#32 Another idea

divamum

I still like my reading glasses, but somehow am coming up dry for an idea to really make it work. It's not ruled out yet, but I caught these two shots when we went to the State Fair yesterday and thought they might also have possibilities. (I REALLY wish I could have caught a beautifully-framed, perspective-capturing shot of the calf we saw being born while we were there but the way we (and she!) were situated made it impossible. Ah well, it was still a pretty cool thing for Diva Jr to see. But I digress.....)

In any case:

No title yet.

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2. "Cloudy, with a chance of children" It needs a ton of work, but something about it just fascinates me - the sky, the angles... I have quite a few from this series, but am unsure of whether it's ok to post shots of strangers captured like this? The others all contain many people I don't know... (and oh me oh my did my 200mm L lens show what stuff it's made of. MAN that is some gorgeous glass now I've kind of figured out how to get the most out of it!)

CoryUT

Both good shots. I really like the first one - beautifully done. I'm just not sure about theme

richtersl

The ferris wheel depicts the theme very well. It's a nice b&w conversion, but it's lacking something at the moment. How does it look with your Lomo action applied to it?

I love the shot of the children on the swing ride, but it's a bit light on theme.

adbsgicom

Ditto. Like #1 for theme, love #2 as a picture.

divamum

Thanks all.

A few more ideas (I am seriously having trouble settling on anything for this one - usually I get an idea and then work it to death, but this time? Meh. But I digress...)

Another ferris wheel. Thinking of titles along the lines of "Scared of heights" (ie, I'm on the GROUND!) or something like that. Different treatment as well as slightly different angle; the former one can easily have the same processing (Lightroom, how we love thee... )



And another maybe, kinda sorta idea. Can't decide if it's mysterious or just a total wash

Title: "Up or down?"

lizzard_nyc

divamum wrote:

Thanks all.

I'm really liking the stairs. Took me a bit to figure out if it was up or down--it is up right? and if it isn't, even better. So pretty perfect for perspective. Also reminds me of a stairway to heaven scene--if you add a different color light at the end of the stairs, say yellowish red, maybe it could be to hell. Just throwing out ideas--but so far I like the stairs best.

CoryUT

I can see them. The stairs are perfect for the theme!

divamum

Thanks both. I'm still not entirely convinced by the stairs, but it's good to know that others like it! I see somebody else is considering a similar shot, too (which I think is better than this one), but we'll see where it leads... I still have a few days to mull it all over (and see what else I can come up with ... I do have another idea if I can work up the courage to shoot it!)

I was shooting down, for what it's worth - I LOVE that it fooled people!

lizzard_nyc

divamum wrote:

I was shooting down, for what it's worth - I LOVE that it fooled people!

GET OUT!

richtersl

I love the staircase!!!!! thumbthumbthumb

Can you work a silhouetted figure into that shot?

sherstone

STAIRS!!!! love them - I too thought it was up not down. The suggestion of a figure is good but it will also ruin the illusion maybe?

divamum

Wow - just goes to show how poor a judge I am of what will have an impact! Sadly, somebody else has just posted a really similar abstract down a "tunnel" so not sure but.... maybe I can come up with something to differentiate it a bit.

Linda, a silhouette would be a WONDERFUL addition... but I have to figure out how to do it (since I really was shooting down the stairs not up). Hmm... will think on that

Thanks all!!

dnie

divamum wrote:

Thanks both. I'm still not entirely convinced by the stairs, but it's good to know that others like it! I see somebody else is considering a similar shot, too (which I think is better than this one), but we'll see where it leads... I still have a few days to mull it all over (and see what else I can come up with ... I do have another idea if I can work up the courage to shoot it!)

I was shooting down, for what it's worth - I LOVE that it fooled people!

OMG! Diva the stairs are great!!! I saw them and felt instant envy! geezz I wish I had done that, or even thought of it... of course I don't have stairs.... and it is cool that it is down... I wouldn't have known!

adbsgicom

I was guessing up as well. Had to change my perspective to see down really well. I wouldn't add anything that might spoil the illusion.

divamum

Well, I guess that's is a pretty conclusive quorum for a reaction, so I'll just shut myself up and enter it.... Thanks all!

For the record, here's the sooc (crooked) shot - I swear I was standing at the top