Hi Nathan.
Support: Brilliant interpretation (although dare I say ... personal experience puts the title of IT Support under serious scrutiny ha ha). #2 with the reduced clutter makes a nice image but #1 with it's busy background is I think more appropriate to your interpretation - dare I say, typical workspace in an IT function. Selective colour seems to suit #2 better .... imo. Both good.
Hi Nathan,
Tear: I really like this. The grain gives it grit and emotion and the focal point of the eyelashes links to the mascara in the tear. Good stuff
Words: Strong words indeed! Interesting cloudscape too. Nice composition but the colours seem a bit muted to me but it could be my screen settings.
Support: I prefer the first one too. All the screens help with the support theme. The selective colour isn't my bag though - sorry.
Hi, Tear, like this one. Nice and close and I don't mind the processing.
Words, brings back memories of my time in the Army and training on the Plains
Support, TP at work, sheesh On theme and I like the subtle selective colour.
Cheers.
... wouldn't have known it was SC had it not been mentioned ... #2 says it all.
Great images for support! I prefer the second one but the first is composed well that it just says support. The reason I like the second more is because of how arty it looks.
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Animal - Oh my goodness, what a pleasing image this is, cracking detail an unusual background but works well thrown so much oof, but this little chap is in such a great position - love it
Medical - Crop is a bit tight to the glass top for me, other than that a nice image, good focus on the tablet and liking the B&W conversion
Proverb - Works well, nice bright simmering embers, liking the composition too
Pale - Ahhhh just what I was looking for when I was out and about, love the touch of the dripping rag hanging out and the low pov, the background is real nice also
Tear - Crop again is a tad tight for me but the detail still works despite the noisy image
Words - Scary words in a nice peaceful looking place, the pale tones works well for me too, it wouldn't be the same bright and punchy
Support - Good idea again, I'm preferring the first image, both work really well but for me the screens showing just a tad more detail really help with the theme, as does the more inclusive headset/mic
Hi Nathan
Sorry I haven't been to your thread for a while So here's the catch up!
Broken.... Ah Calne High St! I know it cos my brother lives there and my mother is in an old peoples home there we visit every other weekend.
Nice shot, think the B&W treatment works well, like the highlights in the tiles over the face and the B&W helps to mute the BG.
Entertain .... Saw Queen a couple of times Freddie certainly knew how to work the crowd! Nice use of DOF here and some nice bokeh behind works very well
Spiral... Very nice shot well set up, it's not cheating it's planning very well shot and original. Nice colour and you managed to get the aircraft pulling out at the bottom. Nice work! We saw the Vulcan at Fairford sad this it's last year in flight, thought it was money problems but it's not it's the aerospace industry pulling there support miserable gits!
Silhouette ..... Your silhouette is as dodgy as mine Nice shot though! Bags of atmosphere and mood. Great lighting. But have to agree about the mike stand. It is fairly easy to get rid of however using a combination of cloning tool and the fill tool (edit>fill>content aware in Photoshop). The big mistake most people make with cloning is they try to do too much. The secret is to zoom right in until just before the image starts to pixelate, come out just a tad then do a very small area at a time. Good cloning is time consuming as you have to do such small areas at a time!
Animal ... Nice little sit up and beg wasp, really nice and sharp and nice colour the only enhancement as Andy said would be a nice clean BG. Well spotted and nice of him to turn up in time for the theme
Medical ... Not nice hay fever. Good use of DOF looks like focus is on the glass / tablet, think the B&W works well here.
Proverb ... Love the hot embers that's really nice shot, great colour and texture can almost feel the heat, works well
Be back to catch up with the rest shortly! Well Done nice work!
Hi Nathan
Tear is just perfect for me, great compostion and the b&w really works here
Words - another really good compostion and well spotted
Support - I like both of these, the first for its busyness and the second for its simplicity
Well done for catching up too, I know how difficult it is
Well, nice to know there's a proper Christian amongst us.
Ok I'm a sucker for the bokeh effect in the back ground. I really like this
Hi Nathan, Simple, effective, and of course a perfect choice for the theme, the rain on the patio door makes the ideal back drop, I like the personal link .... It makes it more than just a photo
Hi Nathan
Now that is very effective, nice idea with the wet glass behind, adds some real good depth to the image, nicely lit too
Very nicely done.
Nicely done Nathan. A clean & sharp image against a beautiful backdrop.
Fashion, Yeah I think you can get away with that, its not as though its a Panda up a tree or anything silly like thata bit a of a shoehorn I'm afraid
Hi Nathan
Religion, love the backdrop of this very effective portrayal, it really sets it off.
Fashion, not really a fan of selective colouring but this works really well
Love the Chilled shot, great DOF and the condensation really pops out at you reinforcing the theme
Special - I assume you mean the first wedding your were photographer rather than you are planning to get married again at some time in the future
She looks really special in the first shot and like she has 'special needs' in the second
Nice catch up
Beautiful and a sense of humour ...very Special.
Special indeed. A very attractive lady.
It's #2 for me, great sense of humour and what's more that's the face Isabelle pulls when she's had enough of being a model
Cheers.
Ha! Made me laugh. Thank you for sharing.
Special, I'm sure. I hope you got permission to post that #2 on the net.