A light scattering of images, leading to heavier showers in the north.

Messiah Khan · 9 Aug 2007 at 23:08

Can you tell im running out of ideas for the names of my threads? Anyway, heres a few from this week;

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Johnny|lucidcomposure · 10 Aug 2007 at 01:18

Loving those first two Messiah Khan. The second one is such a good macro! Also the 3rd from a macro point of view and I don't say much about bugs

I cant say the following images are doing much for me to be honest.
Number 4 I think the rock is far to close to the front of your shot. I feel it should be more -central to the left or right. I could be wrong on this but I just am not feeling this one.

The last one I think there is a better shot involving the tires around the post if you could isolate that somehow? Although it is a very nice shot. gorgeous water though.

They are all nice shots but I am just being very picky tonight.

martinturner · 10 Aug 2007 at 07:50

Absolute pleasure looking at your photo's. I love the first one and particularly like the last one. Composition is just beautiful. Not a fan of macro insects .... well not a fan of insects, but nonetheless technically well done!

Keep em coming fella! Keeps me going on those boring days at work.

Martin

Droolinggimp · 10 Aug 2007 at 08:46

How do you get the water like that?

I bet my camera isnt up to that technique anyway. All full auto everything. I do have a 4 sec long time exposure option though.

Great photos though I love the 1st one.. cracking stuff.

martinturner · 10 Aug 2007 at 09:02

droolinggimp said:
How do you get the water like that?

I bet my camera isnt up to that technique anyway. All full auto everything. I do have a 4 sec long time exposure option though.

Great photos though I love the 1st one.. cracking stuff.

Being a total noob, I would have to guess; but I think a tripod and long exposure would result in the fluffy water?

Mohain · 10 Aug 2007 at 09:07

No. 2 is a great macro. I like no. 4 too. Love the toning on the last two

Hen_Dawg · 10 Aug 2007 at 13:00

messiah khan said:
Can you tell im running out of ideas for the names of my threads?

Maybe a little but you're not running out of ideas for top class photgraphs

#3 is great because of subject and angle means the usual DOP issues are not visible. Just fully in focus insent and stalk

dirtybeatfreak · 10 Aug 2007 at 13:04

fantastic shots as usual mate, reeeeally love number 5!

Dazzlercee · 10 Aug 2007 at 13:53

Great shots. Love 1 and 4.

Messiah Khan · 10 Aug 2007 at 19:42

Fstop11 said:
Loving those first two Messiah Khan. The second one is such a good macro! Also the 3rd from a macro point of view and I don't say much about bugs

I cant say the following images are doing much for me to be honest.
Number 4 I think the rock is far to close to the front of your shot. I feel it should be more -central to the left or right. I could be wrong on this but I just am not feeling this one.

The last one I think there is a better shot involving the tires around the post if you could isolate that somehow? Although it is a very nice shot. gorgeous water though.

They are all nice shots but I am just being very picky tonight.

Thanks for the crit Johnny. I agree about the composition of 4. If I had about doubled the distance of the rock from the front of the frame I think it would have worked better. Also I should have had it further to the right. In an ideal world, I would have also liked the far rock to have a similar shape the close one.

I see what you mean about 5, but that would have involved wet feet unfortunately.

martinturner said:
Absolute pleasure looking at your photo's. I love the first one and particularly like the last one. Composition is just beautiful. Not a fan of macro insects .... well not a fan of insects, but nonetheless technically well done!

Keep em coming fella! Keeps me going on those boring days at work.

Martin

Cheers

droolinggimp said:
How do you get the water like that?

I bet my camera isnt up to that technique anyway. All full auto everything. I do have a 4 sec long time exposure option though.

Great photos though I love the 1st one.. cracking stuff.

I use a ND10 filter to achieve exposures of up to about 3 minutes. This completely neutralises any wave movement, and make the water look like mist.

martinturner said:
Being a total noob, I would have to guess; but I think a tripod and long exposure would result in the fluffy water?

Yup.. thats the trick.

Mohain said:
No. 2 is a great macro. I like no. 4 too. Love the toning on the last two

Cheers. Im pleased with the toning ive been using recently. It might get bolder or subtler, but expect to see a fair bit of my work like this.

Hen_Dawg said:
Maybe a little but you're not running out of ideas for top class photgraphs

#3 is great because of subject and angle means the usual DOP issues are not visible. Just fully in focus insent and stalk

Thanks. Doing insect macros like this, the angle is half the trick to overcome the restrictions of the limited dof.

alangelluk said:
fantastic shots as usual mate, reeeeally love number 5!

Cheers.

Dazzlercee said:
Great shots. Love 1 and 4.

Thanks.

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 10 Aug 2007 at 19:50

Wet feet! I really do wish someone would follow me when I go in bizarre missions! I spent 1 hour and a half stood crotch deep in a cold stream a few days ago. I went for a half a mile walk up/in stream!

hehe I'm only joshing with ya but the one thing a photo tutor at my college told me was not to be bothered to get wet! I guess he was right!

Messiah Khan · 10 Aug 2007 at 19:53

Fstop11 said:
Wet feet! I really do wish someone would follow me when I go in bizarre missions! I spent 1 hour and a half stood crotch deep in a cold stream a few days ago. I went for a half a mile walk up/in stream!

hehe I'm only joshing with ya but the one thing a photo tutor at my college told me was not to be bothered to get wet! I guess he was right!

Hehe, im not too worried about getting wet, but I have a feeling it wasn't just water that I would be standing in. That shot was taken at South Gare, which is quite close to one of Britains biggest chemical/steel/nuclear sites. And the oil in the water didn't look too appetising either.

I have however considered getting a pair of waders.

funkyphantom · 10 Aug 2007 at 22:18

i LOVE number 5 m8y, fantastic work, keep it up!

Arkanoid · 10 Aug 2007 at 23:54

no1 is great. Just the kind of shots i envisage myself taking when I bought my camera. Settings pls?

I have canon 400d + efs 10-22 and am hoping to get some cracking shots. Just haven't had time yet.

Moving soon to the country and will be posting.

Dont xpect to be up to your standard though