I'm here to serve by vikdaddy

I'm here to serve

Another busy day today, and again little time to shoot anything. I grabbed a tennis ball and took a photo, simply because I like the texture of it.

Perhaps I could have put a little more effort and it could have been taken better. You can tell I'm being lazy, not just because of the subject matter but also because I processed it similarly to a few recent shots I've taken. I'll try and make more effort in the coming week!

A couple more of my shots have been popular on Flickr. One of my photos from the shoot at the dilapidated church ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/vikdaddy/5414303788/) and the one I took on Friday of the spoon under the tap have had hundreds of views, hitting Flickr's Explore page. That's three in the space of a week. Previous to this I have only had three make the Explore page during the whole of the project!

Canon 7D, f/5, 1/200, ISO-100
Great shot, Vik, How do your shots of hand always have so much detail and contrast?
February 7th, 2011  
@wolfe Maybe I have a wrinkly hand! Amongst other things I increase the clarity and contrast in Lightroom, but it's always important to make sure it's taken sharply first.
February 7th, 2011  
@vikdaddy Ah gotcha. Whats your opinion on Lightroom Vs. Photoshop? I haven't used lightroom yet at all.
February 7th, 2011  
@wolfe Much prefer Lightroom for a streamlined approach to editing photographs. It's simpler and made purely for processing photos, so it makes sense to me to use it. If you want to heavily manipulate photos though so they look more like graphical art, then use Photoshop; if you want to edit your shots so they still look like photos, use Lightroom.
February 7th, 2011  
I've just found that very useful advice - will action when I upgrade processing package.

The ball shot is, as you say, very textural and nicely lit. Also, I love the title.
February 7th, 2011  
Wonderful detail, tones.
February 7th, 2011  
Wonderful pic
February 7th, 2011  
Fantastic shot, great clarity - big tennis fan here so I'm definitely making this a favourite!
The info on Photoshop V's Lightroom is very interesting too... Will definitely have to look into it, as I'm more for editing a photo than going for the graphics side of things - thanks ;-)
February 7th, 2011  
you play tennis?
February 7th, 2011  
Nice shot
February 7th, 2011  
Love the shot--great texutre and the edits rock! I really need to make myself learn Lightroom better. I'm just so used to PS and it's hard to change up things sometimes. Time to make more of an effort, methinks...
February 7th, 2011  
I just love how you process these images. So raw and gritty. I haven't had much luck in getting this effect. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I LOVE your work!!
February 7th, 2011  
Oh, by the way, you definitely deserve getting such popular ratings. I rate you as one of the top 5 photographers I've found on this site!
February 7th, 2011  
love the shot.... simple and yet speaks volume....
February 7th, 2011  
i like!
February 7th, 2011  
Very inventive! Excellent image.
February 7th, 2011  
Haha, nice title! I love this in monochrome. Really brings out the textures of the skin and the tennis ball. Nice one!
February 7th, 2011  
Oh, and another tongue-in-cheek title could have been 'grab life by the balls'. :P
February 7th, 2011  
Oohh...love how this pics looks very dated. Nice job!
February 7th, 2011  
@mackena Wow thank you, I really appreciate that! As for help, can you be more specific? Do you shoot in RAW? What software do you use to edit?
February 7th, 2011  
@pocketmouse That's funny!
February 7th, 2011  
simply perfect!
February 7th, 2011  
brilliant this one
February 7th, 2011  
this is fantastic! It feels very powerful!
February 7th, 2011  
Love it . . . looks like you're getting ready to serve!
February 8th, 2011  
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