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That is lovely

The overcontrast gives a very surreal feeling to the shot, almost like a painting. The red of the pram is such a great contrast to the earthtones of the landscape and the vivid blue of the sea.

Very nice.

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Coubs Salty toothpaste, Sun 8 May 2011, 10:21, archived)

Yet the hard lines of the shadows cast a harsh contrast on this idyllic scene, making the observer aware of the fact that in this world, nothing is ever absolutely perfect

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mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Sun 8 May 2011, 10:34, archived)

I imagine Lloyd Grossmans voice reading this

Thanks, I hate the voice

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simbosan is too tired, Sun 8 May 2011, 10:48, archived)

There, there.

This'll soothe you.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=towd9vZWDJg

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Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Sun 8 May 2011, 10:51, archived)

Haha, forgot about that one

Much obliged, I feel purged

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simbosan is too tired, Sun 8 May 2011, 11:03, archived)

thanks for pointing that out

somehow, I actually looked past the shadows but now you've said it, all I can see are the shadows. Photoshoppery is in order.

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Coubs Salty toothpaste, Sun 8 May 2011, 10:49, archived)

Whoa, hang on a sec!

Now you want me to 'shop the fucker? I was sitting here happy that people liked it the way it was!

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Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Sun 8 May 2011, 10:54, archived)

I'm kidding,

I don't believe in doing things to actual photos that you couldn't do in an actual darkroom. Shadows are shadows and there isn't to much you can do. It looks real and beautiful but its a little distracting now I've been told to stare at them.

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Coubs Salty toothpaste, Sun 8 May 2011, 10:56, archived)

There we go

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mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Sun 8 May 2011, 11:01, archived)

is the corgi like one of those american pickups with a hot tub in the back?

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Coubs Salty toothpaste, Sun 8 May 2011, 11:04, archived)

Silly mediocre.

*wipes all kinds of laughter-induced substances out of eyes, screen and keyboard*
You forgot to compo this winning image.

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Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Sun 8 May 2011, 11:05, archived)

that ballerina is squirting menstrual blood in the queens eye

superb

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Avast is still alive!!!!, Sun 8 May 2011, 12:19, archived)

Thanks for looking and making a considered response.

I now wish I had loads of equally-good photos to spill out on flickr, but no. That's the best photo I've ever taken, by a country mile.

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Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Sun 8 May 2011, 10:48, archived)

All it takes is one awesome photo

this is the awesomeness of digital, you can take a hundred and only get one good shot but because there are no expensive processing fees, it all seems worth it. I barely even pick up my me super or k1000 anymore becuse it costs so much for the paper and to hire the university darkroom. When I can afford all the bits though, I'm fitting out my study with my own darkroom.

Incase you are interested though, theis is my Flickr, which I haven't updated in ages. I don't think I've even shown it to anyone before.
www.flickr.com/photos/jlmeehan/
edit: now I remember 1. why I hated the kit lens and 2. why I should've been shooting raw.

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Coubs Salty toothpaste, Sun 8 May 2011, 10:54, archived)

Even the first page of these is great.

You've clearly got a fondness for low angles, vanishing-point perspective, and other ways in which architects wished people regarded their environments.
*clix*

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Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Sun 8 May 2011, 11:02, archived)

Thankyou very much

but these photos would have come out much better had I not been pretending that trying to shoot no-flash and no-tripod at night was a good idea.

As for the vanishing point perspective, I did photography GCSE and A level and my teacher was insistant that following lines was the only way to shoot and therefore everything I take has an all too prescribed feel.

I'm glad you like them though.

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Coubs Salty toothpaste, Sun 8 May 2011, 11:09, archived)

I do like them. So there. I can believe it's possible to follow the rules and still take arrestingly good pics.

Now photograph some obviously foreign and dirt-poor children looking really unhappy. Then the commissions'll come rolling in.

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Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Sun 8 May 2011, 11:21, archived)

Well then

I've added some newer ones to flickr of which the ones in the 'new lens' album are by far my best work. Thanks for your feedback. :)

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Coubs Salty toothpaste, Sun 8 May 2011, 12:00, archived)