LC2's Many Many Fine Shoehorns in 2017 :Week 52 - Weather ** COMPLETED **
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Good start to your 52.
Hadn't realised I didn't comment on week0 - when looking through the photo only thread it was one of my favourites for the week, really liked the processing on it as well.
week 1 - I'll go with the minority, I prefer the processed one. The original one feels a bit flat and the left hand side feels to dark.
Hadn't realised I didn't comment on week0 - when looking through the photo only thread it was one of my favourites for the week, really liked the processing on it as well.
week 1 - I'll go with the minority, I prefer the processed one. The original one feels a bit flat and the left hand side feels to dark.
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Well... with the grain for me too, prefer the original, thinking its because of the stronger blacks, although the edit is nice it looks a tad washed out, whereas the original has better contrast for me
The background was the only black I could lay my hands on, but you're right, it's not the best.I like the layout you have used but the processing is a little OTT
so the pre jazz age one for me
A different layout may have been easier to photo / crop well. It is slightly close on the left, a result of having to crop for perspective.
I'm getting a "be more careful with your cropping" vibe coming through
Nope, I didn't try side by side, I wanted to go for the fan effect as I felt that side by side would be a bit normal.
I didn't struggle with hihghlights, but the lighting is only ceiling LEDs, so not too bright.
Not in this weather (especially as the lighting in my garage has failed).
Cheers, I really liked week 0 too.
And also cheers for helping to grow the minority that prefer #1. I agree, the original shot is a bit flat.
No one seems to have noticed the mistake I made when composing the image.
Somehow I managed to flip the 10mm spanner up side down.
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I don't mind the processed/edited one although I think it looks better as a B&W.
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Neither were quite B&W, but close enough that it would be hard to tell there was colour left in them.I don't mind the processed/edited one although I think it looks better as a B&W.
Haha, You've looked at it for too long (which is probably what I did)
Blimey, I didn't think there was much more hacking at the processed file I could do within the bounds of taste. Feel free to have a go at processing it so I can see what you meanI like PP but in this case i think the blacks and whites could be stronger to give more punch to image, seems to flat, the unprocessed works well.
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Week 02 - Comfort
These week's picassa pre-set of choice was "lomo-ish", but toned down a fair bit from the default.
So yes, the processing has warmed the colour a little, but that is intentional.
TP 52 for 2017 - Week 02 : Comfort by Tim White, on Flickr
These week's picassa pre-set of choice was "lomo-ish", but toned down a fair bit from the default.
So yes, the processing has warmed the colour a little, but that is intentional.
TP 52 for 2017 - Week 02 : Comfort by Tim White, on Flickr
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I like the way the meerkat matches the yellow of the bedlinen ..... Comfortable or a Comforter? Excellent choice, well composed and colour looks good.
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Yes Chris, the paw was deliberate.
A number of times
I did think afterwards, when zoomed into 100%, that perhaps he could have done with being hoovered firstLooks like you have some kind of infestation
he certainly looks comfortable if in fact a toy can be
Yes Carl, the colour matching works nicely doesn't it.
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Thanks Dave.Good clear comfortable shot, nice colours and lighting
Ta Mark. I was quite pleased with the colour matching.
I think we've got 4 of the little beggers hanging around (and the could all probably do with a hoover).I was thinking infestation of meerkats, but now you mention it
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Week 03 : Hairy
Tenuous Moi? Surely not.
I give you "A Hairy Horizon"
Temptation to apply more dodgy filters dodged...
The OOC shot was a tad darker than this, so I've brought the exposure up a little, darkened the shadows back down to take the house back to a silhouette and then applied a little bit of graduated tint to restore some blues to the sky.
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Tenuous Moi? Surely not.
I give you "A Hairy Horizon"
Temptation to apply more dodgy filters dodged...
The OOC shot was a tad darker than this, so I've brought the exposure up a little, darkened the shadows back down to take the house back to a silhouette and then applied a little bit of graduated tint to restore some blues to the sky.
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Certainly Hoary if not Hairy. Beautiful image with the aerial and chimney pot silhouetted and the brickwork and roof edge just discernable in the subtle light. Good one Tim.
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I've been away, so catching up... your meerkat - love it - the colours, the smile on his face, the paw He looks very comfortable.
Hairy Horizon made me smile too. I was considering feathers for my pic and thought, 'no they're not hairy enough'! Now I'm starting to understand this game You've got the sun nicely settled in the dip between the building and the hair, I mean bushes. Amazing colours for SOOC.
He looks very comfortable. Hairy Horizon made me smile too. I was considering feathers for my pic and thought, 'no they're not hairy enough'! Now I'm starting to understand this game
You've got the sun nicely settled in the dip between the building and the hair, I mean bushes. Amazing colours for SOOC.
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Ooh, that. certainly looks like Comfort to me, and well composed too Tim.
Hairy sunset, hmmm, love the shot and how you've managed to control the exposure but I'm worried you might be ill as I haven't seen a train for a while
Hairy sunset, hmmm, love the shot and how you've managed to control the exposure but I'm worried you might be ill as I haven't seen a train for a while
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Thanks Carl. It was the silhouetting of the roof line that did it for me.
