Love the poetry and chopped shots. Really like the processing you have used. It's becoming a kinda trademark.
really? Thank you! I'm glad to hear it
I've only just noticed this thread. nice to see someone else doing self portrait shots! - I'm doing a self portrait 365 (I must be mad!)
I really like all of your shots so far, and the processing you use is lovely
Looking forward to seeing the next photo.
you are mad doing a 365.. I decided not to do one because it would drive me insane! Good luck, I will be keeping an eye on your progress
Your chopped shot is great. Extemely original idea, nicely done
Also your week 4 looks like you were walking home and had a eureka moment
Thanks very much
I did have a eureka moment.. "HOME TIME - NOW!"
another
for me on this one louise it looks to me like you have just had divine inspiration or seen the light well done keep em coming
as above, inspiration to get out of the cold and into my PJ's!!
I've just realised that I haven't actually commented on any shots yet.
You seem to be more critical of your own work than any of us are.
I think you have a lot of talent and that is becoming more and more clear as the weeks go on.
Week 1 - curved. I'm not really keen on this although it is well done. I can't explain why it doesn't do it for me.
Week 2 - Poetry. It may not have been the shot you wanted to take but it is still excellent. Ideally you are going to take a fesh image each week but that's not always possible.
Week 3 - chopped. I love this. The processing works really well. You manage to look as mad as a box of frogs without having your face in the shot. Very impressive.
Week 4 - Street. Another very strong image. As others have said, the light makes it look like you have had a revelation. I am dreading going out on the streets to take a picture of the scene never mind a self portrait.
I know I can be
very critical of my work, pointing out what I believe to be flaws helps me realise how I could've done it differently and how I can improve next time, and admitting openly that I can see these flaws might help other people see what otherwise they may not have.
Hopefully in the coming weeks you'll hear less of it from me!
Thanks so much for your comments on my work, it seems that 'chopped' might be the most favoured so far!
I like it - just claim the flare of the light as a deliberate special effect! The main thing that bothers me is that it is all a bit soft, as if you missed the focus.
Thanks. As the light was going to be in the shot either way, I actually added more flare whilst processing as there wasn't enough there
It is pretty soft though.. the focus was fine, it's the high ISO and no sharpening once off the camera that's made it like that
I don't know if it's your processing, but not noticing any noise this week. I think it's a great image. Looks like a moment of ascension. The little (I assume are) water marks on the lens add to the atmosphere of the shot. Well done for being out there in the middle of the night and for making good use of the other half
Thank you. The water marks you're referring to are actually a texture I made about a year ago that I've added onto the image. when I'm out and about with the camera, if I see something that would make an interesting texture to use in my work I'll take a shot and process it, save it in a textures file and wait until the day it might be useful
The particular texture here was made by covering a sheet of paper with glitter, popping the flash up, and taking various out of focus shots with my 50mm
you can see some more over at
http://louise-knightstock.deviantart.com/gallery/ which can be used by anyone if they so wish