Allan.H 52 2025 WEEK 2 COLD +TECH

[Allan.H]

WEEK 1 FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY

Orange by Allan Howe, on Flickr

 

[LC2]

I've missed your shots over the past 18 months Allan, for their effortless simplicity and appeal.

 

[firewireguy]

appeal - a-peel, I see what you did there.

Those do look delicious. Love the setup, background and lighting on this one. Very nice.

 

[Allan.H]

I've missed your shots over the past 18 months Allan, for their effortless simplicity and appeal.

That's nice of you to say Tim, you'll soon be bored of them.

appeal - a-peel, I see what you did there.

Those do look delicious. Love the setup, background and lighting on this one. Very nice.

Thank you

 

[Boots]

Excellent!

 

[nog]

Good setup and lighting, like the contrast between the colours

 

[AlanDorset]

Thats a powerful shot, great colour

 

[Allan.H]

Excellent!

Thanks

 

[Allan.H]

Good setup and lighting, like the contrast between the colours

Thats a powerful shot, great colour

Thank you both

 

[Simonbrown16]

The set up for this picture is fantastic, I wish I had a countertop and background like that to use, its a tasty shot and the colours work well.

 

[BobBCN]

Beautiful image to start your 52

 

[rpn]

This is the reason why I missed your photos last year, Allan. Beautiful setup with a simple background and perfectly lit image.

 

[Allan.H]

The set up for this picture is fantastic, I wish I had a countertop and background like that to use, its a tasty shot and the colours work well.

Thanks Simon.
You will have all the elements, It was taken on the kitchen worktop. The bowl is sitting on a roofing tile I found months ago and the background is just a large piece of card.
The background does have a layer added after in PS.
It was lit with a torch, camera on a tripod and shutter set for 10 seconds I think (I tried a few different speeds). Frame the image with the lights on turn off lights and use the torch to light the subject by having a very narrow beam and moving it around the subject. Its a bit hit and miss, I took about 20 images of which maybe 5 were usable.
The oranges are from Tesco though they are available in many similar shops.

Beautiful image to start your 52

Thank you Bob

 

[Allan.H]

This is the reason why I missed your photos last year, Allan. Beautiful setup with a simple background and perfectly lit image.

Thanks Stan, I enjoyed having to think about it, to be honest I had become a bit jaded with it.
I have hardly picked up a camera in the last 18 months.

 

[Darkslinger]

Really nice still life Allan, very well done.

 

[Allan.H]

Really nice still life Allan, very well done.

Thank you Bill

 

[Shugpug]

Beautiful still life with stunning colours - like it a lot.

 

[Kell]

As already said - it really works with stark contrast of the pop of orange against the black.

Also good t oread about the way you set it up - I'd never have thought it was a roofing tile.

 

[Cloudforest]

A beautiful shot Allan and thank you for describing the set up.

 

[SimonH]

Nice start Allan. Good composition.

 

[Allan.H]

Beautiful still life with stunning colours - like it a lot.

As already said - it really works with stark contrast of the pop of orange against the black.

Also good t oread about the way you set it up - I'd never have thought it was a roofing tile.

Thanks

 

[Allan.H]

A beautiful shot Allan and thank you for describing the set up.

Nice start Allan. Good composition.

Thank you

 

[RyanB]

Great still life Allan, the lighting is spot on!

 

[Allan.H]

Great still life Allan, the lighting is spot on!

Thank you

 

[Allan.H]

WEEK 2 COLD

Cold by Allan Howe, on Flickr

Chester cathedral, Regimental garden.
@LC2 would this count for wide angle tech Fuji X100f

 

[LC2]

I believe that Wide Angle is 35mm or shorter. As the X100F is a 23mm and thus a 35mm FF equivalent, yes I think that it counts.

 

[Allan.H]

I believe that Wide Angle is 35mm or shorter. As the X100F is a 23mm and thus a 35mm FF equivalent, yes I think that it counts.

I’ll take it then.

 

[BobBCN]

That's quite an image. It suits mono perfectly and certainly looks cold.

 

[Boots]

Good image, and works well in B&W

 

[Allan.H]

That's quite an image. It suits mono perfectly and certainly looks cold.

Thanks

 

[Allan.H]

Good image, and works well in B&W

Thank you

 

[SimonH]

Nice one Allan. Cold enough for sure, and the B&W suits the shot perfectly.

 

[LC2]

I’ll take it then.

When did you come over to the dark side and grab a fooj?

 

[Allan.H]

Nice one Allan. Cold enough for sure, and the B&W suits the shot perfectly.

Thanks

 

[Allan.H]

When did you come over to the dark side and grab a fooj?

I have been using Fuji for the past 5 years maybe, I also have an xpro2 and an XE3.

 

[LC2]

I have been using Fuji for the past 5 years maybe, I also have an xpro2 and an XE3.

Blimey, I didn't realise.

 

[nog]

B&W great idea for the image, really suits it. Coldest looking so far

 

[AlanDorset]

Job done, back indoors to warm up I trust!

 

[Allan.H]

B&W great idea for the image, really suits it. Coldest looking so far

Job done, back indoors to warm up I trust!

Thanks, indoors was very welcome.

 

[RyanB]

Nice one, Definitely cold looking and as said perfect for a mono conversion.