May photo-thread [Big pics!]

[Johnny Canuck3]

I've never been a fan of those b & w photos that contain one colourized element. It looks gimmicky, imo.

But in this instance, it comes close to working, given the connotations with the orange jumpsuit etc.

 

[big eejit]

I tend to agree about the selective colour / gimmicky thing. I rarely do it but I thought this one suited it.

 

[dlx1]

big eejit , was that done with photoshop wash colour away?
or a slr can do that ?

 

[Firky]

Nice shot Madusa, happy and fun like you say.

Here's a more sombre shot of a protestor in Bristol at the weekend (selective desaturation applied):

Ahhh you eejit, that would have worked fine with out the selective colour imo! Only use it when it is SCREAMING for it - which is very very very rare, or you result in a very cliché image imho. The photograph woukd work well enough with out the selective colour i reckon

 

[Firky]

He looks like he has been kicked in the bollocks

 

[big eejit]

big eejit , was that done with photoshop wash colour away?
or a slr can do that ?

I just desaturated everything but the girl in Photoshop - I understand that there's a 'better' way to convert colour to b&w in Photoshop but the desat is quick and works ok I think. I was using a point and shoot Pentax not a DSLR - tho I'm pretty sure an SLR couldn't do it without post processing.

Ahhh you eejit, that would have worked fine with out the selective colour imo! Only use it when it is SCREAMING for it - which is very very very rare, or you result in a very cliché image imho. The photograph woukd work well enough with out the selective colour i reckon

I'd already posted a couple in full colour on flickr and I thought I'd like to do a selective colour version due to the orangity of the protestor. I think it works well.

He looks like he has been kicked in the bollocks

She definitely hasn't.

 

[Firky]

Yeah, I saw your reply after I had replied

I wanted to get some photographs today but it is pissing it down and I have to hang around for a telephone call (job!) so I don't think I'll bother!

 

[Pie 1]

Can you tell I haven't got any work this week!

Another perfect spring day again yesterday. Skys full of big bruised clouds being shoved across the sky by a strong blustery wind and strong warm sun inbetween.

 

[baffled]

Monks Park, Stonebridge NW London, complete with the river Brent running through it.

Bit of a hidden jem.

 

[disco_dave_2000]

Was working in Yorkshire last week and on the way home visited Bolton Abbey - they have some stepping stones and this guy tried it with his dog. They made it eventually but the dog got soaked quite a few times.

 

[big eejit]

Brilliant pic disco. Love it.

 

[dlx1]

disco_dave_2000

would have pised self at th edog missing the stones

 

[Robster970]

I'm particularly enjoying Pie's landscapes myself.

 

[Madusa]

Love that pic disco dave. You can totally tell that the dog just isnt going to make that stone!

 

[Stanley Edwards]

All week long I have been craving chips and eggs

I have to deal with this. Tonight, I will hunt down the young, busking Cambridgeshire crew (if they're still in town) or, I will have to introduce some locals to the very simple pleasure that is dunking chips into runny yolk. I declare it my job to put on a chips and eggs party tonight.


1 x bag of spuds
1 x 5 Litre of olive oil
Lots of eggs
Salt
Vinegar
Ketchup

And, lots of red wine.

 

[cybertect]

1 x 5 Litre of olive oil

Beef dripping, surely?

[wondering if I've dropped in on suburban75 by accident]

 

[Stanley Edwards]

Beef dripping, surely?

[wondering if I've dropped in on suburban75 by accident]

Opted for sunflower oil in the end. Enjoyed with a mate up the hill. Three egg and chip butties washed down with a bottle or, two of Rioja. A quiet evening. Found the Cambridgshire crew later then stumbled into a bar. Now is teh home SAF.

A quiet Saturday evening. Big party for a mate tomorrow.


Shit! Sorry - no pics. Just me ramblin drunken crap

 

[zenie]

Right I'm off to test run the new camera tomorrow morning (shit better go to bed!!)

Will bang some pics up after

 

[mauvais]

Was working in Yorkshire last week and on the way home visited Bolton Abbey - they have some stepping stones and this guy tried it with his dog. They made it eventually but the dog got soaked quite a few times.

http://www.merseytribe.com/images/competitions/u75/stepstones.jpg

I love this, best I've seen for ages. It's genius - there's quite a lot of information in it. It looks like the dog can never make the next stone anyway because the lead's too short.

 

[alef]

I love this, best I've seen for ages. It's genius - there's quite a lot of information in it. It looks like the dog can never make the next stone anyway because the lead's too short.

I like this photo as well. Though I think the little dog will make it across the stones:
http://www.central-pet-supplies.co.uk/dog_flexi_leads.php

 

[Paul Russell]

Ha ha.

Great pic from disco_dave_2000

 

[zenie]

Right I'm off to test run the new camera tomorrow morning (shit better go to bed!!)

Will bang some pics up after

It's rained all day

 

[Firky]

Pissed it down here all day too so I took advantage of it, lots of shiny rooftops, surfaces and greenery

 

[Firky]

Erm, why can I open NEF in Vista?

 

[Bernie Gunther]

Well, you can probably guess what I've been taking photos of this month

This is the top of my rose arch, starting to look nice but not going full-on yet.

 

[neonwilderness]

Some excellent pics here as usual. Here's a few I've taken this month:

 

[big eejit]

Great pics, esp like the cowboy and the moon pics.

Where did you take the Paddington pic? I took this in Bristol a while back:

 

[Firky]

ive seen them in morpeth, london and southsea

 

[Firky]

lost loads of pics because vista fucked them

heres a shite one i rescued

 

[neonwilderness]

Great pics, esp like the cowboy and the moon pics.

Ta

Where did you take the Paddington pic? I took this in Bristol a while back:

Mine was taken in Glastonbury.