Photo of the Week #170 17.08.13-23.08.13

dirtyghettokid

i am now up to date. this week's POTW goes to DVD-Lots!


20130813_211855 by DVDLots, on Flickr



honourable mentions go to....


Dónal





Kbeg3





Loki98


Poolbeg by lokee98, on Flickr



eoglyn


Helsinki Tall Ships Sunset by EoghanL, on Flickr


some new people again, great to see! well done to all!

dinneenp

@DVDlots- love it but I think it could be improved by adding a moon.

(Not a dig at lokee98, but just a joke at the amount of debate the photo caused).

AnCatDubh

dinneenp wrote: »

@DVDlots- love it but I think it could be improved by adding a moon.

Swans and a rock FFS

Well done everyone. Very nice work indeed.

dirtyghettokid

i haven't seen loki post on here since that debate

adox

dirtyghettokid wrote: »

i haven't seen loki post on here since that debate

He/She hasnt posted on Flickr in a while either so maybe he/she is away or something?

Either way, doesnt look like Boards have lost him/her(hopefully)

secman

Super shots there, every one of them. Well done to all.

steoc

Love the little crab.

eoglyn

Great to get a mention - Kbeg3, great shot, is that slovenia?

Kbeg3

eoglyn wrote: »

Great to get a mention - Kbeg3, great shot, is that slovenia?

Sure is! Lake Bled in Slovenia. Amazing place for photos!

steoc

steoc wrote: »

Love the little crab.

Cheers! Was taken on a beach in the Maldives, followed that little guy around for ten minutes before he posed properly.

My first contribution to the forum, thanks guys!

Hugh_C

dinneenp wrote: »

@DVDlots- love it but I think it could be improved by adding a moon.

(Not a dig at lokee98, but just a joke at the amount of debate the photo caused).

and a swan ...

Ben D Bus

Dónal wrote: »

Cheers! Was taken on a beach in the Maldives, followed that little guy around for ten minutes before he posed properly.

My first contribution to the forum, thanks guys!

I love the way you chose to frame - or crop - that image.

BlastedGlute

Winning picture is from a camera phone. Goes to show where we're at with equipment requirements these days few apps, point and shoot and bobs your aunty

Loire

Great shot DVD. I just have a question about the circular ripples - what caused these?

DaireQuinlan

Loire wrote: »

Great shot DVD. I just have a question about the circular ripples - what caused these?

Ripples are often caused by something interfering with the surface of a liquid. In this case, unless I'm very much mistaken, there appears to be someone standing in the water. I'd hazard a suggestion that that's what is responsible for the 'circular ripples' that you're puzzled about.

Loire

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

Ripples are often caused by something interfering with the surface of a liquid. In this case, unless I'm very much mistaken, there appears to be someone standing in the water. I'd hazard a suggestion that that's what is responsible for the 'circular ripples' that you're puzzled about.

Thanks Daire,

That's what I would have thought myself, but the ripples, to me anyway, look like they were caused by an object having been dropped into the water (note their near-perfect circular shape), rather than by, as you suggest, someone standing in the water (who appears quite stationary). Perhaps the OP might answer the question.

Super shot though!

Loire.


Edit: Actually if you go to the Flickr address, there is a very similar shot taken where there are no ripples: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dvdlots/9506463149/in/photostream/

Effects

Yeah, it's does seem fairly ambiguous alright. Perhaps the fisherman/woman has just dropped into the water from a height, perhaps from a helicopter skid or something. I think we can get to the bottom of this mystery somehow if we all work together.

Edit:Just looking at Photoshop and under the Filter menu there's a tool called distort and it has a ripple setting. I think that's your answer right there.

zero19

Time for another PS witch hunt then?

magicbastarder

Loire wrote: »

rather than by, as you suggest, someone standing in the water (who appears quite stationary).

as the ripples would obviously have been created prior to the shutter release, it's quite plausible that the person moved several seconds before the shot was taken.

