weekly Jon P's TP 52 in 2016 Challenge - Living World and Spiky Added

Very good subject for the theme, well captured, the clouds really set the mood.
 
Oooo Spoilt for choice - I would have been wracked with indecision between 2 & 3 but probably settled on 3 like you. What a marvellous structure ... whatever it is (was). Wonderful light, nice sky and no loss of detail. :clap:
 
Jon. I can't think how I've missed your thread so far.
You have some superb images.
Standout favourites for me have to be the fob watch and the last cat pic, but many of the others are seriously good too.
Looking forward to seeing more.
 
Hiya. This last abandoned photo is just fab easily the best building image of the week in my eyes ! Really like the treatment/pov and tones.

Gaz
 
Abandoned (main image) ... such clarity and contrast. (y)
 
Yep, yep, yep to all three and in the order posted. The building is the best by far and love the PP. A real sense of scale as well as the abandoned theme through moody sky and PP are all excellent.
 
It really must have been difficult to choose, I like number 2 but as others have said the dark mood of your final choice fits the theme so well.
 
3 nice pictures but No3 for me great sky well processed great shot.(y)
 
I can see why you went with your choice, the skies are so dramatic.
I think I prefer the second shot though because the boat (I'm tempted to call it a large, perhaps sea going, tug) is the more interesting focal point.
I'm half tempted to play with a TS effect on it.
 
Wow, thank you all for taking time to stop by, look and comment - the 52 in 16 is still going strong and I know how long it takes to get through them all !

sirch said:
Very good subject for the theme, well captured, the clouds really set the mood.
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Thank you - yes the grey day did help with the mood and the building being up from where I took the shot really helped (as did LR ;) )

Carl Ayling said:
Oooo Spoilt for choice - I would have been wracked with indecision between 2 & 3 but probably settled on 3 like you. What a marvellous structure ... whatever it is (was). Wonderful light, nice sky and no loss of detail. :clap:
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Thanks :) - Its part of an old rock salt mine which is still operational and I ride past quite regularly the boat is also a 5 minute walk from me and been there years, shame really

viv1969 said:
Jon. I can't think how I've missed your thread so far.
You have some superb images.
Standout favourites for me have to be the fob watch and the last cat pic, but many of the others are seriously good too.
Looking forward to seeing more.
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Thank you Viv, very kind and no problem at all - I know how hard it is to keep up with everyone's threads :) Thank you for your kind comments and good luck with the rest of yours too !

cargo said:
Hiya. This last abandoned photo is just fab easily the best building image of the week in my eyes ! Really like the treatment/pov and tones.

Gaz
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Thank you Gaz :D

Emja said:
Wonderful abandoned shot - so moody and the depth of field really highlights the texture on the the wall of the building. It looks like it might topple down the embankment at any moment!
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Thank you very much :)

d00d said:
Abandoned (main image) ... such clarity and contrast. (y)
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Cheers !

susiejb said:
I like all three Jon but I think that last one really captures the right mood for abandoned ...that dark moody sky casts that cold grey light over the scene. As Carl says that's an really interesting building, lots of detail when you zoom in on Flickr.
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Thank you Susie, very kind :)

wallyboy said:
Fits very well, gritty images, says it all about past industry
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Cheers - yes such a shame as it is really quite an impressive structure, especially sat up on high, very imposing

Ian W said:
Yep, yep, yep to all three and in the order posted. The building is the best by far and love the PP. A real sense of scale as well as the abandoned theme through moody sky and PP are all excellent.
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Thank you Ian :)

rpn said:
3 excellent shots, Jon and spot on theme with all of them too. I do like the third one with the dark, moody and menacing sky suits the isolation and the decay, abandoned subject. I particularly like the focus is just on the front building; it just draws your attention to it. (y)
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Very kind - cheers :)

Dark Knight said:
A nice selection there Jon - I'd like to see that cropped even more, as it's a great building, well buildings, and I really like the way they appear to be linked by the cables, a nice moody sky adding to the doomed feel too :)
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Cheers Dean - It has been cropped a bit already and i did play with a few crops before settling on the one i submitted

Are you thinking something like this ?

