Ta Dah...... one more to keep the little one warm this winter.
Thursday 24 November 2016
One for the charity pile....
Ta Dah...... one more to keep the little one warm this winter.
CCC: Season 3 - PDI 2
That time again - second PDI competition of the season....
Both images taken in RAW
Just Resting: Laying face down on the floor again, much to D's embarrassment but to much amusement to the people stepping over me. A whole family came past - with mum and dad hissing at anyone getting close. The little one just stopped and sat down, while the rest of the family moved along. Not much to edit in this image - just a quick tidy up on the background, and the usual shadows and highlights.
Just Resting: Final
Judges Comments: Nice pictures. Sharp all the way through the image. Score: 9.5
Early Autumn Colour: First draft - light areas removed but colour still not vibrant enough for autum colour.
Early Autumn Colour: Final - added the warm sunset filter in Nik Colour Efex. Much better.
Judges Comments: Bags of colour, Good contrast. No part of the images is sharp in any way. Score: 7.5
What a very odd night..... considering the judge went on and on - he didn't actually make much comment on many images. The judge just didn't seem to mark according to his comments - one images he got very excited about - saying that is should be sold to a magazine, only to mark it an 8. I also felt there were some very odd images displayed tonight (although this is only my personal) - not up to the clubs usual standard.
Both images taken in RAW
Just Resting: Final
Judges Comments: Nice pictures. Sharp all the way through the image. Score: 9.5
Early Autumn Colour: ICM with three exposures - in camera. ICM is when you intentionally move the camera rather than just camera shake. I need to loose the light bits in the image and enhance the colours.
Early Autumn Colour: First draft - light areas removed but colour still not vibrant enough for autum colour.
Early Autumn Colour: Final - added the warm sunset filter in Nik Colour Efex. Much better.
Judges Comments: Bags of colour, Good contrast. No part of the images is sharp in any way. Score: 7.5
What a very odd night..... considering the judge went on and on - he didn't actually make much comment on many images. The judge just didn't seem to mark according to his comments - one images he got very excited about - saying that is should be sold to a magazine, only to mark it an 8. I also felt there were some very odd images displayed tonight (although this is only my personal) - not up to the clubs usual standard.
Thursday 10 November 2016
CCC: Season 3 - Mono Competition 2
Left it far too late to organise images - Saturday morning with three hours to spare and no images selected. Mono is not my strong point anyway and need at least a week - hay ho....
The Hive: My second attempt at photographing this 'structure'. Very much like the curves in this one. Hand held - slightly overexposed to get a 'clear' sky. Need to change to mono, adjust shadows and highlights, and a small crop.
The Hive: Final - really pleased with the details now I've adjusted the shadows. Printed on Permajet Oyster Paper. I think this makes a good mono image.
Judges Comments: Very defined shape at each corner. Very sharp image. Good detail. Details in the line draw the eye through the image from top to bottom. However, no actual focal point, no safe point for the eye to stop, lots of lines - not allowing the eye to rest - too much detail behind the main lines. Score: 7.5
Morning Beach: HDR - don't think I've entered an HDR before - and certainly never a mono. Having processed it - decided I really didn't like the B&W and it really didn't work - so put it on the reject pile! Much prefer the Colour - so will 'maybe' enter as a PDI some time - without the sensor marks!.
Sooooo, a last minute replacement ..... processed in the very late hours of Saturday night.
Remember: The Battle of Britain - taken back in July - I tired a multiple exposure, in camera, for these two images but because of the harsh light on the day - just couldn't get the image I wanted. I took a few individual pictures 'just in case' and feeling inspired by a talk we had about Layers last week at club - thought it was time I had a go.
Both images need changing to B&W, shadow, highlights, clarity etc - a different crop perhaps - and then 'blending' the images into one - well that's the theory anyway.......
Remember: The Battle of Britain - Usual processing done - with the blending of the two images.... this is what I ended up with...
I think the image is OK but not as clear as I would have liked. I don't particularly like the top left of the image.... another play - taking the image into Silver Effect Pro...
This one I did like, however some areas are a little too dark for my printer (haven't got my head around the new printer yet). but like the way the soldier is lit up. One more 'play'....
And this is the final images. The main focal point is the soldier, the names are still clear. Still see the background but not interfering like the first processed image. Printed on Permajet Titanium Paper. Think I could improve on this if I had not left it so very late to select my images!
Judges Comments: Liked the treatment on the image, Image well conceived and well presented. Liked the square crop. Liked the positioning of the soldier in the bottom quarter of the image without interference with the names and medals. Score: 9
The Hive: My second attempt at photographing this 'structure'. Very much like the curves in this one. Hand held - slightly overexposed to get a 'clear' sky. Need to change to mono, adjust shadows and highlights, and a small crop.
The Hive: Final - really pleased with the details now I've adjusted the shadows. Printed on Permajet Oyster Paper. I think this makes a good mono image.
Judges Comments: Very defined shape at each corner. Very sharp image. Good detail. Details in the line draw the eye through the image from top to bottom. However, no actual focal point, no safe point for the eye to stop, lots of lines - not allowing the eye to rest - too much detail behind the main lines. Score: 7.5
Morning Beach: HDR - don't think I've entered an HDR before - and certainly never a mono. Having processed it - decided I really didn't like the B&W and it really didn't work - so put it on the reject pile! Much prefer the Colour - so will 'maybe' enter as a PDI some time - without the sensor marks!.
Sooooo, a last minute replacement ..... processed in the very late hours of Saturday night.
Remember: The Battle of Britain - taken back in July - I tired a multiple exposure, in camera, for these two images but because of the harsh light on the day - just couldn't get the image I wanted. I took a few individual pictures 'just in case' and feeling inspired by a talk we had about Layers last week at club - thought it was time I had a go.
Both images need changing to B&W, shadow, highlights, clarity etc - a different crop perhaps - and then 'blending' the images into one - well that's the theory anyway.......
Remember: The Battle of Britain - Usual processing done - with the blending of the two images.... this is what I ended up with...
I think the image is OK but not as clear as I would have liked. I don't particularly like the top left of the image.... another play - taking the image into Silver Effect Pro...
This one I did like, however some areas are a little too dark for my printer (haven't got my head around the new printer yet). but like the way the soldier is lit up. One more 'play'....
And this is the final images. The main focal point is the soldier, the names are still clear. Still see the background but not interfering like the first processed image. Printed on Permajet Titanium Paper. Think I could improve on this if I had not left it so very late to select my images!
Judges Comments: Liked the treatment on the image, Image well conceived and well presented. Liked the square crop. Liked the positioning of the soldier in the bottom quarter of the image without interference with the names and medals. Score: 9
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