Weekly #612 - Something Blue Competition

Well done tyronet2000! Still life is much more difficult than most people think. You have absolute control of all the elements so there is no excuse for mistakes. I did wonder if the bowl and the cherries are just a distraction, but I think that they do work and I like the little bit of spilt cherry juice.

johnriley was a close second with his evocative "blowing the blues". I love the atmosphere of that picture.

Thank you to all the other contestents who did not quite make it this week but you did make it hard to choose a winner.

I look forward to seeing the subject for next week's contest.

Trefor (HazyJ)

Thank you the unexpected !st Place. There were some very good images in the competition, Well Done everyone who entered.

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Regards
Stan

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Congrats Stan, cracking image, so crisp, combined with a stunning composition! And extended to Johnriley, for another cracking image, full of mood and a nice jazzy feel to that image. Thanks to our host Hazyj, for a lovely challenge and the judging exercise. And quite agree, some very good images in this challenge.

Missed not reading your thought and comments on each photo. No matter if I win or lose, I LOVE knowing how the judge saw my photo, what he thought, and how it played out.

I know it is extra work to comment on each participant, but I really thought that was part of the rules and part of the competations.

I have judged many myself, and I do know the work involved, but I also know the rewards in sharing my thoughts to each persons photos.

I would hate to see this as the new trend.

Congrats to the winner...beautifully done.

JA

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