weekly rpn's 2017 Project 52 - Week 52 WEATHER Added *** COMPLETED ***

Hairy - Looks you were correct, there has been a few cactus's featuring for the theme. Very hairy and sharp, like the fact you have chosen to keep the image in colour.

Smooth - thats a very lovely landscape shot, full of nice bright colours.
 
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Been doing a bit of messing around with the shot again and adding some warmth to the image.

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Beautiful scenery Stan and lovely Smooth water. Good compos with the fg interest and thirds.
 
Lovely colours, and I like the composition. Certainly smooth!
 
Carl Ayling said:
Beautiful scenery Stan and lovely Smooth water. Good compos with the fg interest and thirds.
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Thanks, Carl. Foreground interest, background, rules of thirds. Am I a bit of traditionist and rule obedient? Probably not. :D Just so happens those so call rules seem to suit this particular image. :D
 
Thought I attempt Focus Stacking technique again for this week's theme. Only five images this time but still take ages for my aging machine to merge them. Not 100% happy with the inconsistency background but quite like the dim shadow in the foreground.


Week 05 - Mineral ('Peacock' Ore)

Mineral by Stan, on Flickr
 
That's an interesting stone ... I mean Mineral. Very colourful. Good job with stacking - all seems spot on to me on Flickr. Like the soft reflection in the fg - stands out well against the dark backdrop.
 
Very nicely done Stan, I like the muted reflection and I for me the background works well.
 
Carl Ayling said:
That's an interesting stone ... I mean Mineral. Very colourful. Good job with stacking - all seems spot on to me on Flickr. Like the soft reflection in the fg - stands out well against the dark backdrop.
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Cheers, Carl.



sirch said:
Very nicely done Stan, I like the muted reflection and I for me the background works well.
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Thanks, Chris. I'm just not too happy with the slight different of colours of the background. Black on the RH and dark brownish LH even thought it should to be black.
 
I never noticed the backgound, I just homed in a beautiful piece of mineral.:)
 
Dave70D said:
What a great a Mineral Ore is (my surname too) great lighting and focus, must try this focus stacking some time :)
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Cheers, Dave. One of my best mate is also Ore. Plenty of 'How To's" Focus Stacking in YT



Shirleyr said:
I never noticed the backgound, I just homed in a beautiful piece of mineral.:)
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Thanks, Shirley. Maybe I'm just a bit of a fusspot! :)
 
nice colours in the mineral and great detail, i quite like the BG it shows its on something and not floating in mid air and the faint shadow is a plus point
 
Lovely colour, well lit and shot (y)
 
(y) What a calm and peaceful shot Smooth is Stan. Well spotted.

That's a lovely piece of mineral too and the colours look great against the black background. I know ghere is a slight shadow to the front but it still looks like it is floating.

Perhaps an alien asteroid :p
 
Shot of the week for me, thats really well done and a lovely peice too.
 
CliveNX said:
Nicely taken, beautiful colours, I wish I had used a shiny surface for mine to get some reflection, and lose my floating effect.
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Thanks, Clive. The backdrop/surface is a piece of black polymer sheet.


gremlin16 said:
magnificent. what a lovely piece of mineral. well shot and well lit,
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Thank you and pleased you like the shot.
 
Lovely! Colourful subject and the reflections in the foreground keep it planted.
 
Well done with the stack job ... I can't see the joins. ;)

Interesting mineral, interesting result. (y)
 
d00d said:
Well done with the stack job ... I can't see the joins. ;)

Interesting mineral, interesting result. (y)
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susiejb said:
Well done with the stacking Stan, the colour of that stone is fabulous.
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Thanks, David and Susie. The mineral is also known as Bornite.
 
I think .... the original with half the dead space off the top ....
 
Lovely colours, that aqua/blue is so vibrant. Nice lighting too.
 
SteveSc said:
The square crop works but I prefer the first one with more space around it, amazing colours on this which you have captured well. Good job on the focus stacking.
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Thanks, Steve. I agree with you on the crop, the original shot gives more breathing space around the subject.


Nostromo said:
Lovely colours, that aqua/blue is so vibrant. Nice lighting too.
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Thanks, Dominic. Glad you like the shot.
 
Mineral - bang on for the theme, liking the colours on the little rock and i can see where it gets the peacock name from. I agree with the comments about the unevenness of the background, I think maybe a closer crop would make a difference to the image.
 
Stan I really like this one. Two halves make Whole....spot on. Nice colours from the Apples and they stand out well with the Black background.


Cheers

Kath
 
Well, I said "original" idea to Allan, so I have to say it to you too...

Very different photo, well lit, very sharp. The black background works very well.
 
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