The Puzzle (part one)

Posted by Curly (South Shields, United Kingdom) on 1 February 2011 in Miscellaneous and Portfolio.

What to do on a dull grey cold afternoon in South Shields?

Well, help the children with their jigsaw puzzle and try a few little shots with the camera.

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Fraucha from Bila Tserkva, Ukraine

That piece goes right over there! See? Yeah that's the spot!

1 Feb 2011 5:15am

PascalXLD from Rennes, France

Très belle idée et bien réalisé

Bonne journée

1 Feb 2011 6:17am

rem_la from Villiers, France

superbe cette decomposition partielle

1 Feb 2011 6:34am

Zing from Hamilton, New Zealand

Great processing, well done! Nice idea.

1 Feb 2011 7:07am

Roman from Thiersee, Austria

great composition and fantastic use of selctive colouring
did you use a vignette blur for the DOF?

1 Feb 2011 7:07am

@Roman: No the the blur and out of focus regions were produced in camera.

Christine from Duns, United Kingdom

Love the shot, an inspiration to do a jigsaw which I haven't done in years, perfect relaxation on a wet weekend :)

1 Feb 2011 7:30am

Anthony Morgan Lambert from Bielefeld (Org. west Wales), Germany

A lovely idea and very well done...

1 Feb 2011 7:47am

Richard from Duns, United Kingdom

Curly, it's fantastic!

1 Feb 2011 7:49am

Karine from Loiret, France

Very beautiful work !!!
Bonne journée.

1 Feb 2011 8:12am

Tomek from Poznań, Poland

Great idea and realisation.

1 Feb 2011 8:27am

Florence from Paris, France

Great focus and selective desat.

1 Feb 2011 9:17am

Albert Manso from barcelona, Spain

Beautiful image! :)

1 Feb 2011 9:18am

Stephen from Canberra, Australia

Ha! Like one coloured pixel!

1 Feb 2011 9:28am

✿ Anina ✿ from Auckland, New Zealand

Excellent use of selective colours. I love the DOF as well

1 Feb 2011 9:52am

keith from killarney, Ireland

great concept Curly this really works

1 Feb 2011 9:52am

k@ from Paris, France

This is so witty & well done.

1 Feb 2011 9:58am

CLODO from France

yes, that's the missing part! You get it! Congratulations!

1 Feb 2011 10:18am

Skyriani from Nelson, New Zealand

clever, as usual

1 Feb 2011 10:19am

grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom

Certainly a good way of finding the edge pieces. You're a star Curly:)

1 Feb 2011 10:26am

marci from in, Morocco

great shot - what's it a puzzle of?

1 Feb 2011 10:37am

@marci: Hmmm...........High School Musical I think, do you recognise it?

Sonia Nansid from Barcelona Stockholm, Sweden

Excellent focus and use of the selective coloring. This is a great pic!

1 Feb 2011 10:58am

cristoF from montbéliard, France

excellent travail ,le résultat est superbe .bravo.

1 Feb 2011 11:34am

max from Verneuil sur Seine, France

Yes, I like this picture. For you not only 1 white star but 5* for sure.

1 Feb 2011 11:51am

Anna Kristina from Stockholm, Sweden

Ahhhh great use of experimentation! :D

1 Feb 2011 11:53am

Elena Kotrotsou from Drossia, Greece

Terrific capture of the puzzle pieces, I think that the selective color here is very creative!

1 Feb 2011 12:03pm

Eric Cousineau from Sherwood Park, Canada

Boredom is a wonderful spark for the creative juices! Nice use of selective colouring in this playful composition Curly! Well done! ;-)

1 Feb 2011 12:29pm

CElliottUK from Reading, United Kingdom

Playing a board game stops you being bored! How nice to play with the kids rather than dumping tem in front of their playstation/Xbox/TV. Great shot and PP-as always

1 Feb 2011 12:52pm

Franz from Baden, Austria

like the idea and the processing!

1 Feb 2011 1:18pm

alex centrella from California, United States

very creative, like the solo color...

1 Feb 2011 1:32pm

Lilly from La Ménitré, France

Wonderful composition and great work !!

