That is odd.
Thank you. If only I'd known about Experiment - I could have added a 'how I did it' photoAlphabet - Looks like you’ve got to grips with Elements with this. Straightening it I feel has probably helped as has the T&S effect and well done keeping the greyness of the page for the mono conversion
Sound - That looks a rather messy experiment (amusing given the following week’s theme). I do find the colour rather off-putting though
Experiment - I quite like #1. I feel the positioning of your wife and the frame is spot on given the background you’ve masked to show through. Nice one.
Thank you. I want to take another timeslice photo as this one is a bit dark. It's tricky finding somewhere where things won't move for a couple of hours or more though.Two lovely Experiment shots you have taken there, Lee.
Layer Mask; I thought the shot is just your wife holding a mirror until I read your description. Nice composition and focus.
Timeslice; when I saw the shot in the photo thread I knew it's a time slice technique. This is another technique in my to-do list.
Thank you for having a look and commenting.Sound...Saw them do this on QI once. Quite fascinating and I'd love to have a go. Well done!
Experiment. Love the first one. Very neatly done
Thank you. Yes, the timeslice is one that I want to improve on.#1 is brilliant and made me chuckle when I saw it.
#2 is something I've not heard of before. It's an interesting technique, but I think the foreground is quite dark even on the left hand side of the shot. This makes it hard for me to see the graduation of light->dark.
So #1 is the winner for me. Lovely effective technique that has been executed well.
You're welcome. It was tricky to remove as it stains a hell of a lot!Thanks for the video - missed the quoted alert. Yes. You made a mess.
Thank you for your comment."Experiment", number 1 for me Lee. Nice take on the theme.
Phil
Thank youLove the experiment of Mrs Leebert holding the picture frame, great idea
Thank you for your comments.Hi Lee
sure looks like you've got grips with layers & p'shoppery in general experiment 1 for me & not crit at all but I have had more thoughts about this......
Odd. I didn't know what you meant initially but I think I do now. Maybe a more ornate and thicker frame would help? Maybe something I could try for the next re-shoot?I've come back to Experiment cos there;s something not siting quite right ....I must have looked at that shoot about 100 times now trying to work out if its me being a numpty....which it probably is !
It's the frame......... it's not looking like mrs leebert is see through, wonder if masking out the frame & her hands would work ? it probably is just me !
Thank you for taking the time to commentsomething not quite right about Mrs L ... but I love it as it is.
Thank you for your kind commentsHi Lee ...some super shots here....great idea for Sound ...I can imagine the mess but great fun to do I'm sure.
Love the one of Mrs L in the garden ...I really like that idea, I must try that out sometime....really nicely done.
As for the sun ...well that's just a wow shot ...amazing !
Thank you.Have to agree Lee, the sun shot for heat is a wow shot.
Thanks. You're quite right - the timeslice is definitely one to re-visit.Hi Lee,
I love the first experiment shot, I've read about this but never tried it, it's very well done.
I'm not getting much graduation in the second shot, but it's a clever thing to do.
Heat - amazing
Thank you. It's not as bad as it sounds but it did take me a fair few goes before I got anything half decent.crikey - the sun! really good shot and sounds like a lot of work - well done mister
Thank you - it is an amazing sight. I just thought it was a bright white ball before I took a look through a specialist Solarscope. There is so much detail and it changes all the time.... never saw a sun like that before.
Thank youWell thats certainly has some heat to it, would have no idea how to do that, very impressive
Thank you for your comment.Amazing Heat shot and far too technical for me
Thank youWho is ever going to be able to beat the heat of the sun...?! Wicked shot, love it!
Thank you. It's two types of shot I hope to revisit and improve upon at some point.Experiment: I didn't realise that was a composite until I read the comments, I thought it was a reflection and was impressed at how it had come out and how you managed to avoid being in the photo. I get it now, good shout at trying a new technique, I think you've pulled it off very well.
I didn't understand the second shot either until I read that it was time slicing. Show's how well you've composited the shot then eh?
Top Marks.
Very true - unless you know what it is, it doesn't fit. I hadn't considered that. Thank you for your comments - I will hopefully incorporate that line of thinking in futureA very unusual shot of the sun and it sounds like an awful lot of work involved so well done on that, but I'm afraid that before I read the explanation I actually thought it was a cantaloupe melon, so I can't really say that it works for me for the theme.
Thanks for commentingCatching up on some threads here:
Sound: love the concept and have seen a few do something similar. Paint springs to mind and loud music. The custard looks absolutely yuk I think I would have liked to see it in B & W. Shapes were quite interesting, the one on the side of the speaker almost looks like a thumbs up so for thinking laterally.
Experiment: two super shots and well done fro trying new things.
Heat: Interesting shot and thank you for the narrative. You certainly have a lot of patience. I love this shot and find myself going back to it several times. The square crop also suits it as well.
Figures: Bang on theme. Again crop works well.
Thank youHi Lee,
Figures - yes, it was a difficult theme, but the shot works and I like the time on the clock
Thanks. I may have changed the time on a few occasions...Perfectly on theme and smashing clarity on all the figures. Did you shoot it in one, or did you have to keep changing the time on the clock?
Thanks.Yep, nice & sharp on the Figures.
Thanks - I'll have a crop and see how it looks.Figures, yeah, ice and sharp with bright reds, I'd have been tempted to get in closer.
Cheers.
Thank you.Nice take on the theme "Figures" Lee.
Phil