LC2's Many Many (More) Fine Shoehorns in 2018 : Week 52 - Showcase [2018 Complete]

Great DoF, well separated from the background! And very interesting characters (y)
 
Manxmaid said:
I think you were too hard on yourself about your image for Abundance, Tim. Not only is there an abundance of food, but also colours, textures and different ingredients, and the hint of steam makes it look very appealing.
Heavy is an interesting scene, full of interest, and the filter seem to have the effect of making you look more deeply at each section rather than just scanning the image for the most eye-catching details.
I don't find the background distracting in your image for Wet as my eye was drawn straight to their faces and colourful costumes, then the finer details of what they are carrying and only then did I take in the rest of the scene, which I think adds interest and context (y)
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Thanks Andrea. I'm still not loving the food shot, but hey... I do like the filter for Heavy, but perhaps having all three panes sharp would have helped. An interesting place to visit in amongst all the gentrification going on in Sarf London these days. Wet could have done with the (I assume) child on shoulders not being in the shot, but very hard to get uncluttered shots at these places (and hence the use of large apertures). I do wonder what effect a faster prime would have, but then I would start losing the advantages of the smaller camera.
rpn said:
That's a very different take on the Wet theme. Image-wise it's a good focus shot. I don't mind the busy background.
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brrnd said:
Great DoF, well separated from the background! And very interesting characters (y)
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Cheers Stan & Brrnd. As per my reply to Andrea, it's the child's head that I like least. having some characters in the background does actually give it context.
Nostromo said:
Wet
I quite like it, there's good engagement with the couple.
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Yes. Doing shows like this really helps make you more comfortable with thinking about doing street too. Cosplayers much prefer it if you talk to them, they (we) enjoy getting photos taken. It gets you used to talking to people so going out and doing street becomes a less daunting idea.
 
Week 12 - Juxtaposition

A couple of days late, however I needed to find time to get to the location (and wait until it wasn't raining). Blue skies would have been better, but I don't think I was going to get that...

Here we have the bombed out remains of St Alphege's Church and as a counterpoint, the brand new St Alphege's highwalk (which links up with one of the original 1960's highwalks, Bassishaw).


TP 52 for 2018 - Week 12 : Juxtaposition by Tim White, on Flickr
 
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Two good pics for the theme the clash of the old and new work well the bridge/walkway cutting into the frame is very well placed

The air vents/submarines stand out well and a perfect spot for the theme, excellent.
 
Allan.H said:
Two good pics for the theme the clash of the old and new work well the bridge/walkway cutting into the frame is very well placed

The air vents/submarines stand out well and a perfect spot for the theme, excellent.
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Cheers Allan. I spent quite some time looking at and trying various angles for the old church and new walkway, I felt this was the strongest with the walkway coming in like that.
The air vents, well... considering how many times I've been for meetings in that building, I'm surprised I've not noticed them before. That was the best angle too (everything else was cluttered with street furniture).
 
Love the colour on OVAL - fab shot :)
 
Juxtaposition .... A juncture of contrasting architectural bits & pieces, works a treat.

Oval .... wacky red & blue (teletubbies) vents surrounded by yellow structural pipings, love it.
 
The great shots, both right on theme. The highwalk is quite rusty but I guess they went for the distressed look... is it already open? I like the composition!

I stood in front of the other red and blue submarines at the Cheesegrater / Leadenhall Building for another photography project, but I didn't make the connection to oval... Great colours and composition!
 
Wet - Nice take on the theme something a little different

Juxtaposition I really like that Tim nice use for leading lines with the walk way some great details in the stone work


Oval - A good the on the theme I love the colours of the vents? and pipes
 
Tim

Juxaposition - I like the conjtrast of the rusty walkway with the colour of the other buildings and the old and new feel to the Image. Nice and sharp and plenty of details.

Oval, I love the colours in this image. Nice contrast and sharp details. Nice.

Pete
 
Juxtaposition

Certainly not two things I thought I would see together.

Oval

Great vivid colours and I like the composing.
 
Hi Tim,

Wet - It is quite annoying when you get someones head sticking out over a shoulder but very tricky to not have that happen in that situation. I don't mind the busy bg but might have cropped it on the right just to make both characters an equal distance from the edge. Great eye contact too
Juxtaposition - Great shot. I like that you have both bridge and arch coming from opposite corners and meeting in the middle. Have to say that bridge looks like its rusted through and going to fall down though
Oval - Nice colours and comp. Nice that they are making a feature of these thing nowadays

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These are two really interesting scenes, Tim, and well composed. The church and walkway are perfect for Juxtaposition and I can imagine you spending some time picking the right angle as it doesn't look an easy scene to take photographs despite all the great details and textures. I think you've done a good job to balance it with the great lines meeting in the middle.
Likewise Oval is fascinating and colourful and I think you've included just enough either side to set the scene while making those great tubes the focal point :clap:
 
Dave70D said:
Juxta is a very nice shot even without blue skies ( which will come back in a month or so ) like the rusty looking part of the walkway.
Oval is a good colourful shot too, bang on theme plus even the 88 part is oval.
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Cheers Dave. I was quite pleased with these two.

