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Like both - Battersea and The London Eye. Watched a Spanish/South American film last night shot in very similar colour (assuming they had a good copy and the projector wasn't wonky). My Better Enemy (rough translation) shot in Patagonia during the Chile/Argentinian conflict. Big skies and loads of contrast with gorgeous washed out colours. A little less red and blue than your shots but, very similar in mood effect.

Would recommend the film to any photographers. Very clumsy in many ways but, quite refreshing to see after sterile perfection. Fantastic shots in it.
 
hi every1.
i am today's noob, and is this the right place to enter the photography comp?

this was taken on my phone camera, as i'd rather not take my decent camera to work (on a building site) so i'm hoping composition will compensate for lack of clarity.

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criticism, suggestions welcome
 
maggot974 said:
hi every1.
i am today's noob, and is this the right place to enter the photography comp?

this was taken on my phone camera, as i'd rather not take my decent camera to work (on a building site) so i'm hoping composition will compensate for lack of clarity.

Old and New

criticism, suggestions welcome
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This thread is to submit a photo for criticism/unabashed praise - you win nada except a smile if people like it, and some valuable tips if people have criticisms. If you go back to the forum list you will see the November Comp thread - this month's theme is 'foreign' - you enter there. Again, you win nothing but your contemparys' praise :)

Now, to your photo - it's such a shame you can't take a 'proper' (whatever that means) camera with you, but understandable in such an environment. Looks like you have a great eye for detail and composition - such a shame the limitations of the camera quality let it down. Do you ever get out and about with a 'normal' camera when you aren't working. I'd love to see some of those shots :)
 
Right, I actually went somewhere with people the other day with Boris (Birmingham - it was raining in Manchester so we went south instead :) ).

Three I have processed so far (again, with my heavy-handed pp work - but I like it, okay :mad: ;) :p )

http://flickr.com/photos/buca/301242478/

http://flickr.com/photos/buca/301306319/in/photostream/

http://flickr.com/photos/buca/301346680/in/photostream/

I really like 2 and 3, and might rework 1 to be fully b&w and a little less 'texture-y' than it is now - I'll see how I feel though - might leave it like that for posterity. It is a big learning curve and I discover something new about what works for what photo and what doesn't with each one I process.

Pigeons are funny :D
 
The Iron Man is still there! Someone told me they had moved it - believe anything me.


I like your pigeons. I once started a project to photograph loads of pigeons on 10" x 8". Got to expensive to achieve what I wanted to achieve. One day maybe. Trying to portrait hundreds of them all in the same side on pose against a plain grey backdrop. They're all the same but, they're all very different sort of thing??? Dunno. Think your candid shots work better.

Dumb birds. They must be Blues fans.
 
Vintage Paw said:
Right, I actually went somewhere with people the other day with Boris (Birmingham - it was raining in Manchester so we went south instead :) ).

Three I have processed so far (again, with my heavy-handed pp work - but I like it, okay :mad: ;) :p )

http://flickr.com/photos/buca/301242478/

http://flickr.com/photos/buca/301306319/in/photostream/

http://flickr.com/photos/buca/301346680/in/photostream/

I really like 2 and 3, and might rework 1 to be fully b&w and a little less 'texture-y' than it is now - I'll see how I feel though - might leave it like that for posterity. It is a big learning curve and I discover something new about what works for what photo and what doesn't with each one I process.

Pigeons are funny :D
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i really like the textures of your photos.
how did you do it?
 
Stanley - I didn't even know the Iron Man existed until that day :rolleyes: I'm not sure the composition of that shot works - it's all about the woman in the foreground, and although I like that their alignment is the same, creating parallel lines of a sort, there's something about the position of the statue that seems to make it unbalanced. I'd like to hang around there for a while again next time I go to see if I can improve on it. As for the pigeons, a bit of luck really; they just happened to be on a waist-height plinth so I could just lean in and get them - I'd be buggered if I was going to get down on the floor with the filthy creatures ;) I'd like to have a go at photographing them again (well, I doubt I could ever find those particular five, so I'll see if I can find some lookalikes :p ).

dada - thank you :) After any colour work most of the effect is created with pattern layers in photoshop. Levels too. I rarely work with curves, I certainly didn't for the 3 most recent photos, primarily because I'm not as good at them as other things!
 
She's adorable! :D I don't 'do' portraits (for lack of a willing participant) so I feel a bit weird giving advice, but I suppose I look at lots of them, so with that in mind all I would say is:

composition: less background, more her for that particular composition. Other than that, spot on - I love the shallow dof, the background is suitably blurry for my tastes. I love that she is looking away - seems to sum up a child's mood some how.

pp: the photograph looks a little flat - so maybe a tad more contrast in ps or some such program? Although, flat can be good, you don't want too much contrast coz 'flat' gives a soft, sentimental look, but the part especially on her jumper arms looks a bit too flat. But not a biggie really.

