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Photo of the day: February 2014
- Thread starter Alexander.Of.Oz
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Looking at the underbelly of the extensions to the convention centre in the city, which has swallowed up the entrance to the CBD train station. This is a three frame, half of a second, pano just prior to sunset, so the long shadows reached right on in here.
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Railed Into Convention by playswithlight, on Flickr
Railed Into Convention by playswithlight, on Flickr
Thanks! I left that job in September so I could drive with my girlfriend. It's a good thing too because four years of that job earned me a bulging disc and some crushed nerves, plus the girlfriend is a rather nice addition to the truck.
We do plan on taking a few days off in your town this summer so I can explore it more now that I know the history. I'll be sure to let you know when that happens, the lunch offer is still standing Well done and well deserved if I may say so!
Thank you!
Hi LumbermanSVO,
First, congratulations on this accomplishment well done.
Second, and take this with a grain of salt (pun intended) because I don't do studio shots (in a truck or out of one), I don't do food shots and I really don't do much with artificial light but I do like to eat...
The shot above looks almost too well and too evenly lit. To me it has an almost sterile feel. I wonder if a bit of strategically placed subtle shadow would add some dramatic flair and culinary appeal.
~ Peter
Thanks Peter! I think first I want to start playing with the balance between the lights before I start introducing shadows. As I get faster at setting everything up I'll have more time to play. Since the food pictured is MY meal I don't wanna play around so long that it gets cold.
As P mentioned a few pages back, I need to work on getting some light in the front of the shot, then I think playing with the balance between the lights will be more productive. I do have some things in mind to try though. Of course, getting a "safe" shot right away is important before tinkering. My girlfriend puts a lot of work into these meals, often cooking while the truck is moving, so I don't want to ruin a shoot by not getting the safe shot then having all my creative shots be junk too. (Yes, thats already happened)
Oh, and if you can see the light, then it's real!
For today:
Through The Trees
King's Cross (again)
Thanks, colour would definitely have been too 'busy' for that shot.
Hopefully it works for this though:
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KingsCross03 by Parkin Pig, on Flickr
Thanks, colour would definitely have been too 'busy' for that shot.
Hopefully it works for this though:
KingsCross03 by Parkin Pig, on Flickr
Karen deserves a ton of credit John. I can't imagine how difficult this would be. I cook every meal on solid ground and they don't look half as tasty.
~ Peter
A new medical research facility in the CBD that I finally made the effort to actually get up close to, instead of photographing it from several hundred metres away, as I have done in the past...
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SAHMRI by playswithlight, on Flickr
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Oh yeah. That works!
SAHMRI by playswithlight, on Flickr
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Thanks, colour would definitely have been too 'busy' for that shot.
Hopefully it works for this though:
KingsCross03 by Parkin Pig, on Flickr
Oh yeah. That works!
Mermaid carved on top of column (St Swithun’s Church, Nately Scures, Hampshire), reckoned to be NSFW back in the year 1175...
Hats off to you for doing food pix ‘on the road’, and adopting a ‘can do’ attitude (rather than, say, wishing you were somewhere else, or had a more expensive camera, or had a larger ‘studio’, etc). Here’s another idea for you. I submit stock pix to Alamy; with nearly 10,000 images online I’m getting a regular income. Not enough to make a living, but add it to the other work I do, and... I get by. It seems you have an interesting work/life scenario, with opportunities to get a lot of unusual - even unique - pix that might well have sales potential. Plus, it’s something else you could do while travelling. Just a thought...
Thanks Peter! I think first I want to start playing with the balance between the lights before I start introducing shadows. As I get faster at setting everything up I'll have more time to play. Since the food pictured is MY meal I don't wanna play around so long that it gets cold.
I do have some things in mind to try though. Of course, getting a "safe" shot right away is important before tinkering. My girlfriend puts a lot of work into these meals, often cooking while the truck is moving, so I don't want to ruin a shoot by not getting the safe shot then having all my creative shots be junk too. (Yes, thats already happened)
Oh, and if you can see the light, then it's real!
Hats off to you for doing food pix ‘on the road’, and adopting a ‘can do’ attitude (rather than, say, wishing you were somewhere else, or had a more expensive camera, or had a larger ‘studio’, etc). Here’s another idea for you. I submit stock pix to Alamy; with nearly 10,000 images online I’m getting a regular income. Not enough to make a living, but add it to the other work I do, and... I get by. It seems you have an interesting work/life scenario, with opportunities to get a lot of unusual - even unique - pix that might well have sales potential. Plus, it’s something else you could do while travelling. Just a thought...
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Yes the colour looks cool on this one. Is the blue PP or was it illuminated this way?
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Is this sunset or sunrise? I thought they both looked good today, but I was at work for both.
It was sunset this evening. Yesterday's sunset was spectacular.....I mused as I inched along the M1 in rush hour traffic, thereby missing it completely by the time I got home....
The main (Southern) entrance to the Adelaide Oval, which still looks like a bloody building site, cause it is... So I can't get clean captures of the bits I want, for all the building that's still fenced off...
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I hate Footy... by playswithlight, on Flickr
I hate Footy... by playswithlight, on Flickr
It was illuminated - it slowly pulses from white to blue - this was about as blue as it gets.
No place like home
I thought some would get a kick out of this. I was out early this morning and discovered this bird's nest. Opening was about the size of a golf ball. Pretty cool to see how the birds were using bits of birch bark to hold things together!
I thought some would get a kick out of this. I was out early this morning and discovered this bird's nest. Opening was about the size of a golf ball. Pretty cool to see how the birds were using bits of birch bark to hold things together!
