[SI] Shoot-In: Weather has arrived.

Http://www.pbase.com/shootin/weather , where else?
Commentary, as always, encouraged. Be sure to check out the current
challenge as well, just two weeks to get your submissions in. Winners will
be notified by Psychic Friends Network.
Cheers!
- Al.
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Al Denelsbeck

Re: Shoot-In: Weather has arrived. Response

Thanks folks - it's one of my favourite shots, and looks a treat when
printed. And yes, it's colour, not monochrome.. I'm pretty sure it
was shot on my trusty old Pentax 50/1.8 on Sensia 100 slide film, but I
have to sheepishly admit there is a slim chance it was shot on my
rather mediocre Ricoh 28-80... (O;


Mark.thomas.7@gmail.com

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I wish I could say it was deliberate cause I think it adds to the shot. But
at that point in my photo carrier (term used loosely) I had no idea what
lense flare was. I saw what I thought was a cool snap shot, composed and
shot the pic never gave the flare a thought.
Dave


Deputy Dog

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Rulz are made to be broken.
Nice catch of the web, I like how the branches in the background are
similarly twisted & wild. I didn't even notice the fence. What lens was
used? Got a bit of the ring effect bokeh thing going on there but I know
that can just be the result of lighting conditions.


Paul Furman

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LOL More of the background! Oh well. The difficulty in PS was that if
I punched up the clouds to be more dramatic, I lost the shingles into
the shadow. And vice versa. I didn't want to violate the Rulz by
taking the image apart. Then I'd really have a storm to weather.
Thanks very much, Mark, for the comments, short and long. It is very
useful for me to hear from folks.
To return the favor, in your shot I especially like the very subtle
green in an otherwise monchromatic shot. It's a familiar look here in
the North Woods in our non-stop rain or in the winter. It's what makes
the current mandate rather challenging. The juxtaposition of the fence
with the otherwise curved lines in the web and the branches is a
little jarring.
But I really think you should have stood out in the rain longer
waiting for the eensie weensie spider to finish those outer two
circles. :-)
Cheers,
DuncanC


Duncan Chesley

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@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com:
Actually, it went into my spam folder and I missed it (but yeah,
mostly because it was later) - it'll be going up shortly.
- Al.
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Al Denelsbeck

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Walter:
Thanks for that, Walter - I confess to being rather flippant and not
spending as much time looking for clues about your image and it's
weather relevance. I appreciate your comments and it was very
interesting to hear about this effect, which I have never seen here in
sunny Oz...
Duncan:
Again, I was too short and flippant - I like your shot, but wanted moe
of the forground, or wanted it to be more obviously weathered. I'm not
a fan of photoshopping, but ere is one instance where maybe a little
posterising or excess sharpening or whatever, in that area might have
drawn more attention to the link.
Dave:
I know I said i didn't want to discuss it, but i'm curious, was the
flare deliberate or just unavoidable..? (O:
Thanks to all respondents for not taking me too seriously! Ken's
treatise was much better, IMO!
PS - here was my shot, posted far too late so it missed the cut:
www.marktphoto.com/WEA_Mark_Thomas_old.jpg
It's an archive shot, so isn't really in the spirit of the challenge,
and should be lambasted accordingly! I can take it.. (O:


Mark.thomas.7@gmail.com

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will
Thank yee for the comments a criticisms, all duly noted!
Dave Sibbett


Deputy Dog

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On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 19:55:30 GMT, Paul Furman <paul-@-edgehill.net>
wrote:
Thank you, Paul, for the nice compliment!
Cheers,
DuncanC


Duncan Chesley

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Thanks for the reviews Mark, I generally agree with you excepting that
my favorite is the last one, Duncan Chesley's 'Weather(ed)' I think it's
a great shot and I appreciated the clever title and concept with the
foreground/background thing.
I dogged out & forgot about this round so I'll just toss in a recent
3-shot sunset series which was not done with this mandate in mind:
<http://www.edgehill.net/1/?SC=go.php&DIR=California/Bay-Area/San-Francisco/neighborhoods/2006-06-09-sunset>
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Paul Furman

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Thanks for the comment, Mark.
I thought that, as well as being a little pun on the Weather theme (I
don't even know if people in other lands call the old beat-up shakes
"weathered"), that including my house showed 30 years of cause and
effect, and that it gave the picture some visual balance while leading
the eye upwards.
It does, in some people's eyes, look crappy. In fact I have been
congratulated by neighbors about the other side of my house towards
rhe road. It already has brand new shakes, and the ones in the photo
will soon be gone as well. Personally, I can't wait until the new ones
look like these old ones and the house once more looks like it should.
Cheers,
DuncanC


Duncan Chesley

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