c and c 2 photos

floydmoon1

Have a photo competition coming up in local camera club with the theme being home.Found it difficult to find anything matching theme but i am submitting these two even if they are slightly far from theme.c and c welcome
First is a lamp shade,second is an old house up the gap of dunloe.

kjt

Their isn't much in the first shot for me. If you hadn't mentioned it was a lamp I probably wouldn't have guessed. Maybe that's just me. Why did you choose this photo?

I really like the second shots, it's well processed. Nice dept of field with the mountains in the back, it makes it feel lonely & isolated. Maybe add a hint of vignetting to it?

Placebo

first is better, next one doesnt look too good, i dont know how photoshop goes down with competitions but anything thats made explicitly half b/w etc looks very fake too me, i think if its a colour photo you should leave some of its color integrity and make the door a bit more color rich, if the door is the thing youre going for.
Anyway like first one much better. Looks like a retroish lamp. Reminds off old 007 films.

Ideo

Number 2 doesnt really do a lot for me. What are you trying to portray? That even a tin roof can be called a home? The selective colouring doesn't work imo

Number 1 has a bit of potential. Its a bit abstract which works well but is that the nature of the competition? Its very retro looking as said above and if i didn't know it was a lamp I would have to look at it quite a bit to figure it out, so yeah id probably go with that!

run_Forrest_run

can you describe how you appy the theme to the first shot?

RoryW

how about abstract meanings to the topic "home"

like people getting off the bus or train at the end of the day or people embracing at the airport...on the way home

or a bird looking out from a nest or a birdhouse !

Darondo

The lamp shot I think fits easily into the theme simply because many homes have lamps. Using a theme as broad as "home" means you have massive scope for ideas. I'm not sure this shot captures the essence of what a home is, but unless the photo competition specifies that you need to capture that essence, you could take a shot of anything in your home and it would be relevant to some extent. I think the second shot might work better if you zoomed out to let the viewer see the environment that some person chose to make their home.

AnCatDubh

Hi floyd. Of the two, #2 is the one which appeals more to me, I think the composition tells a story more so than the first. But could i suggest that it needs a little more drama / someone suggested a vignette - i think so too. Perhaps, add some grain to it.

I like the selective colour on the door. I know a lot of people don't go for this effect but I'm open to it if not overdone. Perhaps see the image as a sepia and separately as a b/w to see what gives the greatest dramatic effect (both can be powerful). As I said it has a story to tell but I do think it needs a little drama to be added - as it stands it's a little too clean cut for me.

Cheers.

liveforphotos

Sorry Floyd, neither of these shots explicitly fits the theme "home" and neither is a winner.

floydmoon1

firstly thanks for all the c and c.ALways much appreciated.
Firstly I know these two chots are a bit wide of the theme home but there all i could find in my collection and dont have time to take photos between now and thursday so just submitting them for the sake of it.
It is nice the way some prople really like the first and others like the second.I always try to go for something different even thought usually my pics dont do great in the competions but its not there to please everyone.

Now how do i do the vignetting on the photo.

floydmoon1

Did i go to far with the vignetting.