Fortnightly Challenge 1st Dec to midnight 15th Dec - At Work
 

This fortnight's challenge - At Work - any subject matter you like as long as it can be called At Work.

Fortnightly Challenge is open to all members of WPF. The challenge will be run on (GMT) time.

Post your photo in this thread any time from 1st Dec to midnight 15th Dec.

Then a 3 day poll will be placed in this thread for voting on the photo you like best in this challenge.

Please give your photo a title.

The winner picks a challenge for the following fortnight and starts a new thread.

1. One photo per member
2. To be taken during period stated above
3. The photo must include exif data if possible with date and time
4. Post your entry as one attachment directly in this thread
5. No discussion of entries in the thread
6. Do not post any entries in the gallery until after the voting has finished

Good Luck to Everyone

Interesting......I have a few ideas here.

At The End Of The Day
 

going home 5:00pm on a cold December evening.

Bottoms Up!
 

Cable workers in a hot climate.

A view from my 'Office'
 

Gales? It's a storm!

Waiting for Clients

Just over 24 hours left to get your entries posted :)

Sorry I haven't been able to join in for the last few weeks. Hopefully back on the ball from this week. Shame there's only 3 entries so far. Sorry guys for letting you down

Voting now open

Very well done Clive - the clear winner deservedly. I suppose you're my "down" this time and I can only say that the pose, the implied story, the composition, lighting and framing all go to make an unbeatable documentary shot. Graham was my "up" and his was an impeccably produced "working man" shot but lacking the poignancy of Clive's image - as was mine.

A very atmospheric shot Clive, well done.

My upper is 'at the end of the day' by Peter. I liked the shot which gained impact the more I looked at it. My downer is 'A view from my office' by Himself. As a small boat sailor myself, the view is pretty awesome and I'm not sure I would like to be out there under sail! However I felt it was a little short subject matter as a photo.

Basically, I think we were all outclassed this fortnight, by a clear winner and a pretty spectacular shot.

Graham

I was between your shot and the winner shot,though i voted to your shot Graham,the winner shot artistically is very good too ;)

Well done Clive, loved it from the start - no ups/downs as I didn't enter

Thank you everyone for the fabulous feedback & the votes - I think that's the most I've ever polled. I'll get a fresh challenge set to take us into the new year in the next 24 hours.

Up & Downs
My Up - A view from my office by Himself - as graham says it probably needed a bit more interest. Perhaps a shot of one of the crew at the helm... of if you're it as far a crew goes then perhaps a 'selfie'

My Down - At the end of the day by Peter - an interesting approach to the subject - but difficult lighting conditions, might have been worth trying as an HDR to bring some more detail.

Behind the Scenes

At first look you may not realise how the whole shot was a complete set up. The 'model' is my daughter wearing my high heels (don't ask ;) ) & we shot this in an unlit tunnel going under the A38. Lighting was provided by my EX580 flash with a reflector & honeycomb grid to control the spread of light mounted on a hand held lighting stand & fired with a remote trigger & the self timer.

Apeture set at f2.8 to throw the tunnel in the distance out of focus, exposure was bit trial & error adjusting the flash power until I got it right. Positioning the light above my daughter also required a bit of experimentation - with it directly above her head there was too much hard shadow & I found the best position was about 3 feet nearer the camera position to throw some light on her hair.

Having got that shot, three more shots were taken moving down the tunnel with just the flash to make the other 'lights' The four best shots were stacked in photoshop, I cloned myself out & revealed each light with layer masks. Finally flatten & convert to B&W with Silver Efex Pro

clear winner deservedly

Great imagination and superbly executed - but why do you posses high heels ?

that was a lot of work Clive, thanks for the explanation, well deserved win.

I said - don't ask ;)

I fell for it hook(er) line and sinker!:) Never even thought it was anything but a well executed candid. We live and learn.