Project 52 by Mark (WhiteD3)

[whited3]

Morning sky reflected in a dark, rainforest pool.

Handheld, f3.5, 1/3200, ISO 100.

[Goldcoastgolfer]

Lovely colours in the centre of the frame. I'm thinking though that there's a bit too much black, mostly at the top and a little at the bottom... perhaps a tighter crop?

[whited3]

Went camping last weekend at Pebbly Beach, NSW. The camp site is accessible at low tide only by crossing a tidal creek. Timing is everything as the exit from the creek is quite steep, soft and rutted.

f5.6, 1/500, ISO 100

[whited3]

Strange beach really for our east coast which is normally sand, sand, sand. Hence the name I suppose.

I watched these guys launch the boat off the beach directly into a 1 metre, choppy surf. First the outboard wouldn't start, then it did and stalled, then the boat got turned around in the surf; but they finally got going out to the reefs off shore.

f6.3, 1/100, ISO100

[Donald]

It's hard to keep up with the number of threads and the speed of images coming into them.

Now that looks an interesting route into and out from, a campsite. But moreso, it's a very good image. Excellent exposure/management of the light.

[Donald]

For an image of those pebbles in the foreground it is super. But the focus does fall off quickly and as something to help illustrate a story about the boat and the guys in it, I think it's too blurred. Even if we had it sharp out the the edge of those rocks just in front of is and then starting to go out-of-focus, I think might have made it stronger.

But all that is, of course, only one person's opinion.

[Goldcoastgolfer]

Went camping last weekend at Pebbly Beach, NSW. The camp site is accessible at low tide only by crossing a tidal creek. Timing is everything as the exit from the creek is quite steep, soft and rutted.

f5.6, 1/500, ISO 100

A good moment captured. Did you have a version with the whole car in the photo? I have a feeling that the crop is hiding the actual steepness of the bank somewhat.

[Goldcoastgolfer]

For an image of those pebbles in the foreground it is super. But the focus does fall off quickly and as something to help illustrate a story about the boat and the guys in it, I think it's too blurred. Even if we had it sharp out the the edge of those rocks just in front of is and then starting to go out-of-focus, I think might have made it stronger.

But all that is, of course, only one person's opinion.

I agree with Donald with the depth of field. I think I would have liked to have seen the rocks up to the waters edge and the out of focus area starting from that point onwards. Just my personal opinion too

[Geoff F]

For a boat in surf (week 9) I would be looking more at a shutter speed of 1/500 at least. Which means a higher ISO but I would sooner risk a little bit of noise to get a sufficiently fast shutter.

But I suspect that a scene like this means a choice of either a nice pebbly foreshore image or people in a boat with just a little of the shoreline. The depth of required focus to combine both in one shot is too extreme to work well.

So in this case, I would forget about the boat etc and crop tighter just for the foreshore.

[ScoutR]

Morning sky reflected in a dark, rainforest pool.

Handheld, f3.5, 1/3200, ISO 100.

Love this one Mark, not so sure about the frame though. I think it would look wonderful as a large print (canvas perhaps) flush mounted and hanging on the wall. Very nice to my eye.

Wendy

[whited3]

For an image of those pebbles in the foreground it is super. But the focus does fall off quickly and as something to help illustrate a story about the boat and the guys in it, I think it's too blurred. Even if we had it sharp out the the edge of those rocks just in front of is and then starting to go out-of-focus, I think might have made it stronger.

But all that is, of course, only one person's opinion.

Thanks Donald. I take your point but I was actually focused on the pebbles in the foreground with a short DoF when I glimpsed these guys finally roaring off for a day fishing. Had no time to do anything else except raise the camera a few degrees. I thought the resulting pic was a bit different but maybe the two subjects (boat and shore) are a bit confused.

[whited3]

A good moment captured. Did you have a version with the whole car in the photo? I have a feeling that the crop is hiding the actual steepness of the bank somewhat.

Thanks Mal. I'm learning (or trying to remember) that 50mm doesn't give you much width to play with. What you see there is the full image. The only way I could get more of the car in was to be more in front, which is a position to avoid given the nose up angle of the car and the driver's subsequent blind spot directly in front.

[Goldcoastgolfer]

Thanks Mal. I'm learning (or trying to remember) that 50mm doesn't give you much width to play with. What you see there is the full image. The only way I could get more of the car in was to be more in front, which is a position to avoid given the nose up angle of the car and the driver's subsequent blind spot directly in front.

I forgot you're doing the whole project with just the 50mm Getting senile as I get older I think.