OcUK Photo Comp - Season Ten : Round One - "Water" DISCUSSION
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Soldato
First competition enteredlets hope I'm not last =D
Think i'll be last mate i just entered it for fun to see what people say about it
Soldato
Never know what to make of ur comments mate
Im not a member of TP so seeing if i can make out how you got your set up? I'm obviously way off the mark. never mind
Soldato
I think I'm going to start looking at something to setup at home, the weather is rubbish and doesn't look to be getting better for the next week or so!
I like the look of this, but can't see it working for photography: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LJxwOs2yAQ Unless you get very lucky!
I like the look of this, but can't see it working for photography: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LJxwOs2yAQ Unless you get very lucky!
Soldato
Im not a member of TP so seeing if i can make out how you got your set up? I'm obviously way off the mark. never mind
In that case, your setup guess was pretty much spot on
Soldato
Just submitted my first ever photo
Fantastic shot mate, up there with shadowness entry.
Soldato
Wedge, really nice shot there!
Just swapped my entry round, kinda prefer this shot over the reflection one.
Just swapped my entry round, kinda prefer this shot over the reflection one.
Soldato
Wedge, really nice shot there!
Just swapped my entry round, kinda prefer this shot over the reflection one.
i do like that one.....burst pipe overflowing?
really need to get something sorted out for my entry now.
Soldato
Likewise, I can't remember the last weekend with decent weather...
Man of Honour
First entry!
Soldato
i do like that one.....burst pipe overflowing?
really need to get something sorted out for my entry now.
It's part of Nottingham's old market square (the fountain thingy). Originally intended to get a reflection type shot (my original entry) but who can resist long exposures of running water?
As above, the weather has just been rubbish so getting out hasn't been easy. Hope you get something sorted
i like it, biggest impact for me so far. However, is it over sharpened? it almost looks like it has been painted on the glass. The noise suggests significant sharpening, and it looks like you used at least two lights (ummbrella's crossed?) so high iso shouldnt have been necessary unless you needed the ambient balance.
be interested to here your response.
PS - added you as a flickr contact - some good stuff on there
be interested to here your response.
PS - added you as a flickr contact - some good stuff on there
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I was experimenting with fruit drops (as in dropping them into the water) and found the brolly reflection was too distracting
e.g.
Red Cherry by C.Jones Photography, on Flickr
Then came across food colouring in the kitchen and decided to experiment.
The final image had tweaks, fill light and some sharpening and saturation. You're the 2nd person to have commented about the colour looking like it's printed on the glass. Very odd, I can't get my head around that. My histogram shows a fairly well to high exposed shot, so perhaps the slight clipping with the background 'white' has made it look 'flatter' if you know what I mean?
And yes, I've used 2 strobe, crossed of 2 even lighting through a 40cm brolly. Needed the higher ISO to keep the background 'white', even with reflector, it's still a tat bit grey. Plus, the noise adds an element of 'blood' IMO. Was a tangent experiment whilst messing around, got an image I rather like thus entered for competition
e.g.
Red Cherry by C.Jones Photography, on Flickr
Then came across food colouring in the kitchen and decided to experiment.
The final image had tweaks, fill light and some sharpening and saturation. You're the 2nd person to have commented about the colour looking like it's printed on the glass. Very odd, I can't get my head around that. My histogram shows a fairly well to high exposed shot, so perhaps the slight clipping with the background 'white' has made it look 'flatter' if you know what I mean?
And yes, I've used 2 strobe, crossed of 2 even lighting through a 40cm brolly. Needed the higher ISO to keep the background 'white', even with reflector, it's still a tat bit grey. Plus, the noise adds an element of 'blood' IMO. Was a tangent experiment whilst messing around, got an image I rather like thus entered for competition
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