weekly Hertsmans 52 for 2017 Rustic,Festive, weather added-and DONE !

:agree:, very good and very minimal, got to be a serious contender for photo of the week I think.

BTW the link from the main Photos thread isn't working
 
Great minimalist(ic) photo, very well exposed, and very well composed. A winner.
 
Allan.H said:
Hard to do white on white but you have done a really good job the teacup is still defined against the BG with some nice shadow, very good indeed
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:agree: ... and Allan's our white on white expert. Good work Mark. (y)

BTW your link on the main thread is not working for me.
 
Allan.H said:
Hard to do white on white but you have done a really good job the teacup is still defined against the BG with some nice shadow, very good indeed
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Thank you Allan

sirch said:
:agree:, very good and very minimal, got to be a serious contender for photo of the week I think.

BTW the link from the main Photos thread isn't working
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Cheers Chris, thats praise indeed....

Dave70D said:
Not to easy to do white on white but you have done a damn good job Mark, like that you over exposed the shot too and like the faint shadow from the cup :)
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Emja said:
Superb shot Mark...can't fault it :clap:
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Leebert said:
I echo others comments. Cracking shot and perfect fit to the theme. Excellent :clap:
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rpn said:
What other said, that just captured the essence of the theme and still managed the separate the subject from the background. :clap:
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brrnd said:
Great minimalist(ic) photo, very well exposed, and very well composed. A winner.
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d00d said:
:agree: ... and Allan's our white on white expert. Good work Mark. (y)

BTW your link on the main thread is not working for me.
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Guys, Im really pleased you liked the shot, and thank you for the input - its always nice to get positive crits.
This shot came together so fast (think 8 frames and ten minutes in LR) Im almost gobsmacked at the amounnt of love its recieved.....
I guess on occasion the idea is strong enough and it all comes togther.
For the record, Ive never done anyhting high key like this before either....
 
Which brings us onto this weeks theme of Progress.....
Busy life as ever and complete lack of ideas leads me to post this, its a bit of a PABD, but I think its on theme....
Just couldnt come up with anything else and I hate the feeling of falling behind......

Progress by Mark P, on Flickr
 
Its a difficult theme, but that works well I like that they are in a heap rather than in any order
 
Been a bit slow on the feedback lately :(

Minimalist - A great shot with just the right amount of light and shadow.

Progress - I think most of us have a pile like that somewhere!
 
Wow, you've kept a lot of your old mobile phones... Works well in a heap, and some interesting models there. Good DoF, but I wonder if you should have cropped it differently to keep all your phones in the frame.
 
... like the Evolve theme ... works well. There are different ways of setting this up and/or cropping ... just scrolling down the page, I quite like losing a little off the top, mostly tabletop, just clipping the corner of the two BlackBerrys. Hmmmm ... o_O
 
I like the heap. Like Andy I may have gone for shallow DoF with focus on the newest, but that's just subjective.
I bit of feedback though. The crop right up against the Nokia on the left is a bit too tight, it looks accidental.
 
Allan.H said:
Its a difficult theme, but that works well I like that they are in a heap rather than in any order
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Dave70D said:
Progress of mobile phones in a heap, on theme I think so on to next weeks :)
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KernowChris said:
Been a bit slow on the feedback lately :(

Minimalist - A great shot with just the right amount of light and shadow.

Progress - I think most of us have a pile like that somewhere!
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brrnd said:
Wow, you've kept a lot of your old mobile phones... Works well in a heap, and some interesting models there. Good DoF, but I wonder if you should have cropped it differently to keep all your phones in the frame.
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posiview said:
Yeah, on theme. I'd prefer them in a line, maybe a shallow dof focusing on the latest version. Maybe that's a little cliche.

Cheers.
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d00d said:
... like the Evolve theme ... works well. There are different ways of setting this up and/or cropping ... just scrolling down the page, I quite like losing a little off the top, mostly tabletop, just clipping the corner of the two BlackBerrys. Hmmmm ... o_O
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LC2 said:
I like the heap. Like Andy I may have gone for shallow DoF with focus on the newest, but that's just subjective.
I bit of feedback though. The crop right up against the Nokia on the left is a bit too tight, it looks accidental.
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Thanks all, been very remiss on the commenting of late, hope to improve !
 
So, we move on to Pleasure and Tiny....

Ive been watching Drag racing since I was 18, which means Ive been going for best part of 35 odd years (!)
One thing that I really admire, and get great pleasure from, is watching the Superstreet bike class.
Current bikes are north of 600 horsepower now, all running very technical turbo and clutch set ups. The best have run down to just under 6 seconds at 220 mph over the quarter mile - on a treaded street legal tyre -no slicks or wheelie bars.

Tuning skills, riding skills and much bravery make the class one of the most interesting in UK drag racing for me.

Heres on of the top UK riders showing what happens when you get the clutch slip vs turbo boost mapping out of sync....

Summer Nats-3 by Mark P, on Flickr

....And I think these little screws certainly class as TINY. They are sitting on a pound coin to try and give some scale....
My other half is a jeweller, so I said I need the smallest screws she had......Could barley see them !

Tiny by Mark P, on Flickr
 
I don't mind the severed feet so much as they are OOF, but composition wise a letterbox crop would work better in my opinion. But very nice panning and cool bike!
Tiny is bang on theme, I like the pound coin you put in for scale.
 
