February photo comp...come and have a chin wag here.

[MartinP]

furtive said:

MartinP said:

Here's my first attempt at this month's topic.

MartinP - with this shot you are spoiling us

You don't think SWMBO is going to let you have one do you?

[rhubarb]

Pretty ordinary day at Liverpool Street - everything delayed again. Except it was last night and everyone was trying to get home early



excuse the quality but was only taken on a 2mp camera phone

[wendyg]

nick_bbb said:

Nothing more ordinary than a face, and this one's quite pretty too...

Puzzled - how did you get those catch-lights in the eyes, or were they 'shopped' in later?

[Daisy Duke]

A carrier bag caught in the breeze - if these get banned they won't be so ordinary anymore! - What do reckon, is it worth entering?

Edited by Daisy Duke on Monday 18th February 21:09

[Tuna]

Daisy Duke said:

A carrier bag caught in the breeze - if these get banned they won't be so ordinary anymore! - What do reckon, is it worth entering?

Edited by Daisy Duke on Monday 18th February 21:09

I like it, but I'm not sure if it needs a bit more definition / contrast to it?

[nick_bbb]

wendyg said:

nick_bbb said:

Nothing more ordinary than a face, and this one's quite pretty too...

Puzzled - how did you get those catch-lights in the eyes, or were they 'shopped' in later?

Sorry just seen this, they are relections of the on camera flash

[krusty]

Have just stuck in mine. An ordinary day at the office... well inside the drydock anyway... crouched under 16000 tonnes of Semi Sub drilling platform

[SuperKartRacer]

Taken just 2 mins ago, no retouch

Edited by SuperKartRacer on Tuesday 19th February 18:01

[Daisy Duke]

Tuna said:

I like it, but I'm not sure if it needs a bit more definition / contrast to it?

I put up the original without any alteration because it looked fine on my monitor, but having viewed it on another, I can see your point. So I've had a play with PS and here are a few options. Which one (if any) is worth entry into the competition?

Original:


Option2:


Option3:


Option4 (not entirely serious with this one):

[SuperKartRacer]

Any comments on my *nuke* pic?

Thanks

SKR

[stigmundfreud]

SuperKartRacer said:

Any comments on my *nuke* pic?

Thanks

SKR

the one of the window?

Nice blinds, are they from B&Q or Paul Simon's? Is that a 140cm drop by 180cm wide or custom sized?

[stigmundfreud]

I prefer option 3 daisy

[Roosterbull]

Hello Mrs Killer here. Just put up my entry to this months competition, so thought I'd say hello too

[havoc]

OK, little bit late, but here are 4 thoughts of mine. Please let me know what you think, esp. which you guys think would be most appropriate?

Thanks all,

M.

Edit: Pic 1 replaced with smaller version.
Edit: Only post-shot processing is on #1 - increased exposure, small amount of fill-in light to reduce shadows, saturation lifted slightly.

Edited by havoc on Saturday 23 February 23:27

[Daisy Duke]

stigmundfreud said:

I prefer option 3 daisy

Thanks for the feedback, stigmundfreud .

Havoc,
I like no 1 - although it's not exactly a picture of everyday things for me, I suppose it would be if you're a Buddhist monk!
If you enter no 4, I think it could benefit from cropping out the second woman.
If nos 2 and 3 are of your girlfriend, I wouldn't like to be in your shoes when she finds out you've entered pictures of her in a photo competition under the title "pretty ordinary"!

[Lotus Elan +2]

Is the old dear in the bottom pic a Vulcan ??

[havoc]

Daisy,

Thanks!

1) That was sort of my point - pretty setting for us, but pretty ordinary for Thailand, and pretty ordinary stuff happening (for the monk, anyway).
2)/3) She's pretty (she's my wife now!!!), but she's also just an ordinary person...but I guess on reflection that doesn't work so well for this. And she knows I submitted the pics!
4) Thanks...not a bad idea...

[another 3 points]

shouldnt mock the dead but the thought that these two had "keeled over" made me laugh.

[CY88]

[Hammerhead]

Anti-gravity boots? Nice one, CY88

They came from outer space