2015 Project 52 - 1st quarter - Kaye Leggett

[Shadowman]

Nice concept and portrait.

[Donald]

You're right Izzie, I've been following advice from Donald which is never a bad thing.

I am honoured and flattered. Thank you.

As always, I seem to be getting to these threads late.

That set of the pier at Clevedon is terrific. It's a good lesson for others to take on in terms of really 'working the location' and looking to see what the good shots will be. That idea of getting down low so that the emphasis is given to the lines, tones and textures of the wood, just works so well.

And then the processing on that image of the covered seating area just works perfectly. It is also, I think, a great composition (look at how all the lines work in the image). Superb image.

[Kaye Leggett]

Very beautiful set!
In the first one, I'd like to try to slide the black point, in order to get deeper blacks.
Thanks for sharing, this is an inspiring work for me.
Nicola

Thanks Nicola - I'll give that idea a go.

[Kaye Leggett]

Thanks John, Kay, Mark and Donald for all your encouragement. I was helped by a grey February day and a pier with no-one on it - it gives me the idea to revisit in mid summer and glorious sunshine to get a contrasting view. It was also a fun challenge using the 10-20mm lens as you need to stop and think all the time - never a bad thing. I'll certainly be using it again.

[deetheturk]

Lovely conversions Kaye, well done you!

[Stagecoach]

I seem to have been missing some of these 'project' threads Kaye but now I'm here, some great work I love the pier series.

[Kaye Leggett]

Thanks David and Grahame. Me thinks that 10-20mm belonging to my husband is going to find its way into my camera bag a little more often !! I'm so encouraged that you like the set

[Rebel]

Had a look through the whole thread at your project 52, some really nice shots.

The images of Cuba are really interesting, the place is falling apart! I'm hoping to visit there in the next couple of years.

[Kaye Leggett]

Thanks Matt. Yes Cuba is 'interesting', I don't think I'd recommend it to anyone, but it depends on your 'bag' as to whether you enjoy it or not. I took a look at your web-site - great images of Venice, a place we hope to get to later in the year.

[John 2]

Some nice (and) interesting shots in your project Kay. I really like the monos of Clevedon. I worked in Bristol for a while but never took a camera down there. I really should have done. The way you have captured the texture in the wood is particularly effective. Nice work.

[Kaye Leggett]

Thanks John. Yes Clevedon is an interesting place. I'd never heard of it before, tending to zoom past it on the M5, but now we know it's only a couple of miles off a junction it may well become a stopping off place for a cuppa, rather than the horrid service stations.

[Bunty Plumchip]

Cool Valentines image and super portrait too. I like the way he light is exaggerated but not blown. It is a happy shot.

[Kaye Leggett]

Thanks Carolyn

[Kaye Leggett]

A long journey 'sprinting' through France to head for warmer weather and we arrived on the Costa Brava, having gained 18 degrees celsius in 7 hours, it was time for a walk on the beach.

It was bright and sunny, but I was seeing in black and white. Here are a selection from the small town of L'Estartit

1 - Les Iles Medes - a marine conservation area and very popular with divers



2 - Men doing what men do.......(and some women lest you think I'm sexist)



3 - A view out to sea



And then I went into colour.......

4



5



6 - and just to show, all on the beach is not necessarily lovely.....



C&C as ever welcome

[IzzieK]

# 1 looks like an interesting place...
#2 OK...OK..you are sexist!
#3 I cannot decide about the strength of this shot. When I took this to lytebox, reduced the foreground, I found too much sky. The lack of interesting cloud formation doesn't quite click it for me...maybe I am wrong....
#4 I love this one very much. My favourite in this series and the sun shining on the lower rock on the left hand side looks golden.
#5 interesting twig in the shot.
#6 -- this is the bane of tourishy beach areas no matter what country you go to, glad it is not broken bottles of beer.

[Geoff F]

For me, #1 isn't quite working in B&W. The beach area looks too uninteresting when mostly in the same shade of grey. Maybe a crop to more of a panorama size to reduce half of the beach?

#2 is also lacking in a clear subject for me. Is it a rock construction plus two men fishing, or the other way around? Either way, I would think about a crop of the sky and left side to concentrate more on the main action.

Both of these probably look quite different in colour.

Much the same for #3. Probably OK in colour but for monochrome I would crop tighter to concentrate more on the railings and sun on the water. There appears to be several crop options here.

#4 captures a bit of action with good colour and exposure but I'm wondering about wanting to see just a fraction more?

#5 works OK; although in an ideal world it would have been a more gnarled lump of driftwood instead of a fairly fresh branch.

#6 tells a story with good detail - although not one which I would want to hang on my wall.

[Kaye Leggett]

Thanks Izzie and Geoff, I'll look at these again later when I have a bigger screen to hand. I am going to be by the coast for a while, so plenty of opportunity to think, assess, shoot again.....

[Kaye Leggett]

I've taken another look at 2 and 3. I think 2 is a bin candidate as nothing seems to work, but I think the crop on 3 seems to work better. Sadly I can't post it as the internet connection I am on doesn't like Tinypics

[Kaye Leggett]

I've taken another look at 2 and 3. I think 2 is a bin candidate as nothing seems to work, but I think the crop on 3 seems to work better. Sadly I can't post it as the internet connection I am on doesn't like Tinypics

Now up and running again not sure if its better ?

[Kaye Leggett]

We have moved further south and although we have ventured into the Spanish hills and sampled both Dali and Gaudi art and architecture, we came back to the sea for a few days before heading for the hills again.

I really want to better my seascapes. So spent more time this week on this aspect, many have gone in the trash as I seem not to be able to capture all the elements I want, but will keep trying. These two were at sunrise





This is another little detail