Photography Thread

eric_draven

Got to see Alice Cooper finally the other night,always seemed to of missed him when on tour,never seem to be able to get really good photos at gigs,but i did quite like this even though it's quite grainy


rsjterry,sweet shot of the fire works

briantrumpet

Just a couple of recent ones from my £125 phone that I find pleasing, for different reasons.





Shapes, lines, colours, light.

pinno

I like the second picture. It's almost like a water colour.

The first one however, the park bench is totally ruined by some twit parking his heap in front of it

rjsterry

Pinno wrote:

I like the second picture. It's almost like a water colour.

The first one however, the park bench is totally ruined by some twit parking his heap in front of it

I was wondering how many benches he had to walk past before he found one just the right size for the composition. The harbour one is very nice. Devon again?

pinno

rjsterry wrote:

Pinno wrote:

I like the second picture. It's almost like a water colour.

The first one however, the park bench is totally ruined by some twit parking his heap in front of it

I was wondering how many benches he had to walk past before he found one just the right size for the composition. The harbour one is very nice. Devon again?

Your're right, it's on the big chain ring.

briantrumpet

rjsterry wrote:

Pinno wrote:

I like the second picture. It's almost like a water colour.

The first one however, the park bench is totally ruined by some twit parking his heap in front of it

I was wondering how many benches he had to walk past before he found one just the right size for the composition. The harbour one is very nice. Devon again?

Budeigh Salterton for the bike, Topsham for the quay.

The virtually perfectly central placement of the bike was pretty much by luck... I just plonked it and snapped, trying my best to get the sea level, without grid lines.

Joking aside, I think the round wheels contrast well with all the straight lines. Though it would have been interesting to take it without the bike too, even if it would be even more clichéd.

pinno

briantrumpet wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

Pinno wrote:

I like the second picture. It's almost like a water colour.

The first one however, the park bench is totally ruined by some twit parking his heap in front of it

I was wondering how many benches he had to walk past before he found one just the right size for the composition. The harbour one is very nice. Devon again?

Budeigh Salterton for the bike, Topsham for the quay.

The virtually perfectly central placement of the bike was pretty much by luck... I just plonked it and snapped, trying my best to get the sea level, without grid lines.

Joking aside, I think the round wheels contrast well with all the straight lines. Though it would have been interesting to take it without the bike too, even if it would be even more clichéd.

I think the bike needs to be white or the bench white somehow - perhaps carry a pot of paint. No, seriously, the bike seems to get lost a little against the shade of the bench. That's just me. In fact if the bike and bench were a silhouette, merging together. Who knows? Who am I anyway?
I would stick the second picture on the wall happily. Super composition. Sometimes winter light doesn't pick put enough colour and contrast but this one has Turner skies and nothing artificial in it, super reflection too. Very elegant.

pinno

Oh and i'll add, the pale light going through the windows and the shadow it creates on the wall. It's just lovely the more I look at it.

pblakeney

Pinno wrote:

...Sometimes winter light doesn't pick put enough colour and contrast but this one has Turner skies and nothing artificial in it, super reflection too. Very elegant.

I find the opposite to be true, on a clear day. Much preferable to high, harsh summer light.
Agree with the rest mind...

term1te

I recent view from my local hills.

pinno

PBlakeney wrote:

Pinno wrote:

...Sometimes winter light doesn't pick put enough colour and contrast but this one has Turner skies and nothing artificial in it, super reflection too. Very elegant.

I find the opposite to be true, on a clear day. Much preferable to high, harsh summer light.
Agree with the rest mind...

But you're just going to be contrary anyway. That's just you.
I was thinking about the light you get early in the morning or late in the evening in summer; it's a richer light and you can get more colour/contrast. Personally, that pale winter light I find difficult to capture but that picture does.

pblakeney

Pinno wrote:

But you're just going to be contrary anyway. That's just you.

Pinno wrote:

I was thinking about the light you get early in the morning or late in the evening in summer; it's a richer light and you can get more colour/contrast. Personally, that pale winter light I find difficult to capture but that picture does.

On a serious note, I think that a clear winter's day simply brings those golden hours closer together. And at more sociable hours.

pinno

PBlakeney wrote:

Pinno wrote:

But you're just going to be contrary anyway. That's just you.

Pinno wrote:

I was thinking about the light you get early in the morning or late in the evening in summer; it's a richer light and you can get more colour/contrast. Personally, that pale winter light I find difficult to capture but that picture does.

On a serious note, I think that a clear winter's day simply brings those golden hours closer together. And at more sociable hours.

Doesn't your species hibernate?

pblakeney

Pinno wrote:

PBlakeney wrote:

Pinno wrote:

But you're just going to be contrary anyway. That's just you.

Pinno wrote:

I was thinking about the light you get early in the morning or late in the evening in summer; it's a richer light and you can get more colour/contrast. Personally, that pale winter light I find difficult to capture but that picture does.

On a serious note, I think that a clear winter's day simply brings those golden hours closer together. And at more sociable hours.

Doesn't your species hibernate?

Sleeps during darkness, awakes in daylight. Summer days are long...

pinno

PBlakeney wrote:

Pinno wrote:

PBlakeney wrote:

Pinno wrote:

But you're just going to be contrary anyway. That's just you.

Pinno wrote:

I was thinking about the light you get early in the morning or late in the evening in summer; it's a richer light and you can get more colour/contrast. Personally, that pale winter light I find difficult to capture but that picture does.

On a serious note, I think that a clear winter's day simply brings those golden hours closer together. And at more sociable hours.

Doesn't your species hibernate?

Sleeps during darkness, awakes in daylight. Summer days are long...

I see - you're a farmer still operating under the Feudal system.

pblakeney

Pinno wrote:

I see - you're a farmer still operating under the Feudal system.

That would necessitate doing some actual work.
PS - Caffine during the long nights, malts to come down.

agentorange88

Late to the thread, one of my favorites that captured winter light

agentorange88

Winter morning out with the hound

pinno

Good stuff AO88. By 'eck.

pblakeney

Getting back on topic (for me )...

Two shots showing different light taken within minutes of each other.

briantrumpet

Nice, PB - reminds me how useful trees are for photo composition.

pinno

It really pains me to say it but they are nice shots PB.

pblakeney

Pinno wrote:

It really pains me to say it but they are nice shots PB.

agentorange88

both very nice, prefer the top one, im a sucker for sunsets and moody misty scenes

pblakeney

agentorange88 wrote:

both very nice, prefer the top one, im a sucker for sunsets and moody misty scenes

If I remember correctly, they were at about 10:00 AM on a January day. January for certain.

crumbschief

PBlakeney wrote:

Getting back on topic (for me )...

Two shots showing different light taken within minutes of each other.

Great trees,i'm a fan of two shots - tap tap,i'm awa.

pblakeney

crumbschief wrote:

Great trees,i'm a fan of two shots - tap tap,i'm awa.

If only... :oops:

crumbschief

PBlakeney wrote:

crumbschief wrote:

Great trees,i'm a fan of two shots - tap tap,i'm awa.

If only... :oops:

You are there mate,those tree shots say it,keep on with what you do.

term1te

Bosham, just before a thunderstorm.

briantrumpet

Pinno wrote:

Oh and i'll add, the pale light going through the windows and the shadow it creates on the wall. It's just lovely the more I look at it.

Another one I put on the Topsham FB group has been popular, and then I realised that it too has shadowed light, both through the phone box, and through the street light, showing on the wall.



I think picture you were commenting on, I'm also drawn in by the fact that you can see the sky through the two windows lined up through their top floor.