Right, I've just realised that I've somehow missed your 52, which is really quite rude considering you take the time to comment on mine every week! So sorry, this is going to be a long one
Week 1: Love it, it's really my kind of shot! Quite minimalist, but nice and contrasty, and I like the composition! Sharp in all the right bits, but nice use of depth of field!
Week 2: I like the composition (and have a bit of a thing for mechanical things, especially watches), but not the processing so much. I get what you were trying to do with the x-ray, but I personally I'd have preferred it getting the same treatment as the previous shot! As you said though, 'marmite'
Scrolled down looking for week 3, and saw your astro poetry one. Wow.
Week 3: I know where you're coming from about photography on a time limit! I can't decide which I prefer, I keep changing my mind each time I look at it!
Week 4: I much prefer the first shot, interesting angle and I know how irritating it can be having no manual control at all!
Week 5: Great shot, I've never been any good at bird-in-flight shots, but your panning is obviously much better than mine, and there's just the right about on blur on the wings to give a sense of speed!
Week 6: Sorry to hear you had a rough week (probably doesn’t mean much now it was so long ago, but it’s the thought that counts, right?!). I like it (even though you don’t), but I do have a bit of a thing for B&W macros as I’m sure you’ve realised by now
Week 7: Ooooh, I remember the fear I felt when I saw that ‘people’ had come up! It’s amazing how far my photography has come along actually thinking about it, now through my paper I’m shooting people doing various things a few times a week it doesn’t phase me at all, a bit of practice and you’ll wondering what you were worrying about! I prefer the second compositionally, and the first for the expressions. Key thing is you’ve got some lessons from it!
Week 8: Hmmmm, B&W macro mechanical goodness
. Love it.
Week 9: Off camera flash is something I’m going to be investigating this year, it’s always good to read about people still starting out, I’ll bear your lessons in mind for when I do get around to it. Poor monkeh...
Week 10: Wow! I have no idea what it is, but I’m guessing it’s a long way away and bright and sparkly? The triptych doesn’t do all that much for me, but I do like the processing – nice frame!
Week 11: Awww, look at it’s ears! Fits the theme nicely, and it’s a good capture! Possibly a little bit too bright, but that might be my monitor.
Week 12: I know you think the first one doesn’t work, but I really like it for it’s abstracty macro-ness. Very 3D. The moon shot is, as ever, stunning, and once again you confuse me to my core explaining how it was made. I can only assume it involved magic and fairy dust.
Week 13: Quad, these shots rock! I really like them for the simplicity and bright colours, particularly the first one as it really feels like it’s coming out of the screen!
Week 14: I can’t quite work out what’s going on in the first shot, I can’t tell what the OOF bit is! I hate it when you have an awesome idea in your head and then the camera just won’t capture it (definitely all the camera’s fault in those cases, no other alternative!!!) As for the second one, anything to do with torpedoes is fine by me!
Week 15: I LOVE those Lindt eggs! The dark chocolate ones are even better! And come in black wrappers, so you could have converted to mono and... (no, must stop with the B&W macro obsession.....
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Week 16: Yeah, just ‘wow’ again.
Week 17: Aww, very nice cat, and very peaceful (which I bet stopped the moment the flashes went off!). The second shot doesn’t really say ‘peace’ to me, but is beautifully lit and nice composition too.
Week 18: It would be more fitting if the glass was overflowing! But you’d probably be feeling it somewhat the next day I guess, so I’ll let you off this once!
Ooh, just got to the re-shoot of indulgence, the composition is much more interesting, very nice indeed!
Just got to the edit of the re-shoot, I like this one less than the original re-shoot, the colours were nicer before, more ‘luxurious’!
Week 19: Really nice composition, and good choice of ingredients for their colours, all very nice and natural!
Week 20: Again, sorry to hear you haven’t been well, but I like this shot for the depth of field and really vibrant sky.
Week 21: Awesome lighting, the last is my favourite, the slight de-saturation really adds to the shot. Nice composition too (and good acting skills!)
Week 22: I like the pano, there’s a slight bit of banding on the right hand side, but nothing too major. If the second shot was straightened a little, I think it’d prefer it, I love the roof at the museum, it’s awesome!
Ooops, there we go, just scrolled down to the straightened version! Much better, I see what you mean about the blue/green bit, looks like it’s just from the glass, if it really bothers you though a mono conversion should work well.
Week 23: Very nice use of DOF, shame the focus was slightly out, but given the circumstances I don’t think you’re really to blame for that one. Our friends in other countries probably have no clue what this is, but very fitting
Week 24: Love the lighting again, I want to know how you guys do this where the background is completely black, and the subject just pops out! And now I’ve just read the bit above the photo where you explain how you did it, whoops!
Week 25: While I like the shot, it’s not grungy enough! I initially thought it was frost, and though it was quite pretty! I reckon if it was covered in tar or soot or something that would have been grungier, but I appreciate not everyone has extensive supplies of tar, soot, or the time/inclination to make such a mess!
The edit’s better! Much grungier!
Week 26: Ahh, saw this one for ‘peace’, still think it’s a cracking shot!
Week 27: I quite like the triptych, the second shot is fairly nice, but the pano is stunning! Awesome shades of blue, a bit of tree to give it perspective, and the sun to finish it off (or on second thoughts it might be the moon, or a streetlight?). I’d have probably preferred it to show a little bit more tree, but as that would be at the expense of those clouds, I think you did it the right way around!
Week 28: Nice shot, you’re cat is still very nice, and still pretty chilled by the looks of things!
Week 29: I can see what you were aiming for with the first shot, but the second blows it out of the water! I really like the symmetry of the composition (it’s good to stick it to the rule of thirds every now and again!), and I’d imagine balancing the light wasn’t hugely easy!
Week 30: Woah, hello there, wasn’t expecting that! I can’t decide if the addition of blood would be a bit too much, or make it an incredibly powerful shot. I don’t think I can say I ‘like’ it, but I think it’s a good shot, if that makes sense?
Week 31: Nice depth of field, and there’s something else I quite like about it, but can’t quite put my finger on!
I prefer the original to the re-shoot, the light is much softer in the first compared to the harshness of the second.
The edit of the first is my favourite of the 3, nice colours!
Week 32: Love it, that’s awesome and really different!
Week 33: Mobile home on a mobile phone, made me smile when I realised that, but it does show that as far as phone cameras have come, they still can’t compare to the real thing!
Week 34: The mono does it for me, nice and contrasty, and great textures!
Again, sorry for neglecting your 52, hopefully this’ll make up for it! Must make a mental note to check more often!
Chris
Welcome back John!
