Project 52 By Wendy Stanford

[Letrow]

Great idea Wendy, using the straws and lighting them like that. I didn't recognize the straws at first glance, which is good, they have been taken out of their comfort zone

[jprzybyla]

Your image of the straws inspires me to try it. Well done Wendy.

[Wendy Stanford]

Thankyou everyone for your kind comments and very constructive criticism, I think the feedback in this project has been wonderful and I have been learning heaps from what other people think and how they look at images differently, I have been enjoying looking at others projects, there is alot of talent out there
Same image with a little more space on the left, I was close to the top with the orginal so couldn't expand there.
Thankyou again

[Wendy Stanford]

Have been experiencing alot of rain and floods over the past week, so apart from flood water photos, other opportunities have been limited.
These are Fruit Bodies that I think belong to the Bovista family of Fungi, they are quite large 10 -12 cms across and have appeared after a day of sunshine in a paddock that has been underwater for a week. The circles that they appear in are very large and have about 10 of these to a circle, I haven't seen this variety before, I like the pattern on the top Both of the shots were taken at sunset


F11, ISO 200, exp 1/80


F11, ISO 200, exp 1/50

[Goldcoastgolfer]

I know what you mean about the weather. It seems like every time I step out I'm having to shield my camera from the rain!

That first one is very nice for me. The main thing is the light is quite warm and soft - it makes the fungi look like something else entirely - an egg from some exotic animal perhaps. The transition from in focus to out of focus works very well to give foreground detail on the grass without having the background taking the focus away on your subject. There's a piece of grass that hovers just over the top of the fungi too that frames it very nicely.

The second one is okay but I don't think it's as good as the first. It seems a little unbalanced to me with the position of the fungi in the frame and I prefer the way the light hits the fungi in the first as opposed to the second - just a bit too bright. The shape that you can see here is also a lot less mysterious.

Well done for finding something interesting to photograph despite the weather!

[Ricco]

Wendy - that 1st one is a cracker. Great contrast, composition and colours.

Also just caught up on the straws - they are great as well. Very interesting treatment of mundane subject.

Well done.

[Dave Humphries]

Thankyou everyone for your kind comments and very constructive criticism, I think the feedback in this project has been wonderful and I have been learning heaps from what other people think and how they look at images differently, I have been enjoying looking at others projects, there is alot of talent out there

Seconded

I was close to the top with the orginal so couldn't expand there.

Want to know how?
It would be so easy with this shot.

What PP software do you use Wendy?
(and forgive me if I asked before, there are so many people here I lose track)

Cheers,

[mstrozewski]

I was wondering what Project 52 meant, seeing a lot of that here..but now I get it! and nice capture!

[Wendy Stanford]

Sorry I have been a little tardy in responding, thankyou Mal and Peter, Dave I use Elements 9, Mavourneen, Project 52, weekly project for 52 weeks, not to late to join.

This week, had a hour to spare, and spent the time at St Patricks Cathedral in Melbourne, it has some wonderful lines giving a great sense of depth to an image.


F4, 24mm, Iso 800, 1/8


F4, Iso 800, 1/25


F4.5, Iso 200, 1/200

[Polar01]

Wendy nice images inside the church, however I have a question, were these hand held or on a tripod? If on a tripod why F4, not F8 @1/4 sec at 800 or 1/2 sec at 400, or even 1 sec at 200 ISO? The image would have had a greater DOF, and less noise up in the shadows if shot at a different setting then you used.

Cheers

Allan

[FrankMi]

Hi Wendy, great shots! I really like the first and last which are more symmetrical. The water leading to the church entry is particularly interesting and unusual.

Many, many years ago I did a B&W of St. Mary's Church in Newport, RI that was almost identical to your first image. There were steps leading up to the point where you took your shot at St. Patrick’s’. I set the camera on a tripod at the bottom of the steps so the lens was slightly higher than the floor of the aisle. The church liked it so well that they ran it on the cover of the bulletin for every church service for an entire year with my name as photographer.

