiejb · 24 Feb 2014

A very nice image Peter, I like it a lot...I couldn't resist trying to get the gist of the book to see if it had a romantic ending

I agree with the above ...a faded look may add even more to it.

Nortdog · 24 Feb 2014

Another

From me this week peter, love the lighting and muted tones.

Phil-D · 24 Feb 2014

As mentioned Perter, lighting and muted colours work well here, good image

Allan.H · 24 Feb 2014

Hi Peter, as above really well lit and the fading rose is perfect but I do agree with Lynne about the comp not sure how i would have approached it though.
I'm a great help aint I

still a good image and perfect for the theme

Dark Knight · 24 Feb 2014

Hi Peter

Ending - Like your thinking... the muted colours of the nearly dead rose really add to the theme, the inclusion of the books 'The End' is a nice touch

Crit - Hmmmmm :thinking:

none from me, nice composition/crop, and it's nicely lit too

Delta Skies · 25 Feb 2014

mercurius said:
Ending - good idea and well shot. I like the faded look to it and I wonder how it would look if were more bleached out in PP to emphasise the fadedness?

Thanks Mercurius.

susiejb said:
A very nice image Peter, I like it a lot...I couldn't resist trying to get the gist of the book to see if it had a romantic ending I agree with the above ...a faded look may add even more to it.

Thanks Susie

I did look at ageing it even further including tweaking the overall exposure. I was keen on what I came up with and in some of my goes it also made my WB look way out

Delta Skies · 25 Feb 2014

Nortdog said:
Another From me this week peter, love the lighting and muted tones.

Thanks Adam

Phil-D said:
As mentioned Perter, lighting and muted colours work well here, good image

Cheers Phil

alsjazzera said:
Hi Peter, as above really well lit and the fading rose is perfect but I do agree with Lynne about the comp not sure how i would have approached it though.
I'm a great help aint I
still a good image and perfect for the theme

Thanks Allan

Dark Knight said:
Hi Peter

Ending - Like your thinking... the muted colours of the nearly dead rose really add to the theme, the inclusion of the books 'The End' is a nice touch

Crit - Hmmmmm none from me, nice composition/crop, and it's nicely lit too

Thanks for the comments Dean

Sonriendo · 26 Feb 2014

I like Ending - no crit here

Delta Skies · 26 Feb 2014

Sonriendo said:
I like Ending - no crit here

Thanks Sarah

Richard Gill · 26 Feb 2014

Nice take take and the aged look works well.

JasonGlyn · 27 Feb 2014

Sense: Very well handled processing there Peter. This looks like its straight out of a tourist guide. Like the the way the large pillars in the foreground frame the picture and help lead the eye down the Isle. Impressive effort sir!

Ending: Another strong piece which reinforces in my mind your ability to consistantly deliver quality work. The vintage tones work really well. So well that without an explanation, I would not know how you've achieved this

Suvv · 27 Feb 2014

Ending has good composition, lighting and processing - it's also sharp so it all adds up to a very good shot.

Tango32 · 27 Feb 2014

Ending - Like what you have done here the aged look works well

beckyboy1 · 27 Feb 2014

You've done a good job with giving the aged feel I'm just not 100% sure on the comp. I'd maybe have cropped in a bit tighter so the stem comes up from bottom RH corner and lose a bit of the LH side :thinking:

superpippo · 27 Feb 2014

Sense - lovely shot - good impact and a lot of patience in setting it up and PP. Serene
Ending - again a well thought out shot and agree that the pp adds that bit of 'age'. Good colours. I go with Lynne re the comps and would have put the rose on the same diag - but personal choice.

d00d · 28 Feb 2014

Another thumbs up for that "ending" image.

Delta Skies · 28 Feb 2014

Richard Gill said:
Nice take take and the aged look works well.

Thanks Richard

JasonGlyn said:
Sense: Very well handled processing there Peter. This looks like its straight out of a tourist guide. Like the the way the large pillars in the foreground frame the picture and help lead the eye down the Isle. Impressive effort sir!

Ending: Another strong piece which reinforces in my mind your ability to consistantly deliver quality work. The vintage tones work really well. So well that without an explanation, I would not know how you've achieved this

Thanks for the comments Jason.

Suvv said:
Ending has good composition, lighting and processing - it's also sharp so it all adds up to a very good shot.

