Been an absolute manic few weeks, so apologies to everyone for getting so behind with their threads.
Thank you to everyone whose comments I missed on console too - I've been deliberately staying out of this part of the forum until I got myself back on track.
Anyway, three this week to bring me almost up to date. I'm just missing rage - and would like to reshoot console with a bit more time to get the lighting right.
Please be patient with me. I think it's going to take me most of next week to get round everybody else's thread and catch up with commenting. Hopefully back to normal by next weekend though.
Week 41 - Distant
I don't have much to say about this one, but I hope the relationship to the theme speaks for itself.
It's a very simple shot, but there's something about it that I quite like.
Week 42 - Secret
Secrets of the heart. I knew what I wanted to shoot as soon as I saw this theme.
This is my first proper attempt at shooting jewelery. I've always been put off in the past by people saying how difficult jewelery is to light and shoot . . . and they're not wrong!
I think it's OK for a first go, but I could do with some more practice and would change a few things next time.
Not sure whether the reflective surface was the right choice - I like it beneath the locket, but not really convinced by the reflections under the chain.
Positioning the chain was a nightmare in itself and it's probably still not quite right and the locket itself is a bit scratched and dusty which isn't ideal.
Week 43 : Urban
Absolutely hated this theme and I'm not much taken with the shot either
But this was my third attempt at trying something and at least it came out better than the first 2 ideas.
Has anyone else noticed how computer circuit boards resemble cityscapes in miniature?
This was the idea behind it anyway. The b/g was a piece of red paper, backlit with a torch. The clouds / smoke were a bit of an accident. Some marks on the paper didn't show up until I'd loaded to the lappy, so I decided to enhance them in PP and make them a feature rather than reshoot.