Weekly #791 - Idiomatic Expressions Competition
| Title | Weekly #791 - Idiomatic Expressions |
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| Judge | Noelcmn | Closing Date | 06/11/2022 | Opting Out | If you'd like to enter but not keen on creating and judging the following competition you have the option to opt out. If you're selected as the winning photo simply create a report saying that you'd like Admin to take over and we'll do the rest. |
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This weeks challenge is for images that represent/show/interpret idiomatic expressioins. A bit of background-I teach language to two children and one of the techniques I use is simple reading and comprehension, and in which idiomatic expressions play a large role. Sometimes it helps to have an image that shows that idiom. There are plenty of them or you can use these lists : [link=https://leverageedu.com/blog/idioms-with-examples/]link I am so looking forward to your creative interpretation of the challenge. And if perchance you post an image of actual dogs and cats falling from the sky (raining cats and dogs) expect a visit from the local SPCA The Rules as usual: 1. Only Pentax cameras and acceptable clones. 2.The winner is expected to set, judge and preferably offer some comments/critiques of submissions. 3. You are free to use images from your archives or opt to shoot something specific for this challenge. 4. The challenge closes on Sunday 6 November 2022 at midnight BST. Good luck! |
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Winning Photograph
Competition Entries
Photographs uploaded to the Weekly #791 - Idiomatic Expressions competition.
Posted 07/11/2022 - 08:17
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Thank you all for your submission, and having looked forward to these, I am amply satisfied with the entries, all on brief, and as usual, high quality images, and varied interpretations of the brief. Some thoughts:
Garethjmorgan - A stab in the Dark - getting us off to an excellent start with a film noir image, dark, moody and intense, with some appreciable detail and textures. That blade pops very nicely in this image, well composed, and wonderful control of the light! Wonderful portrait!
Vic Cross- Your goose is cooked – Well now, luckily for you I’ve already had my breakfast, otherwise I might have had somewhat against you. I like photography that takes right into people’s lives, and this one certainly does that. Looks delish, and good choice not to include any other elements (think veggies) to highlight the goose. Good comp, good contrasting tones, and that titbit of reflections is a nice touch as is the cutlery- adds a nice touch of homeliness to the image. ! Cheers to engineers that can cook! And carve as well!
Retsoor- The seal of Approval- Well Nelson, you sure deserve to be commemorated thus! Lovely documentary shot, of value for history and wildlife lovers (like myself) and quickly went off to find our more details from mother Google. Seems Nelson is on the Looe.org website with a photo. That also gave me opportunity for comparisons between the photos and this one is by far more appealing. The DOF is fantastic, the angle chosen to present Nelson, the full length of the wall and of course the other elements of interest – a man with his dog, people milling around, natural rock formations and color and of course some other familiar wildlife like birds- well it makes Nelson come alive, casting an approving eye on proceedings! Great shot!
Johnriley-Bear with me- LOL, just what you need on a grey rainy dull Monday morning. Love it, great sense of connection between the two, a popping eye of appeal, and some lovely diagonals too. Solid comp, textures and details! If you had not mentioned this was in a church, I would have concluded it was in a court of law, with Teddy under duress.
RayW- From the other side of the tracks- This is pretty good for a scanned image, beautiful textures and perpendicular lines in this image, enhanced by the choice to go monochrome. Another solid comp with an invite to come and explore the valley on the other side. Great shot!
Perspicador- Row row row your boat- and you’ve got me singing too! Fab documentary shot, lovely isolation and action shot. The figure in his red outfit pops wonderfully against all that almost monochrome background. Good angle of choice here too, keeping an element of mystery to the image, and of course a sense of battle going on here with the elements. Good shot!
PRYorkshire- Cool as a Cucumber- Excellent submission for the theme-that cool cucumber pops wonderfully here, and not sure how you managed that, but the sense of cold/cool has been wonderfully retained. Perhaps the tones, or just all the other refrigerated items that blends together to give you a sense of cold. Nicely composed, and the selective focus has worked really well. As with vic cross, appreciate the “welcome to my world” photography!
Drofmit- a bird in the hand –you lucky man! What I would give to hold a Kingfisher in my hand, no matter how stunned! Another great submission for the theme, a familiar one, but difficult to image, unless it is from a bird show/park/ or such like. Love the colors here, and an excellent composition, employing the diagonal presentation to good effect. And the details are fantastic-you would have got a lashing from my school teacher for “dirty finger nails”. Seems the focus is a tad more on the hand and rear of the bird, but still very acceptable from a camera where control is limited!
And onto the winners
1st spot to our first entry- Garethjmorgan for an excellent example of Film Noir.