:agree: .... awesome bike shot but may as well crop the top.

Plus great detail in the £ coin to give scale. They do say 3 is the magic number ... so would be nice if the other 3 cropped screws were removed. o_O
 
Dave70D said:
Loving your pleasure shot Mark, that is some cool bike and pulling a wheelie too, my only grip would be maybe do a letterbox crop to get rid of the walkers feet. Tiny, another nice shot showing how tiny the little screws are while on a pound :)
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brrnd said:
I don't mind the severed feet so much as they are OOF, but composition wise a letterbox crop would work better in my opinion. But very nice panning and cool bike!
Tiny is bang on theme, I like the pound coin you put in for scale.
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d00d said:
:agree: .... awesome bike shot but may as well crop the top.

Plus great detail in the £ coin to give scale. They do say 3 is the magic number ... so would be nice if the other 3 cropped screws were removed. o_O
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rpn said:
Love the Pleasure shot being a biker myself. I would crop out the feet at the top and the guy standing far left. Do you part-take?

That captures the essence of the theme and still manage to achieve spot-on focus nd sharpness.
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Just got back after a week away in "Sunny" Devon (not)...

Anyways, as I rushed the two previous themes, have an edit of each....

tweek by Mark P, on Flickr

tweek-2 by Mark P, on Flickr
 
@rpn Meant to say - No, I dont race any more...I did for a couple of years with a GSX1100 and then a Katana.....
 
Hi Mark, bit late to the party here but was thinking the same as everyone else lol. The new crops are great. Good panning skills with the bike and I like how you used the coin to give scale to those very tiny screws :D
 
Well light and nice and sharp. You have emphasised the name on the dial but I might have tried to get the hands in focus, may be at a different time, ten-to-two perhaps?
 
Hi Mark,

Pleasure - Sub 6 second quarters! That's 7 seconds faster than I got my ypvs down the strip.
You've caught the motion very well, it must have been shifting to produce any motion blur at 1/500th

Tiny - Well, they are that. Nicely captured macro, that is some serioud magnification.

Face - I agree with Dave, regarding the DoF and you choice of focus point.
 
Hey Mark :)

Progress - now I actually like them in the pile, good to see a few ole Nokia's in your collection, I like that as an image for the theme :)

Pleasure - Bikes, not my cup of tea at all, but I can appreciate the difficulty in a capture like that so well done :thumbs

Tiny - DAMN they are small screws, and a good idea to show them off on a coin giving a great sense of scale indeed !!!

Face - Now this is my fav shot of yours love the angle colours and depth of field, focus is spot on the name and logo too so cant ask for more, a great catalogue image indeed :clap:
 
Face
Good choice, as others have said, nice and sharp and a nice dof.
 
Pleasure & Tiny ... both much improved with the crops.(y)

Nice watch Face, nice focus job. (y)
 
Dave70D said:
Like the face shot of this very nice Longines Watch Mark, very nice dof with the main focus on the name plus a good BG :)
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Thanks Dave

sirch said:
Well light and nice and sharp. You have emphasised the name on the dial but I might have tried to get the hands in focus, may be at a different time, ten-to-two perhaps?
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I did toy with the idea, but wanted the image to about the name above all esle, so didnt bother in the end.

LC2 said:
Hi Mark,

Pleasure - Sub 6 second quarters! That's 7 seconds faster than I got my ypvs down the strip.
You've caught the motion very well, it must have been shifting to produce any motion blur at 1/500th

Tiny - Well, they are that. Nicely captured macro, that is some serioud magnification.

Face - I agree with Dave, regarding the DoF and you choice of focus point.
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Thanks Tim

Dark Knight said:
Hey Mark :)

Progress - now I actually like them in the pile, good to see a few ole Nokia's in your collection, I like that as an image for the theme :)

Pleasure - Bikes, not my cup of tea at all, but I can appreciate the difficulty in a capture like that so well done :thumbs

Tiny - DAMN they are small screws, and a good idea to show them off on a coin giving a great sense of scale indeed !!!

Face - Now this is my fav shot of yours love the angle colours and depth of field, focus is spot on the name and logo too so cant ask for more, a great catalogue image indeed :clap:
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Cheers Dean, it is one of my favourites too.

Nostromo said:
Face
Good choice, as others have said, nice and sharp and a nice dof.
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Thanks

d00d said:
Pleasure & Tiny ... both much improved with the crops.(y)

Nice watch Face, nice focus job. (y)
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Glad you like D....
 
So, a small catch up after some delays....

Agriculture didnt look as good as it did in my head, but times pressing, so I think both these are a bit more PABD than I would prefer.
Gracefulls a shoehorn really, but I couldnt come up with anything that I liked.....

Agriculture

Agriculture by Mark P, on Flickr


Gracefull little hunter....

Gracefull by Mark P, on Flickr
 
Agriculture bang on theme Mark; colours all seem a bit muted or a lack of contrast though.
Great capture of the weasel. Beautiful creature and graceful in a deadly sort of way.:cool:
 
Agriculture is a good idea but not really sure it works as it stands, but I really don't know what you could do, sorry
 
I think agriculture work quite well really. Lighting wise it looks a bit flat, but i like the concept. Not everything has to be tractors and combines :)
 
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