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Two great shots Susie (y) torn between the two :thinking: possibly swayed towards the first, like the way the sunburst and droplet is being dragged into the swirl, good pp :)
 
I decided I would do a re-shoot...mainly to try and achieve something that I haven't done before, so I decided on my 'Time' one. Previously I hid a big smudge of ink by placing the pen over it, so I have done one now with the ink showing and I have cloned it out. I won't post it on the main thread as i didn't concentrate particularly on the overall image...I just wanted to try the cloning and put it on here as a record of my progress.

Flickr have changed the way you upload photos so this may take a few tries to get it right :confused: only took about ten attempts :)



 
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It looks like you've made a pretty good job of your cloning experiment Susie - I can't tell where the ink was. I prefer the composition and lighting on this one over the original too. :clap:
 
Here is my contribution for LINKED I will try and give a little more detail about my pic.

I decided today to do the dancing men, the main thing at first was to cut them out...I created some strange looking people o_O the next hazard was trying to get the men to stand up and not fall over just as I took the shot...I tried a number of ways ...in a line, lying flat, but then decided on the circle...I wasn't too keen on the shadows cast by my light as I kept losing the nice inky blackness, so I set up a piece of glass on some black card to get the reflection and put the camera on my tripod. I don't have PS and it was just black and white so I took it into Pic Monkey and added the colour, added a black frame to fill the edges out a bit and darkened the contrast a little to blend it in with the frame....

Please feel free to give an honest critique...I am here to learn....and also to enjoy the challenge at the same time. I know my comments can seem a little 'light', obviously I'm not qualified to make technical critique but I do like to acknowledge the hard work everyone puts in, and hopefully offer some relevant comments.

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I like it Susie. The colours are lovely and putting them in a circle was inspired because it means they are all part of the same link if you see what I mean. The reflection is good too and somehow finishes the image off.
 
loving the shades of blue in there - set off well by the black, needs the reflection (y)

Needs to go a little bit CW for me... but if tahts all there is to pick up on, you;ve done well. :)
 
Ha! like it ... nice to see you made a circle and nice genuine reflection.
 
Time: I'm not sure I get the concept here. Composition doesn't quite work for me and I don't like the lighting. Sorry. But as a self-confessed pen freak, I love the Sheaffer Targa. What's the design called?

Swirl: spot on. Really like the edited version with the sunburst.

Linked: very nicely done. I really like colour and the refection. Good craft skills with the paper cut out, by the way!
 
susiejb said:
Please feel free to give an honest critique...I am here to learn....and also to enjoy the challenge at the same time. I know my comments can seem a little 'light', obviously I'm not qualified to make technical critique but I do like to acknowledge the hard work everyone puts in, and hopefully offer some relevant comments.
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Susie, if I could steal a quote and add it to my own posts, this would be it, very well written (y) Occasionally, I struggle to express what I think in writing :oops: :$ Its times like this when I think I should have paid more attention in English and less in Metal Work :)

Linked- Good, well though out idea Susie (y), as mentioned by Elaine, being in a circle is a never ending link :) Reflection works well, good colours (y) like Graham said, possibly a little bit of cw rotation and I did wonder if a tighter crop may have worked :thinking: :)
 
Pinkbikerbabe said:
Linked - fits the theme, clean composition works well for me.
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Judi said:
I rather like your dancing men Susie the reflections are nice (y)
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XenosElaine said:
I like it Susie. The colours are lovely and putting them in a circle was inspired because it means they are all part of the same link if you see what I mean. The reflection is good too and somehow finishes the image off.
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Thank you ladies :) for looking and taking the time to comment ...... much appreciated.
 
overbez said:
loving the shades of blue in there - set off well by the black, needs the reflection (y)

Needs to go a little bit CW for me... but if tahts all there is to pick up on, you;ve done well. :)
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Thanks Graham.....the colours are actually a 'water' overlay but I find that on a black background you lose the water bit and just get a lovely colour. It was actually harder to do than I imagined but I'm glad I stuck at it.
 
