2017 Project 52 1st quarter GaneshM

[Ganesh Mahadevan]

better late than ever...

hope i will be able to submit one per week. may be a new resolution this year..! let me put my best foot forward from this week

[Ganesh Mahadevan]

[Wavelength]

Nice contrast; good decision too

[Shadowman]

Nice start to the challenge.

[bnnrcn]

Nice image Ganesh

[Ganesh Mahadevan]

#2 : weekending 21st Jan

tried to apply little bit of post production learning here on the sharpening technique

your comments and tips are welcome.



by Ganesh Mahadevan, on Flickr

[Shadowman]

Ganesh,

Could you include camera settings and whether or not flash was used? I see the title on Flickr is "Well Lit Tree" and I think the image is a bit too well lit and the sharpening a bit too crunchy. Have you tried printing this image?

[Geoff F]

Very difficult subject and yes, I agree that you have lost detail on some over exposed areas. But probably impossible to perfectly include everything with just one exposure. Possibly, lightly clone in a bit of texture to those areas?

Otherwise this looks good to me.

[Ganesh Mahadevan]

hello john

canon - 24mm - ISO 1600 - f/4 - 1/60 - no flash - the lighting on the tree was from the focus lights placed on the ground

[Ganesh Mahadevan]

Very difficult subject and yes, I agree that you have lost detail on some over exposed areas. But probably impossible to perfectly include everything with just one exposure. Possibly, lightly clone in a bit of texture to those areas?

Otherwise this looks good to me.

thanks geoff for the feedback

[joebranko]

Slight overexposure on the floodlit areas but otherwise very good.

[Shadowman]

hello john

canon - 24mm - ISO 1600 - f/4 - 1/60 - no flash - the lighting on the tree was from the focus lights placed on the ground

Thanks for info.

[Craigie]

Nice image Ganesh, though I would clone out the black light/lamps on the bottom RH side.

[Ganesh Mahadevan]

#3 : for weekending 28th Jan

shot at 70mm ISO-100 f/8 1/160

StreetLamps - both in colour and converted to b&w




by Ganesh Mahadevan, on Flickr


by Ganesh Mahadevan, on Flickr

[Ganesh Mahadevan]

#4 : for weekending 04th Feb

this time using a smartphone.

ISO 320 4.2mm f2.2 1/17

TableGlasswares in Colour


by
Ganesh Mahadevan, on Flickr

[joebranko]

Sorry for the late post.
For #3 I prefer the mono. For #4, the colours are nice but not sure what the focal point in this composition is.

[Ganesh Mahadevan]

Sorry for the late post.
For #3 I prefer the mono. For #4, the colours are nice but not sure what the focal point in this composition is.

thanks for your feedback Joe. got your point

[Geoff F]

Still life photography, in many forms, is definitely a specialist subject. Whenever I have tried it I have spent a lot of time with subject arrangement and varying the shooting angle etc, with the camera on a tripod. Then, eventually when viewing the results on a computer, I have realised that I still missed out on something obvious; such as an item out of focus or over exposed highlight, etc. Too many articles creating a cluttered scene or looking overly artificial are common problems for me.

I will make attempts at real life images like flowers or fungi but I am wary of attempting to design a scene of every day objects.

Some people do manage to get stunning results and I admire their skill.

[Ganesh Mahadevan]

#4 : University of Reading - One of the Buildings

no time to really get the gears out...! tried to click this with my smart phone on a sunny day couple of days back.

hope this time it is better than when tried with smartphone..!

[Shadowman]

Nicely framed.