-Oy- said:
Love the colour on OVAL - fab shot :)
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The do pop out well don't they.

d00d said:
Juxtaposition .... A juncture of contrasting architectural bits & pieces, works a treat.

Oval .... wacky red & blue (teletubbies) vents surrounded by yellow structural pipings, love it.
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Ta David, It's amazing what you can see in town if you look around isn't it.

sirch said:
Oval is a good colourful take on the theme, well seen
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Ta Chris

brrnd said:
The great shots, both right on theme. The highwalk is quite rusty but I guess they went for the distressed look... is it already open? I like the composition!

I stood in front of the other red and blue submarines at the Cheesegrater / Leadenhall Building for another photography project, but I didn't make the connection to oval... Great colours and composition!
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Yes, I assume the distressed look was intentional. It opened under a week before I took the shot. Good to know these aren't the only wacky pipes dotted around.

Downton Mini said:
Wet - Nice take on the theme something a little different

Juxtaposition I really like that Tim nice use for leading lines with the walk way some great details in the stone work


Oval - A good the on the theme I love the colours of the vents? and pipes
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Wet - You know by now that I try to be different quite often :)

seaodyssey said:
Tim

Juxaposition - I like the conjtrast of the rusty walkway with the colour of the other buildings and the old and new feel to the Image. Nice and sharp and plenty of details.

Oval, I love the colours in this image. Nice contrast and sharp details. Nice.

Pete
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Thanks Pete. Contrasting the new with the old was exactly the look I was going for in Juxtaposition and when I saw the colours of the tubes, I knew I was going to use them.

Nostromo said:
Juxtaposition

Certainly not two things I thought I would see together.

Oval

Great vivid colours and I like the composing.
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Cheers Dominic. :)

susiejb said:
Hi Tim, the difference the old and new for juxtaposition is striking, very well spotted.
Love those bright Ovals, all the better for those yellow vertical lines either side, and with the reflection too, it all makes a really nice effective composition.
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Thanks Susie. I did feel juxtaposition worked really well. There is so much new and old in town, but this really exaggerates it.

rpn said:
Two nice shots. Like the Juxtaposition of modern and ancient architecture shot.

Well spotted for the Oval shot. Unusual looking things and very colourful.
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Oddly I've been in 88 Wood St quite often, but I don't think I'd ever walked round the corner and towards London Wall before, so the pipes were quite a surprise to me.

Pinkbikerbabe said:
Juxta - great image for the theme, like the tones and textures of the remains of the church.
Oval - liking those ovals with the bright red and blue, nice find.
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Ta Mandy.

Missycat said:
Hi Tim,

Wet - It is quite annoying when you get someones head sticking out over a shoulder but very tricky to not have that happen in that situation. I don't mind the busy bg but might have cropped it on the right just to make both characters an equal distance from the edge. Great eye contact too
Juxtaposition - Great shot. I like that you have both bridge and arch coming from opposite corners and meeting in the middle. Have to say that bridge looks like its rusted through and going to fall down though
Oval - Nice colours and comp. Nice that they are making a feature of these thing nowadays

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Cheers Georgina. With Wet, the off centre compo was deliberate to try to add a dynamic to the image, that and I wanted to include the cat/nurse from Dr Who in the background ;) I do hope the walkway isn't about to fall, it'd only been finished for a week. There was quite some time taken walking around and working on the right composition for Juxtaposition. You should see some of the rejects (actually, no!)

Manxmaid said:
These are two really interesting scenes, Tim, and well composed. The church and walkway are perfect for Juxtaposition and I can imagine you spending some time picking the right angle as it doesn't look an easy scene to take photographs despite all the great details and textures. I think you've done a good job to balance it with the great lines meeting in the middle.
Likewise Oval is fascinating and colourful and I think you've included just enough either side to set the scene while making those great tubes the focal point :clap:
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Ta Andrea. Spot on about the time taken finding the right angle for the church and walkway. It wasn't easy, I ended up sitting on a wall halfway up some steps and leaning back to get what I wanted. Oval was much easier, though it did still need thinking about. IIRC there is a phone booth directly behind me.
 
Week 14 - Straight

Been really busy over the past 2 weeks, and my mojo had done a bunk.
I think the nice weather may have helped restore it so I popped out at lunchtime with the Fuji to see what I could find.

