Weekly Assignment #75: Palm

NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
edited June 2, 2008 in Assignments
This time your target is gonna really be within your reach: we're gonna take a picture of a palm. No a palm tree, or Palm Pilot - a human palm. Or palms, plural. Not a fist, either - it's should be at least semi-open.
However, there is a catch: not just any snapshot will do. I want to see your picture telling the story of the palm's owner in some way. Or of the relationship between the owners. Bottom line, it's gotta be an interesting picture to begin with. :wink Think Da Vinci, or Michelangelo, or Botticelli...:-)
One image per entry, multiple entries OK. Moderate PS. Fresh pictures only, as always.
Let's get some palms!
"May the f/stop be with you!"
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  • spb13spb13 Registered Users Posts: 133 Major grins
    edited April 18, 2008
    Guess I will go first.

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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2008
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    Read my Palm. I take images!

    Don
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  • PexiPexi Registered Users Posts: 85 Big grins
    edited April 20, 2008
    Give me five!
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2008
    spb13 wrote:
    Guess I will go first.
    Thank you Sean!thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2008
    DonRicklin wrote:

    Read my Palm. I take images!

    Don
    Hey Don, thank for the entry!
    I feels a bit soft/oof, though ne_nau.gif And the writstwatch draws attention aways from the main subject...

    How do you like your Zigview-R? Worth the price?
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2008
    Pexi wrote:
    palm
    I love this! thumb.gif Very clean shot, nice treatment!
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2008
    Nikolai wrote:
    Hey Don, thank for the entry!
    I feels a bit soft/oof, though ne_nau.gif And the writstwatch draws attention aways from the main subject...

    How do you like your Zigview-R? Worth the price?
    I was just playing around. I need to retrieve my stand from the car and try again. I love the Zigview for vertical Straight down shots for work and candid street scene shooting.

    Don
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  • Bayer-Z28Bayer-Z28 Registered Users Posts: 392 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2008
    Yeah! My first assignment with my new camera!!! :ivar

    Anyway.. I've always had a fascination with anything mechanical..

    My lens is a bit too big.. I can't do a 2.5f... 3.5f is all I can go.. Made this difficult, but CS3 helped.



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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2008
    Nikolai, Re-crop and sharpen:

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    Don
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited April 21, 2008
    Bayer-Z28 wrote:
    Yeah! My first assignment with my new camera!!! :ivar
    Anyway.. I've always had a fascination with anything mechanical..
    My lens is a bit too big.. I can't do a 2.5f... 3.5f is all I can go.. Made this difficult, but CS3 helped.
    Thank you!thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited April 21, 2008
    DonRicklin wrote:
    Nikolai, Re-crop and sharpen:
    Don
    Don, thank you!

    I see a trend developing (a thing on a palm) and I must say I really don't like it. deal.gif
    As I said in the lead post, this class is
    1) about the palm itself
    2) about telling a story with it
    I also think I mentioned something about overall picture quality.

    I'm not gonna point any fingers here, but thus far only Pexi's entry would really made me stop and think about it. ne_nau.gif

    Come on guys, I'm sure you all can photograph something you see hundred times a day better...
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited April 21, 2008
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  • cmr164cmr164 Registered Users Posts: 1,542 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2008
    Within Grasp
    Hopefully a decrease in saturation and a light glass filter are not beyond the bounds of "moderate PS".
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2008
    cmr164 wrote:
    Hopefully a decrease in saturation and a light glass filter are not beyond the bounds of "moderate PS".
    Charles,
    thank you!
    PS amount is fine, but the image is very dark and there is no story ne_nau.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2008
    Nikolai wrote:
    Charles,
    thank you!
    PS amount is fine, but the image is very dark and there is no story ne_nau.gif
    'Out of my face, Paparazzi!'
    comes to mind. If the hand had a humungous ring on it , might read more that way.

    Don
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  • B RockB Rock Registered Users Posts: 181 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2008
    I may join this one! I think I may have an idea that fits into a story and whatnot.
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  • cmr164cmr164 Registered Users Posts: 1,542 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2008
    Nikolai wrote:
    Charles,
    thank you!
    PS amount is fine, but the image is very dark and there is no story ne_nau.gif
    Hmmm.... I'll stand by the "very dark" and by the story told. There is a title and a photo. I started to add verbiage here.... but I guess I'll let the story stand on its own.

