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Barking_Mad said:
Nice effort I just think you've got the silhouette in the wrong place in the photo and there isn't enough of him/her.
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Yeah, it was a brilliant opportunity, that never quite worked the way i wanted it to.

(I blame my models)
 
Taken on the stairway on the way to the top of Leith Hill Tower in Surrey -
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Bigger pic here

The bloke taking this one isn't me, as I'm surely not going as thin up front -
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Not sure I want anyone to get a bigger version of that one....:)
 
Bob_the_lost said:
A couple i took a while back, never really happy with either of them but such is life:
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/9739/collected007large7by.jpg
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I think this is great, but it needs a better crop. Maybe a thin wide one to cut out the top and bottom and a little on the left. It's simply not a strong/big enough subject at the minute, in all that space, but it's a top photo.

The second one's OK but try a high contrast B&W one instead maybe, and again play with crops, probably beyond the standard ratios.
 
...and here it is!

Johnny Canuck2 said:
Great light. It would be interesting to see what this would look like in black and white.
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Better late than never! I did produce quite a few black and white images from this trip but for some unfathomable reason, I didn't do one for this particular shot. Anyway, I gave it a go and have to admit, I now prefer the monochrome version to the colour one.

So here it is...

http://daveamis.freeservers.com/gent06_33BW.html

Cheers,
Dave
 
portman said:
Better late than never! I did produce quite a few black and white images from this trip but for some unfathomable reason, I didn't do one for this particular shot. Anyway, I gave it a go and have to admit, I now prefer the monochrome version to the colour one.

So here it is...

http://daveamis.freeservers.com/gent06_33BW.html

Cheers,
Dave
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It's not bad, a bit dark. I think in this instance, the colour works better.
 
Johnny Canuck2 said:
It's not bad, a bit dark. I think in this instance, the colour works better.
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Mmmm, getting mixed reviews on this one here and on another forum...

When I took this shot, the light was wierd to say the least. Above me was clear blue sky, going further away were white clouds then a fair size storm cloud in the distance. So deciding on exposure for this was a bit tricky to say the least! What I did,'t want to do was overexpose and burn out the white cloud completely, yet I was struggling to get enough definition and contrast in the buildings. Given that it was a stormy day, I was going for a darkish, moody feel to the image.

I know I could have adjusted the sky in Photoshop but being me, I like to get things right on camera!

As for the storm cloud in the background, it caught up with us on the final leg of a guided boat tour around the canals!!

Cheers,
Dave
 
jeff_leigh said:
Took this shot on friday in Liverpool and made a Black & White version too, can't decide which one i like best, any opinion?
http://static.flickr.com/59/179828291_a1b24680df_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/52/179828289_69c771df28_o.jpg
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Normally I prefer mono but in this case I think the colour shot is more effective. This is because the colours are very muted apart from what looks like a reverse red tick in the corner. Not quite sure of the significance of it but it adds an interesting bit of contrast to the image! Overall, an interesting piece of documentary photography.

Cheers,
Dave
 
Thurrock 'sculpture trail'

Actually it's a shot of a burnt out rusting car wreck in what passes for countryside in Thurrock (Essex bank of the Thames estuary). With the council barely able or unwilling to clear up burnt out cars, us locals have dubbed these wrecks the 'Thurrock sculpture trail'. Hence my attempt to create a slightly 'arty' image.

http://daveamis.freeservers.com/SW14804d.html

Anyway, see what you think....

Cheers,
Dave
 
portman said:
Actually it's a shot of a burnt out rusting car wreck in what passes for countryside in Thurrock (Essex bank of the Thames estuary). With the council barely able or unwilling to clear up burnt out cars, us locals have dubbed these wrecks the 'Thurrock sculpture trail'. Hence my attempt to create a slightly 'arty' image.

http://daveamis.freeservers.com/SW14804d.html

Anyway, see what you think....

Cheers,
Dave
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Quite like it but I feel it could be framed better, there's too much going on down the bottom of the photo and the angle is slighy off centre. I think it would work better if it was cropped tighter and the weed on the right hand side taken out of the shot.
 
Chorlton said:
its an odd framing - why so much space at the top when there is obviously more rat / laser below. I also think its a little flat - i would B&W and mess with shadows and contrast
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no the image cuts off at the bottom, but yeah i could have used a tighter crop. How can i get shadows from a flat wall ? BTW thanks for the comments :)
 
riot sky said:
Quite like it but I feel it could be framed better, there's too much going on down the bottom of the photo and the angle is slighy off centre. I think it would work better if it was cropped tighter and the weed on the right hand side taken out of the shot.
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Looking at the image again (must have taken it at least three years ago!), I tend to agree about the weed on the right. I should have swung the camera slightly to the left - don't know why I didn't to be honest! It was one of those shots that sits uneasily between straight documentary and trying to create something a bit different and slightly missed out on both objectives.

Anyway, here's a closer crop of the burnt out wreck...

http://daveamis.freeservers.com/SW14804g.html

Cheers,
Dave
 
GuerillaPhoto said:
Emanuel...
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Nice adventurous angles. I like photographers who are not afraid to get down and dirty :D

Interesting take on a very old subject. I remember back in the early 80's every photography magazine seemed to feature pics of grave yards shot in infrared every week. Nice but, to much old hat.

Now it seems graveyards manipulated in PhotoShop are all the rage. The first image is by far the best to me. Much prefer natural B&W in these circumstances. Graveyards are made for glorious tones in B&W. Effects just seem to be wrong and a bit 'goth with dayglo eyeshadow' to me.

They're good though.
 
GuerillaPhoto is that Arnos Vale Cemetery ?

I like the yikprq.jpg (2nd down) but frame has cut top of spike off. still :cool:
 
Meh, this one is about four or five years old and was taken in the Hemp Hotel in Amsterdam on New Years Day, but I still like it.

Hemp Hotel
 
riot sky said:
Meh, this one is about four or five years old and was taken in the Hemp Hotel in Amsterdam on New Years Day, but I still like it.

Hemp Hotel
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no critism just to say that i do like that a lot....


last night i was looking at a photoblog of a lady who posts up a picture a day from her daily walk - i forget the name of the site, and i thought that is probably what i should be looking at doing, so i attempted some macro photography - now i don't have a macro zoom, just the 18-70mm that my d70 came with - but i had a few stabs at it this morning when i walked the dog - anyone got any advice about what sort of things i should be looking to do (aside from buy a lens, i can't afford it!)

http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/2133/dsc0032759099be5.jpg

http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/9162/dsc0006dk3.jpg
 
Phone pics

Went for a walk up the local headland yesterday eve after work, Shpongle in the headphones and just had to take a couple of pics on my phone. Much kudos to anyone who recognises...

First:
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A little later:
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Camera phone quality constantly surprises me! Anyone got a K800i yet? Thinking of an upgrade.
 
Much kudos to anyone who recognises...
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Kudos comes free to the people of East Sussex. I know where it is but, I don't want any kudos.

I quite like the first image despite it's low technical quality. Not so sure about the second. Interesting effect and colours but, does nothing for me in any other way.
 
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