Here's the latest set of pictures. Would members of Circle D please add your comments below or email them to me along with a vote for your favourite photo.
1: Bill S
Part time Boudica, Panasonic G1 and 1938 9cm Elmar, tweaked just a little in Elements 9.
10am, Leica M8, 15mm Heliar lens
3: Elaine J
Spider on the web?
4: Malcolm R
Time for Tea?, Leicaflex SL, 50mm Summicron, FP4+. No idea what this is about, it was just there in a remote part of Skye.
5: Phil C
Pole position, Leica M6, 50mm Summicron, Kodak Tri-X
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ReplyDeleteI’m not sure about “part-time” as she looks like she could do it for a living. I like this shot, it catches the eye and is well executed. The focus is nicely on Boudica’s eye, the front hand is slightly out of focus leading us to the subject. Excellent, and a little different from other shots we have had in the Circle thus far.
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A very moody and atmospheric picture. Treated somewhat, but all the stronger for it. You can read it in many different ways, from the feeling of menace, and the notion that you’d want to cross the street to avoid the group ahead that can’t quite be made out due to the lighting, or is it more of a carnival atmosphere, or given the title, 10am, simply early morning shoppers.
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A delicate photograph and one that grows on you. I would possibly have liked more foliage to add to the feeling that this cobweb is within a wider landscape, but then again you might lose the feeling that the web is somehow falling. It looks like a discarded cloth until you look closer. The lighting works well too.
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There’s lots going on here. Someone has packed everything but the kitchen sink for their picnic. The bunting on the gate might mean it’s part of a fete, or carnival? Whatever, the barricaded landscape makes the shot for me. Very nice.
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ReplyDeleteA nice moody image, great lighting but the group is a little small in the frame. If the file will take it I would crop out the LHS at the near lamp post and take some of the sky out. It does ask the question of what is going on.
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Great colours , it should excite me more as I have done a few of this kind of thing myself. I cannot quite put my finger on why it is not working for me. A centre of interest would be good but it is unlikely the spider would be out in those conditions.
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Malcolm seems to get to some odd places. This is different and just cries out for an explanation. It is a great shot in that respect, very well framed and presented.
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A cracking portrait, with classic framing and point of focus. I find the bright patch in the background a little distracting, but that appears to be as it was and it is good to see it has not noticeably been digitally tampered with. A good range of tones.
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ReplyDeleteAn action packed shot with the subject isolated from the background by choice of aperture. Unfortunately the focus seems to be just forward of the eyes and the tip of the weapon has been clipped.
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Dramatic lighting at the illuminated street lamp give a lot of mood to this. The grouping of the people gives the ideal spread to the shadows. Were it mine I would crop to a vertical pano' since I don't feel the left hand side adds t the image.
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The colour and dewdrops give a nice autumnal feel to this but my eye wanders around seeking a centre of attention and finds none.
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An interesting scene but hard to assess as the "enlargement" came up smaller than the thumbnail.
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An everyday moment well seen and captured. Good dof and film grain all help to add to the finished image. The top could be burnt in to contain the viewers eye more.
1) And you lived to tell the tale? Very different from your usual pictures and great fun. I know it's daft and I know I'm wrong but I keep thinking that that is an Iron Age camera slung around her waist!
ReplyDelete2) Interesting the way the backlighting has lit up the street lamp (always assuming no jiggery pokery in Photoshop).It could almost be 10-00 pm rather than 10-00 am. I think I prefer it without the suggested crop, the nearest lamppost gives added depth and perspective to the street scene and it needs some space to its left.
3) This is extraordinarily delicate and probably needs a larger image size to do justice to the web and its moisture drops. The greys contrast well against the greens and browns of the background.
5) Things have come a long way since the days of the soapbox mounted on old pram wheels! A good shot especially for the family album, the limited depth of field takes care of the background.
1) Its good to see something different, an action shot. Loving the stance and the expression on her face. Would have liked to have seen a fraction more air around the subject, just to bring the whole knife into view. The old glass has worked well on the m 4/3 body, with the focal length being up at effectively 180mm and distance you were working at you have done very well to hold focus as you have, know only too well how technically difficult this type of image is to take with the combo you used. Good one Bill.
ReplyDelete3) That was one busy little spider! A good use of contrasting colour but as others have said its difficult to find a natural resting place for the eye and latch onto a focal point.
4) It'a a shame that the image has not been uploaded at a larger size. There is the quirkiness going on here that Malcom is the master of hunting out. The table obviously holds the clue to this but at the size it is its difficult to establish what that actually is.
5) This is the type of shot of youngsters that I like. Rather than the stereotypical, shut up sit down and smile or one that has been staged in a surrounding type of pic here we have a perfectly natural shot that perfectly portrays the young lads enjoyment and his life style at that time.
Technically choice of aperture and shutter speed spot on, subject isolation, static concentration of his head coupled with movement of the just the hands/arms combine to show the essence of the Wii game. Like this one a lot.