Critique required LC2's Shoe Horns for 2023 : Week 52 - Showcase

[SimonH]

Nice set. #1 for me too

 

[LC2]

Fab stuff - shot two was on my list

I thought it might be

First shot of the connecting rod is brilliant. Viewed full screen it really pops. Both from the colour of the red and the focus on the nut with the beautiful fall off of focus through the frame.

Very nice!

Yes, having the rods in red, rather than the bare metal of steam locos, does work well.

Nice pics cosplay shot is really good works with the BG as you say

The first shot of the connecting rods and the one of the shackles work for me.

Cheers Allan, I did try to get a few shots that fitted that background. She's actually from a game called Genshin Impact.
I nearly went with the shackles. It was a close run thing.

That's a lot of connections and any one of the pictures could fill the brief very well, but I think you chose the correct one for the headliner.

Cheers

Image 2 for me as well, all nice shots.

Interesting, I think that was my 4th choice of the 4 posted.

Some great images. The red stands out really well against the background. I'm with you on the chosen shot with a nice dof.

Thanks Helen

Nice set, I like your chosen image.

Good set with #1 followed closely by #2 for me. As others said the contrast between the red and black really makes it pop

Another vote for #2 then. What draws you to it?

Nice set. #1 for me too

Thanks

 

[LC2]

Week 17 - Liquid

This was supposed to have been shot on my X-T2, but it's difficult to use a digital camera when the battery is still at home.

Still, the image isn't too bad considering the optics of the Moto G31.


TP 52 for 2023: Week 17 - Liquid by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[Baloo]

Different take on the theme, which I always like. Amazing how good cameras on phones have become.

 

[Simonbrown16]

Good shot and a good choice for the theme, any idea what beer was in them?

 

[LC2]

Different take on the theme, which I always like. Amazing how good cameras on phones have become.

Cheers Roger. I must say the G31 is years ahead of the old G6 I used to use.

Good shot and a good choice for the theme, any idea what beer was in them?

The Alfreds would have been Saxon Bronze
The Triple fff was Moondance and Alton's Pride
The two tone green stripes are Bowmans, but I don't know which beers.
The green and orange kegs are probably Steam Town Brewery (but I'm not sure).

We should be adding another 9 kegs to that pile tonight

 

[Allan.H]

Good to see something different

 

[LC2]

Good to see something different

Thanks Allan

 

[LC2]

Week 18 - Distant

On a drab spring day in 1967 a British Railways Modernisation Plan English Electric Type 1 diesel locomotive passes a distant signal on approach to the station on a remote single track branch line.


British Railways English Electric Type 1 by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[Baloo]

Like the way the rails lead you into the image, good composition.

 

[SimonH]

I like that a lot Tim, although may have cropped out the platform in the bottom left, but then you'd have lost some of the track.

 

[LC2]

Like the way the rails lead you into the image, good composition.

Thanks Roger. I was aiming for a shot that would give me leading lines and the ability to place the loco on a 3rd.

I like that a lot Tim, although may have cropped out the platform in the bottom left, but then you'd have lost some of the track.

I know what you mean, but leaving the platform in place the photo at a station.

 

[Darkslinger]

Catching up. Two good images Tim.
Liquid - I'd be more interested in seeing what's inside, I have to say...
Distant - this is a great shot, the processing really makes it pop

 

[HelenC]

Liquid: great idea, made me smile. The colours really make it.
Distant: before reading your description I thought the image looked like some old ones I have... well processed and composed.

 

[JayceeC]

The barrels took me back to my Welsh Brewers days, 22 gallon tubs by the look of it. Heavy when full.

 

[LC2]

Catching up. Two good images Tim.
Liquid - I'd be more interested in seeing what's inside, I have to say...
Distant - this is a great shot, the processing really makes it pop

I can't remember what I did with that processing. I really should make notes

Liquid: great idea, made me smile. The colours really make it.
Distant: before reading your description I thought the image looked like some old ones I have... well processed and composed.

Ta Helen

The barrels took me back to my Welsh Brewers days, 22 gallon tubs by the look of it. Heavy when full.

Just 9 gallon kegs, but still heavy enough when you have to shift them vertically about 4' above the ground on your own.

 

[LC2]

Week 24 - Sound

What the hell, let's see if I can shoe horn some of my more recent shots into a bit of a catch up...

This is from the Saturday night set by Harmony Glen at Fantasy Forest.
Shot from the pit with my (t)rusty X-T3 and 35mm f/2


Fantasy Forest by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[LC2]

Week 29 - Pretty

A bit of a Daniel Norton vibe with the deliberate crop into the hair
Shooting with Verity as 'Gumi' from 'Vocaloid'.

