Weekly #980 - Budding Competition

Title Weekly #980 - Budding
Judge Noelcmn
Closing Date 26/07/2026
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Description
This weeks challenge is budding or flower buds , referring to flowers just before they bloom. Here's hoping we'll attract a few more entries this week.
The usual rules apply:
Must be shot with a Pentax Camera, or acceptable clone
Being a weekly challenge, you are welcome to scrounge your portfolios and files from any date or shoot something for this challenge.
The Challenge closes at midnight Sunday 26 July 2026, and hopefully, judging will be done Monday 27th. That is a big hope as I have been without elecricity for about a month now, a huge bungling exercise by the municipality.

Good luck!

Winning Photograph


Competition Entries

Photographs uploaded to the Weekly #980 - Budding competition.

Noelcmn
Posted 27/07/2026 - 11:20 Link
Thanks all for your entries, I am chuffed with the quality of these. I will not make any detailed comments on entries. Just a few thoughts. Two images with the Helios 44-2, and one if which is the winner for this week- Gibis, for a superb comp and bokeh, and overall green image, for that feel good psychology. Flan’s buddies, is beautifully set against a black background, so they pop appreciably for the eye! Nigel’s study of Rhubarb is awesome in B/W, WOW, some fantastic details you got there. I hope you employed your Helios 44-2 some more Simonmac, you have done it’s reputation justice with those mini pine cones. And then there is Michaels (MHOL190246) colorful buds, lovely color contrasts there.

As with last weeks challenge, I’ll only set the winner. Everyone imho is a winner here, so subjective psychology played a role in choosing the winner.

Over to you Gibis.
gibis
Posted 27/07/2026 - 12:13 Link
Thanks Noelcmn!
As you said, all winners here, with lovely entries!
Simonmac
Posted 28/07/2026 - 14:20 Link
Thank you Noel.

And well done Doctor!

It is a pity that more budding photographers did not participate....groan.

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