New direction
 

Howdy all.

Following my recent realisation that I'm terminally photographically
challenged, I decided to change route slightly. Instead of looking for
something worth shooting, I'm going to just take my camera out for a walk
now and then and try to make something out of nothing, so to speak.

Here's the first:

<http://www.flickr.com/photos/wibbleypants/8190672650/in/photostream>

Ignore the exif data, it was really shot at f1.8 - by mistake - I forgot it
was a manual lens.

Taken using the rule of halfs method :-)

--
Pablo

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wibbleypants/
http://paulc.es/

Re: New direction
 

On 11/16/2012 11:32 AM, Pablo wrote:
> Howdy all.
>
> Following my recent realisation that I'm terminally photographically
> challenged, I decided to change route slightly. Instead of looking for
> something worth shooting, I'm going to just take my camera out for a walk
> now and then and try to make something out of nothing, so to speak.
>
<snip>

I never try to make great pictures, and guess what? I don't classify any
of my images as "great." But, I shoot only what I like. On occasion,
others like them too.

I like your approach. perhaps some of your images would benefit from
some highlight reduction. Particularly # 6551. When shooting abstracts,
I try to shade my images so that the viewers eye does not wander all
over. That is my issue with your # 6545. In that image I have no clue
where I am supposed to look. In 6553 you would come close, had you just
toned down some of the highlights. When the SI is posted you will see
one ob my abstracts that illustrates my meaning. In that image the
underlying work was done in camera, but I did some post processing to
enhance the image. You will have to see the debut of those images until
the official posting.
Most important rule, keep shooting what you like.




--
Peter

Re: New direction
 

On 11/17/2012 8:23 AM, PeterN wrote:
> On 11/16/2012 11:32 AM, Pablo wrote:
>> Howdy all.
>>
>> Following my recent realisation that I'm terminally photographically
>> challenged, I decided to change route slightly. Instead of looking for
>> something worth shooting, I'm going to just take my camera out for a walk
>> now and then and try to make something out of nothing, so to speak.
>>
> <snip>
>
> I never try to make great pictures, and guess what? I don't classify any
> of my images as "great." But, I shoot only what I like. On occasion,
> others like them too.
>
> I like your approach. perhaps some of your images would benefit from
> some highlight reduction. Particularly # 6551. When shooting abstracts,
> I try to shade my images so that the viewers eye does not wander all
> over. That is my issue with your # 6545. In that image I have no clue
> where I am supposed to look. In 6553 you would come close, had you just
> toned down some of the highlights. When the SI is posted you will see
> one ob my abstracts that illustrates my meaning. In that image the
> underlying work was done in camera, but I did some post processing to
> enhance the image. You will have to see the debut of those images until
> the official posting.
> Most important rule, keep shooting what you like.
>

Here is one example submitted in a prior SI.
<http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/131370989>


--
Peter

Re: New direction
 

On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 08:23:23 -0500, PeterN <peter.new@nospam.verizon.net>
wrote:

: Most important rule, keep shooting what you like.

The other evening, Gregory Heisler, an extremely successful photographer by
any measure, told us that that was the best advice he ever got. And that he
wished he had followed it more than he did.

Bob

Re: New direction
 

On 11/17/2012 08:33 AM, Robert Coe wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 08:23:23 -0500, PeterN <peter.new@nospam.verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
> : Most important rule, keep shooting what you like.
>
> The other evening, Gregory Heisler, an extremely successful photographer by
> any measure, told us that that was the best advice he ever got. And that he
> wished he had followed it more than he did.
>
> Bob
>



Yep...who cares what others think...
as long as you like what your doing...that's most important.
Chances are though, others will appreciate the work too

--
https://www.createspace.com/3707686

Re: New direction
 

On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:28:45 -0600, philo* <philo@privacy.net> wrote:
: On 11/17/2012 08:33 AM, Robert Coe wrote:
: > On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 08:23:23 -0500, PeterN <peter.new@nospam.verizon.net>
: > wrote:
: >
: > : Most important rule, keep shooting what you like.
: >
: > The other evening, Gregory Heisler, an extremely successful photographer by
: > any measure, told us that that was the best advice he ever got. And that he
: > wished he had followed it more than he did.
:
:
: Yep...who cares what others think...
: as long as you like what your doing...that's most important.
: Chances are though, others will appreciate the work too

Indeed, Heisler said that the older photographer who gave him the advice told
him that too.

Bob

Re: New direction
 

In article <agn856Fc6iU1@mid.individual.net>, Pablo <noone@nowhere.net> wrote:
>Howdy all.
>
>Following my recent realisation that I'm terminally photographically
>challenged, I decided to change route slightly. Instead of looking for
>something worth shooting, I'm going to just take my camera out for a walk
>now and then and try to make something out of nothing, so to speak.
>
>Here's the first:
>
><http://www.flickr.com/photos/wibbleypants/8190672650/in/photostream>

The two fish in this one are rather subtle:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wibbley...n/photostream/


--
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crashed the stock market, wiped out half of our 401Ks, took trillions in
TARP money, spilled oil in the Gulf of Mexico, gave themselves billions in
bonuses, and paid no taxes? Yeah, me neither."