Shot with an X-T5 and 33mm f/1.4 stopped down to f/2 with a little on axis fill


Gumi - Vocaloid by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[LC2]

Week 32 - Possession

Perhaps a bit of a shoehorn, but Mike Myers from the Horror Flick, Halloween.
Fairly close up against a black background, lit with an on axis flash.


Michael Myers - Halloween by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[Darkslinger]

Great catch-up series Tim!

 

[seaodyssey]

Good shots Tim, the loco looks the period, great processing.

 

[LC2]

Week 33 - Machine

I took 3 different shots for Machine.

Firstly the Southern Railway S15 class loco, 506.

Southern Railway S15 - 506 by Tim White, on Flickr

Secondly this shot is swarf from machining.

#Machining by Tim White, on Flickr

Lastly, the connecting rods from the O8 Shunter - Phoenix

Phoenix by Tim White, on Flickr

it really did come down to #2 or #3. #2 would have pipped it if I had used a smaller aperture and had more in focus, but overall, I thought #3 just slightly better.

 

[HelenC]

I'm with you on #3. Great dof and the yellow pops nicely.

 

[LC2]

Week 19 - Fragile

A reminder of how fragile our existence on this small blue globe is.
J Robert Barbenheimer


BarbenHeimer by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[overbez]

Good portrait, like the positioning of the light in the BG. The desaturated look of the BG makes the subject really pop.

 

[LC2]

Good portrait, like the positioning of the light in the BG. The desaturated look of the BG makes the subject really pop.

Thanks. Whilst I don't usually do 'colour pop', I felt that it was appropriate here to contrast the greys of Oppenheimer against the pinks of Barbie.

 

[LC2]

Week 20 - Robust

Surprisingly robust wings.
Tooth Fairy's wings have to be robust to survive the number of ComicCons that she attends.
These wings are electronically controlled.


The Tooth Fairy by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[HelenC]

So cute!

 

[LC2]

Week 22 - Irregular

Not the most technically perfect photo, but I feel that "Mr B, The Gentleman Rhymer" typifies "Irregular" in the meaning of "contrary to the rules of what is normal" in that the city banker suit and hat contrast with his wacky style and the Uke.

Probably not a performance I would have normally attended, but I did enjoy the 30 minutes or so of his set that I was shooting.


Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[LC2]

So cute!

Thanks Helen.
And always so much fun to shoot with.

 

[Kell]

nice capture Tim.

I liked him - Chap Hop I think he used to call his style.

 

[LC2]

Week 21 - Nearby

This little fella was at the end of my path. Shot taken before moving him onto the hedge so that I could go out.
Not my usual subject matter, and not even a shoehorn!


TP 52 for 2023 : Week 21 - Nearby by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[LC2]

nice capture Tim.

I liked him - Chap Hop I think he used to call his style.

Cheers Kell. He seemed to be pretty popular performing on the Steam Stage at fantasy Forest this year.

 

[LC2]

Week 25 - Snappers Choice

Snappers Choice for me was always going to be a cosplay shot.
Here we have Phil cosplaying Edward Kenway from the video game Assassin's Creed IV


Edward Kenway - Assassin's Creed IV by Tim White, on Flickr

Although I was tempted by this shot as Sylvester photobombed us while we were preparing for a Whovian group shot at Showmasters Bournemouth.


Doctor Who and The Doctors by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[LC2]

Week 27 - Torn

Come the Zombie Apocalypse we'll all be dressed like this (or we'll be Zombies).


DSCF6254 by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[LC2]

Week 39 - Gates

Shot through a gate to give the impression of being behind bars.


Harley Quinn by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[LC2]

Week 35 - Snappers Choice

I've known Roma for quite a few years now, although we only seem to bump into each other at ComicCons in the Norfolk area these days.
The cosplay is Kafka for Honkai: Star Rail.

I think this photo stands out for me due to the contrast of the red hair and the green background.


kafka - Honkai: Star Rail by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[LC2]

Week 31 - Abandoned

The entrance to the abandoned and bricked up Asylum Dock on the Grand Union Canal, near the bottom of the Hanwell flight.
Asylum Dock was an small branch of the GUC that provided canal access into the Middlesex County Asylum (now Ealing Hospital).
There is nothing left to see w=except for the bricked up entrance.


TP 52 for 2023 : Week 31 - Abandoned by Tim White, on Flickr

 

[Darkslinger]

A really good shot Tim. Your commentary really helps with the context. I found a really interesting article about it on this Wikipedia page: LINK

 

[LC2]

A really good shot Tim. Your commentary really helps with the context. I found a really interesting article about it on this Wikipedia page: LINK

Thanks Bill. Yes, that is an interesting read
There is also an info board (out of shot) giving some info, and picturing a barge strike breaking (crewed by the Royal Navy with a police escort) in (I think) the 1920s.