weekly Boots' 52 for 2024

[-Oy-]

I can't believe @-Oy- came on here just to make a sheep pun. The shear audacity!

Thought I'd just Ram it in quick before someone else did

 

[Boots]

Thgought I'd just Ram it in quick before someone else did

The puns are just flocking in!

 

[HelenC]

Lol.. nice one and box ticked.

 

[Boots]

Lol.. nice one and box ticked.

Thanks Helen!

 

[Kell]

I don't think it's a shoehorn, when I looked up the definition of critters last week, I'm pretty sure it said "All animals"

 

[Boots]

I don't think it's a shoehorn, when I looked up the definition of critters last week, I'm pretty sure it said "All animals"

Thanks Kell!

 

[BobBCN]

Definitely critters. Totally acceptable. You haven't tried to pull the wool over our eyes at all

 

[Boots]

Definitely critters. Totally acceptable. You haven't tried to pull the wool over our eyes at all

Ah-ha! Thanks Bob!

 

[Boots]

Week 23 - Vegetable

Chop! Chop!

 

[HelenC]

Looks like everyone's been busy with the cooking this week. Nice composition and dof.

 

[Boots]

Looks like everyone's been busy with the cooking this week. Nice composition and dof.

Thanks Helen! Kung Po Chicken - yum, yum!

 

[RyanB]

Nice shot, liking the lighting and warm tones of the image.

 

[Boots]

Week 24 - Decay

Apologies to those of a nervous disposition!

Time is fast running out, and a new theme about to be upon us, so I have to make use of what I have.

This dead and bloated fish was floating along the canal near me, about a mile downstream from a sewage treatment works - perhaps no connection?

 

[Boots]

Week 25 - Snapper's Choice

Part II of the catch-up.

I do like a bare field as the newly planted crop starts to break through.

 

[Boots]

Week 26 - Natural Abstracts and Tech - Contrasty

 

[-Oy-]

Nice contrasty mono Paul

 

[Boots]

Nice contrasty mono Paul

Thanks Dave!

 

[Kell]

Works really well.

If I was being hyper-critical, I think you could crunch the blacks and lift the whites even more to get more contrast. Especially on an abstract week.

Hope you don't mind - this is just from your JPEG.

 

[Boots]

Works really well.

If I was being hyper-critical, I think you could crunch the blacks and lift the whites even more to get more contrast. Especially on an abstract week.

Hope you don't mind - this is just from your JPEG.

Don't mind at all Kell, fair point!

 

[HelenC]

Decay: Yuck but does fit the bill
Snappers. Nice leading lines and distant light
Abstract: Definitely contrasty.. Kell's edit even more so.

 

[Boots]

Decay: Yuck but does fit the bill
Snappers. Nice leading lines and distant light
Abstract: Definitely contrasty.. Kell's edit even more so.

Thanks Helen!

 

[SimonH]

Nice and contrasty, and works for me, but @Kell's suggestion is good too.

 

[Boots]

Nice and contrasty, and works for me, but @Kell's suggestion is good too.

Thanks Simon!

 

[BobBCN]

Decay is bang on and putrid! Works well. Natural abstract is a good shot, maybe the edit improves it with the higher contrast.

 

[Boots]

Decay is bang on and putrid! Works well. Natural abstract is a good shot, maybe the edit improves it with the higher contrast.

Thanks Bob!

 

[Boots]

Week 27 - Light

Playing catch up here

Light-headed in Lincoln

 

[Boots]

Week 28 - Clouds

Literal from me, but an excuse to dig out the IR converted camera



I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all

 

[-Oy-]

Nice cloudy stuffs

 

[Boots]

Nice cloudy stuffs

Thanks Dave!

 

[BobBCN]

Light-headed or missing headlight!
Superb cloud shot

 

[Boots]

Light-headed or missing headlight!
Superb cloud shot

Thanks Bob!

 

[nog]

Like the cloud shot, IR really suits it

 

[Boots]

Like the cloud shot, IR really suits it

Thanks Keith!

 

[HelenC]

Light: that made me giggle. Well spotted.
Clouds... I love the way IR makes the clouds pop.

 

[Boots]

Light: that made me giggle. Well spotted.
Clouds... I love the way IR makes the clouds pop.

Thanks Helen!

 

[Boots]

Week 29 - Summer

Sadly lacking inspiration.

Summer wildflowers in bloom by the canal

 

[-Oy-]

Nice flaaarz - maybe Burnet moth territory! Abd a small touch of Tufted Vetch in the corner

 

[Boots]

Nice flaaarz - maybe Burnet moth territory! Abd a small touch of Tufted Vetch in the corner

Thanks Dave! I did take another, portrait format, picture that showed the little purple chap (I take your word that it is a Tufted Vetch), because I liked the colour combination. But it wasn't as nice an image overall, so went with this.

 

[Boots]

Week 30 - Drink

Adam's Ale

 

[-Oy-]

Nice one Paul. Prefer Adnams Ale myself