Weekly #919 - Shade Competition

Shade

Thank you to all who entered this week, I have enjoyed cool shade, shelter from an intense sun, soft welcoming shade in nature and the sharp lines in urban settings. My thoughts (or maybe ramblings!) on each of the images below

1 Terminator Simonmac
Love the crisp delineation between the sunshine and shade, certainly makes the Park Street tunnel like the entrance to a dark and shady world. Exposure well controlled with good tone throughout. I am a fan of monochrome for street style photography, so this image really appeals to me.
2. Masonry, Timber at Dawn dewsburya
Another very graphic image. This is the kind of image I always wish I had seen, but invariably I would miss it as I would be looking at detail or vista.
3. Matilda’s Summerhouse johnriley
The dappled shade on this structure is beautiful, it brings out the texture in the wood in the building and on the tree trunks. It makes you want to run your hands over the contours.
Super image.
4. Kind of Shaded Flan
The mono treatment of this image really works well. There are some great shadows and shade but ultimately shooting into the sun has been your undoing. For me it feels like the bright horizontal strip through the middle has created two separate images, the lovely dappled leaves with the sun peeking through and the sharp graphic image of the bikes.
5. Colour in Shade Lubbyman
It seems a lifetime ago when I was last in the gardens at Abbotsbury. Beautiful image and certainly best viewed large. You just want to follow the path to see what delights await you around the corner
6. Walking Home davidwozhere
Classic tree lined path. Who would not want to be taking a leisurely stroll under the shade of those beautiful trees. Composition is spot on with the path leading left to right and the tree on the right holding you in the frame. Love it.
7. Shade Under the Tree sueriley
Beautiful dappled shade, who wouldn’t want to linger there next to the water. The exposure is near perfect for what is a very tricky situation with deep shade and harsh sunlight. Unfortunately the fountain under the bridge has burnt out and is so bright it draws your eye.
9. The blessing of the shade of a tree Noelcmn
Good composition with the road leading us into the picture. The shade stripes from the trees break up the road surface giving it some interest and lift it from being just tarmac and the figure anchors the whole image. I would have liked a little more detail in the shaded areas


I have struggled a bit with this as I have really enjoyed all the images, however a winner and podium places are required
Congratulations to David, Simon and John
1st – Walking Home (davidwozhere)
2nd – Terminator (Simonmac)
3rd – Matilda’s Summerhouse (johnriley)

Many thanks for the prompt judging and the third place!

And many thanks from me too. Lovely collection of images this week, all of them in contention!

Now, I have a problem., and it has happened before: I got the notification on my mobile, via my regular e-mail. There is nothing at all in my "messages" on this PU site and consequently, no template to set the next contest. I have, in the past, had a last ditch reminder from John (deliberately sent to my e-mail) to get a move on when I had no idea about the result and the need to do so. (I've set up the next contest manually for now). Can someone look into this please?

Thank you for setting the competition and for your observations.

Chuffed with the runner up spot amonsgt strong imagery!

All the best.

Well done DavidWoz and runners up.
Thanks also to host SSF, "born in the fifties" for the swift comments and critique