2nd spot to PRYorkshire- that cucumber is cool!
3rd spot to Retsoor, which apart from that color of Nelson, made animal virtually alive!
HC- Drofmit for an enviable experience.
Thanks all and over to Gareth.
Garethjmorgan - A stab in the Dark - getting us off to an excellent start with a film noir image, dark, moody and intense, with some appreciable detail and textures. That blade pops very nicely in this image, well composed, and wonderful control of the light! Wonderful portrait!
Vic Cross- Your goose is cooked – Well now, luckily for you I’ve already had my breakfast, otherwise I might have had somewhat against you. I like photography that takes right into people’s lives, and this one certainly does that. Looks delish, and good choice not to include any other elements (think veggies) to highlight the goose. Good comp, good contrasting tones, and that titbit of reflections is a nice touch as is the cutlery- adds a nice touch of homeliness to the image. ! Cheers to engineers that can cook! And carve as well!
Retsoor- The seal of Approval- Well Nelson, you sure deserve to be commemorated thus! Lovely documentary shot, of value for history and wildlife lovers (like myself) and quickly went off to find our more details from mother Google. Seems Nelson is on the Looe.org website with a photo. That also gave me opportunity for comparisons between the photos and this one is by far more appealing. The DOF is fantastic, the angle chosen to present Nelson, the full length of the wall and of course the other elements of interest – a man with his dog, people milling around, natural rock formations and color and of course some other familiar wildlife like birds- well it makes Nelson come alive, casting an approving eye on proceedings! Great shot!
Johnriley-Bear with me- LOL, just what you need on a grey rainy dull Monday morning. Love it, great sense of connection between the two, a popping eye of appeal, and some lovely diagonals too. Solid comp, textures and details! If you had not mentioned this was in a church, I would have concluded it was in a court of law, with Teddy under duress.
RayW- From the other side of the tracks- This is pretty good for a scanned image, beautiful textures and perpendicular lines in this image, enhanced by the choice to go monochrome. Another solid comp with an invite to come and explore the valley on the other side. Great shot!
Perspicador- Row row row your boat- and you’ve got me singing too! Fab documentary shot, lovely isolation and action shot. The figure in his red outfit pops wonderfully against all that almost monochrome background. Good angle of choice here too, keeping an element of mystery to the image, and of course a sense of battle going on here with the elements. Good shot!
PRYorkshire- Cool as a Cucumber- Excellent submission for the theme-that cool cucumber pops wonderfully here, and not sure how you managed that, but the sense of cold/cool has been wonderfully retained. Perhaps the tones, or just all the other refrigerated items that blends together to give you a sense of cold. Nicely composed, and the selective focus has worked really well. As with vic cross, appreciate the “welcome to my world” photography!
Drofmit- a bird in the hand –you lucky man! What I would give to hold a Kingfisher in my hand, no matter how stunned! Another great submission for the theme, a familiar one, but difficult to image, unless it is from a bird show/park/ or such like. Love the colors here, and an excellent composition, employing the diagonal presentation to good effect. And the details are fantastic-you would have got a lashing from my school teacher for “dirty finger nails”. Seems the focus is a tad more on the hand and rear of the bird, but still very acceptable from a camera where control is limited!
And onto the winners
1st spot to our first entry- Garethjmorgan for an excellent example of Film Noir.
2nd spot to PRYorkshire- that cucumber is cool!
3rd spot to Retsoor, which apart from that color of Nelson, made animal virtually alive!
HC- Drofmit for an enviable experience.
Thanks all and over to Gareth.
Posted 07/11/2022 - 09:29
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Thanks for the win - some quality images this week
Posted 07/11/2022 - 10:03
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Many thanks for the second place and congratulations to Gareth on a worthy winning entry. An interesting competition subject that got the old grey cells working to come up with a suitable image.
Paul
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K1000, Espio 140, ist, istD, K70, K3iii and numerous lenses, just don't tell my wife.
Posted 07/11/2022 - 11:03
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Thought the competition an excellent choice of title which when the link is used showed about 80 such photos complete with the idiom collection. I would just like to point out an error in your comments! Bear with Me was not by John Riley but by Johnwnjr = John Ruffell!
Posted 07/11/2022 - 12:43
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My humble apologies to Johnwnjr. I'll blame it on vic cross's cooked goose-diverted the concentration
Posted 07/11/2022 - 20:16
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Thanks Noel for such a well thought out subject, one of the best for a long time which brought some great interpretations, and for the judging and my 3rd spot. Well done to Gareth and PRYorkshire and to all this weeks entries.
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