This is my offering for straight. Every slot in this Boris Bike Rack was filled.
Composed to view down the line of bikes to the info stand at the far end. The billboard rear and centre advertising the gentrification of the area which means that we are being turfed out of our offices later this year...
Focus point about 1/3rd of the way through the image, which at f/4.5 keeps everything reasonably in focus


TP 52 for 2018 - Week 14 : Straight by Tim White, on Flickr
 
rpn said:
I like it a lot, different from the 'norm' but very effective; straight along the centre. Good composition and focus point too.
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Cheers Stan. I've not looked at any other images for straight yet. Been slacking a bit with my commenting due to being busy. Pleased you got the idea of the shot straight away.
 
Great perspective, excellent idea, one small point the wheels, would have liked to see all of them but maybe there was a reason for that
 
Allan.H said:
Great perspective, excellent idea, one small point the wheels, would have liked to see all of them but maybe there was a reason for that
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Cheers Allan. Yes, there is a reason... I'm an old git and couldn't get down much further ;)
Seriously though, stepping back to get the wheels would have been difficult, I would have been blocking a busy crossing. It would have changed the angle a bit too so I felt the compromise was okay.
 
Week 15 - Unattractive

Not actually the shot I wanted, but some council vandal has painted over the graffiti I was planning to use.
It's a shame the didn't spend their clearing up the waste from the shops / restaurants instead. Still I guess it's all bagged up and not spread all over the place.
It's Southwark. 5 Scooby points to whoever can identify where I was ;)

What I was trying for here was some street, so capturing the lady walking behind the rubbish was intentional. I've given her space to move into. I've also deliberately tried for both light and dark in the shot, with the rubbish bags adding colour.


TP 52 for 2018 - Week 15 : Unattractive by Tim White, on Flickr
 
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Nice colourful bin bags as you say the good thing about it is its bagged up ready to go, as to where you took it outside Southwark tube station is my guess :runaway:
 
Week 16 - Shadow

This was actually my banker shot, as I had other plans.
The shell of the building caught my eye (it's really just 2 walls remaining, presumably it will be flats behind a façade.
Whilst looking at the building, the shadows struck me as being a strong element of the scene.


TP 52 for 2018 - Week 16 : Shadow by Tim White, on Flickr

This was what I was planning to take for the theme. But the sun is too high in the sky, I need a strong winter sun to pull this off well. I thought I'd post it anyway...


TP 52 for 2018 - Week 16 : Shadow 2 by Tim White, on Flickr
 
Dave70D said:
Straight is a good shot, we have them bikes here but don`t call them boris bikes. Unattractive a good shot that`s on theme.
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The daft thing about Boris Bikes is that it was actually Ken that started the scheme, but the actually introduction was during Boris' tenure, so he got the credit. It's really funny to think that something raved about by the capitalist gentrifiers was actually a socialist idea.

Allan.H said:
Nice colourful bin bags as you say the good thing about it is its bagged up ready to go, as to where you took it outside Southwark tube station is my guess :runaway:
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Nope, that would be too far south :)
 
Unattractive, certainly a good fit for the theme, not that I am any kind of street expert but I think it would be good a frame later with her stepping out from the pile of bags.

Shadow, shame the engine shot didn't work, that would have been good, plenty of shadows in the steel work but I find it a bit busy.
 
Has to be the first one I like how busy it is plenty of well defined shadows, the train its a pity there is no real definition to the shape
 
straight - great photo, great PoV! The are all lined up straight, shame you didn't take the time to line the saddles all up at the same height and bring the pedals all into the same position ;)
unattractive - another well composed photo, like the colours. Shame there's that pile of rubbish in front of that lady :exit:
shadow - good idea, but maybe a bit too busy...
 
Straight ... I like that. (y) ... but you could have put all the saddles at the same level :exit:

Unattractive .... yeah would have been better with the girl striding in the road. But, nice find, I guess.

Shadow ... #1 ... full of interest. Looks like the job has been put on hold.
 
Nice idea for straight Tim, I really like the shot. Nice composition for unattractive and colourful too. It's a shame you couldn't pull off the shot you wanted to for shadow as that would have looked cool. I'm not sure about the shadows on the building, there's something about it that just doesn't feel right. That could just be me being picky though :)
 
Hi Tim , I really like that choice for Straight, very well spotted, perfect for the theme and that bit different too.
Unattractive ....we do make a lot of rubbish don't we :( at least its tidy, the lady adds that extra bit of interest too in her bright clothing.
Shadow, I definitely prefer the first one, lots of lovely angles there.
 
I some how seem to have missed your last three entries.

Straight
I like it, the red really stands out against the dark bike frames.

Unattractive
This works well for the theme. Don't they have bins, I know it's all bagged up, but Surely a solid bin would be better.

Shadow
The first one for me. There's lots of shapes and textures in the shot.
 
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