She's definitely that! Thank you Dave.Lovely and wild, grrr!
Love it.
Thanks Graham, I had issues trying to crop it last night, it just didn't look right! I have tried again tonight and for some reason it works! I'll post it here shortly.Hi marsha , the crop is the main thing for me here - not minding too much about the chopped-off elbow - its the face and eyes framed by the hands that we're interested in. So I would have definately cropped in (same ratio) to put her eyes central - making it a deliberate choice to loose the elbows and top of helmet to get focus of the face.
But if you don't like it like that - that's fine too.
Cheers Lisa, they are crazy critters!Ahh lovely picture, having 2 wild ones myself i know everything your saying
Ta Martin.Nice idea, lovely shot
Thanks Allan. I am determined to get around to yours and everyone else's threads sometime this year!nice pic maybe a slightly tighter crop but thats just being picky
Hi AlanGravity - all been said really. I would add that it is well captured, good freeze frame, vibrant water and super lighting
Wild - aaah so here she is. edited crop is much better - makes the pose look more wild. Good pose. On my screen the vibrant pink (?) of the coat dominates and combined with the fairly difficult sunlight makes her skin look a bit pink too. Don't know whether it could be desaturated just a touch. ,
Cheers Lynne.edited edit version for me I think....closer crop works better & her eye's pop more now the skins been toned down a little...nice work missus
Thanks Iain, I think her skin was a little harsh in the first version, but I do prefer the brighter jacket. It is actually that bright!Another vote for the crop version from me. I prefer the more saturated version though I like the vibrant colours more. You've done well in what looks like harsh lighting. Iain
Hi Brian. I'm not sure how I would lose the flash reflection as it's needed to freeze the action in a glass vase! Any ideas welcome if you have any
Definitely try it though, it was surprisingly easy.
Thanks Iain it was funny to take as wels as all I could hear was the very excited approach of the flock thinking we had bought them food!Hi Marsha
Certainly says space to me
A fun image, if you don't mind me saying, I like the eye contact with the sheep.
Technically very good too, and compositionally works well too, it does give a sense of space and the sheep being alone in that space. iain
Cheers Graham. That little walk was the last in a few days, I'm still in bed now! It was the eye contact and position that made this shot the entry this week. I have given it a slight crop but I actually got the rule of thirds spot on this timeLike it - well done even with your "mild lergy"... Sometimes a bit of fresh air and a walk is just what you need.
Yeah - love the eye contact - and couldn't be more on third's if you'd picked it up and placed it there. And liking the purples going on in the tree branches at the top.
Hi Andy. The wider shot I put on Flickr was the idea I was after, but the sheep did look lost, so I went for this 'closer' version. Glad you like it. Not quite on the mend yet, it's slow going but I'm slowly getting some comments going, in between coughing fits!Hi, Marsha and hope you're on the mend.
Bang on theme, I really want to say the sheep is too small, but, obviously, that is the point of the photograph.
No crit...
I know, who'd have thought I'd get better eye contact with a sheep than my kids! Thank you for dropping in Chris.Yes, great colours, nice composition, bang on theme, and eye contact... with a sheep! Pretty darn good for someone with the lergy!
Well theres definatly plenty of space there and composition is great, cant pick up on any points other than to good ones. Well done!
Thank you. I see what you mean about his shirt.Good job with work - I prefer the colour one in the car - You've already caught the three issues that would have detracted, I spent 5 years as a sales rep so know what it's like having a car as your office. Nice touch with the undone tie too.
I've already publicly stated I don't really "get" B&W, but think his shirt might be too similar in tone (oooh, get me using fancy words) to his head , the dark of the interior, light of his head, if you could get the shirt to be a mid grey it might work? :shrug:
And you've got to love the floor mopping - nice movement blur in the mop and eye contact.
Thanks Ian. I shall look for sliders next time but I dont think they are there in the Florabella action set. I am always trying different ways to convert images to B&W though so shall keep tweaking.I really like your Flickr version of Space - the B&W one. I also like the B&W version of Work too.
One thing you might want to try is fiddling with the colour sliders on whatever you use to "B&W" your shots. For example, darkening the greens on your sheep shot would perhaps make the grass a bit darker to allow the sheep to stand out a bit. Same goes for blues on "Work". Darkening the blues would make the shirt a different tone to the skin tones. Just a suggestion though!
Some good work cropping out the distractions in the car and clear thought given to the detail.
Good stuff!
Ian.
Cheers Iain, I see what everyone is saying now. I'm glad he was a willing subject though.the colour version for work gets my vote Marsha, the B&W conversion looks a little pale for my taste.
It did need a little explanation for the theme but as I have said before, there is nothing wrong with this, we can't always have a literal take on the theme. I think that would be boring.
I do like it when 52'ers add a little personal touch to their take on themes, I feel it adds something. Good on your FIL to model for you, it tells a little story in itself. No crit to add beyond what you have already mentioned Marsha.
The housework version very good, "right back at'cha Andy"
Thanks Allan and surprisingly only four or five, a miracle clearly happened!colour version for me too the b+w lacks some punch well done for catching him with his eyes open just how many shots did it take
Do you mean in number 3 Andy? I was SHOCKED when he actually mopped up! He never normally moves much!Colour version for me. Like th close composition and expression in his face.
Have to say, no idea what he's doing in #1. What is that strange object he is holding
Many thanks Alan. I've not got a purple tint on my monitor, odd. Glad you like the housework shot tooHi Marsha
Space - like the comp and the subject - extols space. A little bit purple tinge on my monitor which affects the colour of the grass
Work - definitley the colour version for me. Conveys more of the charcter i feel. The b&w lacks a bit of punch. The housework shot is brilliant. Eye contact, movement in the hands and the mop head, facial expression.
Thank you.Colour version of the Work image works for me too. More character, I think the B&W needs more contrast.
Interesting take on work, getting the housework done, well done, haha
Hi Lynne, alas I'm still battling the lergy of the sinus kind, getting there slowly though! Lol the housework shot was just a joke, I had the wrong lens on and was leaning right back to get everything in with the ISO cranked up to get it without a flash :bonk:Hi hun , hope your lergy has all gone now
Space....cracking eye contact , lovely sense of space...good spot & capture missus
Work....gotta be the housework version....great eye contact & expression & a nice bit of motion in the mop head