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sparrow said:
It really must have been difficult to choose, I like number 2 but as others have said the dark mood of your final choice fits the theme so well.
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It was ! thank you :)

tyrex1 said:
3 nice pictures but No3 for me great sky well processed great shot.(y)
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Very kind - cheers :)

LC2 said:
I can see why you went with your choice, the skies are so dramatic.
I think I prefer the second shot though because the boat (I'm tempted to call it a large, perhaps sea going, tug) is the more interesting focal point.
I'm half tempted to play with a TS effect on it.
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I was torn and im hoping the boat may feature in future weeks ! There is a tad of TS in there already but didnt seem to work with much more and thank you :)
 
Hi Jon, Really like your camouflaged image, good idea for the theme. Super lighting on this,

I prefer your original third image for abandoned, I prefer the lighting with more space to show the buildings surroundings.
 
I like the black on black idea Jon and you can just make out the outlines of the pieces so camouflaged for sure.
 
LC2 said:
Interesting image Jon, it certainly encourages you to view the flickr version. Processing looks okay from here.
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Thank you - The Flickr version (larger) does seem better but none quite like in LR.

Exporting as most filetypes gave horrendous mottling in the shadows and I almost scrapped it until (direct from LR) clicked edit on PS, then saved as a jpg and its nowhere near as bad as a direct export from LR (my head hurts :runaway::runaway::runaway: )

purplepleaser said:
Hi Jon, Really like your camouflaged image, good idea for the theme. Super lighting on this,

I prefer your original third image for abandoned, I prefer the lighting with more space to show the buildings surroundings.
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Thank you - I also prefer the non-cropped abandoned :)

The camo was taken on a black granite tile I use as a mouse mat with the mouse, phone and camera (all also black) ontop as often naturally happens and I had the idea for a black on black camo image by playing with exposure, shadows etc in LR. I lost count of the times i almost scrapped it and started again with the PP and although not 100% happy with it, I quite like it as an image :)

Carl Ayling said:
I like the black on black idea Jon and you can just make out the outlines of the pieces so camouflaged for sure.
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Thanks Carl, pretty much the same as above really - what was in my minds eye i have struggled to portray as i fully wanted on screen - but happy enough

Thank you all again for your comments (y)
 
Hi Jon ...I keep seeing all these excellent ideas for the theme and yours is another. I really like it but I would have stuck with just the camera and phone, the two brighter images I think are distracting. Black on black is definitely something I'd like to try to do myself ...thanks for the idea :)
 
Thank you Susie :)

Yes, the two illuminated parts of the mouse are a bit odd, but i toned them down as much as I could and wanted the mouse on there to balance it out as well as it being where it lives :)

Glad you are getting inspiration and agree there are some fantastic interpretations from all the participants, so glad I signed up :)
 
Abandoned - 3 good shots I like the drama of the sky in the 3rd but find the subject of the 2nd more interesting.
Camouflage - they are certainly hard to see definitely camouflaged
 
Dark Knight said:
Oooo I'm loving that Jon - that white picket fence is a great contrast to the hazardous chaos behind it, nice one (y)
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Thanks mate :) I took a few and was undecided between the submitted and

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But went for the first one as I felt the tighter composition with the gate / path centrally and all inviting with the danger signs each side worked better - thanks for the comments !

Also, the backup was me in a mask wielding my axe - so probably best all round TBH :p
 
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Jon.P.73 said:
Thanks mate :) I took a few and was undecided between the submitted and

<SNIP PIC>But went for the first one as I felt the tighter composition with the gate / path centrally and all inviting with the danger signs each side worked better - thanks for the comments !

Also, the backup was me in a mask wielding my axe - so probably best all round TBH :p
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I certainly prefer the close in crop for the theme, it concentrates my vision on the danger signs and the fencing :)
 
Hi Jon. I went out to a housing development with something similar in mind for the theme but ended up doing something completely different. Mine didn't have that lovely white picket fence which in some weird way gives the image a lift. Prefer the close crop in #1 - all those verticals and horizontals sends the eye every which way.
 
I prefer the full building shot here Jon.
The whole place looks lethal! (I'm sure it's not).
On another note, I bet it'll look grand when it's done.
 
Danger - I like the second one more but can see why you chose the first for the theme
 
Danger - I like both but the first one is my favourite as it leaves you wanting to see more. Loving the fact that there is a sign saying keep the gate closed at all times but its open.
 
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