Hi, James, I'm not keen on the selective colour one and my, they are red roses!
You have a nice triangle going on and some nice shadows but nothing really grabs me.
Not sure what lens you used but a macro shot of the left hand rose from lower down would be nice to see.
Cheers.
I really like the selective colour version. I also like the 2nd version. I agree with andy with regards to the flower on the left hand side,
Hiya James
The roses are a lovely colour red, although I think some of the outer petals are looking a bit past their time, which doesn't really help the image as my eyes are drawn to those parts.
I agree with others about perhaps selecting one, maybe the one on the left would have worked best for a close up because it is a bit more open and is more appealing.
I'm still not sure about the selective colouring though, it looks a bit 'graveyardish' if you know what I mean :shrug:
Apologies if that sounds a bit negative (not intended) as I would hope you would view it as constructive crit.
Cheers
Dawn
Isn't that the idea of the theme :shrug:
But anyway thank you for the comments, i've had very mixed views alot of people saying they like the selective colour and some not, but thats what this is all about
Thanks again
James
Hiya James,
to you for changing your mind about the joker and getting an image posted for Week 8.
As a big fan of post processing .... I really like this image and think it has worked really well here, especially on the top of your head where it looks like a lot of chaos going on up there
BTW rules are there to be broken (hence why I never make any )
So well done to you and I hope you get through your shifts without too much chaos.
Cheers
Dawn
Hiya James,
Aaaah! Glad I saw your thread pop up in my subscribed posts section .... I remember now that I had viewed your week 9 photo and was going to comment and even did an edit, but must have got distracted and forgot to get back to it .... so I'll start there:
Week 9: I like your thought process for the theme, and the photo is good although I think it would have benefitted from a much lower angle and looking upwards (tricky to do I realise as it is a graveyard and I'm not sure how much space you would have in front of the headstone). However, I think it would have then cut out the distracting bits in the background.
Also looks like you might have had to contend with a bit of harsh light that day as there are certain parts of the headstone that look a tak OE.
Hope you don't mind but I did a bit of an edit on the pic at the time I was looking at it, to show you the kind of idea I had for this image as you took it but with a bit of post processing (fortunately I still had the pic saved on in my TP other members folder ... which I normally clear out on a regular basis). Just say if you want me to remove the image from your thread to keep it tidy:
Week 10: I really like this triptych and all three photos compliment each other well and I like the sequence in which you have displayed them. The colours are great as is the lighting and composition of each (the far right could do with a slight straighten though). Otherwise a brilliant pic for this week
Look forward to keeping up with your project.
Cheers
Dawn
Really like your Trio shots , works well as a Triptych & lovely colors , possibly a slight straighten on the last will complete it .Great work
Hiya James,
First of all well done on the re-shoot, and 100% and improvement on the first accommodation post (although I still liked that one too).
This one just makes it look more realistic and yes it does look like a real van at first glance. That is one hell of a groovy van, now if only I could magic it alive and have it parked outside ready for me to go camping in (although I don't think my current camper van would be impressed with that idea ).
Actually you have reminded me that I need to take a photo of the camper model I have (which has a caravan trailer too ) ... might do that for one of my 365 shots.
If I had to choose out of the two photos you posted, I would have to go with the first one because I like the way you have positioned the van and the selective colouring works a treat to make it stand out. My only crit would be the bit of blur in the lower left corner which is a tad distracting, but I reckon that could be easily cloned using some of the bracken from the left above.
The second image is good too, but think it would look better with a similar processing you used for #1.
I think you have pretty much covered 'knowledge' with this re-shoot as you applied what you have learned from comments and processing.
Well done
Cheers
Dawn
Very interesting PP technique applied here and very striking.
Ok, where are you with such lovely weather??
Hi James, love the reshoot of the camper van. Much better well done mate. I like both the selective colour ones and full colour ones. I think the red contrasts well with the green of the plants.
Admit it.....there is a mug of hot coffee just out of shot....
Nice simple, sharp image. Well done James. Only thing I could think to maybe slightly improve is either removing the curved shadow to the top left of the thermometer or moving the thermometer further down the post for the shot. It's a very minor point but may make a slight difference.
As to ideas for this week I'm taking a shot of my head.