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Comment by i-Berg posted on Cunningham Pier at 30/07/2010 - 10:49
Good stuff Stefan, and congrats to Gwyn - my pick!
Comment by i-Berg posted on Votes Voting Competition # 0 (test run) - The Number Six at 27/07/2010 - 05:26
David,
I did comment on the steam loco direct on your site. The version on Photobucket looked fine to me BTW - no issues with noise visible at their size, and the crop & perspective compression had no adverse impact on it IMO.
I did comment on the steam loco direct on your site. The version on Photobucket looked fine to me BTW - no issues with noise visible at their size, and the crop & perspective compression had no adverse impact on it IMO.
Comment by i-Berg posted on No smokeless zone here at 23/07/2010 - 23:37
All good David! In retrospect, it was just not a very inspiring topic, and I need to pick something better if I get an opportunity again in future.
Comment by i-Berg posted on Entries for Fortnightly Competition # 46 - Health at 23/07/2010 - 23:33
No worries Tim, I've been preoccupied with restructures at work myself - hence been invisible on PUF, bar the comp!
Comment by i-Berg posted on Entries for Fortnightly Competition # 46 - Health at 23/07/2010 - 22:47
Hopefully the shoulder will make a full recovery Jon.
Comment by i-Berg posted on Entries for Fortnightly Competition # 46 - Health at 23/07/2010 - 05:59
Results now posted in the entries thread.
Comment by i-Berg posted on Comments for Fortnightly Competition # 46 - Health at 22/07/2010 - 10:00
Thank you to those that participated. I got the feeling that the competitions may be cannibalising one another, or perhaps the topic just wasn't inspiring? Apologies if the latter!
To those that may have been precluded from entering due to more serious matters (perhaps ill-health? :shock, commiserations to you.
I've taken some liberties in creating titles, or an alias title in one instance, as reference points.
Tozza - The Mirror with the Message
Focusing on self-help, thus returning to good health and good life habits. Is that a Freudian image in the mirror Tony? In the circumstances, I thought that was an appropriate touch. It's a bit sad for the poor old chemist though, when the sharpest thing in the shot is the dust! (Are you intending to send him the link to this comp??)
Dougf8 - Eczema (@ 'Dear Dermis...')
The largest organ of the human body - and along with the lungs, heart and liver, probably the most abused (at least here in Oz where the sun actually shines!) Sorry, a bit cutting there, scalpel now put away...
My brother in law has it, and it's all through his hair too, no fun. Least of his worries though, he now has a brain tumour as well. That was the inspiration for this round's topic BTW.
The only close-up entry for the round, and focusing on signs / symptoms of ill-health. Sharp, lighting clearly from the top of the shot.
Cardiff_Gareth - The Trifecta
Wine, women and - smokes? Hope they weren't yours Gareth - very untidy!
Another 'life-style' perspective, and it has variety and context by virtue of the very relevant background. The warning on the subject smokes packet is clearly the centrepiece of the shot. While the light falls off to the RHS, it doesn't harm the shot, IMO.
Dr Orloff - Breakfast
Aging ailments, and the decline of health with age all drive this shot. It's appropriately clinical and bleak, by virtue of the white background and composition. Very depressing. Still, it's better than the alternative...
JudithAnn - Mental Health
Good work - I was hoping that physical / spiritual / emotional health would pop up in the comp, and here t'is. Our only portrait where the primary subject is human, shot with late, low sun and at close to right angles to camera. The sun is a bit strong, resulting in some blown highlights, but this one is not about technical perfection. It's about being there, in a place where you can sit outside in blinding sunlight, and give yourself permission to enjoy it.
Summary
I thought that all five entries were on topic. Given we had only five, I'm going to pick my favourite one, and leave it at that.
Drum Roll...
Gareth - you're next.
You've managed to weave the grog, the smokes and the lady in the background into a holistic message set in a pub, with it's central tenet about that pernicious, seductive and addictive weed. So simple - yet sufficient complexity and diversity to win me.
Commended – JudithAnn:
I seem to recall that the last time I bored the forum for a fortnight, you got the HM then? You're now on a hat-trick
I liked the uplift of the outside setting (and the rainbow-striped hat too BTW), and the focus on good health that it denotes to me.
Please feel free to disagree! Thanks for participating.
Over to you, Oh Tidy One
To those that may have been precluded from entering due to more serious matters (perhaps ill-health? :shock, commiserations to you.
I've taken some liberties in creating titles, or an alias title in one instance, as reference points.
