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[stine]

wow, i was checking in here, to see what you guys have been up to and *bam!* a whole new site! i'm thrilled!
good to be back, sorry for being absent for quite some time.

the a-photo-a-day-idea is great, i really enjoy doing this on my website, but putting it in "the open" for a community like CA is way better than just posting on your own website.

as always: crits and comments more than welcome!

[alucard]

so you cammed back from your 'disappear until you're asked about' adventure.
good.
now start posting. or else ... uhmm ...I will... aaaa ...you know, stuf.
so yeah, it's like that, ok.
kisses and hugs.

very good photo. but i don't like the ''branch'' that's devideing the picture in 2. the colors are great. and good light.
cheers.

[Mr. Mu]

on my website

aha! Where exactly would that be?

Great to see you back!

*subscribes*

[klips]

What did I say? They don't come back until you ask them to!

*can't wait*

[purplerose]

lol

I like the DOF in that one.

[stine]

thanks so much for the warm words, everyone! i'm flattered!

alucard - i see what you mean with the "branch" - i hadn't noticed it so far, but you're right, it's a bit distracting... i didn't get the "disappear until you're talked about" thing at first, but then i saw someone's thread in the lounge. so, here i am. it's been a pretty busy year, but i hope to be on these boards more regularly now... thanks!

mr mu: thanks for the nice words here and in your thread. my website is www.stine-wiemann.com
that's where i post a photo or a drawing/painting every day (or at least i try to do so).

klips - ha, i get it now. thanks a lot!

purplerose - thank you, glad you like it.

so here's today's photo. i haven't been able to work on it in photoshop so far, since my computer isn't really working right now. so excuse the slight shift to the left, i'll work on that the moment photoshop is up and running again...

"coming up against a brick wall"

[Morbid]

Welcome back Stine, nice pictures!

[Le Gab]

Is this really happening?

[stine]

haha, thanks for your nice comments, guys.
gabriel, i can asure you, this is really, really happening...

okay, here's today's photo: my dear friend iwan asked me to take his application photos. his goal was: "i want to look like a really nice IT person." i think we got there...

[Mr. Mu]

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[stine]

sorry about that. should be fine now...

[Mr. Mu]

the look is really nice and amiable. Skin looks really pale, though... too much time spent in basements in front of a monitor or deliberate lighting decision?

^^

[stine]

thanks for stopping by, mr. mu! it was a combination of both with the light: i wanted to create a sense of depht with the darker background and he really is sort of pale right now...


so, here's today's photo: "sun-bathed"

[scientuslatens]

Very cool. This seems 'graphic' enough to be wallpaper friendly. If only the center bottom "nodule" was in focus....

[purplerose]

I like the soft focus. I think the color cast in the bottom left corner is a bit distracting though. Would look great as a B/W after a bit of contrast tweaking.

[eazym]

nice, but what's going on exactly? backlight and flare (on the left?) or is that just a gradient applied in PS? Really tack-sharp in the center with strong contrast, and then it kind of bleeds out towards the edges...is it one of the above? or something else entirely?

[stine]

thank you all for having a look!
scientuslatens: yup, you're right, but it was kind of difficult to focus on a tiny bit like that at 200mm. have to work on my stability...

purplerose: thank you! i tried it as a b/w version, thanks for the tipp.

eazym: i shot the berries against bright sunlight, shielding the lens with my hand. so no ps-work done here. the color cast is a very weird lens flare that created a kind of edgy ring through the whole photo... thanks for asking. i'll make sure to give a little more information on the photos in the future.


so, here's today's photo, a dried up daffodil. shot against a lamp with green transparent paper: "standing high & dry"

[stine]

so, here's an early one. sorry, gotta hurry...

