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Some interesting sculptures this year - following on from last years efforts to create something different from teh army of photographers that turn out every year to excerise their dials...

This one lent it self to some light painting quite well..

These are superb mate. Really enjoyed them and excellent work. I think if I was picky I'd drop the exposure on the stag a stop so it's not so bright.

Makes me wanna go see them.

Looking good Gerry.
I like the last one the best.
How many attempts did you run through on the taps? It looks like it would've been a tricky subject.

Nice work as always Gerry - making me look forward to looking through mine from last night (perhaps tonight I'll get a chance to do some PP )

You didn't care for any of the side on light painted monstrosoties we did of the stag

With that last it seems a little overall a little too bright for me - at the time I thought it might have a bit more mood with some more dark and mystery in there (in the clouds and on the ground). The lighting on most of the bottom half tho is excellent. Perhaps a composition aimed slightly more to the right so the "flames" and pebbles lead in more from closer to the left corner?

I like what you did with the third - I'm pretty sure my look at this "tree" and the moon is forgetable...

Nice images, however, apart from the first I find the composition a little uninspiring. Obviously your options were limited.

#1 I think the simplicity of this one is nice. Those shananighans with the LEDs were not required for this one. I also deleted everything from this set but I don't think I saw this light as I was late.

#2 Too much intensity on yellow on this one. Could just be my ageing screen. Did you selectively desaturate to keep the taps white?

#3 Nice compo and without the moon, this would have been bland. Is there is a mild tilt?

#4 My favourite and you've done well to recover shadows etc. Like Rodney, I'd opt for more shadows and mystery etc and make it more alien.

Great to see the work. I think these look great, and it is awesome to see that you guys are trying something quite different to what is usually done here.

Good set Gerry.
Was the moon really that yellow?. Comes through very strong and a little overpowering for mine.
Agree with the others that # 4 is a bit bright and would be improved by dialing back the top half of the image a tad to match the exposure level of the foreground

Rooz wrote:I think if I was picky I'd drop the exposure on the stag a stop so it's not so bright.

yeah fair call, i have a couple with it dialled down, i guess i wanted that kinda shot where the stag stood out like a .. you know what..

Rooz wrote:Makes me wanna go see them.

sucker... go on a week day and in the morning i reckon, avoid the chaos.

Wink wrote:I like the last one the best.
How many attempts did you run through on the taps? It looks like it would've been a tricky subject.

strangley enough i wish we had more attempts at the tap, i probably got about 7 odd shots of the tap from various angles and painting.

The last image has potential, I don't hink i have done it decent justice by any stretch of the imagination.

Remorhaz wrote:You didn't care for any of the side on light painted monstrosoties we did of the stag

nah, as you probably heard me say multiple times, interesting but sh$t.

Remorhaz wrote:With that last it seems a little overall a little too bright for me - at the time I thought it might have a bit more mood with some more dark and mystery in there (in the clouds and on the ground). The lighting on most of the bottom half tho is excellent. Perhaps a composition aimed slightly more to the right so the "flames" and pebbles lead in more from closer to the left corner?

overall i was not particulary happy with this shot, probably should have spent more time composing and using the virtual horizon

Regarding the processing, i was looking for that day-to-night kinda look, however I will have a look at the more edgy lit ones, similiar to Suren's since they seem more appealing.

Reschsmooth wrote:Nice images, however, apart from the first I find the composition a little uninspiring. Obviously your options were limited.

fair enough. composition was not really limited, that would just be a excuse for not trying hard enough

surenj wrote:#1 I think the simplicity of this one is nice.

surenj wrote:#2 Too much intensity on yellow on this one. Could just be my ageing screen. Did you selectively desaturate to keep the taps white?

autoWB no selective work on this.

surenj wrote:#3 Nice compo and without the moon, this would have been bland. Is there is a mild tilt?

yes, newbie error there, should have lines the moon reflection up as vertical.

surenj wrote:#4 My favourite and you've done well to recover shadows etc. Like Rodney, I'd opt for more shadows and mystery etc and make it more alien.

yeah, i like yours better

aim54x wrote:Great to see the work. I think these look great, and it is awesome to see that you guys are trying something quite different to what is usually done here.

cheers mate, will prolly get out again, so i will keep you posted, shame you could not make it, but looks like you were flat out!

Jenno wrote:Good set Gerry.
Was the moon really that yellow?. Comes through very strong and a little overpowering for mine.
Agree with the others that # 4 is a bit bright and would be improved by dialing back the top half of the image a tad to match the exposure level of the foreground

depends on who you ask there is not that much poetic license here. Good points about 4, will definitely give this one a further tickle.

Jenno wrote:Was the moon really that yellow?. Comes through very strong and a little overpowering for mine.

When it was low to the horizon it really was very yellow - I believe this is what attracted Suren to it so much - it was out in the open very low down and was very orange/yellow, looked huge and you could clearly see detail on the surface of the moon - they wanted me to get the 70-200+TC14 to go for a single shot of the moon - I probably should have

Good work. 1 & 4 are my best.