    For what it is worth, I think your assignment is very tough in terms of having the palm tell a story. I understand your comment about seeing things on palms, but I also undestand why folks needed those props to add a bit of story.
    Charles Richmond IT & Security Consultant
    Operating System Design, Drivers, Software
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2008
    DonRicklin wrote:
    'Out of my face, Paparazzi!'
    comes to mind. If the hand had a humungous ring on it , night read more that way.

    Don
    15524779-Ti.gif, but I'm not the author mwink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • silversx80silversx80 Registered Users Posts: 604 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2008
    Well, I guess I'll give the fresh assignment a try. I hope this one counts. Only PP is color, crop and contrast
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  • CasonCason Registered Users Posts: 414 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2008
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2008
    silversx80 wrote:
    Well, I guess I'll give the fresh assignment a try. I hope this first one counts. The second one is a bit cliche but is my backup since I know it works for the assignment. Only PP is color, crop and contrast on the first. PP on the second is B&W, contrast and crop.
    Since you're new here.. mwink.gif
    Please, read the lead post carefully.
    It usually contains some important rules. deal.gif
    In particular: "One entry per post".
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2008
    RTP wrote:
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    Great entry, I love this! clap.gif
    Nice treatment, too! Looks like a film scan thumb.gif
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  • cmr164cmr164 Registered Users Posts: 1,542 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2008
    Nikolai wrote:
    Great entry, I love this! clap.gif
    Nice treatment, too! Looks like a film scan thumb.gif

    I like this one too! Good story.
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  • silversx80silversx80 Registered Users Posts: 604 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2008
    Nikolai wrote:
    Since you're new here.. mwink.gif
    Please, read the lead post carefully.
    It usually contains some important rules. deal.gif
    In particular: "One entry per post".

    I was never too good at following the rules (I guess I'm the dunce of the class :D ). I went back and fixed my post.

    Edit: OK, now I think I understand a little better, maybe headscratch.gif . Staying with the one entry per post, lemme give this one a try again:

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    I know there is something on the palm but is this closer to what you're looking for or do I need to try again?
    - Joe
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2008
    silversx80 wrote:
    Well, I guess I'll give the fresh assignment a try. I hope this one counts. Only PP is color, crop and contrast
    Thank you for splitting the post! :-)
    I like the idea. Technically you're in. thumb.gif

    However - on a very neatpicking level - I don't buy this one. ne_nau.gif I am a cyclist myself, and this is a very unnatural position for the hand to be on a bar. I'm not even talking about the fact that IRL you'd probably be wearing gloves mwink.gif I still think this idea has potential, maybe reshooting it with the "white knuckles" on the breaks or something...headscratch.gif Also it will let the primary subject (the palm) fill the frame more, which it doesn't now ...rolleyes1.gif
    HTH
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • silversx80silversx80 Registered Users Posts: 604 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2008
    Nikolai wrote:
    Thank you for splitting the post! :-)
    I like the idea. Technically you're in. thumb.gif

    However - on a very neatpicking level - I don't buy this one. ne_nau.gif I am a cyclist myself, and this is a very unnatural position for the hand to be on a bar. I'm not even talking about the fact that IRL you'd probably be wearing gloves mwink.gif I still think this idea has potential, maybe reshooting it with the "white knuckles" on the breaks or something...headscratch.gif Also it will let the primary subject (the palm) fill the frame more, which it doesn't now ...rolleyes1.gif
    HTH

    Thanks, I'll try again. Sometimes I actually ride like this but you're right, looks unnatural and I wear gloves most of the time. If the weather holds out today I'll get a chance. If not, I'm going on a long ride tomorrow mwink.gif
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2008
    silversx80 wrote:
    I was never too good at following the rules (I guess I'm the dunce of the class :D ). I went back and fixed my post.

    Edit: OK, now I think I understand a little better, maybe headscratch.gif . Staying with the one entry per post, lemme give this one a try again:

    I know there is something on the palm but is this closer to what you're looking for or do I need to try again?

    Thank you! Nice idea again! thumb.gif
    Light is a bit harsh to my taste and part of the image looks blown out, though...rolleyes1.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • silversx80silversx80 Registered Users Posts: 604 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2008
    Nikolai wrote:
    Thank you! Nice idea again! thumb.gif
    Light is a bit harsh to my taste and part of the image looks blown out, though...rolleyes1.gif

    OK, I see what you're talking about. I think I upped the contrast too much in the B&W conversion. The pic was taken with a low Watt flood, 1.3s exposure. I'll have to get the original and look at it again when I get home from work; it might be an easy fix.
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  • Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2008
    Don't take my picture
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2008
    Antonio Correia wrote:
    Don't take my picture
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    Antonio, I like this one a lot!
    Solid idea, clearly expressed!thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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