Oh, I haven't started shoe-horning in yet, just you waitI've been away, so catching up... your meerkat - love it - the colours, the smile on his face, the paw
Hairy Horizon made me smile too. I was considering feathers for my pic and thought, 'no they're not hairy enough'! Now I'm starting to understand this game
I know, I've not managed anything with any railway since week 0.Ooh, that. certainly looks like Comfort to me, and well composed too Tim.
Hairy sunset, hmmm, love the shot and how you've managed to control the exposure but I'm worried you might be ill as I haven't seen a train for a while
Don't worry, I'm going to a winter gala next Friday, so I'm bound to take something I can shoe horn in
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Next week boss, next weekHairy, nicely shoehorned Tim, and not a train in sight
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He does look comfortable, maybe trying to light is as if the curtains are just opened a crack so a thin slither of light is cast across.
Good twist on the theme, the lighter cloud top left seems a little out of place compared to the rest of the sky, I think the trees need to be a little sharper though.
Good twist on the theme, the lighter cloud top left seems a little out of place compared to the rest of the sky, I think the trees need to be a little sharper though.
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Aweeee Comfort, how sweet is that nicely laid out Tim, liking the angle and DoF too, focus is spot on
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Hairy, nicely shoehorned Tim, and not a train in sight
I thought that too !
Its nice shot tho, I love the way backlighting gives such definition to the forground.
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I'd managed 3 weeks without a shoehorn, which was a bit poor (4 weeks without a train too, which was ruining my reputation).
Cheers.Love the shoehorn and nice silhouettes
I had deliberately waited until the sun wasn't coming in through the windows to give the shot an even lighting. Most (bright) days we do get that vicious shard of light attacking our eyes.He does look comfortable, maybe trying to light is as if the curtains are just opened a crack so a thin slither of light is cast across.
Good twist on the theme, the lighter cloud top left seems a little out of place compared to the rest of the sky, I think the trees need to be a little sharper though.
You're right about the cloud top left. I wondered what comments I would get so left it there. To me it reverses the impression you get of the sky. It was actually one of the few clouds in the sky, the rest was clear, but it gives the opposite impression.
Ah, but the objective of the shot was to silhouette the hairy horizon (oh and it was a sunrise).Comfort, yes I like that very much. +1
Thanks Isabelle. The trees and chimney were the intended subject
Ta DK. I did work on the angle quite a bit, adjusting the height of the tripod until I got what I wanted.Aweeee Comfort, how sweet is that nicely laid out Tim, liking the angle and DoF too, focus is spot on
I've bought far too much from compare the meerkat tooThe meerkat is great fun Tim..we've definitely got an infestation of those toys in our house
Glad you appreciate the shoehorn
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Indeed. It wouldn't have worked with the sun coming from the other direction.
Glad it's winter time and I didn't have tp get up too early to get the shot.
Shoehorn? Where?
It's a real shame that Picassa has been discontinued, it does have some nice effects that are easy to apply.Hi Tim
Comfort ... I use Picasa and used to use the Lomo-ish tool quite a bit ... it work well here I think, nice & subtle. Plain white bedclothes are more to my liking.
Hairy ... can't you see any trainlines from your bedroom window?
Mind you, maybe CC has similar pre-sets (CS2 maybe less so)
And no, I can't see any railways from my bedroom window
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Week 04 - Smooth
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TP 52 for 2017 - Week 04 : Smooth by Tim White, on Flickr
This was a banker shot, taken mid afternoon as I was intending to get some long exposure night time shots on a tripod.
This was only just over 1/2 a second to smooth out the steam/exhaust, using a post to stabilise the shot! Hence my available angles were, er... "restricted".
Unfortunately by the time darkness had fallen, it was a *little* on the damp side and I didn't fancy a trudge through the mud to the shed (there were no locos anywhere near any suitable lighting at the station).
Still, I don't think it came out to bad. A little lomo effect added to 'date' the image and this could almost be cheap 124 colour film from my old brownie.
This was an earlier edit
BR Standard 9F 92214 by Tim White, on Flickr
I wanted to keep the signal in, but it really unbalanced the image and the sky is just nasty - You do get a better 'smoothing' of the exhaust though.
By popular demand...
TP 52 for 2017 - Week 04 : Smooth by Tim White, on Flickr
This was a banker shot, taken mid afternoon as I was intending to get some long exposure night time shots on a tripod.
This was only just over 1/2 a second to smooth out the steam/exhaust, using a post to stabilise the shot! Hence my available angles were, er... "restricted".
Unfortunately by the time darkness had fallen, it was a *little* on the damp side and I didn't fancy a trudge through the mud to the shed (there were no locos anywhere near any suitable lighting at the station).
Still, I don't think it came out to bad. A little lomo effect added to 'date' the image and this could almost be cheap 124 colour film from my old brownie.
This was an earlier edit
BR Standard 9F 92214 by Tim White, on Flickr
I wanted to keep the signal in, but it really unbalanced the image and the sky is just nasty - You do get a better 'smoothing' of the exhaust though.
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Hi Tim. As you say, the Smoothing effect is more noticeable in the earlier edit and the white of the exhaust is good too. I sort of se what you mean about the balance and sky but neither detracts from the image and so on balance, the earlier edit is my preferred version of the two.
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