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Hi Vicky - you have been busy catching up, well done!
Win - I like your use of DOF on this, I'm not sure if it would look better having the point of the pencil in the shot as well!
Mineral - another well lit picture, in this one though I think I would like to see more of it in focus but that might not be possible!!
Thanks Sarah I think I agree with you about the pencil and I definitely agree about the focus - it wasn't possible to get more in focus without more light available and I don't have any flashes. I had it on a cushion under the hob/extractor light with a bright camping light on the go next to it and all the kitchen lights on - I didn't have any more to bring!!
Hi Vicky
very well lit with no blown bits , you've added your own crit re the clarity so just a from me....Imagine how good that would look if it were a real diamond !
Given that it's the size of a (man's) fist... I should be so lucky!!
It certainly works Vicky, can't add anything other than what you mentioned yourself.
Thanks very much Michael!
What can I say Vicky. From flight on, they're all perfect, nearly. I say nearly, because I'm not so keen on contrast; lovely cat, on theme, and well captured with good eye contact, but I just think its a shame the PP has been necessary to get contrast, as it's spoiled an otherwise nice shot for me
Letter I love BIG time!
Again your personal style is coming through, which is very very nice to see
Blimey. Such flattery - I'm blushing. Thank you! Contrast isn't my favourite shot either, but I couldn't find a willing model for what I wanted to do, so had to settle for the willing model I had.
Win Nice use of a shallow DoF. I thinking that losing the table at the top right hand corner would improve things.
Mineral I like this a lot. For me it just needs the background tidying up a little and it would be spot on.
I hadn't noticed that the background needed tidying - thanks for spotting it. I'll go back and sort it at some point... when I'm caught up!
Hi Vicky
Letter - Now that is great, agree with you about the focal point and think a wider shot may not be as striking, love the dof and tones
Win - Great Idea, now that's a great score, somebody have a few extra letters again like your choice of depth of field and the focal point on the winning score
Mineral - Nice lighting and good dark background
Dark - Not sure what it is, but like the image
Somebody got a word spanning two triple word scores Thanks!
Hi, Vicky, catch up time
Flight: like it. Great contrast and moody sky.
Temperature: well composed and I like the lighting and even the shadow off the pill. I'd like to see a tad more contrast on the pill.
Straight: nice industrial feel. The thing next to the level looks a tad hot.
Contrast: plenty of overall contrast and very cute cat. I'd like to see Marie stand out a bit more, especially around the head, back and belly.
Letter: Now this I like great vignetting, muted colours, sharp where needed.
Win: on theme. is 203 the winner, as it's circled?
Mineral: nice black BG. Hard to tell how big it is, could be tiny or fist size. Nice contrast; would like to see the bottom in focus.
Dark: like it. It's the kind of photography I'd like to do more. Great negative space and the shadow from the poll is great...go on, what is it?
Cheers
The pill was soooo hard to get contrast-y. What's there was mostly added in PP. I agree it needs a little more, but couldn't get it without it looking fake.
203 is definitely not the winner - not sure why my scorekeeping husband circled it to be honest, but once it was there, it couldn't be removed.
Lovely dark shot fades nicely into the darkness is it the roof?
Dark is... some corrugated somethingorother. It's on the high part of the wall on the other side of the tube track, above all the ads, on the Waterloo end of the Waterloo and City line. There looks to be some kind of platform up there and there's something light it up, and every day I look up and think, "ooh, that's contrast-y". Then contrast came up and I had a different idea so let this one go, then couldn't get it in time, so was very happy when dark came up! I've stuck an outtake on Flickr so you can see a bit more of the context.
Outtake