weekly mercurius's 52 in 2014: catch up Weeks 28 - 31

mercurius · 2 Jan 2014

Warm up shot for 2014. Spotted these rather spooky looking mannequins in a shop this afternoon:

Week 0- Odd by carthurjohn, on Flickr

Pinkbikerbabe · 2 Jan 2014

Great start to your 52 challenge and yes those mannequins do look rather spooky.

susiejb · 2 Jan 2014

What a lucky find....the black and white is perfect

Allan.H · 2 Jan 2014

Hi
Now they are odd a little bit scary, what on earth were they selling?
Good start

JasonGlyn · 2 Jan 2014

Now thats what you call odd. for me the framing with implied chopped heads adds to the drama. Looks great in gritty mono too. Like it alot

Sonriendo · 2 Jan 2014

I do like that - I assume they were all just waiting to be redressed and put in the window once more?

cowboy · 2 Jan 2014

Your pp suits that perfectly and it certainly is odd.

posiview · 2 Jan 2014

Great start. Very disturbing photograph which I like.

Cheers.

Phil-D · 3 Jan 2014

Great image, definitely odd,

mercurius · 3 Jan 2014

Pinkbikerbabe said:
Great start to your 52 challenge and yes those mannequins do look rather spooky.

Thanks for your comment.

alsjazzera said:
Hi
Now they are odd a little bit scary, what on earth were they selling?
Good start

Thanks, it's a clothes shop. All they had in the window though was these rather scary looking beasts.

JasonGlyn said:
Now thats what you call odd. for me the framing with implied chopped heads adds to the drama. Looks great in gritty mono too. Like it alot

Thank you.

Sonriendo said:
I do like that - I assume they were all just waiting to be redressed and put in the window once more?

Yes, I assume they were waiting to be re-dressed, but oddly they had been left in the front window just like this.

cowboy said:
Your pp suits that perfectly and it certainly is odd.

Thank you.

posiview said:
Great start. Very disturbing photograph which I like.
Cheers.

Sorry - didn't mean to frighten anyone!

Phil-D said:
Great image, definitely odd,

Thank you

d00d · 3 Jan 2014

Dark Knight · 3 Jan 2014

Good to see you in again mate

Odd - BLIMEY, that sure is, well spotted, and some nice detail captured in the fabric

minnnt · 4 Jan 2014

Erm....

Very odd indeed! Well seen.

mercurius · 4 Jan 2014

Dark Knight said:
Good to see you in again mate
Odd - BLIMEY, that sure is, well spotted, and some nice detail captured in the fabric

Good to be back again - I think!

minnnt said:
Erm....

Very odd indeed! Well seen.

Thanks for that.

Hefferzzzz · 4 Jan 2014

Looks like there are some spooky creature eyes in the background too :exit:

blondie606 · 4 Jan 2014

Well....hellooooo again , good to see you joining in the fun for a 2nd year :clap:

Not sure about ODD...more sort of freaky

Like the mono ,good detail in the fabric...well spotted matey :clap:

mercurius · 5 Jan 2014

Type1 said:
Looks like there are some spooky creature eyes in the background too

Hadn't spotted them before - really spooky!

blondie606 said:
Well....hellooooo again , good to see you joining in the fun for a 2nd year

Not sure about ODD...more sort of freaky

Like the mono ,good detail in the fabric...well spotted matey

Couldn't stay away from the party! Thanks for your comments.

Delta Skies · 6 Jan 2014

Very odd especially the arm between the legs at the bottom left

. Certainly a subject that suits the mono conversion well.

Cheesy feet · 7 Jan 2014

Love it, post processing is spot on!

mercurius · 8 Jan 2014

Delta Skies said:
Very odd especially the arm between the legs at the bottom left . Certainly a subject that suits the mono conversion well.

Thanks for the comment.

Cheesy feet said:
Love it, post processing is spot on!

Thank you.

Judi · 8 Jan 2014

Now they are Odd... well found and taken.

mercurius · 8 Jan 2014

Week 1: Line

Week 1- Line by carthurjohn, on Flickr

Pinkbikerbabe · 8 Jan 2014

Lovely shot great take on the theme.

posiview · 8 Jan 2014

Hi, considering there are interesting buildings everywhere I very rarely photograph them.

On theme and some nice detail. They look like a one of soldiers.

Crit, I suspect a higher vantage point wasn't available, which is a pity. Looks a little flat on iPad and the looks to be some detail in the sky you could have brought out.

I did a quick edit in Snapseed to address the flatness and sky and it made it pop.

Cheers.

