hestons-fantastical-feast
by Giles

Comment by CNovack:
First I'll have you know that I was looking up book titles from the challenge to see if they existed....and I found out that there is a book and from there it went to Youtube to see Heston's creation of Alice in Wonderland's Drink Me potion. That was the beginning of the end of me voting for the next 2 days while I enjoyed the crazy and fantastic show of his...and of course the fault of pointing me in this direction is all yours:-) :-) Love what I saw just wish there was DVD's of this show. Just wanted to thank you for getting me hooked.

O.K. enough of the ramble. This shot attracts the eye's attention for it is definitely on strange/surreal side because we have a feast but then there is that menacing pig mobster with the gun in the back. As the viewer we wonder "What the????" I like how you are 'recreating' the show's aspect of a themed feast here. I think that the picture could be far more stronger if the food and guests were in much sharper focus. The guests and the fruit/bread centerpiece is rather soft and a touch out of focus. Tripod and higher ISO and shutter speed might have been what you needed here as that I am guessing that it might have been a slow shutter speed and that may have caused it to be less in focus due to camera shake. Another small suggestion: a letterbox presentation could also help strengthen the photo composition. The reason is that there is a little too much empty 'black' space in the upper 1/4 of the photo that does little to complement the scene. Placing the main subjects/composition in a letterbox/long rectangle format would cut that dead space out but also mimic/compliment the rectangle shape of the table - this is where the feast begins and it would be a subtle way to keep the viewer's focus and attention on the action happening here all the more.

IMG_2515
by Giles

Comment by jomari:
I like the way the movement of the dog brings different directionality to the image, contrasting with the gentle vertical/diagonal camera movement blur.

IMG_2515
by Giles

Comment by Neat:
Nice flowing locks of hair your dog has.

IMG_2506
by Giles

Comment by Giles:

Originally posted by Erin_Clark_007: I wonder what cropping out some of the river would do. I love that this is in black and white. Very nice!

i wanted the scale to show hes still small, exploring around the big trees around the reservoir, looks like a river as it was blowing a gale, he got blown over in one gust of wind. took his hat off for the shot

this was my other choice


IMG_2374 by gilesbert, on Flickr

Message edited by author 2012-01-25 16:15:01.

power lines...
by Giles

Comment by JamesDowning:
I believe this is by far my favorite of this challenge. The thumbnail particularly stands out. Great detail, great angle of the focal plane.

My wife said "you need to find something where everyone says 'I should have done that!'"... and that was my reaction to yours.

My Life, My Love, My Family
by Giles

Comment by LoVi:
Splendid. You are blessed.!!!!!

IMG_2506
by Giles

Comment by Erin_Clark_007:
I wonder what cropping out some of the river would do. I love that this is in black and white. Very nice!

winnats pass
by Giles

Comment by Dennisheckman:
I like how the light exposes the rock outcroppings on the left. Brings much more interest into the shot. Congrats on top 10!

winnats pass
by Giles

Comment by ruridk80:
Fantastic shot, the human presence makes the difference. You deserved podium IMO.

winnats pass
by Giles

Comment by Giles:
The person is me lighting the scene with my 15 million candle power torch, head torch trail is me coming back to find the camera as it was pitch black, needed the torch not to break my leg on the scree slopes. So the ppl who didn't like me in the scene it would have been dark valley and bright orange sky. Winnats pass is a dramatic steep sided gorge with the Manchester to Sheffield rd in it, I drive through it everyday. So you have Manchester to the west 2m ppl Sheffield to the east 700k so lots of light pollution.