Oktoberfest 2021 - Talk thread

Thank you, Pieter, and Fred.

Fred_S wrote: Day 30... @alpha_in_exile: How did it look in color? Nice dark brown wood and black handle?

Yes the door was a very dark, matte brown (painted), but in fact the handle also was painted the same brown color (though some orange rust has affected it, as well). The texture and then the graffiti cut in the door (of which only a tiny bit is visible) gave it all some character.

Phil Wood wrote: Day 18 - I had almost forgotten the shot of the Mayor until he cornered me a few days later to ask if I had any he could use - this was the only one I took.

Are your local politicians like here very keen to get their picture taken and preferably published in te news paper?

Phil Wood wrote: Day 20 - What's Next is a good question, I'm not sure I have ever been into one. They seem to be the current market leader in high street clothing, so I guess they will collapse soon. I see they only have 200 shops in the EU, have they reached the Netherlands yet?

Pun was intended
I think they are only here as an online shop.

Phil Wood wrote: Day 28 - Here's an elephant (the pub is out of shot to the right). Not my shot.

Makes me curious about the story behind it

Fred_S wrote: Day18 @Phil Wood: What a joyful moment you captured ! Day 20 @Phil Wood: And what's next? Day 28 @Phil Wood: But where is the elephant??

Day 18 - I had almost forgotten the shot of the Mayor until he cornered me a few days later to ask if I had any he could use - this was the only one I took.

Day 20 - What's Next is a good question, I'm not sure I have ever been into one. They seem to be the current market leader in high street clothing, so I guess they will collapse soon. I see they only have 200 shops in the EU, have they reached the Netherlands yet?

Day 28 - Here's an elephant (the pub is out of shot to the right). Not my shot.

Jozioau wrote:

And thanks to you too Joe for the diligence in making comments.
I'm gonna have to set a mini-challenge next time to commit to also providing feedback.

day 22
@Minolta_mutley: Your third shot?

No, i'm entitled to an extra shot - and i'll get a 4th in 2022.

I'll finally have a go at replying to some comments.

@Fred_S

Day 5: AsD: Nice sea scape with a good cloudy sky

Thanks, Fred. We had good skies all week, not always as blue as this one though!

Day9: AsD: I like it with the wood structure and the shallow DOF

I took a similar shot of this post a couple of months ago for my 365 and just happened to be passing on my walk that day and thought it would work with the a58/30mm macro combo. Glad you like it.

Day 24: @AsD Good symetry, but what am I looking at Andy?

That's the back of my daughter's ukulele, Fred.

Day 30: @AsD: Good to see some colours and blue sky from you Andy! All the BW's made me think you were in a dark mood , although I liked them!

The blue sky seemed very unlikely from the forecast, Friday's was very short lived but Saturday turned out to be a beautiful, warm day. I'm always prone to a 'dark mood' post holiday but I was just trying to mix things up a bit really.

Appreciate your comments, Fred.

@pegelli

Day 2: AsD, a top shot, grat light and rainbow, I'm glad it made the weekly exhibition

Thanks, Pieter. Making my debut in the weekly exhibition was a very pleasant surprise. A case of right place, right time, there were quite a few others taking this shot but I was the only one using a 'proper', if old, camera. I'm pretty sure I also took this in b&w with the dynax 5, haven't sent the film off yet, though.

Day 4: AsD, nice conversion and the sky was very helpful for you in this shot

As I said to Fred above, the skies were good all week. I had no choice but to take the colour out of this, as the cheap lens didn't seem to have handled things too well. I think I also just lifted the shadows slightly to help with the seaweed on the right hand side.

Day 6: AsD, interesting sand drawing, never seen something like that, who or what made it?

That's no sand drawing, it's an actual Starfish emerging from the sand. My daughter noticed it and we then found quite a few others also surfacing. this one was the biggest at around 60mm max across. It's the first time I've ever seen this and it was fascinating to watch.

Day 8: AsD, I like the minimalistic approach of this shot

This was a quick one, just as we were setting off for home. To be honest, if it wasn't for the fact I could just make out the Gower Peninsula on the horizon, I might have left it and had no photo for the day. This probably spurred me on to do a photo a day for the month after only setting out to do three a week.

Thanks for commenting, Pieter.

@Jozioau

Day 1: @AsD - just a candid snap, but such an appealing and gently lit image enhanced by the people by the shore walking out of the frame.

Thanks, Joe. After a 6+ hour drive down to the South West of Wales, I needed to stretch my legs and luckily this couple just happened to be in the right place.

Day 2: @AsD - spectacular coastal scene, theatrically lit, and enhanced by that rainbow in the dark sky.

Another piece of good fortune really. As I said to @pegelli I was far from alone when taking this.

Day 4: @AsD - love this monochrome study. Beautiful composition and play of light reflecting off the water, rocks and wet sand.

I was a little disappointed when I saw the colour version of this, there were some strange 'effects' possibly due to the cheap lens. So mainly out of desperation I totally desaturated it and suddenly it looked a lot better. Quite possibly my favourite of the month.

Day 21: @AsD - presumably this is the new EU flag post Brexit???

As far as I am aware the EU flag has remained unchanged. I noticed this flying a few days earlier but there was no breeze, so returned when the wind was up. I took a handful of shots but had to use this one with one of the stars almost completely obscured.

Day 24: @AsD - a strong image for its simplicity, its symmetry, its precision engineered subject and its monochrome rendering.

I was quite pleased with the way this one came out. This is my daughter's Ukelele, which she hasn't played in a fair while. I really should have a go myself.

Thanks for the comments, Joe


Cheers

Andy











Edited by AsD - 03 November 2021 at 04:52

Thanks for the comments on my shots:

minolta_mutley wrote: Pegelli: Only 3 a week - we're not used to that low rate. But quality matters, and we see both nice images on days 1+2

Thanks Ivo, it’s shooting minimum 3 days per week but posting every day (never more than a week old shot), so you can still enjoy 31 jewels from me

Fred_S wrote: Day 3 Pegelli: Make me think of an anchor with the blue paint as water. Day 5: Pegelli: Impresssive facade indeed, looks best with wide angles Day 7: Pegelli: I took a shot from this guy from behind, but hadn't noticed what he was doing. Did you see his drone? Day 11: Pegelli: Rural models? Day 15: Pegelli: I haven't seen these in yellow before!

Thanks Fred, day 5 was an obvious abstract in which you can see lots of things, glad you found an anchor, day 11 were indeed rural and very quiet models and day 15 was new to me as well, even other colours.

Jozioau wrote: Day 15: @pegelli - again, what would Oktoberfest be without its Northern fungi? This one very strange and dangerous looking. With that mosquito in the picture, presumably you put your body on the line to get this shot. Day 17: @pegelli - never a shortage of fungi in the Northern Autumn, but this is a particularly photogenic and appealing cluster. Day 26: @pegelli - a brilliant modern sculptural casting, wonderfully lit and presented though your image. Day 31: @pegelli - a delicate and appealing forest glade. Surprised there;'s so much green foliage on the trees in your Autumn, although there's plenty of fallen brown leaves on the ground as well.

Fungi and Oktoberfest are well connected for me for years, maybe April foolishness is your fungi season? The jury on the William of Orange casting is still out, some like it and some think it looks like a zombie. Good observation on the leaves, apparently they remain light green until they drop and become brown. Or it may be the backlight which gives them more colour than they actually have.