Cheers Kev

Tango32 said:
Ending - Like what you have done here the aged look works well

Thanks Craig

Delta Skies · 28 Feb 2014

beckyboy1 said:
You've done a good job with giving the aged feel I'm just not 100% sure on the comp. I'd maybe have cropped in a bit tighter so the stem comes up from bottom RH corner and lose a bit of the LH side

Thanks Michael. I see what you mean about the crop and I must admit to often placing lines coming from corners when I can.

superpippo said:
Sense - lovely shot - good impact and a lot of patience in setting it up and PP. Serene
Ending - again a well thought out shot and agree that the pp adds that bit of 'age'. Good colours. I go with Lynne re the comps and would have put the rose on the same diag - but personal choice.

Thanks Alan

d00d said:
Another thumbs up for that "ending" image.

Cheers David

Happysnapper79 · 28 Feb 2014

No crit from me, well composed and well lit.

Delta Skies · 28 Feb 2014

Happysnapper79 said:
No crit from me, well composed and well lit.

Thanks John

posiview · 1 Mar 2014

Ending is a good one and the rose is well and truly at it's end...I'd prefer it without the book as I don't really see the connection between the two.

Hope you've bought Sarah some new flowers

Cheers.

Bobby Gold · 1 Mar 2014

Ending - really like it, the rose finishes it off nicely. Nothing more from me, well done Peter!

Delta Skies · 7 Mar 2014

posiview said:
Ending is a good one and the rose is well and truly at it's end...I'd prefer it without the book as I don't really see the connection between the two.

Hope you've bought Sarah some new flowers

Cheers.

Thanks Andy. Yes definitely more flowers. She's just been attacking some tulips with her camera.

Bobby Gold said:
Ending - really like it, the rose finishes it off nicely. Nothing more from me, well done Peter!

Thanks Simon.

Delta Skies · 7 Mar 2014

Week 09 - Positive

Positive by Delta Skies, on Flickr

Well I was determined to stay away from batteries as I used that subject 2 years ago when negative was a theme. Last time it was a minimal image with lots of negative space as well. Definitely a different shot then this year. After trying shot after shot after shot and numerous and lengthy editing to get a non-battery image I moved on tonight and am glad to say it only took a handful of shots before I was happy with the composition and then all that was needed was a few tweaks in PS (which was a shame as I've got a new Wacom tablet after our visit to the NEC at the weekend). I used a fairly simple lighting set up other than some use of a black card to make sure the lights didn't show up in reflections.

Dark Knight · 7 Mar 2014

Nicely set up Peter... Nothing wrong with battery shots, liking the yellow ring sand the way you have the Duracell higher in the huge bunch, the black card seems to have done the trick too there are super reflections throughout

I picked up a 10m roll of black paper from The Range last week, not found a use for it yet...

overbez · 7 Mar 2014

Fantastic precision with the arrangement and angle to ensure the terminal falls iiiin sync with the pattern made by the negatives.

Here goes with the worlds tiniest nitpick though...... The dimples on the one to the right are going the wrong way.

Take that as s positive though.. As the important aspects are spot in for me.

Pinkbikerbabe · 7 Mar 2014

Spot on for the theme good composition I like it very much.

Suvv · 7 Mar 2014

Good composition and lighting, I like the reflections.

Delta Skies · 7 Mar 2014

Dark Knight said:
Nicely set up Peter... Nothing wrong with battery shots, liking the yellow ring sand the way you have the Duracell higher in the huge bunch, the black card seems to have done the trick too there are super reflections throughout

I picked up a 10m roll of black paper from The Range last week, not found a use for it yet...

Thanks Dean

overbez said:
Fantastic precision with the arrangement and angle to ensure the terminal falls iiiin sync with the pattern made by the negatives.

Here goes with the worlds tiniest nitpick though...... The dimples on the one to the right are going the wrong way.

Take that as s positive though.. As the important aspects are spot in for me.

Thanks Graham. I know what you mean about the dimples. I could reshoot as the set up is still there but maybe a quick PP later will sort it.

Pinkbikerbabe said:
Spot on for the theme good composition I like it very much.

Thanks Mandy

Suvv said:
Good composition and lighting, I like the reflections.

