Maggie Terlecki
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Day 30 of the challenge is EGG
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What an inspiring collection of photographs you have created Maggie - Bravo. And now we await the pièce de résistance on day 31
Maggie,
I've been watching this series with some interest and felt a little guilty for not giving you some feedback along the way (which I've wanted to but haven't managed to as yet).
Then I thought I might wait till the end then give a bit of an ovation.
Stripes is awesome however, so here's my appreciation.
Day 31 of the 31 day challenge (YES, it's the last day)
Long Exposure. This is a shot I did with Light Painting.. using a small torch and a 10 second exposure. You are working in blackness when you do this and it is not as easy as I thought it would be.
Hi Maggie,
Congratulations on completing the challenge. The images you've created have both a high technical quality, but are also very creative interpretations of the task/subject.
Yes, light painting a scene is almost an art form in itself. I've seen that amazing work is possible, but it typically requires individually lighting the various elements of the scene in separate exposures, and composing/masking these partial scene exposures back together in post-processing. Trying to light the entire scene at once is often too difficult to achieve (due to shadows from one object interfering with other objects, and surface reflections that need specific lighting angles).
Anyway, thanks for sharing your month's creations. I've really enjoyed watching them.
Cheers,
Bart
Day 15 of the 31 day challenge was fruit on the outside.........
here is that shot:
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Then I took many, many different shots and had a hard time deciding which to use as my shot for the day, but decided on this one:
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Yes, Maggie, we're enjoying this a lot as you have a great following here!
I myself have been distracted with preparing images for delivery and so am always" catching up". This one is another display of you being inventive, even if you copied this trick for hanging fruit from a friend. The ability to draw on past experiences requires a constant openness to new experience and this is one of the essentials for creative people, and preceded imagination. One needs a library of ideas to put together in order to make new ones!
Good work once more....and it's interesting. It's compelling nature is so obvious in comparison to your perfectly nice still life below it. The former demands one lingers, the second is just pleasant and competent. The difference is the ideas you have placed in the hanging fruit, an investment of importance that comes through.
Asher
Day 23 of the 31 day challenge: Button(s)
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All comments are not only welcome but very appreciated.
Maggie
Day 31 of the 31 day challenge (YES, it's the last day)
Long Exposure. This is a shot I did with Light Painting.. using a small torch and a 10 second exposure. You are working in blackness when you do this and it is not as easy as I thought it would be.
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I'll message you with a link to the .jpg file - I'll put it on my server.This is a classic and I'd love a small print for my 4 year old grandson! We watch together Mickey and Minnie Mouse on a picnic to be ruined by Roadrunner who plays all sorts of tricks on Mickey, including taking those buttons off his pants!
Perfect compositional placement and soft shadow!
Asher
Maggie,
This is a surprise and must have taken a lot of on the job learning. I have never tried light-painting, but I can see that you have gained a lot of control over light distribution. I guess one can't have live view working as it might itself out light in the wrong place. Is there an option on any camera for accumulative live view for a. LCD as for the sensor?
The result is so impressive. I hope you do more.
Asher
Maggie, 31 superb images. Taken in 31 days. Well, what's there to say, other than Thank You?
Day 31 of the 31 day challenge (YES, it's the last day)
Long Exposure. This is a shot I did with Light Painting.. using a small torch and a 10 second exposure. You are working in blackness when you do this and it is not as easy as I thought it would be.
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Maggie,
I must return to this light-painting again as I left out my thoughts on the food food you included! I have photographed many fine violins and violinists. I consider myself competent and even accomplished in this endeavor. Your light-painted still-life, however however is on an entirely new level.![]()
You've introduced a brilliant idiom - that of a violin, itself, taking a break in playing!!! You may already know, but often during intermission there's food for the soloist and orchestra. Tangerines and the like are a popular quick refreshing delight. The colorful peel curved around the bow, (risky move), is a touch of genius. That extra move by you clinches the deal. It becomes so real and with the clock you do add the sense of time and everyone there, relaxing, has an eye on the clock.
What you have done is successfully constructed the experience of such a "relaxation and refreshment period" for the violin itself. I don't believe anyone has ever achieved this before.
I think I just got lucky, as I was paring down the original concept, I brought it to this and I thought the clock would work as a way to say 'time to take a break". Without the clock, the fruit and violin together doesn't make much sense but hadn't actually thought out if anyone had done this combination before.
Lucky or not, it simply works perfectly! So, Maggie, one day I intend to purloin your motifs here for my own composition. Just love the fruit peal as a symbol for a quick snack!
Asher
Day 29 of the 31 day challenge: Lines
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This is especially interesting to me as I closely follow women's fabrics and fashions. Stripes have evolved these past two years and include variations such as these and more. One cannot go to a mall in the USA without seeing an array of stripes, notwithstanding some of the surprising girth of the dear lady! Theres no doubt that stripes are almost at the level of flashing red lights and never fail to get attention. Your creative reworking of the patterns by using water filled vases as lenses is perfect for this challenge: original, current and interesting.
Another kudos to you, Maggie.....and I am closing in but still not finished with your many pictures.
Thanks for bringing us so much entertainment and ideas we can use in our own work. You raise the bar in originality and use of whatever you have around to deliver the goods!
Asher
Maggie, what a treat for me!!
The vision and the execution are simply way up there.
Bravo.
I thought I'd share a few more photos with those who have been following my challenge.
Everyday I would make take a separate shoot on the same theme as the day for my banner but different from my chosen images. Here are some of the ones I did.
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I also have many alternatives that were not chosen either because I preferred another shot or I thought another shot was closer to the them.
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Smart idea --- and I really like your collages too.
Day 24 of the 31 day challenge : Cardboard Carton
When I was a child the best things my mom brought home from the grocery store were the boxes. We got to play in them and they became cars, boats and even houses. In this image I wanted to show how that a box could become anything in a child's mind. Imagination - it can take us anywhere!
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