Great portrait either way :)
 
Vintage Paw said:
This thread is to submit a photo for criticism/unabashed praise - you win nada except a smile if people like it, and some valuable tips if people have criticisms. If you go back to the forum list you will see the November Comp thread - this month's theme is 'foreign' - you enter there. Again, you win nothing but your contemparys' praise :)

Now, to your photo - it's such a shame you can't take a 'proper' (whatever that means) camera with you, but understandable in such an environment. Looks like you have a great eye for detail and composition - such a shame the limitations of the camera quality let it down. Do you ever get out and about with a 'normal' camera when you aren't working. I'd love to see some of those shots :)
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thanks for that, VP. i can't take that picture again now - the floor has been laid already... nvm, other opportunities will arise
 
funky_sessions said:
warehouse

I tried to get back into the warehouse at the weekend to take pics with my new dslr, but it's all been boarded up :(
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The light is fuckin beautiful there mate what did you shoot it with?

Whereabouts do you live?
 
zenie said:
The light is fuckin beautiful there mate what did you shoot it with?

Whereabouts do you live?
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I shot it with a Sony DSC-T3 (5.1mp point and shoot) it was before I got my dslr. I went back at the weekend to take some more pics with my new improved camera but it was boarded up. :(

i'm considering taking some tools and breaking in, taking some more pics, then sealing it all up again afterwards.... but I'd probably get in a load of trouble if I got caught.

oh... I live in derby.
 
funky_sessions said:
I shot it with a Sony DSC-T3 (5.1mp point and shoot) it was before I got my dslr. I went back at the weekend to take some more pics with my new improved camera but it was boarded up. :(

i'm considering taking some tools and breaking in, taking some more pics, then sealing it all up again afterwards.... but I'd probably get in a load of trouble if I got caught.

oh... I live in derby.
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Gahh Derby is bloody miles or I'd offer to come back with you, is nice to have the windows open you see so you get the light streaming through.

Is all about the light :cool:

Go back with a crowbar doesnt look like there's any security ey? :)
 
zenie said:
Gahh Derby is bloody miles or I'd offer to come back with you, is nice to have the windows open you see so you get the light streaming through.

Is all about the light :cool:

Go back with a crowbar doesnt look like there's any security ey? :)
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no... no outward security... but the've boarded up all the access routes I used before, and put that anti climb paint on everything. :( there are *loads* of signs everywhere now saying it's looked after by some security firm that weren't there before. junkies ruined it :-( the first time I got in, there were no needles or anything, then just a few days later there were a few, then loads more :-( then it got boarded up. *sigh*

I guess if I took a crowbar, and a hammer, I could fix it all back up after getting in and taking pics... the windows in the picture aren't boarded up, but they're too high to climb through and covered with grating.

cume up anyways zenie, we can break in together... (and get thrown in the cells together too if we get caught) :rolleyes:
 
Bernie Gunther said:
Well, I've been experimenting, again. I'd be grateful for some reactions to this stuff.

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Bumble

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There is clearly a scary monster in the background of that photo. The red eyes! The evil smile! The pointy chin!
 
hiccup said:
There is clearly a scary monster in the background of that photo. The red eyes! The evil smile! The pointy chin!
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Tis exactly what I thought :D

funky-sessions - great shot that one with the light through the windows. Where in Derby is it? I'm from those parts (was passing through today in fact).
 
Vintage Paw said:
Tis exactly what I thought :D

funky-sessions - great shot that one with the light through the windows. Where in Derby is it? I'm from those parts (was passing through today in fact).
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it's the old GNER railway warehouse on friargate, I don't know if you know it or not.
 
Janh said:
I'd appreciate comment on this shot taken with a point and shoot Sony DSCs600. I'm quite pleased with it as it's my first week with the camera even though the subject might be familiar by now.


http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q148/hotwires/stpauls.jpg
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Nice :) (I hate the word nice, sorry I just used it). I like the idea. When I read 'stpauls' at the end of the url I thought 'oh, another typical shot of st pauls' but that isn't what that is at all. You have brought a different view to it. I like how the focus leads into it. In some ways though it seems a little too dark - with too little detail to the shot, but there is definitely something there.
 
Two more from me (nicely situated in the new blog too)

number 1

and

number 2

I wasn't sure about number 2 but others seem to like it well enough. It's the beginning of an idea that I hope to develop. I'd appreciate your thoughts.
 
There's sum really beautiful images there, i especially like number 2 as it seems to have a greater feeling of mood, atmosphere and symbolism (we are puppets kind of thing?) that i think would look great in a series if you were to carry them on. Then again, i might just be one of those people who prefer a moody photograph.
I'm sure you've been asked before, but do you use a special filter for your pics? The scratchy texture you achieve is a great look. Oh yeah and the page http://catherinebuca.com is coming on very nicely- keep it smiple and easy to navigate and you've got a winner! :)
 
soulfluxzero said:
There's sum really beautiful images there, i especially like number 2 as it seems to have a greater feeling of mood, atmosphere and symbolism (we are puppets kind of thing?) that i think would look great in a series if you were to carry them on. Then again, i might just be one of those people who prefer a moody photograph.
I'm sure you've been asked before, but do you use a special filter for your pics? The scratchy texture you achieve is a great look. Oh yeah and the page http://catherinebuca.com is coming on very nicely- keep it smiple and easy to navigate and you've got a winner! :)
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Thank you :)

Filter: no action or filter, I play around with patterns and other 'normal' pp stuff like levels - that's all really.

Design: I'm not planning on changing anything now - I'm happy with how it is. Apart from when you select a gallery from the drop-down list I'd like people to be able to browse backwards and forwards just through the photos in that selected gallery, but at present as soon as you start browsing it takes you back to the normal loop of images ... I'm sure there's a way, but I haven't worked it out yet.
 
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