Some of my photos (56k heavy).

Zheka · 15 Jan 2006 at 20:44

Just some random stuff taken in the last month.
Advice and critique are welcome.

Day before Christmas.

Birmingham Sealife Centre.

Zheka · 15 Jan 2006 at 20:46

Zheka · 15 Jan 2006 at 21:01

Today

Thank you

morgan · 15 Jan 2006 at 21:02

last 5 shots blow the rest out of the water imo

thanks for posting...great work

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 15 Jan 2006 at 21:10

morgan said:
last 5 shots blow the rest out of the water imo

thanks for posting...great work

My thoughts exactly

Zheka · 15 Jan 2006 at 21:12

Thanks guys. You're very kind

KIMMETT · 15 Jan 2006 at 22:16

Jolly good show

. Nice high key effecty stuff there, they definately have a style which suits the images. Any chance of a quick run down on what you did post-process. I always tend to do the opposite and go for low-key, it just seems to be the natural way I do stuff.

Cheers

Kimmett

jhmaeng · 16 Jan 2006 at 10:45

I like the last 5 too. The 3 shots by the beach really stand out for me.

But I must point out, the baby mannequin (if it is) pic is going to give me nightmares - Does anyone else get that creepy feeling from that picture?

lukechad · 16 Jan 2006 at 11:18

Wow, the detail in the close shot of the flower is pretty awesome! Very well done indeed

dod · 16 Jan 2006 at 12:00

lukechad said:
Wow, the detail in the close shot of the flower is pretty awesome! Very well done indeed

My favourites of them all, great colours and detail, nice stuff

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 16 Jan 2006 at 15:38

Zheka said:
Today

Thank you

What are these flowers called and where can you get them from. My sister has these pictures on her wall that she bought from Ikea and I said I could do something like that. I quite fancy giving it a go

Prophet · 16 Jan 2006 at 18:37

Great shots

Whats kit are you using?

Zheka · 16 Jan 2006 at 21:21

Thanks again for your kind comment guys.

KIMMETT I shoot in RAW so I can adjust the exposure if I need. In Photoshop I adjust curves first, than contrast with saturation and sharpening in the end if needed.

Phoenix_Cosmos sorry I don't know the name of the flowers.

Orange Peel shots above taken with D70 and 18-70mm kit lens ( shot 2), Sigma 70-300 APO version (shots - 1, 3, 4 and 9) and Nikon 50mm f/1.8 (shots – 5, 6, 7, 8)

Thanks

Agro · 16 Jan 2006 at 21:29

That was a real pleasure to view Zheka, thanks for posting them.

The last picture is a absolute beaut, great shot!!

Gamefreak501 · 17 Jan 2006 at 15:58

Hmm, nice photos, I like number 5 the most though - something to do with the colours and contrast I think.