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Posted on 29/08/13 02:40:24 AM |
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joeysala
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Re: Challenge 468: To the lighthouse
 _________________ "Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art........" Joseph Conrad |
Posted on 29/08/13 10:16:28 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4033 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 468: To the lighthouse
Only time for a quick one this week and J. M. W. Turner did most of the work for me!  _________________ 76.38% of all statistics are made up on the spot. |
Posted on 29/08/13 12:11:06 PM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1770 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 468: To the lighthouse
Thanks for remarks last couple entries Steve - been busy lately so missed a couple of FC's. I moved your lighthouse to Cape Race Newfoundland.  |
Posted on 29/08/13 2:24:20 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 468: To the lighthouse
Lots of interesting works and well executed. The tide is going out here so just this....  |
Posted on 29/08/13 3:10:20 PM |
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Jota120
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Re: Challenge 468: To the lighthouse
.. and maybe this: Disused lighthouse. 
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Posted on 29/08/13 4:52:45 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1871 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 468: To the lighthouse
Hi Ant, the location is the Roker pier in Sunderland (North-east English coast). Here's another pic from the internet: 
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Posted on 29/08/13 5:17:45 PM |
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Ant Snell
Specular Specialist Posts: 576 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 468: To the lighthouse
Hi Ant, the location is the Roker pier in Sunderland (North-east English coast). Here's another pic from the internet:
Hi Michael, Yep that’s the one. Funnily enough it was in the background of one of the scenes of the new series of Vera on ITV at the weekend. The red one on stilts is just up the coast in South Shields. I don’t have any connection with the area other than spending a very cold March there doing a contract but looking at the photos it could have been worse. |
Posted on 29/08/13 5:18:00 PM |
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Ant Snell
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Re: Challenge 468: To the lighthouse
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Posted on 29/08/13 6:44:06 PM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 468: To the lighthouse
Great images all.  |
Posted on 29/08/13 7:30:27 PM |
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puffin31939
Montage Mariner Posts: 383 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 468: To the lighthouse
All very last minute, I'm afraid!  _________________ Man cannot change the direction of the wind but he can adjust the sails |
Posted on 29/08/13 8:25:44 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4033 Reply |
Re: Challenge 468: To the lighthouse
Didn't have to wash up after dinner this evening so I had time to do this one!  _________________ 76.38% of all statistics are made up on the spot. |
Posted on 29/08/13 9:27:48 PM |
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ahmedalij
Atmosphysician Posts: 262 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 468: To the lighthouse
I didn't like the illumination of the first entry of me I hope this one is better  |
Posted on 30/08/13 10:44:26 AM |
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joeysala
Perfect Palmist Posts: 604 Reply |
Re: Challenge 468: To the lighthouse
Am I missing something or has Steve not posted his FC critic??? _________________ "Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art........" Joseph Conrad |
Posted on 30/08/13 12:13:48 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Challenge 468: To the lighthouse
I have not seen it either, maybe busy ... or lost in the post .... |
Posted on 30/08/13 12:35:05 PM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7052 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 468: To the lighthouse
Oops! Wrote it, forgot to press Send! First to move the lighthouse this week was ahmedalij, with the building perched on stormy rocks. I like the stark lighting here, and there's a real sense of drama in all that blackness: powerful beams from the lamp give it a real focus. A strong image. I would move it all down in the frame a centimetre or so, though. Better illumination in the second entry - although it's perhaps too dark to be an effective lighthouse! A beautiful scene from Sjef, with the lighthouse tilting and buried in the sea - and the lighting on it works very well. The shadow needs to be much longer with the sun that low on the horizon, though - and remember that shadows should point directly away from the sun. A very dramatic image from Mariner, with the lighthouse overwhelmed by a massive wave. Some great detail here - I like the rippled reflection, which seems to match the water perfectly, and the boat is a great addition. But shouldn't the boat's angle match that of the water beneath it? A stormy scene from Garfield72, with the added tension of the viewer being in a lifeboat headed for safety. Good added drama in the birds and the excellent spray of water at the bottom. I'd tend to stick with just one lightning bolt, though: more of them weakens the effect, rather than strengthening it. A great dawn scene from maricliff, with some interesting elements - the power station chimney over on the right, the battered armchair i the foreground. There's a good sense of desolation in this surreal image. What is that mottled sky effect on the lighthouse? It looks like the sky set to Linear Dodge - is it supposed to be there? There's a great sense of destination in Ben Mills's immaculate image, with the lighthouse as a safe haven for the storm-tossed boat in the foreground. A beautiful composition, with perfect colour consistency - excellent work, Ben. Vibeke has attempted the tricky job of rebuilding the back of the building - and, barring a small kink at the eaves line, it works really well. a tiny point, so trivial I almost feel embarrassed mentioning it: those spikes sticking out on the side next to the roof need to be flipped horizontally, as they and their shadows are pointing the wrong way. But a fine piece of reconstruction! I