My 52 - Updated *Week 30 - Colour*

jgs001 said:
Gotta agree with Ruth and I also prefer the colour as it has, to me at least, more details in the fur.
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Yes the colour one for me also...:clap:

You have capture such a great expression on the dogs face...:clap::clap::clap:

I love it...and dare I say it I think your best so far...(y)
 
Spartacus said:
Yes the colour one for me also...:clap:

You have capture such a great expression on the dogs face...:clap::clap::clap:

I love it...and dare I say it I think your best so far...(y)
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Really? :eek:Thank you! It's the first picture, well very close to EVER[except for rescue dog pics, but those'll never be good enough cos the fencing :(] the first shot I've set out and 'staged'.

I really don't like the colour pic :shake: to me it's very dull colour wise:shrug:

But thank you all very much for comments! :D
 
You don't choose easy subjects! Black dogs are soooooo hard to photograph. :)

You've caught a great expression and I can imagine the conversation - sit! stay! noise to attract the dog's attention. Then do it all again when she moves, and again when she moves again ..... She looks as though she can't wait to start playing. What a gorgeous girl! (y)

Colour v. B&W?? Not sure. I love the B&W shot, but I'm going to vote for the colour version because the lead gets a bit lost in the B&W on her right shoulder.

btw - I woudn't worry about getting out of your comfort zone - it'll happen all in good time and in the meantime, you're getting some really good shots. Most toggers specialise in just one or 2 areas - and if your special area is animals, that's great. :)

Jean
 
Colour for me - the detail is great and the colours lovely

Eye contact is spot on!

Nice doggie portrait!

And good interpretation of the theme too...different is good :)!
 
jeangenie said:
You don't choose easy subjects! Black dogs are soooooo hard to photograph. :)

I don't find them bad actually, somehow. I know sometimes I lose detail in eyes/face cos of Exposure but aside from that they're OK, white dogs are a LITTLE troublesome, but as of yet I'm yet to struggle with them too, maybe something is wrong with me/my technique? :thinking: :shrug:
You've caught a great expression and I can imagine the conversation - sit! stay! noise to attract the dog's attention. Then do it all again when she moves, and again when she moves again ..... She looks as though she can't wait to start playing. What a gorgeous girl! (y)
Yeah exactly that if you replace noise distraction with bending down, picking up toy and running towards me :LOL:

Colour v. B&W?? Not sure. I love the B&W shot, but I'm going to vote for the colour version because the lead gets a bit lost in the B&W on her right shoulder.

btw - I woudn't worry about getting out of your comfort zone - it'll happen all in good time and in the meantime, you're getting some really good shots. Most toggers specialise in just one or 2 areas - and if your special area is animals, that's great. :)
I'll stick to 1/2 areas when I'm actually good at any of them :LOL:

Jean
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Dark Star said:
Colour for me - the detail is great and the colours lovely

Eye contact is spot on!

Nice doggie portrait!

And good interpretation of the theme too...different is good :)!
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Aah, Thanks!! :D
 
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I actually like the b&w conversion too, although some of the blacks have blocked out quite a lot in it. Cracking expression on her face.
 
Complex - I think you got a good shot in what seemed difficult circumstances. I'd also like to see more of the torty in frame but if thats all the room you had then I think you've done well (y)

Time - I really like this one and also think it's your best yet. I'm torn between the two but I think the colour just pips it for me :clap:
 
Right, this one has been quite tough for me. I have two entries though, neither are actually good at all. But it's what came in my mind when I've mulled over what to do. The first one, WOW how hard is it to take a decent piccy of a lappy screen! :eek: couldn't get it right, so picked the best out of a bad bunch!
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Second shot. I wanted to get an action shot of a dog. Dogs really do inspire me to try and take good photos, and I try my damnest and rarely ever succeed but I still try by just looking on here and Flickr at others, makes me really wanna go out and take good pics.
Only problem? The only free day I've had this week, the forecast changed from sunny, to downpours and the overcast-ness etc. made ALL my 'action' shots 'blur' shots as shutter speeds couldn't be achieved. So here is the sharpest of an unsharp bunch, too. Bummer - gutted[may be able to update this if I go back to the rescue centre at the weekend and if the weather is good]
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Lappy screens aren't easy, but you've done a nice shot of it. It doesn't do much for me I'm afraid though.