"sunwheel"

[Mr. Mu]

standing high and dry: that's a nice shot pointing out an unusual area of interest about petals. Beautiful.

sunwheel: this is otherworldly. It's a shot of the spirit of flowerness rather than merely a shot of a flower. It's full of movement and delicate transitions. The light makes some of the petals transparent and some opaque - that's confusing and beautiful. Also, it's bathing the foreground in an even tranquility while falling off rapidly to the background. The light source must therefore have been rather close, I guess?
I need all the setup information I can get for this one, before my envy eats me up...!

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Originally Posted by stine

but it was kind of difficult to focus on a tiny bit like that at 200mm

Question: do you have a DOF preview on your camera? I quite frequently use mine to get a clear impression of the shot.
Or was that remark rather about keeping the camera shake down with a big lense like that?

(in that case...

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...I'd like to point out my ASCII tripod...
)

[scientuslatens]

sunwheel is def. a winner. man i need to get something living in my room so i can shoot (blame my shooting buddies for shaming me out of my nothing but still life/flower shots phase...) Despite the great range from the ethereal white to the black in this image, the whole is surprisingly quite easy on the eye. That one petal pointing towards the center of the flower is really a nice touch, almost telling you " Hey. Look right here, don't worry about what's going on to the right..."

[eazym]

i usually don't care for pics of flowers, but the last two are solid. Good choice of color, feels very harmonious.

[stine]

thank you all!
mr mu - haha, what a great tripod! need to remember that one, made me laugh really hard! you're right, i should carry it around more often, but mostly i'm too lazy to do so.
and thanks so much for your kind words on "sun wheel" - i made this one with a cheap macro lense that i love a lot. one of those that you can put in front of your "normal" lense... it was an overcast day so i didn't get a lot of shadows and reflections and the drop-off was a combination of a dark piece of paper put next to the flower. i increased the effect in photoshop then. that's all. when you don't have dark paper around, you can achieve a very similar effect in photoshop with the lighting effects. they're a great tool to enhance photos and put the focus on a subject.
again, thanks a lot for your kind words...

scientuslatens - thanks so much! i'll never get why people find still lifes, macros and flower shots boring. they're a wonderful way to get to know your gear and composition etc. plus: they don't run away. glad you liked it!

eazym - thanks, mike!

so, here's today's photo, just a quick one, been busy all day.
it's a shot of water droplets on a piece of lambswool fabric. since i don't own a steam iron, i always have to spill water on them to press them. and that caught my eye... nothing too special...

"drop dead gorgeous"

[Mr. Mu]

great title again, Stine... because that sums it up for me!

BTW, I bought flowers for my beloved today and when she had put them in a vase I had to think of your flower shots (it were similar flowers) and gave them a try with b/w film... we'll see... I consider this a mastercopy so I can learn a bit.

[purplerose]

Nice tones in the last one. Could use some tighter cropping though and perhaps a boost in contrast.

[stine]

thanks a lot for having a look!
mr mu - yay, have fun with the flowers. looking forward to seeing the results, bet it looks great!

purplerose - thanks for stopping by again!

sorry for not posting yesterday, it's not that easy to come up with a photo every day... especially since i'm quite busy right now and don't leave the house that much. so it's another flower shot... very simple set-up: yellow flower, desk-lamp and light blue paper.

[purplerose]

Nice yellow flower and color contrast with the blue/yellow colors. I'm thinking the shadows could be a bit darker to give you more tonal contrast.

[eazym]

very soft feel from the last one (I don't mean the focus, that's pretty sharp)

[stine]

thanks so much for stopping by, mike & jerrica!

sorry, again a very quick one - here's yesterday's and today's picture - we spent a lot of time on the train yesterday visiting some friends in wiesbaden, germany. due to the heavy storm our train had to stop mid-way, so we arrived home quite late. didn't post yesterday because of that.
so here's the shot from wiesbaden and another flowershot from today:

"all along the line"




"two flowers watching back, one observing the sky"

[Mr. Mu]

"two flowers watching back, one observing the sky"

great title again! I always loved (and still do) the interaction between your photos and the titles.

[purplerose]

I really love the colors in the flower one. Your flowers are forcing me to take more flower photos, lol.