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Weekly Photo Contest 2nd-9th March 2019 - Pairs
- Thread starter Hughmac
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I’d love to go back when it’s finished. Very busy though. Beautiful light inside.
That’s still far away though. I might need to next week or the week after again.
But I’m not sure what’s going to happen after the 29th.
Being a poker player, when I think of a pair I immediately think of a pocket pair of cards. My second favourite of course being a pair of cowboys...
Cowboys by Andy Whiteford, on Flickr
Cowboys by Andy Whiteford, on Flickr
Thank you for all the varied entries and your take on the theme of pairs.
My thoughts below are those of an amateur and should be taken with a pinch of salt as they are my personal opinions.
I love birds of prey and this pair are a great example. I hope you don't mind but in my curiosity I looked at the EXIF for this shot. I wonder how far away you were considering the size of lens you were using?
A lovely silhouetted pair; by the way, did you flip them?
Birds in flight are notoriously difficult to capture, but you've done pretty well with this pair of swans. You just can't always pick the perfect backgrounds though, can you?
What a lovely pair of dogs, are they mother and pup? Nicely done.
I remember my granddad had a camera like this, and we threw it away when he died. What a waste - I'm glad there are still plenty of examples like these still around. Did you buy one?
If that's a first attempt then it came out pretty well! In my innocence I haven't a clue how you did the lighting
Nice, another interesting pair to illuminate this competition.
Without the explanation I wouldn't have worked out what you did here - well done!
Yes indeed someone had to do it. Points for a pair of pears, but nothing for the dad joke
Lovely. I feel a request coming on for how you took and processed this shot please
Very inventive, making a pair out of two similar shots. Nice.
Lovely colourful pair, nicely done.
How many pairs of pears were there in this shot? You must have counted them while you were placing them
Ah, I wondered if poker was going to work it's way in somewhere. Nice shot, well done.
Sorry my comments weren't very detailed, but I couldn't think of any bad things to say - you've all done very well
So, the placings:-
Third:- @Donka for his lovely shot of a pair of Kings
Second:- @someoldguy for his cheeky photo of a pair of pears
First:- @mollyc for her beautiful shot of a pair of flowers
Thank you all for taking part.
Cheers
Hugh
My thoughts below are those of an amateur and should be taken with a pinch of salt as they are my personal opinions.
I love birds of prey and this pair are a great example. I hope you don't mind but in my curiosity I looked at the EXIF for this shot. I wonder how far away you were considering the size of lens you were using?
A lovely silhouetted pair; by the way, did you flip them?
Birds in flight are notoriously difficult to capture, but you've done pretty well with this pair of swans. You just can't always pick the perfect backgrounds though, can you?
What a lovely pair of dogs, are they mother and pup? Nicely done.
A pair of vintage camera from Camden market.
I remember my granddad had a camera like this, and we threw it away when he died. What a waste - I'm glad there are still plenty of examples like these still around. Did you buy one?
If that's a first attempt then it came out pretty well! In my innocence I haven't a clue how you did the lighting
Nice, another interesting pair to illuminate this competition.
Without the explanation I wouldn't have worked out what you did here - well done!
Yes indeed someone had to do it. Points for a pair of pears, but nothing for the dad joke
Lovely. I feel a request coming on for how you took and processed this shot please
tiny waterfalls, Aetna Mountain, TN
Very inventive, making a pair out of two similar shots. Nice.
Lovely colourful pair, nicely done.
How many pairs of pears were there in this shot? You must have counted them while you were placing them
Being a poker player, when I think of a pair I immediately think of a pocket pair of cards. My second favourite of course being a pair of cowboys...
Cowboys by Andy Whiteford, on Flickr
Ah, I wondered if poker was going to work it's way in somewhere. Nice shot, well done.
Sorry my comments weren't very detailed, but I couldn't think of any bad things to say - you've all done very well
So, the placings:-
Third:- @Donka for his lovely shot of a pair of Kings
Second:- @someoldguy for his cheeky photo of a pair of pears
First:- @mollyc for her beautiful shot of a pair of flowers
Thank you all for taking part.
Cheers
Hugh
Thank you for all the varied entries and your take on the theme of pairs.
My thoughts below are those of an amateur and should be taken with a pinch of salt as they are my personal opinions.
I love birds of prey and this pair are a great example. I hope you don't mind but in my curiosity I looked at the EXIF for this shot. I wonder how far away you were considering the size of lens you were using?
A lovely silhouetted pair; by the way, did you flip them?
Birds in flight are notoriously difficult to capture, but you've done pretty well with this pair of swans. You just can't always pick the perfect backgrounds though, can you?
What a lovely pair of dogs, are they mother and pup? Nicely done.
I remember my granddad had a camera like this, and we threw it away when he died. What a waste - I'm glad there are still plenty of examples like these still around. Did you buy one?
If that's a first attempt then it came out pretty well! In my innocence I haven't a clue how you did the lighting
Nice, another interesting pair to illuminate this competition.
Without the explanation I wouldn't have worked out what you did here - well done!
Yes indeed someone had to do it. Points for a pair of pears, but nothing for the dad joke
Lovely. I feel a request coming on for how you took and processed this shot please
Very inventive, making a pair out of two similar shots. Nice.
Lovely colourful pair, nicely done.
How many pairs of pears were there in this shot? You must have counted them while you were placing them
Ah, I wondered if poker was going to work it's way in somewhere. Nice shot, well done.
Sorry my comments weren't very detailed, but I couldn't think of any bad things to say - you've all done very well
So, the placings:-
Third:- @Donka for his lovely shot of a pair of Kings
Second:- @someoldguy for his cheeky photo of a pair of pears
First:- @mollyc for her beautiful shot of a pair of flowers
Thank you all for taking part.
Cheers
Hugh
Really? Wow! How exciting. I did not expect that. You didn’t even know it’s my birthday week! Thank you. I will come back tomorrow with the sooc. I just used a single flash with a beauty dish.
Let me think of a new challenge.
Really? Wow! How exciting. I did not expect that. You didn’t even know it’s my birthday week! Thank you. I will come back tomorrow with the sooc. I just used a single flash with a beauty dish.
Let me think of a new challenge.
If he really cared about your birthday he would have given you 2nd.
The rest of us offer our good wishes.
A deserving winner! Remove the pebble of victory, shackle on the boulder of judging!
No, this is basically straight out of camera, with some contrast adjustments etc.
@Hughmac Here is the SOOC for my flower image. The only editing I did was my base import preset into LR (slight changes to Highlights/Shadows/Blacks and Clarity), added a very heavy vignette to sculpt the light, then I went into PS to remove the reflections on the bottles, which I found distracting, and cropping. Settings were ISO 100, f/16, 1/80, taken with my 105 macro and I used an Alien Bee 400 with a diffused beauty dish.
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Also, the new competition is up! Have fun!
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Also, the new competition is up! Have fun!
Yes, because the vases were not side by side, the tall flower was behind the short flower. Shooting with a 105mm lens gives a much smaller plane of focus, and I wanted them to both be in focus. Even with f/16, the back side of the tall flower is slightly OOF.
Man!