#319 Waterford Crystal stairs - FM Forums

Home · Register · Join Upload & Sell

Moderated by: Fred Miranda

Weekly assignment 306: Overhead
Deadline: August 20th noon UTC/GMT
WA Rules · Current entries

FM Forums | Weekly Assignments | Join Upload & Sell

Archive 2008 · #319 Waterford Crystal stairs

Bob B
Offline
• •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · #319 Waterford Crystal stairs

A number of years ago a good friend gave me a Waterford Crystal paper weight. It was in the shape of a golf club drivers head. Occasionally the sun would hit it on my desk and I thought there must be a picture in there somewhere. Well, this is what I came up with. This is a photo looking through the face of the club head with a red beach towel and a green Ivy hill in the background. The patterns comes from the cut glass on the exterior. I would have taken it yesterday, but the smoke in the sky of LA just killed the blue I needed.

The only adjustments to the photo was a levels layer and a couple of minor clones to remove dust specks, crop, and size. There was no adjustment to saturation etc. Comments are always welcome.

http://www.pbase.com/bob_burkett/image/106100148.jpg

Edited on Nov 18, 2008 at 09:35 PM · View previous versions

Nov 17, 2008 at 06:25 PM

Strad

Offline
• • • • • •
Upload & Sell: On

p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · #319 Waterford Crystal stairs

Very interesting abstract, Bob! It's amazing the way crystal will distort ordinary objects. Good capture.

By the way, I live in LA, too - over near the zoo.

All the best,

Endre

Nov 17, 2008 at 06:45 PM

Bob B
Offline
• •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · #319 Waterford Crystal stairs

Hey Strad, thanks for the comments. I lurk around here and have been really impressed with the photos you have put on the board, great stuff. I live in the Stone Canyon area of Sherman Oaks, just west of you by 15 minutes. Thanks again for the comment.

Bob

Nov 17, 2008 at 07:15 PM

CDalessandro 14-time assignment winner

Offline
• • • • •
Upload & Sell: On

p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · #319 Waterford Crystal stairs

Nice abstract..Bob...well done!

Nov 17, 2008 at 08:15 PM

AuntiPode

Offline
• • • • •
Upload & Sell: On

p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · #319 Waterford Crystal stairs

Excellent!

Nov 18, 2008 at 04:57 AM

Carolyn1250 2-time assignment winner

Offline
• • •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · #319 Waterford Crystal stairs

This is very cool! I think the only thing that bothers me a little is the out of focus spots on the top and bottom. I think it'd be stronger to crop into that middle part, which is a very fascinating abstract.

Beautiful colors and "glassy" feel to it though.

Good luck!

Carolyn

Nov 18, 2008 at 05:48 PM

nlamendo

Offline
• • •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · #319 Waterford Crystal stairs

I love the colors and patterns. A great WA entry.
-Nick

Nov 18, 2008 at 08:08 PM

Bob B
Offline
• •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · #319 Waterford Crystal stairs

Hey everyone, I really appreciate your feedback. I've not been too busy lately with a camera in my hand. It was really fun to start thinking from a creative standpoint yesterday and press the shutter.

Carolyn said:
This is very cool! I think the only thing that bothers me a little is the out of focus spots on the top and bottom. I think it'd be stronger to crop into that middle part, which is a very fascinating abstract.
Trying to crop an abstract is one of the hardest crops to figure out. For everything you get, you give up something. I have re cropped the photo as the top was the part I did have some questions about. The original had some cool colors and a complete stair at the top, but there was something about it I was not sure about. I will say that I left the bottom as it was. I really liked the almost water reflection quality to it. Thank you for your comment as I do like this crop better.

Best of luck to everyone.

Bob

Nov 18, 2008 at 09:46 PM

Yakim Peled 1-time assignment winner

Offline
• • • • • •
Upload & Sell: Off

p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · #319 Waterford Crystal stairs

CDalessandro wrote:
Nice abstract..Bob...well done!

My thoughts exactly.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

Nov 19, 2008 at 02:53 AM


FM Forums \| Weekly Assignments \| Join Upload & Sell

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.