-Paul- · 8 Jan 2014

I really like this picture. The grey sky really helps the chimneys to stand out.

susiejb · 8 Jan 2014

I really like this one (as I said a moment ago ....on the wrong threàd

)
It remind me of the fabulous chimneys on Hampton Court.

MrNicholas · 8 Jan 2014

I like the texture but as posiview says, its a bit flat. More detail in the sky would give image depth and filled the frame I think. I think the framing though.

mercurius · 8 Jan 2014

Pinkbikerbabe said:
Lovely shot great take on the theme.

Thank you.

posiview said:
Hi, considering there are interesting buildings everywhere I very rarely photograph them.

On theme and some nice detail. They look like a one of soldiers.

Crit, I suspect a higher vantage point wasn't available, which is a pity. Looks a little flat on iPad and the looks to be some detail in the sky you could have brought out.

I did a quick edit in Snapseed to address the flatness and sky and it made it pop.

Cheers.

Thanks Andy. You're right, I couldn't get a higher POV. I'll have another go at processing it to see if I can get a bit more pop.

susiejb said:
I really like this one (as I said a moment ago ....on the wrong threàd )
It remind me of the fabulous chimneys on Hampton Court.

Thanks for your comment. Yes, they look similar, but they're about a couple of hundred years earlier.

MrNicholas said:
I like the texture but as posiview says, its a bit flat. More detail in the sky would give image depth and filled the frame I think. I think the framing though.

I'll try harder!

MrNicholas · 8 Jan 2014

I meant to say I liked the framing, damn typo

mercurius · 8 Jan 2014

Week 1: Line (reprocessed)

Week 1- Line (re-processed) by carthurjohn, on Flickr

Nortdog · 8 Jan 2014

Nice improvement on the second 1, more contrast had really brought it out. Strong composition too,well done!

Allan.H · 8 Jan 2014

Hi, reprocessed image is much better, nice comp and well spotted its amazing what you miss if you don't look up

Delta Skies · 8 Jan 2014

Yep definitely prefer the edit and well done for not overdoing it.

The chimneys look familiar for some reason..........Just spent a few minutes googling and found they are in Wells. I few years since I've been there.

mercurius · 8 Jan 2014

Nortdog said:
Nice improvement on the second 1, more contrast had really brought it out. Strong composition too,well done!

Thanks. I thought I had overdone it with the HDR look, particularly in the sky in the bottom right hand corner.

alsjazzera said:
Hi, reprocessed image is much better, nice comp and well spotted its amazing what you miss if you don't look up

Thanks Allan.

Delta Skies said:
Yep definitely prefer the edit and well done for not overdoing it.

The chimneys look familiar for some reason..........Just spent a few minutes googling and found they are in Wells. I few years since I've been there.

Thanks. Yes. you're absolutely right, it is Wells.

Sonriendo · 8 Jan 2014

Reprocessed image is much better you've put some detail back into the sky and the colours pop nicely in the pots - nice composition and an excellent spot

cowboy · 8 Jan 2014

I like the chimneys in the first one but prefer the sky in the second

you can't please some people eh?

Nice composition, I really like the corner to corner of the row.

siblingchris · 8 Jan 2014

nice. I like the reprocess gives it a bit more "drama". However I keep looking at this, maybe its been a long day, but it seems to me like the chimneys are leaning back

Dark Knight · 8 Jan 2014

Oh yes definetely the 2nd image... it's surprising what can be achieved when somebody points something out, that at the time we are oblivious too as the photo taker - what can I add not already said... nice stoney colour

mercurius · 9 Jan 2014

Sonriendo said:
Reprocessed image is much better you've put some detail back into the sky and the colours pop nicely in the pots - nice composition and an excellent spot

Thank you.

cowboy said:
I like the chimneys in the first one but prefer the sky in the second you can't please some people eh?

Nice composition, I really like the corner to corner of the row.

Thank you Mark.

siblingchris said:
nice. I like the reprocess gives it a bit more "drama". However I keep looking at this, maybe its been a long day, but it seems to me like the chimneys are leaning back

I think you may be right about the chimneys leaning back. Must be my shaky hand doing the adjusting in LR!

Dark Knight said:
Oh yes definetely the 2nd image... it's surprising what can be achieved when somebody points something out, that at the time we are oblivious too as the photo taker - what can I add not already said... nice stoney colour

Thanks DK. That's the benefit of this type of challenge, being pushed to do more with pictures than you could be bothered to do on your own!

Pinkbikerbabe · 10 Jan 2014

The re processed image is much better seems to be more detail in the sky this time.

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