Tozza - The Mirror with the Message
Focusing on self-help, thus returning to good health and good life habits. Is that a Freudian image in the mirror Tony? In the circumstances, I thought that was an appropriate touch. It's a bit sad for the poor old chemist though, when the sharpest thing in the shot is the dust! (Are you intending to send him the link to this comp??)
Dougf8 - Eczema (@ 'Dear Dermis...')
The largest organ of the human body - and along with the lungs, heart and liver, probably the most abused (at least here in Oz where the sun actually shines!) Sorry, a bit cutting there, scalpel now put away...
My brother in law has it, and it's all through his hair too, no fun. Least of his worries though, he now has a brain tumour as well. That was the inspiration for this round's topic BTW.
The only close-up entry for the round, and focusing on signs / symptoms of ill-health. Sharp, lighting clearly from the top of the shot.
Cardiff_Gareth - The Trifecta
Wine, women and - smokes? Hope they weren't yours Gareth - very untidy!
Another 'life-style' perspective, and it has variety and context by virtue of the very relevant background. The warning on the subject smokes packet is clearly the centrepiece of the shot. While the light falls off to the RHS, it doesn't harm the shot, IMO.
Dr Orloff - Breakfast
Aging ailments, and the decline of health with age all drive this shot. It's appropriately clinical and bleak, by virtue of the white background and composition. Very depressing. Still, it's better than the alternative...
JudithAnn - Mental Health
Good work - I was hoping that physical / spiritual / emotional health would pop up in the comp, and here t'is. Our only portrait where the primary subject is human, shot with late, low sun and at close to right angles to camera. The sun is a bit strong, resulting in some blown highlights, but this one is not about technical perfection. It's about being there, in a place where you can sit outside in blinding sunlight, and give yourself permission to enjoy it.
Summary
I thought that all five entries were on topic. Given we had only five, I'm going to pick my favourite one, and leave it at that.
Drum Roll...
Gareth - you're next.
You've managed to weave the grog, the smokes and the lady in the background into a holistic message set in a pub, with it's central tenet about that pernicious, seductive and addictive weed. So simple - yet sufficient complexity and diversity to win me.
Commended – JudithAnn:
I seem to recall that the last time I bored the forum for a fortnight, you got the HM then? You're now on a hat-trick
I liked the uplift of the outside setting (and the rainbow-striped hat too BTW), and the focus on good health that it denotes to me.
Please feel free to disagree! Thanks for participating.
Over to you, Oh Tidy One
Comment by i-Berg posted on Entries for Fortnightly Competition # 46 - Health at 22/07/2010 - 09:57
Gwyn,
I have colleagues here who rave about their K7s, so they are probably a safe bet, for that money.
I have the K-x and a K10. The K-x has all the controls an experienced person might want, albeit some of them are accessed in different ways to the K10. It is very good indeed in low light, and with high ISOs. While it clips highlights when left to its own devices, that can be overcome with an application of Ev.
The Eneloop rechargeable AAs give me around 400 shots per charge without flash (Lithium Energisers around 800).
The marine environment may be a concern with something that was not WR. However, film SLR bodies have been taken on boats for years - even those with some electronics built in for metering, zoom, motordrive etc. Most survived, unless they were given swimming lessons.
For the price, providing you actively use Ev to safeguard against highlight clipping, you'd be hard pressed to go past the K-x IMO.
I have colleagues here who rave about their K7s, so they are probably a safe bet, for that money.
I have the K-x and a K10. The K-x has all the controls an experienced person might want, albeit some of them are accessed in different ways to the K10. It is very good indeed in low light, and with high ISOs. While it clips highlights when left to its own devices, that can be overcome with an application of Ev.
The Eneloop rechargeable AAs give me around 400 shots per charge without flash (Lithium Energisers around 800).
The marine environment may be a concern with something that was not WR. However, film SLR bodies have been taken on boats for years - even those with some electronics built in for metering, zoom, motordrive etc. Most survived, unless they were given swimming lessons.
For the price, providing you actively use Ev to safeguard against highlight clipping, you'd be hard pressed to go past the K-x IMO.
Comment by i-Berg posted on K-x also for experienced photographers? at 18/07/2010 - 00:10
G'day and welcome Mark.
Comment by i-Berg posted on Hello from a new K-7 user at 17/07/2010 - 11:01
This was the only opportunity in recent times to take a pic, or to do anything much really.
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There's more in the Photobucket folder where these are linked back to, if you're having trouble sleeping ...