weekly Shirleyr's 52 ~ 2016 ~ Week 52 ~ Celebration

Sadly, I dodntmanage to get up to town to see the poppies, but I loved the whole idea.

Your shot captures the whole essence of the idea.
 
Hey Shirley

Flora - Decent take of the remembrance poppies.
Are they planning to replicate last year's Tower of London volume/display of poppies?
I would love to see the sky less blown (or was it just flat grey?)
 
LC2 said:
Hey Shirley

Flora - Decent take of the remembrance poppies.
Are they planning to replicate last year's Tower of London volume/display of poppies?
I would love to see the sky less blown (or was it just flat grey?)
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I didn't blow the sky it was natural, greyish blue.
 
Week 45 ~ Pose I thought you'd all like to see Santa doing a pose in his sledge. There was only him and me in the grotto, at the garden centre, he didn't speak and neither did I. He didn't even ask what I wanted for Christmas:(

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Shirleyr said:
There was only him and me in the grotto
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Hope he behaved himself. Blimey, that garden centre is early. Mind you, I saw a shop assistant today sporting a pair of festive antlers ... .and it's only 5th November !!! Santa is in a Pose all right Shirley - lovely bright colours.
 
Shirleyr said:
He didn't even ask what I wanted for Christmas:(
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I suspect that its because you are on his norty list :D

He always was a poser that Santa bloke, well spotted Shirley.
 
Very topical Shirley - too good to last when the prices dipped to around £1.
 
Its outrageous with the falling price of oil, very topical and well thought out Shirley :)
 
Every day has a nasty sky at the mo but I'll check the white balance. Its my little Lumix point, shoot and hope for the best. Thanks for posting LC2.
 
pose - it's definitely too early for a festive pose, but apart from that good find.
news - I like the odd white balance, it's nicely composed and right on theme. Although I'm sure I paid 118.9 for a litre of unleaded yesterday :(
 
Thanks everyone for your kind comments, keeps me going,
Carl Ayling said:
Very topical Shirley - too good to last when the prices dipped to around £1.
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Cobra said:
Its outrageous with the falling price of oil, very topical and well thought out Shirley :)
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LC2 said:
Nicely on theme Shirley.
I'm going to ask if the white balance is correct, is the sign whiter in real life?
Looks like a day with nasty light, not much you can do about that.
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Emja said:
Pose made me smile (even this early!) and petrol prices are always in the news for sure, Shirley.
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posiview said:
News indeed, and well captured bird on the left.

WB looks a little off.

Cheers.
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susiejb said:
Spot on for the theme Shirley, I really like it ...excellent idea for the theme and well composed too.
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brrnd said:
pose - it's definitely too early for a festive pose, but apart from that good find.
news - I like the odd white balance, it's nicely composed and right on theme. Although I'm sure I paid 118.9 for a litre of unleaded yesterday :(
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On theme without doubt - currently over that prices above round here too.......
 
Thanks Mark, I think the cheapest places are Morrisons and Tesco, I don't like those places much its all too busy, my car is diesel and for some reason the pump keeps stopping when I fill my car, it takes ages to get even £10 worth.
 
Shirleyr said:
my car is diesel and for some reason the pump keeps stopping when I fill my car, it takes ages to get even £10 worth.
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Do you have the nozzle right down in the in pipe? if you do it will activate the splash back cut off.
just put the nozzle in a couple of inches and so how that goes :)
 
Apologies, I haven't been keeping up with commenting very diligently.

Pose - was the Santa moving? it looks a little soft around his right hand but a nice take on the theme and very seasonal.

News - good idea for the theme and good job not blowing the lit up numbers against the background (and you snook in a bird (y))
 
Week 47 ~ Young
Beef cows and calves, taken a long way off with the 400mm prime. The calves are there, three in the middle of the photo, a grey one looks rather younger than the others. I brightened up the animals and grass but the sky is a washout.
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Sometimes there really is nothing to be done with the sky, except add a new one, but that's a lot of faffing about.
I see the young calves nicely on theme Shirley :)
 
Agree with what @Cobra says, some days the sky is just sooo meh :/
Good job on getting out and getting the shot.

A couple of things to possibly look at. The head of the cow camera right, maybe clone it out?
And what is the completely oof blur camera bottom left? A content aware fill, or crop could remove it.
 
Blimey a 400mm prime - I could do with one of them. Nice steady shot Shirley and spot on theme. Lovely rural scenic.
 
Thanks Chris, Carl and LC2
A small crop.
Cows and calves.jpg Actually I don't like it cropped, now there is too much sky.
 
Hmmm, it's on theme, but even in the edit a lot of chopped cows. Sky, well you have to work with what you have.

Could you have got closer??

Cheers.
 
posiview said:
Could you have got closer??
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Leave the poor girl alone she only has 400mm :D

I'd have done something like this TBH, its just a quick dirty edit, but you get the idea.
If you don't like it say so and its history ...


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Down the valley cross a river up the other side and I don't like cows, the mothers are huge. The bull well its bigger than an elephant and much more dangerous.:bat:

There is nothing worse than a chopped cow.:D
 
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