Day 11: October 2010 PAD

[Colin Southern]

Show time

[Peter Ryan]

Every day I go to lunch over the road I see this facade on the high rise tower block. Finally it dawned on me that all they did was look at a colour chart and copy it.

[wilgk]

[Peter Ryan]

In the best CiC manner.

Well thought out and executed Kay. You have managed to get both foreground and background interest and the extremely shallow DOF works a treat. The positioning of the bottle and hands in the frame is extremely well composed. The red colour is very alluring.

Have I managed to politely critique this image?

[dragonaxe]

Every day I go to lunch over the road I see this facade on the high rise tower block. Finally it dawned on me that all they did was look at a colour chart and copy it.

Dare you to take a ladder and paintbrush, and join up the dots!

[Camellia]

I had a visit this afternoon from a pair of gang-gang cockatoos so I thought I'd share them.



This is the female:



The gang-gang is the faunal emblem for the ACT. They are very special and it's a treat when they visit.

[mastamak]

Perhaps in a slightly similar vein to Kay's "Lust", here, from my garden, is Heliconia "Sexy Pink".



Grant

[wilgk]

kinda freaky all 4 posters have colour repetitions - Peter's colour chart is reflected in Raylee's female bird's feathers, both in form & colour, then my red poison apple is reflected in the male bird's face and now in Grant's Heliconium.....
must be Julia's national broadband network affecting us

[Camellia]

Perhaps in a slightly similar vein to Kay's "Lust", here, from my garden, is Heliconia "Sexy Pink".



Grant

I think you can have some fun with that plant Grant - I especially love the bud.

[Geoff F]

Another quick snap of one of the Fish Quay Characters in action.



Marine engineering is never easy and usually involves wrestling with rusty equipment while lying in dirty bilge water. But there is always a degree of satisfaction when a job has been successfully completed.

Before going fishing, Fred trained as a Garage Mechanic. Nowadays, he is partially retired and mostly does the maintenance work while his sons run the boat.

I'm not totally happy with this photo but it was just a very quick snap with harsh low angle light and deep shadows; and I didn't get any 'thinking time'. So I've done what I could to recover some details from the shadows without losing too much highlight detail.

[rpcrowe]

This steep residential street in San Marcos, California was plagued with speeders. It was particularly dangerous since there is a school and a children's playground at the base of the hill. The speeding problem was solved quite effectively by transforming the previously straight street into a wiggly maze which forces drivers to slow down...

300mm f/4L IS on a 40D to compress distance. This provides an equivalent 480mm.

[melikarish]

This is the Shard of Glass skyscraper they are building near London Bridge. I go past here every morning on my way to work, and this morning I had the window seat. I'm surprised it came out so well as it was taken through the train window with my 3mp mobile phone.

[Pete W]

One train every half hour !....I'll try a much lower angle next time and see if I can catch a passenger in a window..try and make the shot a tad more interesting.

Pete

[Pete W]

I like it. I see a gentle man who has worked hard all his life, takes little credit for his skills or intellect and is quite shy. Not bad for a "quick snap"....got any more?

Pete

[Ollokot]

[Peter Ryan]

I had a visit this afternoon from a pair of gang-gang cockatoos so I thought I'd share them.



This is the female:



The gang-gang is the faunal emblem for the ACT. They are very special and it's a treat when they visit.

Absolutely wonderful Raylee. I love these birds and have not been able to a get a photo of them yet. To get the pair together is something special. The shots are very crip and well framed . Well done.

[Peter Ryan]

Nice one Pat. I like the almost monochrome look with the colour at the bottom.

[arith]

This is the Shard of Glass skyscraper they are building near London Bridge. I go past here every morning on my way to work, and this morning I had the window seat. I'm surprised it came out so well as it was taken through the train window with my 3mp mobile phone.

Needs cleaning; I'm only looking cos I heard there wasn't enough interest. I like the photo but would like to be acknowledged when I make comments. It is like I'm invisible. cheers

[Ollokot]

Nice one Pat. I like the almost monochrome look with the colour at the bottom.

Thank you very much Peter, that was the kind of look I was hoping to achieve.
Best Wishes
Pat.

[Oldphotobuff]

As promised yesterday, here is the Micro Biology building rear marquee. aYou should be able to easily determine the message here.



OldPhotoBuff