1 Feb 2011 2:26pm

Sam from Chennai, India

Fantastic shot! A great idea and very creative ... :)

1 Feb 2011 2:28pm

myky from London, Canada

Very creative and effective!

1 Feb 2011 2:42pm

Pascale. from La Bonneville sur Iton, France

very original,and superbly done!

1 Feb 2011 3:47pm

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Very original.

1 Feb 2011 4:33pm

PRASHANT from Mumbai, India

Wonderful...

1 Feb 2011 4:59pm

JCJ from Troyes, France

bon courage!

1 Feb 2011 5:55pm

© Jean-Bernard Reynier from Lyon, France

Wow, amazing job on that one !
I like a lot...

1 Feb 2011 5:56pm

MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany

Very effectful colouring and well seen!

1 Feb 2011 6:07pm

cristina from Barcelona (Catalunya), Spain

genial!!!!!!!!!! me encanta la idea y el desaturado selectivo!
muy muy buena
salut

1 Feb 2011 6:08pm

STEED from Somewhere, France

Nice Idea !!!!

1 Feb 2011 6:29pm

Nitin from Shanghai, China

Lovely bit of photography. Just an amazing composition and presentation. Superb stuff Curly. Cheers!

1 Feb 2011 7:16pm

flyingwind风飞扬 from Bridgetown, Barbados

Perfect! Very ncie work on selective color!Brilliant photo!

1 Feb 2011 7:40pm

Evelyne Dubos from Le Mans, France

A great use of Dof and like the choice of selective colors here. Well done !!

1 Feb 2011 8:41pm

Phil David Morris from Saskatoon, Canada

Excellent and wonderful.

1 Feb 2011 9:28pm

Ted from South Wales, United Kingdom

Great abstract & really clever idea Curly...I just wonder how it would look if you popped one of the sharper pieces instead?

1 Feb 2011 9:36pm

@Ted: Not many others to choose from Ted, I think the only other candidate is the one placed adjacent at 2 O'clock.

dokmateo from Spain

You always inspired me with your shots! =)

1 Feb 2011 9:51pm

Gary from Cochise County, United States

Well done, Curly. Very unique and different.

1 Feb 2011 10:39pm

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

Eye-catching processing you've achieved here with the selective coloring. I love the selective focus as well.

1 Feb 2011 11:24pm

GJC from Kyoto (京都), Japan

Good for you. It is sometimes hard to find something "at home" but rewarding when you try.

2 Feb 2011 12:11am

Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States

A fabulous concept, Curly - very well produced. I love this.

2 Feb 2011 12:27am

kitty from Seoul, South Korea

That piece might be difficult to place, nice how it all works together like a puzzle should ^^

2 Feb 2011 1:10am

Marion from Cincinnati, United States

well done and nice color selection. My daughter just finished a puzzle today,...I should have taken a few shots myself. Thanks for the idea :)

2 Feb 2011 3:09am

Satvik from Columbus, United States

Awesome capture, very creative !

2 Feb 2011 3:39am

Julie from Easton, United States

Oh cool! Do we have to guess what this puzzle is going to end up to be????

2 Feb 2011 4:32am

Didier from Tubize, Belgium

Excellent idea for spending time. And wonderful shot! Have a nice day.

2 Feb 2011 8:10am

ORBIT from Kerman, Iran

WoooooW! Just wonderful.
Great idea. Good job. : )

2 Feb 2011 8:42am

Marilla from Turku, Finland

Nice one! Great processing.

2 Feb 2011 9:01am

hoori from mashhad, Iran

great job X)
loved it !!

2 Feb 2011 9:32am

PATRICK from miramas, France

excellent 5******

2 Feb 2011 10:00am

guillaume from Paris, France

Really well seen !! Bravo !

2 Feb 2011 10:05am

KriKridesign from Cully, Switzerland

a nice graphism in this one!

2 Feb 2011 3:23pm

Nigel from Avening, United Kingdom

Very creative

4 Feb 2011 9:13am

christiansaboya from mataro, Spain

Brillant!!

4 Feb 2011 10:51am

Punit Parikh from Bangalore, India

Wonderful!

4 Feb 2011 2:49pm

Pentax K100D
1/4 second
F/5.6
ISO 200
75 mm (35mm equiv.)

black-and-white
south-shields
jigsaw

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