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Discussion
jackal said:
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did i say something wrong or pick the wrong pictures or something ?
In my view yes you picked the wrong picture but that is the point. It is only in my view!! You won the right to select the picture of YOUR choice as winner. No one else has to agree with you and you shouldn't feel worried if they don't.did i say something wrong or pick the wrong pictures or something ?
All art is personnal. Me I hate the Mona Lisa but there are many who just love it to bits!!
Don't worry what others think go with your views
pbsaxman said:
In my view yes you picked the wrong picture but that is the point. It is only in my view!! You won the right to select the picture of YOUR choice as winner. No one else has to agree with you and you shouldn't feel worried if they don't.
All art is personnal. Me I hate the Mona Lisa but there are many who just love it to bits!!
Don't worry what others think go with your views
don't worry im totally with you on all of that & tbh my post was rhetoricalAll art is personnal. Me I hate the Mona Lisa but there are many who just love it to bits!!
Don't worry what others think go with your views
i just think more people should post and congratulate the winners because thats what happened last time... the post mortem seems a little flaccid if you ask me
Feedback is a little lacking this time around. Here's my 2p worth. I'm always honest with comments as I personally hate the "yeah nice shot" BS that 95% of people give you so I'm gonna try and be constructive:
not my sort of photography but i think its done well for what it is the composition immediately appeals, well focused, and the subject pops out nicely and whilst i generally dislike the whole selective colour thing, the tones used here are really pleasing especially the green which gives the picture a warmth and a soothing feel. That said, the expression and setting is not nearly interesting enough to get it close to the winner.Focusing and composition is very good imo, exposure is perfect, and it looks nice. I'm not a big fan of selective colouring, but this girl's eyes are powerful looking straight into the camera. As powerful as her eyes are, I just can't quite work out what her expression is meant to say. The combination of boredom/sulking, yet such powerful eyes and beautifully exposed shot leave me wondering what her mood was or what the intention of the shot was. Maybe that's up to the viewer to decide on - to read into it what they choose.
out of all teh baby/toddler pics this one is my preferred
teh lighting is unusual, as is the expression
i find the picture slightly unnerving and hence interesting... its almost Lynchian
i love the distorted scale you get and what a powerful stare !!
when i look into that baby's eyes I can feel all sorts of powerful stuff about that childs life, about my life and about the life that child may or may not have in the future
intense picture with good lighting and nicely cropped/framed
i also love the simplicity of it, the soft oof bg shapes and the dark space beyond
on an another day if i was in a different mood this could have taken itI like this, I like the lighting (perhaps a tad too dark though) and it's a little bit different to your average baby shot. I reckon this would make a nice big print or canvas. Again, I'd be interested to know if there were other shots in the series as for me this shot is 95% there and I'm left wondering if one of the others has the final 5%.
this i really like.. its the sort of picture i would take so im immediately at home here
its a bit edgy and theres not enough space around the main elements and the floorboards are a bit superflous/ugly for me and i would have cropped them out a bit more but ignoring all that its a wonderful framing of 2 strong structures, one tall, one long , each with their own attached subject. The bird is pure class. Very well seen ... its a picture that is very much created by the photographer and that i like a lot. Send 20 people down to that same setting at that same time and maybe only 1 of them would have taken that shot. Again, would have been good to see it with a decent border/frame around it.For me this is a fairly pleasing image, but when I went to the Maldives the horizon was level...we can't have wonky horizons in a competition thread, can we?! I also think having the horizon in the centre of the shot weakens the composition. I think there was a good opportunity there, but it could have been better executed, by either having the horizon higher or lower in the frame. The pontoon thing has classic leading lines going on, and with a bit more thought this shot could have been excellent.
Well done to Dogsey and to those mentioned, and hope I haven't upset anyone with my comments I'm not saying I could do better, but have tried to give a fair critique.
jackal said:
first up, on page 2 we had some good slices in time.... a visually pleasing B&W beech scene with the bike
Agreed. I really like that pic. It's different, and was well captured to get the bike in that position. I'd be interested to know if there were any more taken at the same time as I think there was potential for a truly great picture there, perhaps closer to the bike.jackal said:
some great expressions of kids on a wall and a dynamic snapshot of 2 dogs. In one way or another though these images didnt quite do it.. with colour or composition letting them down.