Now that second one, that works well... I think the slower shutter speed has actually helped with this shot. Yes the back end and foreleg is blurred, but it's certainly bought the motion and action to the fore more. It's also helped reduce the affect of the fencing behind. I like it, and it fits the theme better imho. (y)
 
Thanks for your comment John. Although I'm gonna sly this week and replace both those photos with this doggie one I got today. I finally, for the time ever, managed to get doggie shots of dog's playing together. The rescue, at the moment have 4 Greyhound puppies that are 7months old, so finally dogs can be excercised together[from past experience of fights breaking dogs, at the most can only be walked together, not let off lead - unless they come in together] so I took this opportunity to get some play shot of 2 of the pups.

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The laptop shot, while Ok is not hugely interesting. The lone dog running is much better pic, this third one though is the pick of the bunch, great capture.
 
i know exactly where you are coming from with regard to flickr, i use it to find local places worth taking pics of and things i want to try, so i think it fits the theme well and you have done a good job of it :)

Timing is spot on with the dog, very nicely done (y)
 
The dogs win over the lappy screen for me - musch more interesting and you've caught the moment beautifully in the last. I struggle massively with pictures of moving things and I think you've done a great job (y)
 
Daysleeper40 said:
The dogs win over the lappy screen for me - musch more interesting and you've caught the moment beautifully in the last. I struggle massively with pictures of moving things and I think you've done a great job (y)
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:agree: 2nd dog for me (y)
 
Even better (y) well done, and a great catch of the moment there.
 
Time, definitely prefer the colour one, and what an expression you´ve captured :clap::clap::clap:

Inspiration, I get the point of the laptop one, after all, we use all kinds of ways to inspire ourselves, including looking at the work of others and fits the theme better than the dogs IMHO, but I love the motion blur of the first dog shot and the composition of the second. But I´m going to go for the laptop shot :clap::clap::clap:
 
The dogs playing is a great shot, but I have to agree with Bruja the laptop shot, whilst not as interesting a shot fits the theme best for me. All in a good set for this week.(y)
 
Thanks for the fair comments, guys :)

This is this week's entry, I had another idea based on a defintion of the word in the dictionary, but we don't have a chess board :(

Here's Development
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Sorry I missed last week's shots. I like them all for different reasons, but would chose #3 as my favourite just because I love seeing dogs playing together without a care in world and these 2 youngsters are just enjoying the fun of the moment. Well captured. (y)

Development: It's late and I'm tired, but I can't work out what the reddish brown shape is inside the trunk. :shrug: So I've probably missed the point of the shot - but it's an amazing old tree with beautiful textures. :)

Jean
 
jeangenie said:
Sorry I missed last week's shots. I like them all for different reasons, but would chose #3 as my favourite just because I love seeing dogs playing together without a care in world and these 2 youngsters are just enjoying the fun of the moment. Well captured. (y)

Development: It's late and I'm tired, but I can't work out what the reddish brown shape is inside the trunk. :shrug: So I've probably missed the point of the shot - but it's an amazing old tree with beautiful textures. :)

Jean
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Thanks

There is no point. I don't know what the red paint is either. I just chose this shot because to me it's like the end of developement/begining of deterrioration[sp?]
 
Shorty, i like the composition in this shot but it looks like it could use some extra punch in PP, a bost in saturation and contrast might provide this :D
 
Like....This?

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I may be really norty and not submit anything for this week, and do this week's task next week...Or at least make it late. Cos I physically cannot do anything whilst away from home. I have the camera but no other means for a reshoot OR a freedom shot :shake:
 
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that's better, possibly a bit to far in saturation for my tastes though.
 
Hi Shorty, sorry I am so far behind with my comments.

Complex:I agree with Hyster in that it would have been nice to see more of the tortoises back however, this is a great capture that meets the theme.

Time:
Oooohhh a blace lab, one of my favourite things in the whole world!!! You have captured great expression in the shot, and for me I prefer the colour version.

Inspiration:
For me it is the last shot that is my favourite of the bunch. It is after all my dogs that inspired me to take up photography in the first place!!! This has great clarity and colour.

