The TP 52 - 2025 Cuthbert's 52 for 2025

A good start and nice use of the gradiated background vs the subject :)
Nicely

Could I ask that you put the week and title (and tech is appropriate) on the main thread too going forward, as that makes it easier to keep the records up to date (not a problem on week 1, but later on with different weeks being interspersed it really helps).
 
Ah sorry about that, done!
 
Nice shot, I like the concept and the execution.
 
Love the background effect you've achieved there.
 
I like that.

My only (hopefully constructive) critique would be that it feels odd to have if off-centre in a shot like this. I think I'd have either made it more off-centre and put it on a third or angled it.

But probably I'd have cropped it so it was bang-on in the middle.
 
Hello Kell, thank you, yes, it did annoy me I didn't get it dead centre, despite lining up the middle of the fork handle with the centre focus point... now the reason is the space i did my photo in was very tight so I was literally laying with my face on the carpet with a soft box behind me to get the shot and I didn't quite get it lined up. But, I didn't want to crop it because I didn't want to alter the size as that was exactly what I wanted, so really, what I needed to do is move the canvas and content fill the gap to balance the composition, which I have gone back and done.
 

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Adamcski said:
Your chosen image is fantastic.
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ncf15 said:
Agree nice composition and looks cold
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Thank you! We’ve been spoilt here in east anglia - a beautiful frost covering every surface- everywhere i pointed the camera it turned ordinary scenery you wouldn’t even look twice at into something quite magical. I walked 8 miles snapping away today, had to make the most of it!
 
A good set, but I really love your chosen shot. Great composition!

Shame about the drain brush, but there was nothing you could do about that.
 
A nice selection for cold :)
 
Boots said:
Shame about the drain brush, but there was nothing you could do about that.
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You know, just a couple of years ago I wouldn't have even taken that pic.

Something happened in my own photographer journey that really hit me. It was actually my daughters leaving presentation at primary school - the school asked for 10 pics of her growing up. I sent in my 10 favourite pics. They were all ones that I was proud of - exactly what I intended to create at the time I took them - you could describe them as '"perfect" within my own framework of evaluation - and technically - they were better than every other photo in the presentation sent in by the other parents (which were all mobile phone pics, blurry, wonky, smudges on the lens, background full dirty washing etc) - but none of mine got a single ooo, ahh or laugh. Their photos, captured real moments in time, with all their imperfections. And it made think - why am I doing this? Am I trying to create a million images that are perfect within some measurement? and if so, why?

There is a place for both of these streams, of course - real moments, flawed, and those manufactured with a kind of intent to create perfection.

I looked a photographs by Martin Parr and also other street photographers photographing messy scenes near bins and I just didn't get it.

And then, I did.

I am at peace with imperfection, I seek it out. I hope that one day I can master the craft of capturing imperfection, perfectly. I'm really looking forward to getting out of my comfort zone with this challenge - and gaining inspiration from all the other contributions.
 
The food shot is so striking - amazing effect!!

All your cold shots are beautiful and the boat is really stunning - I love the angle, the light and i think the utilitarian bits onbaord are a great contrast to the beauty of the rest of the shot
 
The boat just made me shiver!

You’re so right about not every picture needing to be perfect, but every picture has to capture the moment.
 
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Love your chosen shot - great composition and it looks stupidly cold!
 
Great shots Mark, I really like the one you've chosen but the "lone pine" shot really caught my eye as well.

Love the compositions of all the shots
 
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