didn't realise Ant Snell had a thing about lighthouses - good to be able to make an addition to your collection! I don't recognise any of the structures you show, but as to location I'd guess they're all, er, near the sea. And are you going to translate the flags in the second entry for us? Linda Eckert's entry works particularly well on y laptop screen, where you see the lighthouse first and then have to scroll down to see the couple sunbathing in the foreground - and it gives the scene a great sense of distance. I like the fact that the shadow on the lighthouse matches the direction of the shadow on the sunbathers - but take a hard brush to your layer mask, to avoid the slight fuzziness of the foliage at the base. Looks like the Wizard of Oz has turned to the dark side in brewell's fantasy entry - although the emerald city is certainly enhanced by this new addition. Could it do with a glimpse of the Cowardly Lion at a window? A hugely dramatic scene from tooquilos, with an HDR-like crispness that adds tremendously to the power of the image. I like all the detail, including the car on the clifftop and the bridge across the gulley. I like the spinning spiral staircase in the animated version, as well as the splendid moving water - but just a suggestion: when the beam turns towards us at the end, we should be blinded by its flash. A remarkably on-topic image from michael sinclair this week, with not a hint of a Napoleonic cavalry officer. I like the drama of the scene, and the lighting matches that of the building: but the angle of slope, particularly at the top of the lighthouse, seems at odds with the perspective of the rest of the image. Can it all be sheared down the other way? Great lighting in Ben Boardman's night shot - the lit windows blend perfectly with the spots of the street lamps on the clifftop highway. When you feather a selection to make the beam, though, stretch it off the edge of the canvas afterwards, otherwise it comes to an abrupt close before the side of the image. And I'd suggest a gradient fill, so the light is stronger nearer the source. A beautifully serene image from joeysala, which is something of a relief after all that drama. A beautifully restored building, and perfect blending both in terms of light direction and colour tone make this work perfectly - and what a great composition, too. Glorious work. A neat bit of cheating from GKB, who has integrated the lighthouse into Turner's The Shipwreck. It blends in nicely with the texture of the original, and those light beams provide a useful extra focus - shame JMW didn't think of it! And I really like the rocket montage in the second entry - but is the smoke hiding a lighthouse that's just too wide for those booster rockets? A great new location from Frank, enjoying the last rays from a stormy sky. I think one onlooker in the foreground would give a sense of scale, but with two the symmetry of the position rather detracts from the image; perhaps lose the one on the left? A double lighthouse from Jota120, adding to the structure already in place on the island. I think replacing it might have been more effective: there's something a little bizarre about seeing the two lighthouses so close together! And it needs to be leaning towards us much more in the second entry, to match the oblique angle of the photograph. A perfect setting from Deborah Morley - well, nearly perfect: anyone stepping out of those front doors would topple over the cliff. Perhaps move it back a smidge? I like the matching of the shading, though, and that's a perfect rebuilding of the back of the structure. A tattered pair of postcards from puffin31939, with a curious inner mount on the front one - are postcards ever supplied like that? I like the shadow beneath the bottom left corner, which makes the curl much stronger. But your wood fibres need some perspective distortion to match the angle of the scene. Plenty of high drama this week - good work all round. |
Posted on 30/08/13 1:00:45 PM |
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Ben Boardman
Printing Pro Posts: 646 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 468: To the lighthouse
Thank you Steve, your comments are much appreciated. Ben |
Posted on 30/08/13 1:09:47 PM |
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ahmedalij
Atmosphysician Posts: 262 Reply |
Re: Challenge 468: To the lighthouse
Thank you Steve for your review I liked this challenge .  |
Posted on 30/08/13 1:49:45 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: Challenge 468: To the lighthouse
Thanks again Steve. I was time light budget for FC this week sorry. Nothing against the French, but they decided to build there own .. I'm joking. Its ok the first Fastnet lighthouse got destroyed, but not the replacement there is hard and fast for years today. You can see the stump of foundations from first. Guards some vary dangerous shipping routes off SW Ireland and saw some tragic wreaks and the Fastnet sailing challenge. If you come from America over Atlantic your first land sighting and orientation and warning. "leaning towards us much more" second entry: interesting point .... I think it would have added to the drama either way. Thx Trevor PS "Fastnet" comes from old Norse apparently "sharp-tooth isle" or in Irish "lonely rock", the most southerly point of Ireland and in the Atlantic. |
Posted on 30/08/13 2:43:08 PM |
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Ant Snell
Specular Specialist Posts: 576 Reply |
Re: Challenge 468: To the lighthouse
Thanks for the reply Steve (was getting worried for you re late response) No I haven’t realized myself I had a thing for lighthouses, Just have my camera with me most of the time and if a lighthouse is in view I will shoot it. From left to right: East Coast Whitby East Coast Whitby North East Down Coast from South Shields North East Roker Sunderland North East South Shields Humber Spurn Point Scotland Aberdeen Yours La Rochelle North East Roker Sunderland The flags spell out 100 Friday Challenges (the number of Posts I had done at the time) Cheers and I try and stay away from any more lighthouses. |
Posted on 30/08/13 4:16:07 PM |
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puffin31939
Montage Mariner Posts: 383 Reply |
Re: Challenge 468: To the lighthouse
Thanks, Steve. I intended it to be a picture hung on a wall but it became an old picture on a table! I remembered to add a bit of perspective but was too timid. Too rushed to do a proper job. _________________ Man cannot change the direction of the wind but he can adjust the sails |
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