DaireQuinlan

Loire wrote: »

Thanks Daire,

That's what I would have thought myself, but the ripples, to me anyway, look like they were caused by an object having been dropped into the water (note their near-perfect circular shape), rather than by, as you suggest, someone standing in the water (who appears quite stationary). Perhaps the OP might answer the question.

Super shot though!

Loire.


Edit: Actually if you go to the Flickr address, there is a very similar shot taken where there are no ripples: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dvdlots/9506463149/in/photostream/

The key word here being 'similar'. The main subject has very obviously moved his or her arm in the meantime for a start, it's entirely possible he or she could have taken a step or moved slighty as well.

barking -> wrong tree IMO

magicbastarder

also, the fact the the ripples are nearly perfectly circular is moot, as ripples will radiate in circles anyway, when coming from a near point source like that.

Loire

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

The key word here being 'similar'. The main subject has very obviously moved his or her arm in the meantime for a start, it's entirely possible he or she could have taken a step or moved slighty as well.

If the person in the photo moved as you suggest then I would expect the ripples to form from where the person moved from, in the same way (but less dramatic) that ripples form behind moving swans/ducks.

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

barking -> wrong tree IMO

Your probably right! But perhaps the poster could confirm.

Loire

zero19 wrote: »

Time for another PS witch hunt then?

If that's directed at me, then I would have to deny that. It is a genuine question about a photograph I think is excellent. If I was lucky enough or capable enough to take a photograph like that of one of my children I would be very proud.

Logie-1

As the centre of the ripples seem to be to the front right of the subject, then I would think the the photographer asked the kid to slap the water to make the ripples and therefore make the shot more interesting.

Loire

Logie-1 wrote: »

As the centre of the ripples seem to be to the front right of the subject, then I would think the the photographer asked the kid to slap the water to make the ripples and therefore make the shot more interesting.

Very well spotted and a great idea if true :cool:

DVD-Lots

Cheers guys, sorry to burst your bubbles but the ripples are very real,

The features under the water are very rocky so he was constantly shifting his feet about to get settled, I took about 50 pics in total that evening and was lucky enough that there was one that came out perfectly with the ripples the way they were.

He'll be delighted to hear it got photo of the week, I'm delighted too!

magicbastarder

Loire

DVD-Lots wrote: »

Cheers guys, sorry to burst your bubbles but the ripples are very real,

The features under the water are very rocky so he was constantly shifting his feet about to get settled, I took about 50 pics in total that evening and was lucky enough that there was one that came out perfectly with the ripples the way they were.

He'll be delighted to hear it got photo of the week, I'm delighted too!

Fantastic and well done!

AnCatDubh

DVD-Lots wrote: »

sorry to burst your bubbles but the ripples are very real

Bubbles!!!!!!?????? I can't see any bubbles :pac:

Nice one anyways

zero19

Loire wrote: »

If that's directed at me, then I would have to deny that. It is a genuine question about a photograph I think is excellent. If I was lucky enough or capable enough to take a photograph like that of one of my children I would be very proud.

No no, not directed at you at all Loire. Tis a great photo indeed!

Sir Gallagher

magicbastarder wrote: »

Just got a flashback to that barmy thread where some bloke posted a picture of a fake UFO and wondered how it was taken.

Loire

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

Just got a flashback to that barmy thread where some bloke posted a picture of a fake UFO and wondered how it was taken.

Maybe it's an alien swan? :pac:

dirtyghettokid

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

Just got a flashback to that barmy thread where some bloke posted a picture of a fake UFO and wondered how it was taken.

OT, but that was an epic thread. many lolz were had

Mars Bar

Any link to that thread?

Necronomicon

Mars Bar wrote: »

Any link to that thread?

Link here, but the picture has disappeared from the OP which takes away from the context a bit. Great thread.

Edit: Actually it appears again on the second page of the thread.