Ch. 63 2 ideas

Aloner

This is my first attempt at ch. 63.

I tried to get the blur of the hands even throughout the clock face but I wasn't able to, so I settled on this for my best shot (took me a loooong time to get the lighting almost right :huh).

What do you guys think? Too boring/plain?

Aloner

My second attempt...

This one I took in my backyard, is the water smooth enough? Frame look alright? Is this "soft water" thing done way too often?



btw, I am able to reshoot both of these so any suggestions to make it better would be great!

Thanks

Angelo

Aloner wrote:

This is my first attempt at ch. 63.

I tried to get the blur of the hands even throughout the clock face but I wasn't able to, so I settled on this for my best shot (took me a loooong time to get the lighting almost right ).

What do you guys think? Too boring/plain?

I like this shot. I like the little blown spots above and below the clock and the blackout background but the face is a little soft and you're not 100% vertical.

sayntbrigid

I think the shadows on the clock looks real interesting

Aloner

Thanks guys, I did put a bit of a blur on the clock to soften the look of the metal. Maybe masking the face and only bluring the clock would work?

THE TOOTH

I like the clock photo, but I really like the flowing waters photo more. Great work.

twinbnj

Both are great for the challange - I can't make up my mind wich I like best!

Aloner

How does this look? I sharpened the clock face and kept the rest a bit blurred.

sayntbrigid

That looks GREAT, i would just add a little black on the right and the bottom to put the face right in the middle mebbe

twinbnj

very nice

chandi

Aloner wrote:

How does this look? I sharpened the clock face and kept the rest a bit blurred.

Wow! Great pic Did you expose it for almost an hour? (as far as I can tell, the time went from 11:10 ish to 11:50 ish )

Aloner

Actually, I cheated. This was a 2 second exposure (you can see the second hand didn't move much). What I did was take a piece of dental floss and tie it on to the knob at the back that's used to set the time and wrapped it arround, then while taking the picture I pulled the string and it spun the hands.

Thanks for your replies, looks like this will be the one I'll submit.:D

mercphoto

Aloner wrote:

This is my first attempt at ch. 63.

I tried to get the blur of the hands even throughout the clock face but I wasn't able to, so I settled on this for my best shot

Well, that type of shot was going to be my idea as well... Back to the drawing board...