For those that follow US history, St. Mary's is the church that President John Kennedy was married in.

[Wendy Stanford]

Thanks Allan, they were handheld, I didn't plan to go there, I was just taking shots in the nearby gardens.
so to get anything reasonable I increased the ISO to 800 and used F4, I was actually sitting on the floor and ground to provide some support and try and reduce camera shake, I would love to go back with a tripod and a little more time to experiment some more

[Polar01]

Wendy in that case the image are not nice, but very very good, hand holding at 1/8, I also have done the floor thing. Hope you get back there with a tripod love to see what you can do then.

Cheers

Allan

[Wendy Stanford]

Hi Wendy, great shots! I really like the first and last which are more symmetrical. The water leading to the church entry is particularly interesting and unusual.

Many, many years ago I did a B&W of St. Mary's Church in Newport, RI that was almost identical to your first image. There were steps leading up to the point where you took your shot at St. Patrick’s’. I set the camera on a tripod at the bottom of the steps so the lens was slightly higher than the floor of the aisle. The church liked it so well that they ran it on the cover of the bulletin for every church service for an entire year with my name as photographer.

For those that follow US history, St. Mary's is the church that President John Kennedy was married in.

Thanks Frank, the water was a little difficult as the sun was really in the wrong place and I had alot of reflection, this one I took as I was leaving, the sun had moved providing a better image.
I was sitting on the floor, using my knees and elbows for stability inside the cathedral, would like to have a better DOF, but I was happy with the result.
You must have been thrilled to a have your image on the Bulletin for a year, I suppose you had to go to church every week to have a look

[Wendy Stanford]

Went out to one of the paddocks on the weekend to try and get shots of dragonflies on the dam, they were't very co operative, as it was getting close to the end of the day, I decided to try and capture the colour on the rocks as the sun set instead.
I have had problems using tinypics lately even when reducing the file size etc down to recommended size, uploaded these through flickr,


Sunset and Rocks by indigo37, on Flickr
F 20, Exp 1/40, ISO 200


Sunset and Rocks by indigo37, on Flickr

F20, Exp 1/4, ISO 200


Sunset on the Rocks by indigo37, on Flickr

F20 Exp 1/8, ISO 200

The dragonflies perhaps this week

[FrankMi]

They are all great, Wendy, but I see that you saved the best for last. The only thing I wold consider changing in the last one is the red dot of lens flair right in the center of the image and 'maybe' darkening the white dots and streak just a tad.

[jeechu1970]

Went out to one of the paddocks on the weekend to try and get shots of dragonflies on the dam, they were't very co operative, as it was getting close to the end of the day, I decided to try and capture the colour on the rocks as the sun set instead.
I have had problems using tinypics lately even when reducing the file size etc down to recommended size, uploaded these through flickr,


Sunset and Rocks by indigo37, on Flickr
F 20, Exp 1/40, ISO 200


Sunset and Rocks by indigo37, on Flickr

F20, Exp 1/4, ISO 200


Sunset on the Rocks by indigo37, on Flickr

F20 Exp 1/8, ISO 200

The dragonflies perhaps this week

Very nice shot.........its sun rise....i believe.........super

[oldgreygary]

Very nice images Wendy, the light captures the feel of the day ending.

Cheers for now

Gary

[Goldcoastgolfer]

All great photos Wendy. That last one though is superb. I've been trying to get something like that for months without any success.

[Wendy Stanford]

They are all great, Wendy, but I see that you saved the best for last. The only thing I wold consider changing in the last one is the red dot of lens flair right in the center of the image and 'maybe' darkening the white dots and streak just a tad.

Thanks Frank, have done a little work, the white dots were dams, with the sun reflecting on the water, darkened the sun streak a little, particularily where reflecting on the rock.

Out Back by indigo37, on Flickr