TBH the dogs didn't really do it for me. Of course it's easier said than done to photograph lively dogs doing what they do best, but for me they needed to be of a higher standard to win. You probably don't get much chance to compose a shot of bouncing dogs thoughtfully, but I'd like to see better composition.jackal said:
not my sort of photography but i think its done well for what it is the composition immediately appeals, well focused, and the subject pops out nicely and whilst i generally dislike the whole selective colour thing, the tones used here are really pleasing especially the green which gives the picture a warmth and a soothing feel. That said, the expression and setting is not nearly interesting enough to get it close to the winner.
jackal said:
out of all teh baby/toddler pics this one is my preferred
teh lighting is unusual, as is the expression
i find the picture slightly unnerving and hence interesting... its almost Lynchian
i love the distorted scale you get and what a powerful stare !!
when i look into that baby's eyes I can feel all sorts of powerful stuff about that childs life, about my life and about the life that child may or may not have in the future
intense picture with good lighting and nicely cropped/framed
i also love the simplicity of it, the soft oof bg shapes and the dark space beyond
on an another day if i was in a different mood this could have taken it
jackal said:
this i really like.. its the sort of picture i would take so im immediately at home here
its a bit edgy and theres not enough space around the main elements and the floorboards are a bit superflous/ugly for me and i would have cropped them out a bit more but ignoring all that its a wonderful framing of 2 strong structures, one tall, one long , each with their own attached subject. The bird is pure class. Very well seen ... its a picture that is very much created by the photographer and that i like a lot. Send 20 people down to that same setting at that same time and maybe only 1 of them would have taken that shot. Again, would have been good to see it with a decent border/frame around it.
jackal said:
for my winner i've surprised myself and picked something quite obvious and almost a little twee.
to be fair though, the composition is totally nailed ( i also love square pics), the use of the wood is superb in framing the subject and providing interesting but not distracting texture and outline, the face of the girl is nice and bright and the hat also adds a fun element and is also beautifully incorporated into the crop. As for the subject herself, to my eyes she is is very evocative of youth and childhood, she has a wonderful innocent expression that has just a nice subtle hint of depth to it but not too chocolate box or sickly. Also, her face is slightly old fashioned looking and there is something else about her eyes that I cannot pin down but teh picture just looks old, it looks as if if this is of someone who has now grown up... i think its something to do with the long gaze as if she is focused onto the future. The picture has nostalgia and her eyes radiate the title of Youth extremely well. Well done to everyone.
Agreed on the composition, it works nicely. Shame the catchlights in her eyes are right over the pupils but these things can't be helped! Are her eyes a little soft? I like it, it is good - when i first saw it I instantly thought it was a potential winner, but it just lacks something, and I'm not sure what! Maybe it's sharpness of the eyes, maybe it's the fact her pupils are obscurred, i dunno. Maybe it's just the fact it beat my shot to be fair though, the composition is totally nailed ( i also love square pics), the use of the wood is superb in framing the subject and providing interesting but not distracting texture and outline, the face of the girl is nice and bright and the hat also adds a fun element and is also beautifully incorporated into the crop. As for the subject herself, to my eyes she is is very evocative of youth and childhood, she has a wonderful innocent expression that has just a nice subtle hint of depth to it but not too chocolate box or sickly. Also, her face is slightly old fashioned looking and there is something else about her eyes that I cannot pin down but teh picture just looks old, it looks as if if this is of someone who has now grown up... i think its something to do with the long gaze as if she is focused onto the future. The picture has nostalgia and her eyes radiate the title of Youth extremely well. Well done to everyone.
Well done to Dogsey and to those mentioned, and hope I haven't upset anyone with my comments
I'm not saying I could do better, but have tried to give a fair critique.jackal said:
i just think more people should post and congratulate the winners because thats what happened last time... the post mortem seems a little flaccid if you ask me
Mrs Fish said:
Ah, I think it is because the judge usually starts a new thread with the winners in. My guess is most people still think it hasn't been judged 
GetCarter said:
Wot 'e said! Just waiting for a mod to sticky the two threads. *cough*
Dogsey said:
GetCarter said:
Wot 'e said! Just waiting for a mod to sticky the two threads. *cough*
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