Hazel Price, QPSA
September 2023 - Back in Action
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About the Image(s)
My image this month is a composite made up of a zoom burst and a
straight image of a model car. The car was made up of various bits of
recycled artifacts collected by an artistic, alternative lifestyle
community at a place called Rockaway situated in an old quarry near
Bristol. I thought the zoom burst effect brought the car to life
creating some movement in what was otherwise a static model. I have
included both the images used to make the composite.
This round’s discussion is now closed!
10 comments posted
Hazel, Looking at your Original image, I like the artistic use of the discarded artefacts (particularly the elastic straps, springs and pistons) to construct a futuristic car with perhaps gull-wing bodywork. Clearly, the end result is very much in the genre of <Boy's Toys> and was clearly a labour of love for the individuals concerned. The Radial Zoom burst works well and I like the way that you have rotated the end result to maximise the effect. However, I find the blurring of the yellow line and pole in the lower part of the frame a bit of a visual barrier to get into the picture. Flipping the image horizontally alleviates that problem for me, creates stronger lead-in lines and enhances the left-to-right visual flow. The car is quite central in the frame which normally makes for a visually static picture. In order to increase the overall visual dynamic, I would like to have seen the car off-centre with positive space to move either into or from. Overall, an exciting image. Posted: 09/06/2023 00:32:34
Thank you Brian for your considered comments. I do indeed think that the flipped version works better. I placed the car in the centre so that it looked as though it was exploding towards you. Maybe I need to play some more. At the moment I have Covid so am feeling very grotty so it will have to wait. Posted: 09/16/2023 09:50:23
Hazel, Sorry to hear that you have Covid. Hope you are soon on the mend and back in your digital workplace to create more visual masterpieces. Posted: 09/21/2023 08:39:04
Thanks for you kind words Brian. Tested negative today so back to the grindstone. No more excuses and I do feel a lot better and not so tired. Posted: 09/25/2023 14:07:17
Sorry that you have Covid (I know so may people with Covid right now :-( I hope that you recover fast and FULLY. I know too many people with long covid, ack. Posted: 09/25/2023 13:16:02
Hazel, very creative way of presenting the model car. The colours are very pleasing and do complement the image. My only comment is, for balance purpose, to bring back the focus on the right wheel including its shadow as you have on the left one. Posted: 09/15/2023 06:32:32
Hazel, I agree you've effectively combined these two images. I do a lot of this combo type image and I find it distracting when I zoom in and there are non blurry details present because they weren't removed. It does take a little extra time to zoom in and fix these minor distractions. Maybe I'm just too fussy but I suspect some day when you have a photo on a wall in a gallery you may feel self conscious when people see these artifacts. Posted: 09/15/2023 15:40:42
Hi Hazel,
Good use of zoom to create a feeling of motion. I like the color palette.
Posted: 09/16/2023 09:50:01
Good use of zoom to create a feeling of motion. I like the color palette.
Posted: 09/16/2023 09:50:01
I love zoom bursts and I love pareidolia, so this image resonates very well with me! The car itself is really cool, but then the zoom burst eliminates the background elements. I do a lot of zoom bursts and often to eliminate the background. I also like the color pallette and the overall feel. This really sings to me!
I teach this in-camera and in PS during our workshops.
The one area to be improved is the upper left, not sure if the local thingy is part of the car or in the background, but the shadow is disturbing, that whole little area could be masked more... Posted: 09/25/2023 13:17:58
I teach this in-camera and in PS during our workshops.
The one area to be improved is the upper left, not sure if the local thingy is part of the car or in the background, but the shadow is disturbing, that whole little area could be masked more... Posted: 09/25/2023 13:17:58
Hi Lisa, You are quite right. if you look at the original of the car that oval thing is on the wall in the background. Fancy me not seeing that. I must have thought it was part of the car. Thankyou so much for noticing that and thank you also for your kind words about Covid. I an much better now and testing negative too. The worse thing about this latest version is the headache but thankfully that is much diminished now. Posted: 09/25/2023 14:02:51