Competition #21 STILL LIFE
- Walter Brooks
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Competition #21 STILL LIFE
Many thanks Tom for your adjudication in the last competition .
For the next competition subject I have chosen Still Life (to take in Table Top; Product Shots; Food; Advertising style or whatever you want), giving another opportunity to travel far and wide around the house on those cold and wet days of what is left of summer. What I have included is a simple set up using an old Vivitar 283 flash off camera and reflectors - dosen't need complex set up, daylight will work just as well. Plenty of inspiration to be found - just pick up a magazine ...
As I am away on holiday soon I will need to extend the closing date to Midnight 9th September. See you all on my return,
Walter
Paul, if I have not posted this correctly, please advise or correct - many thanks ...
For the next competition subject I have chosen Still Life (to take in Table Top; Product Shots; Food; Advertising style or whatever you want), giving another opportunity to travel far and wide around the house on those cold and wet days of what is left of summer. What I have included is a simple set up using an old Vivitar 283 flash off camera and reflectors - dosen't need complex set up, daylight will work just as well. Plenty of inspiration to be found - just pick up a magazine ...
As I am away on holiday soon I will need to extend the closing date to Midnight 9th September. See you all on my return,
Walter
Paul, if I have not posted this correctly, please advise or correct - many thanks ...
“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.”
― Dorothea Lange
― Dorothea Lange
Re: Competition #21 STILL LIFE
Best regards
John
John
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Best wishes
Sue
Sue
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Hi
Mmmmm - yummy sweets......!!!!
Tracey
Mmmmm - yummy sweets......!!!!
Tracey
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This is one of the arrangements at Southport Flower Show.
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GOLD MEDALS WON BY CHRIS HOY.
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One from the archives
Lee
Lee
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[Ship log at the Tall Ships in Liverpool][/quote]
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Traditional Ploughman's Lunch
TerryMooney
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Michelle...my shell...
regards, keith
regards, keith
- Walter Brooks
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Re: Competition #21 STILL LIFE
After an overnight flight and a bit of jet lag - i'm back. My comments on the images -
John - like the colours in this shot, reminescent of an Old Master painting; distracted by the bottom left corner, which I think needs something in there and a bit tight at the top.
Len - like repitition/ patterns in photos; think the top could have been cropped to leave a square format and then a point of focus around the bottom right 1/3rd.
Sue - the kaleidescope of vibrant punchy colours works, like the top angle; think it may have benefited from that top angle detail being replicated.
Tracey - good use of colour; but as with Len's I think it would benefit from a crop and a point of focus.
Myra - another good use of colour; would have liked to see the bottom of the background level and the top of the arrangement included.
Mike - liked the idea of the reflections - I am assuming it's a bowl; distracted by the 'hot spot' and the area not covered by the marshmallows.
Bert - good detail in the three medals; the brightness of the ribbon colour competes too much with the gold.
Lee - good capture of the full reflection as a record type shot; although a bit tight at the bottom.
Bassameg - good record type shot with nice detail in the medal; think it would benefit from a bit of fill in at the bottom for more even lighting.
Terry - like the single directional light; think it would benefit from a tighter crop to get rid of some of the shadows and some attention to the background to enhance the shot.
Keith - like the idea, the tap leading the eye to the shell; think it would benefit from more space around the edges of the tap, but the stainless sink dominates too much.
My critique over -
1st - Bassameg
2nd - John
3rd - Lee
Over to you Bassameg, regards
Walter
John - like the colours in this shot, reminescent of an Old Master painting; distracted by the bottom left corner, which I think needs something in there and a bit tight at the top.
Len - like repitition/ patterns in photos; think the top could have been cropped to leave a square format and then a point of focus around the bottom right 1/3rd.
Sue - the kaleidescope of vibrant punchy colours works, like the top angle; think it may have benefited from that top angle detail being replicated.
Tracey - good use of colour; but as with Len's I think it would benefit from a crop and a point of focus.
Myra - another good use of colour; would have liked to see the bottom of the background level and the top of the arrangement included.
Mike - liked the idea of the reflections - I am assuming it's a bowl; distracted by the 'hot spot' and the area not covered by the marshmallows.
Bert - good detail in the three medals; the brightness of the ribbon colour competes too much with the gold.
Lee - good capture of the full reflection as a record type shot; although a bit tight at the bottom.
Bassameg - good record type shot with nice detail in the medal; think it would benefit from a bit of fill in at the bottom for more even lighting.
Terry - like the single directional light; think it would benefit from a tighter crop to get rid of some of the shadows and some attention to the background to enhance the shot.
Keith - like the idea, the tap leading the eye to the shell; think it would benefit from more space around the edges of the tap, but the stainless sink dominates too much.
My critique over -
1st - Bassameg
2nd - John
3rd - Lee
Over to you Bassameg, regards
Walter
“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.”
― Dorothea Lange
― Dorothea Lange