Well you have been busy this week!
1 - Really like the lighting & mood of this one. Works great with the black background and the fallen petals at the bottom add to it.
2 - "Hard" was a few weeks ago, this is late!
Good job capturing it without a lot of reflection.
3 - Chequered flag was my original idea, before I got onto the roadsign. I couldn't figure out where to get a good one in a week, but lucky you had an old one sitting around you could "finish" off!
4 - Original idea, and great capture. I've tried candles before and they turned out absolute rubbish. You've made me think about trying it again some time, see if I can do better now I'm more experienced.
Enjoy your might out - have lots of fun, and even more wine!
(apparently in a pint glass)
Hiya Ray,
Thanks for the indepth comments, all much appreciated.
I was in two minds at first about the petals but decided to leave them in as they seemed to emphasise the end of the flowers life.
about the 'hard' .... and indeed it was a hard job getting a photo without reflection, not to mention that I had to get the picture straight on the wall and the camera on tripod level. Lighting was the tricky bit ... eventually I put the light on in my display cabinet which is very soft and a distance from the picture .... otherwise it was pretty much dark so the shutter stayed open for quite some time.
After remembering about the Prescott pic, I am going to keep most pics (well at least the ones I think I could do something with even if they are not the best).
I have taken a few candle photos before and tried various camera settings, but somehow find that selecting 'BULB' and F8 or F11 seems to work best, but then again it is a matter of trying different options.
I am struggling to come up with one idea, and you post four.
Lighting is good on the roses. A great feel to shot.
Love the jigsaw. A good shot of a good picture.
Not sure about the Prescott Hill Climb shot. I prefer the before shot.
Excellent candle photo. I must have a go at this.
Hiya Ian,
Thanks for the comments
Lighting on the rose was again a bit tricky as I couldn't use harsh light as it just made the flowers look over exposed. If I remember correct, for this shot I finally resorted to opening the lounge door to let some light from the hallway filter through and .... I also used candle light (hence why I also posted the candle shot).
I am very pleased with the jigsaw shot too, especially as it was probably the most difficult of the 4 to shoot.
I wan't sure at all about posting the Prescott pic, but as it took some time to think about what I could do with it and the processing I had to add it.
Candles are actually great to photograph .... and actually make a great lighting source too for lighting a subject .... it adds a soft warm light to an image. Something I will be using again in the future.
Love the roses shot
but ( & I hate nitpicking on your photo's ) I'm not sure if the fallen petals add or detract from the shot especially the little bit of one just creeping in above the bottom border ? The lighting on the 2nd rose in seems brighter than the rest . But I love the centre rose , just seems to stand out more .
Really impressed with the jigsaw , looks a real labour of love & appears to have travelled really well .Beautiful
Keep going back to look at the Prescott Hill shot.....prefer the original though . Were you going for a postcard sort of effect on the 2nd one ?
Never tried to take a shot of a candle/flame but can see me doing just that this weekend ! Very dark & moody yet calming at the same time
Hope you enjoyed your night out & are ready for week 10....what torture awaits this time
Hiya Lynne,
Thanks for the critique and comments .... always appreciated.
As I said above, at first I wasn't sure about the fallen petals ... but decided to leave them in. Take your point about the bit of petal peeking above the frame, perhaps I should have cloned that one. I've explained above about the lighting of the roses, so perhaps a combination of the light from the hall (lighting the right flowers) being of different strength to candle light on the left is what has caused this. The centre rose is the one I used for my 'Open' week.
BTW it took a week of evenings to build the jigsaw, and indeed it has travelled well. I've never seen another like it .... I should see if I can find it online .... I think it was either a Panarama or Ravensburg (memory fails me now)
For the Prescott pic, yes I was trying to create a sort of postcard effect, but also create an image that kind of looked like it was one of those European road races that go for miles and miles .... hence the sort of post mark with the wrinkle line to give the impression of the distance travelled and then also added the faded 83 to try to give a sort of race number feel.
Candles are great both for lighting as as subject .... I'm sure you will have fun photographing them. Good luck
Night out was fantastic thanks, it's been a while since I went out so was nice change.
4 nice ones, but really drawn to the tones, textures and contrasts in #1. Almost has a 3D effect going on.
Cheers and stop it....
Hiya Andy
Thanks for the comments, like your idea about the 3D effect of #1.
What do you mean by 'stop it'
Love the flower picture. The colours are amazing.
I LOVE the Finished Flowers. So pretty and simple.
Thanks for the comments Dubcat and Jackie
Yours is the thread I always look for Dawn, and again not dissapointed. My fave being the jigsaw, dont know why but it just appeals to me. Like the colours and the effect in the flowers shot, was there much PP done on that shot?
Hiya Matt,
Awww thanks for the comments, glad you look out for my thread, that means a lot to me
I think the jigsaw is my fav too, although I like all of them. But that one especially as it looks just like the one hanging on the wall (and believe me it wasn't easy getting to that result).
As for the flowers shot, there wasn't too much pp'ing appart from a bit of a sharpen and I increased the shadow slider to get the background darker (especially where there was a bit of light) then there was a bit of cloning of the stray spot here and there.
Thanks everyone for your valuable comments and feedback, it is all very encouraging.
Now to wait for week 10 .... and for me to catch up on yours and other 52'ers threads.
Cheers
Dawn