April 2005 Theme Thread ....."SHINE ON..." ......

[.Flyer]

CVP said:

That sir is a belter Chris

Yep, got to agree, great photo ... immediately brought to mind these lyrics ...

Carnival
The wheels fly and the colours spin

Nice one

[_Dobbo_]

Thanks for the comments all. Considering it was the only image I got that was sharp I think I was pretty lucky, but looking at it now I'm much more pleased with it than I originally was.

However I should confess and say it's a crop and that my original composition wasn't that good. Thank god for PhotoShop!

[Phil S]

I still can't think of any decent subjects on this, maybe I should try leaving the house for some inspiration.

[Podie]

Phil S said:

I still can't think of any decent subjects on this, maybe I should try leaving the house for some inspiration.

Listen to the track… that should give you some clues as to what I was looking for...

[_Dobbo_]

Podie said:

Listen to the track… that should give you some clues as to what I was looking for...

hmmmmmm.....

Pink Floyd said:

Come on you raver, you seer of visions, come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!

Something like this podie?

[deckchair]

that sort of music was before my time!!! lol

[rude girl]

Lyrics:

"Shine On You Crazy Diamond (I-V)"

Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
You were caught on the crossfire of childhood and stardom,
blown on the steel breeze.
Come on you target for faraway laughter,
come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine!
You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Threatened by shadows at night, and exposed in the light.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Well you wore out your welcome with random precision,
rode on the steel breeze.
Come on you raver, you seer of visions,
come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!

[slinky]

My little effort.. With a Sony Cybershot U-20..

slinky
587racing.com

[Ex-biker]

[LongQ]

slinky said:

My little effort.. With a Sony Cybershot U-20.. slinky

Cracking image slinky. It seems to break many of the traditional rules of composition balance - I find it really challenging to look at, which I enjoy.

I would be very tempted to to edit it and apply a slight "watercolour" effect to it to see how it comes out.

[wedge girl]

[slinky]

LongQ said:

Cracking image slinky. It seems to break many of the traditional rules of composition balance - I find it really challenging to look at, which I enjoy. I would be very tempted to to edit it and apply a slight "watercolour" effect to it to see how it comes out.

I've cropped the image down a little, and given it a 1 degree CW twist..



Tried Watercolour, but it didn't look too good, so tried pallette knife instead..



Then I carried on playing and got this..



slinky

[V6GTO]

Getting back to "Shine on...".....



Martin.

[D_Mike]

V6GTO said:

simpo two said: I rooted around in the toybox for something shiny and found this: If anyone works out what it is Podie will give them a special prize A drinking glass? Martin.

Its one of those really bouncy balls with glitter in it.

[D_Mike]

V6GTO said:

simpo two said: I rooted around in the toybox for something shiny and found this: If anyone works out what it is Podie will give them a special prize A drinking glass? Martin.

actually its a candle in a jar.

[towman]

The smile shines, even if the clothes don`t.

Favourite pic of my youngest. He is oneof those people who never look "natural" when photographed, but this has caught hime just right.

And yes I know that i shoul crop the arm on the right, but for some reason PS will not work - lack of virtual memory or something.

Steve

[pdV6]

Muck spreader's broken again, then, arrrrrr

[mechsympathy]

This week I have been mostly eating mud.

[rude girl]

Here goes - probably not admissible for the game, because I did quite a bit of tinkering, including removing street lamps and moving the moon over a bit

But I wanted to do something like this as soon as the subject went up. My dad and uncle John both went down the pit when they were 14. The one they worked at has been flattened now, but this one is only a few miles away, and worked the same seam. I live too far away to have caught it with perfect light, but I really enjoyed doing it anyway.

[simpo two]

rude girl said:

My dad and uncle John both went down the pit when they were 14.

You'd better send them down some food - they'll be well hungry by now...

Nice pic too, albeit without any shiny bits!