Three Part 2

With just days to go before the deadline I spotted the below new 'three' opportunity.

Shot was taken out of our office window in Abu Dhabi, which enjoys a pretty impressive view across Al Batten Marina.  Sorry chaps if you sit in a portacabin with no windows, or a tower block in Bur Dubai with a view of nothing but a metro station construction.

A few others that are also the view out of the window but not 'three' related, but still shots I'd like to share, even if only to rub it in to those sat in Staines.......in the rain.......

Three from Muscat - Richards Efforts

Hi All,

Here are three from the Souq in Muscat, very photogenic and not a Dubai plastic souq but almost the real deal.

Aladin's Lamp

105mm Macro,
f2.8,
1/30s, AP Mode
ISO200, any more and it's grainy
Also hand on a 100mm held hence it's a bit soft :-(


Gourds
Sadly Ramadan so no meed or other beveage.
105mm Macro,
f2.8,
1/15s, AP Mode
ISO200, any more and it's grainy


KanJars
Following from Pauls :-) all in camera no PP, hence want a nifty fifty.
105mm Macro,
f2.8,
1/8s, AP Mode
ISO200, any more and it's grainy
Also hand held on a 100mm inside at 1/8 hence it's a very soft :-(

Need to get a nifty fifty would have been great for these.

Hmm another lens to add to the wish list !


Here is another three from Muscat but from my more normal enviroment.

Found Nemo

17-70mm @33mm
F5.6
1/60 sec
ISO 100
Twin off camera strobes.

When I get time I'll also post more wet and dry photos, however trust these meet the THREE criteria this month ;-)
The rest of you a few days left so get snapping, or start working on your excuses (and the "I've done it and it's in the camera" excuse will not be accepted ;-)

Comments, critique and abuse as always welcome.

Cheers,
Richard B.

Three. Part Two

Remember this?

Well, following Richard's suggestion, here it is again, only this time with some Gaussian Blur. And also some Australian Beer, but let's not go into that.


Now I'm not sure which version I prefer. I think I may have overdone it.

Three - The iPhone Challenge

After some abuse from Mr B I thought I rise to the bait.
Here is my rendition of Steven's "Three" shot with my iPhone sat at my desk.



Thank god for bokeh or you'd see really how dirty my keyboard is !

Promise to try and take a proper photo as well.

Cheers,
Richard B.

Paul's THREEE

It seems I could use my own back-catalogue again. This picture was submitted for 'Light', it could have been submitted again for 'Movement' and yet again for 'Three'.

Resisting the temptation, I grabbed the opportunity to take a few photos while in Muscat last weekend. Three are reproduced here for your delight or abuse. I trust I'm allowed to submit more this month, should the opportunity arise?

Concrete Dolphins

Nikon D70s
Nikkor 18-200 at 36mm
F4.5
1/2000s

Definitely an obvious candidate for 'Three'. There are numerous concrete statues along the corniche in Muscat. Al Bahri Road, N23 37.27' E058 33.78' if anyone's particularly interested.

The enormous shutter speed was to allow a large aperture and thus throw the background out of focus. I also did a little post-processing here and there to increase the blue of the sky slightly, plus the usual cropping and reduction to 800 pixels high. The top dolphin is a bit dark, but I didn't want to blow out the highlight on the left dolphin. My attempts at dodging and burning were less than impressive, and are not reproduced here!

Corniche by night

Nikon D70s
Nikkor 18-200 at 62mm
F5
2/3s

Taken in pretty much the same location as the Dolphins, only later and looking in the opposite direction. I took loads of these, trying to get the full moon just above the fort. Having failed to bring my tripod, all were hand-held or propped against walls, and most attempts were horribly blurred, incorrectly exposed or both.

I played around with ASA 1600 as well as ASA 200, but got a lot of noise on the images. The photo presented above is the best of the bunch, cut to portrait in order to emphasise the fort and the moon rather than the row of shops reflected in the sea. Usual cropping and image reduction, and I also had to go over the sky and clone out various random pinpricks of noise. They look like stars, but are single spots of cyan or magenta...

It would have been nice to get some features on the moon's disc, but I failed to capture anything on any image.

What about 'Three'? Count the antennae on the fort.

Junk shop

Nikon D70s
Nikkor 18-200 at 65mm
F5
1/30s

This place was a veritable Aladdin's cave of Arabian-inspired rubbish, somewhere in the covered souq. There are three khanjars, which gives me the excuse for the photograph. (There are also three scorpions in shot, but that isn't why I took the photo.) I shot with available light and with flash; the version without flash looked more pleasing, so that one makes the cut.

A more general shot of the shop front is shown below, just to give you an insight into Clutter: Professional Edition...

Three - September Assignement, due 30 Sept

Hi All,

Resounding success last month, even Imogen well done, so onwards now.

As Colin was so fast last month, shock horror, I thought I'd let him pick this month and 30 was the lucky number.



Therefore topic is "Three" or "3" if you'd prefer.
The number, three of something etc.. you get the idea, let your creative juices flow.

Have fun a look forward to seeing results.

p.s. All teachers just because term has started there are still no excuses.
p.p.s. I'm sure all the Post Process is done on a recent wedding so looking forward to another entrant this month.

Cheers,
Richard B.