Cheers Kev

parhole4 · 7 Mar 2014

This theme has certainly made photos of batteries popular, but this is definetly the best of the bunch

superpippo · 7 Mar 2014

overbez said:
Here goes with the worlds tiniest nitpick though...... The dimples on the one to the right are going the wrong way.

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Damn - I wanted to say that

Nice set up Peter and the colours work really well and faithfully reproduced. (n)

posiview · 7 Mar 2014

Hheeeeey, leave the dimples alone.

I thought, 'not another battery photograph', but I like it. The portrait orientation works for me.

The 'in ya face' protruding battery really is....in my face.

Like it...

Crit, well the, dimples.....

Cheers.

michael23 · 7 Mar 2014

Hi Peter, attempting a catch up, sorry I have not checked in for a while.

Week 3, Close, nice composition, a little more dof for me to bring the lettering on top a little more in focus.
Week 4, Bubble, Like this one, the dice make a great subject in the liquid, nice bg and lighting
Week 5, Smoke, Oooh, nice idea. The white bg sets the chilli off nicely and great detail in the smoke.
Week 6, mineral, nicely lit along with good colours, I keep looking for the top of the bottle, but an interesting composition.
Week 8, Ending, Great subject choice, like the subdued colour on the rose.
Week 9, Positive, LIke the impact of the battery sticking out.

Allan.H · 8 Mar 2014

Hi Peter very nicely composed, very good symmetry which makes the picture and the lighting is spot on.
excellent work

blondie606 · 8 Mar 2014

Hi Peter

Positive.....nothing to add really

except....I'd not have noticed the dimples if they hadn't been pointed out

Judi · 8 Mar 2014

well on theme I like the dof, its just well done

Delta Skies · 9 Mar 2014

parhole4 said:
This theme has certainly made photos of batteries popular, but this is definetly the best of the bunch

Many thanks colin

superpippo said:
Damn - I wanted to say that

Nice set up Peter and the colours work really well and faithfully reproduced. (n)

Thanks again Alan

posiview said:
Hheeeeey, leave the dimples alone.

I thought, 'not another battery photograph', but I like it. The portrait orientation works for me.

The 'in ya face' protruding battery really is....in my face.

Like it...

Crit, well the, dimples.....

Cheers.

Cheers Andy. Those dimples definitely need changing but I'm thinking to not align them so they all face the same direction. Maybe the ones on the left face one way and the ones on the right face the other?

michael23 said:
Hi Peter, attempting a catch up, sorry I have not checked in for a while.

Week 3, Close, nice composition, a little more dof for me to bring the lettering on top a little more in focus.
Week 4, Bubble, Like this one, the dice make a great subject in the liquid, nice bg and lighting
Week 5, Smoke, Oooh, nice idea. The white bg sets the chilli off nicely and great detail in the smoke.
Week 6, mineral, nicely lit along with good colours, I keep looking for the top of the bottle, but an interesting composition.
Week 8, Ending, Great subject choice, like the subdued colour on the rose.
Week 9, Positive, LIke the impact of the battery sticking out.

Thanks for all the catching up Michael. Much appreciated.

Delta Skies · 9 Mar 2014

alsjazzera said:
Hi Peter very nicely composed, very good symmetry which makes the picture and the lighting is spot on.
excellent work

Cheers Allan

blondie606 said:
Hi Peter

Positive.....nothing to add really except....I'd not have noticed the dimples if they hadn't been pointed out

Thanks Lynne

Judi said:
well on theme I like the dof, its just well done

Thanks Judi

Delta Skies · 9 Mar 2014

Week 10 - Time

A Stitch in Time by Delta Skies, on Flickr

Well as quick as I took the batteries away, I was putting cotton (ok polyester) reels back in front of the lights. Our other hobby is kite flying. Not just the typical ones you see in the park. We fly the big inflatable types at festivals around the country and at times abroad as well. When I say big, our largest is 30 metres long by 10m wide! If you are interested see our website. Anyway, some of these creations have been made and designed by ourselves so as you can imagine we've got a far amount of thread. Seemed an obvious link hence the photo.

The image was taken using a simple studio set up with a fairly small aperture - taken at f16 which was a stop underexposed due to the brightness of the background. The cottons were then given a boost of exposure in PP followed by the usual tweaks - curves, sharpening and a slight vignette.