Development:
Sorry not sure how it meets the theme, although the quality of the picture is fab!

Well done :clap::clap:
 
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Right, I have decided I well deffo try and get a reshoot done this week. [is it still EITHER Reshoot and the task, or does it have to be both?] I am heading up to a friend/Client on the Wirral, on Saturday and I'm gonna see if I can ask them nicely if we can head over to the beach/another walk on either Sat/Sun, and will try a reshoot or two.

Thanks Angela :)
 
Bruja said:
And something in between the 2 versions. You just can´t please some people can you :D
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I agree - a half way version would be just right. :)

Well done on your perseverence as well - it sounds as though getting the shots done when you're away from home is a nightmare and your determination is fantastic. I hope you get the shots you want in the Wirral. :):):)

Jean
 
jeangenie said:
I agree - a half way version would be just right. :)

Well done on your perseverence as well - it sounds as though getting the shots done when you're away from home is a nightmare and your determination is fantastic. I hope you get the shots you want in the Wirral. :):):)

Jean
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Thanks. It's not as tough as it sounds some of the time. It's tough cos I'm in someone elses house and am not gonna go rumaging through things. But usually I can combine dogs/cats into a task[well I twist it around so it sounds like the shot is on task :p] but I'm at my Auntie's this week, with their indoor/outdoor lone cat, who is used to spending ALL day outside cos she has no cat flap, and they work.
And their house is a show home and very pristine - plus I need to see family whilst here[havnt seen much of them since we moved a few years ago] which just makes it double tough this week. Which is why I'm hoping the Wirral can help me :)

Anyway, this is the less saturated version, it was over saturated to me too, but any less and it looks 'lacking'?
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Sorry guys, just a quick note to say I HAVE taken a reshoot for this week, but I am at another client's house now and cannot find my card reader, and therefore cannot put any pics anywhere, so I will be posting a late offering on either Weds/Thurs, but I HAVE taken a shot!
 
Right, FOUND my card reader!!
This is a reshoot, I initially took this as a REFLECTION reshoot[that I never did cos I joined late] but upon uploading I realised it's also a good candidate for Linear.
So here is my Reflection/Linear reshoot :)

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Shorty your reshoot is a fantastic shot. I love the sky that you have captured in that reflection, stunning. The only minor niggle/point I would make is that I would take out the Milton Keynes sign as it detracts from the fab reflection.

well done!! :clap: :clap:
 
adrury said:
Shorty your reshoot is a fantastic shot. I love the sky that you have captured in that reflection, stunning. The only minor niggle/point I would make is that I would take out the Milton Keynes sign as it detracts from the fab reflection.

well done!! :clap: :clap:
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Oooh, sorry I thought I had posted the crop. Woooops, changing that now :D thanks Angela :)

Also just gonna change the title too :LOL:

Have replaced the photo on Flickr, so shoulda changed here :)
 
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Shyte, it's Saturday and I have nothing. Where has this week gone, I thought it was Thursday!!!
And I coulda got a perfect shot tonight, bummer, bummer, bummer
 
I've tried and tried to get a 'night' shot in, even though it's now late but I just don't seem to have the time, or ability to do anything but stay in the house once it's dark. I will try one last thing tonight, and if I don't succeed then I'll just fit in night some other time I am free. Sorry everyone, didn't wanna miss out a week :(
 
Inspiration:The last shot is the best imho - you've caught the dogs well and the image is sharp and clear :)

Development:3rd image is just right (first a bit wan, 2nd a little ott) 3rd time spot on :) I'm also a little confused as to the interpretation though :)

Your reflection is great :) just crop that tiny white sliver on the left off and its perfect :) Well seen well taken :)
 
Shorty said:
I've tried and tried to get a 'night' shot in, even though it's now late but I just don't seem to have the time, or ability to do anything but stay in the house once it's dark. I will try one last thing tonight, and if I don't succeed then I'll just fit in night some other time I am free. Sorry everyone, didn't wanna miss out a week :(
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Dont beat yourself up about it or else me and jeangenie will come round with a few of the boys :bat::bat::bat::bat: :eek:

It happens to all of us at sometime cos we don´t live in a perfect world where there is time/energy/opportunity to get what we want ;)
 
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