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mercurius said:
Time: I'm not sure I get the concept here. Composition doesn't quite work for me and I don't like the lighting. Sorry. But as a self-confessed pen freak, I love the Sheaffer Targa. What's the design called?

Swirl: spot on. Really like the edited version with the sunburst.

Linked: very nicely done. I really like colour and the refection. Good craft skills with the paper cut out, by the way!
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Hiya....the idea behind time was recording 'special moments in time' in my journal ..... I was pleased that I managed to get my treasured pen in the shot :) it's the Targa slimline feather.....my OH bought it for me almost 30 years ago, it came out in 1986!!

Thank you for the other comments ....the dancing men seemed such a simple idea.....but it turned into a marathon.
 
Phil-D said:
Susie, if I could steal a quote and add it to my own posts, this would be it, very well written (y) Occasionally, I struggle to express what I think in writing :oops: :$ Its times like this when I think I should have paid more attention in English and less in Metal Work :)

Linked- Good, well though out idea Susie (y), as mentioned by Elaine, being in a circle is a never ending link :) Reflection works well, good colours (y) like Graham said, possibly a little bit of cw rotation and I did wonder if a tighter crop may have worked :thinking: :)
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Hi Phil....well, writing is my other hobby :) but I always find your comments interesting and fun too, so there's nowt to complain about there.

Thanks for the comments on linked .... I 'm trying to tackle something a bit different each week, it was originally a tighter crop....but I expanded it a bit ..... it's difficult to know where to stop sometimes isn't it :confused:
 
Nice idea. I like the fact the paper people are in a circle. I think the reflection work particularly well on this. I may have been tempted to have cropped a little closer.
 
Delta Skies said:
Nice idea. I like the fact the paper people are in a circle. I think the reflection work particularly well on this. I may have been tempted to have cropped a little closer.
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Hi Peter....thank you for the comments, much appreciated .... it was a bit easier to get them to stand up in a circle than in a line .... maybe I should have left it as a closer crop....not sure :confused:
 
Linked: Hi Susie....yup, great minds do think alike :)

My initial idea was to do a circular pattern too, but I dimissed that thinking it would be to difficult to keep a clean uncluttered composition whilst also having reflections - I therefore appreciate how well you've done here to achieve this shot.

You've pulled this one off for sure. Well done Susie :clap:
 
Hi Susie, like this well thought out. Nice colours and great reflection. You did a good job with the black frame as you'd never know if you hadn't mentioned it. I'd perhaps be tempted to tighten the crop at the bottom. (y)
 
HI Susie


I like your Linked image....you've put plenty of work in to it & it's paid off (y) partic like the addition of the reflection ,with some of the legs being in different positions it almost looks like they are dancing :D

The only little niggle for me , which I wasn't sure abut mentioning given the hard work you've put in to this shot , is the focus.....it appears to be on the men at the back of the circle rather than those nearest the camera.....deliberate ?
 
Hi Susie, it works for me just a slight rotation would help but the colour, reflection and the figures are great
 
Tango32 said:
Linked - reflections are good the colours are good like the fact you out them in a circle
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Thanks for looking Craig....much appreciate the comments.

beckyboy1 said:
Hi Susie, like this well thought out. Nice colours and great reflection. You did a good job with the black frame as you'd never know if you hadn't mentioned it. I'd perhaps be tempted to tighten the crop at the bottom. (y)
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Thanks Michael for taking a look....I do like to get very black blacks if I can....it hides a multitude of sins :)
 
blondie606 said:
HI Susie


I like your Linked image....you've put plenty of work in to it & it's paid off (y) partic like the addition of the reflection ,with some of the legs being in different positions it almost looks like they are dancing :D

The only little niggle for me , which I wasn't sure abut mentioning given the hard work you've put in to this shot , is the focus.....it appears to be on the men at the back of the circle rather than those nearest the camera.....deliberate ?
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Thanks Lynne....I did actually try to cut the men out to look as if they were dancing but they just kept looking extremely bow legged so I gave up on that one :D

Yes of course the focus was deliberate....she says with fingers crossed :) not sure about that one....it was intended to be on the front ones !
 
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