weekly 52 in 2013: Brian of Bozeat : COMPLETE

Harlequin565 said:
I do like this shot Brian but I think the "angle" of your POV may be improved by getting a bit lower down and perhaps closer to those fallen trunks. They don't create quite enough of a strong foreground interest for me.

The sun peeking through the trees and the colours in the sky are lovely though. It looks like a wonderful place to visit. We're so lucky in this country.

Ian.

P.S I see your avatar has changed :)
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Thanks, that's a good critique. I will have to get myself a gorillapod or similar next time and try some shots from a lower POV.

Did you notice it was 16x9? (y)
 
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Love that angles photo. Great photo in its own right, and the trees certainly make it on theme.
 
Hi Brian
thats a nice picture :clap: a bit off the bottom for me and wondering if it could be slightly darkened to bring the sky out a little bit, i feel there might be a bit more colour in the sky :thinking: i think a lower angle too would work. (y)
 
Hi Brian, loving the angle shot, without the forground fallen tree I'd have that hanging as a picture. Lovely colours.

Greed lol makes me smile everytime I look at it, huge Jaffa.
 
Angle...Low and wide :D, really nice warm light coming through. I'm a little on the fence about the fallen tree in the fore ground :shrug: Also as the Sun is quite small in the shot I may have been more inclined to position it behind a tree.
 
Hi Brian


Angles...loely shot....all crit has been mentioned & I agree with it but still doesn't detract from it being a lovely calming image (y)
 
Week 17 - Rustic:

This is Stevington windmill, it sits on a small ridge approximately 7 miles from my home.


week 17 - Rustic.jpg by Brian of Bozeat, on Flickr



An explanation:
I know some people frown upon anthropomorphism but In this shot I have tried to portray the windmill as a big strong machine reaching its sails "up there" stretching high into the sky to capture the wind. Proudly standing strong and tall, etc. because I believe that's how it would like to see itself... oh dear, is it me or is it dusty in here? :crying: there's something in my eye. :LOL:
Anyway that's why I chose to put it so large in the frame and why I shot it from such a low angle.

Hope you like it :D
 
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Cracking shot there Brian - love the detail in the stone and tiles. Absolutely cannot fault the POV from down low in the grass...

Just needs a little bit more on the left of the shot - I just crudely cloned across some sky and grass and it makes a difference for me. You didn't crop any off the left did you??
 
overbez said:
Cracking shot there Brian - love the detail in the stone and tiles. Absolutely cannot fault the POV from down low in the grass...

Just needs a little bit more on the left of the shot - I just crudely cloned across some sky and grass and it makes a difference for me. You didn't crop any off the left did you??
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Thanks Graham. It does work as a wider shot as well, I took several wider shots and I liked them all but this one stood out as the my favourite.
 
Great shot, Brian. I love the composition, low angle, light on the windmill building and the colour variations in the sky.
 
nice shot Brian like the low angle and the composition :clap: nice exposure the grass looks great as does the graduation of the sky (y)
 
alsjazzera said:
nice shot Brian like the low angle and the composition :clap: nice exposure the grass looks great as does the graduation of the sky (y)
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Thanks very much for the comment, it's actually a crop of some sort, but it looks like "out of scale" grass which I think adds to the unusual perspective. ;)
 
sworks said:
Love everything about this, the colours, composition and the low angle (y)
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Thank you. much appreciated.

mercurius said:
Great shot, Brian. I love the composition, low angle, light on the windmill building and the colour variations in the sky.
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Thank you too. Your comments are very gratefully received.



All this praise, I'm going to have to get a bigger hat :LOL:
 
I cant see your last few shots, it says they are currently unavailable?

Rustic: Great image! Like the low angle and the fact it fills the shot.
 
I do like Angle, maybe a little stretch to the theme, but a lovely shot. Hard to crit in any aspect, and the sun peeking through the trees really tops it off!

Rustic is currently out of bounds for me. :(
 
Rustic - good shot Brian. Well thought out. Super pov - makes the grass almost look like the beginnings of a wheat field. Like the comp, even tho square on. Interesting sky and good colour throughout

PS photo not showing for me on thread - had to click thro to flickr. No trouble but a bit unusual
 
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Quick catch up, I'm afraid :D

Well spotted Rustic there. Nice low angle and the colours in the green are great. Feels a bit tight to me.

Cheers.
 
Nice low and wide pov, great old subject with plenty of details in the stonework. As said by others a wider shot to give us all a head scratching decision to make is the only thing I can add.
 
I have looked at it for a while couldn't get my head round it but is it "close encounters of the third kind" it certainly has that feel to it and if it is a big :clap: from me
 
alsjazzera said:
I have looked at it for a while couldn't get my head round it but is it "close encounters of the third kind" it certainly has that feel to it and if it is a big :clap: from me
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Thanks Alan. and yes of course you are right it is a homage to CE3K (y)

Here's the original Iconic image.
 
Excellent take on the theme
 
Really like Rustic Brian, very nice shot.
 
Hi, Brian, Kind, well O would have never thought of that interpretation :clap:

You've done well here. Cracking glow and the low angle works well.

Crit, well none really. Maybe remove the cupboard to keep our focus on you...very minor crit.

Cheers.
 
Kind - what a great idea, Brian. Well executed and immediately obvious (to me at least) what is was.

Lovely shot for your week 8 retake too, and another clever one... dandelion clock.
 
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dunno about close encounters, also missed out on star wars too in my sheltered childhood... seeing the original shot I can see where you were thinking, certainly captured the feel of the original, did you think of re-arranging the bedroom to closer match the POV?

Loving the dandelion clock for time, worth the wait I think there, great catch of the little bits floating off, and super detail in the head itself, (y)

You;re going to be itching for week 19 now aren;t you... tap, tap, tap. :LOL:
 
Very late to the table, and I apologise for not FB before this one, this is a great take on the theme Kind :clap: (I had to look at the first Post to work it out)
 
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overbez said:
dunno about close encounters, also missed out on star wars too in my sheltered childhood... seeing the original shot I can see where you were thinking, certainly captured the feel of the original, did you think of re-arranging the bedroom to closer match the POV?

Loving the dandelion clock for time, worth the wait I think there, great catch of the little bits floating off, and super detail in the head itself, (y)

You;re going to be itching for week 19 now aren;t you... tap, tap, tap. :LOL:
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Thank you, I did think of doing it at the front door but the neighbours already think I'm nuts and 3 CTO'd flashes on the drive, pointing in my face they would have sent for the van! :LOL:

Oh yeah, week 19, n n n n n n n n n nineteen! hahaha - it was the 3 day weekend that did it - that and I saw the dandelion - I just couldn't help myself. :naughty:
 
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