Weekly Comp #288 - Are You All White? Competition

Hi Guys, sorry for the late posting, I have had a bit of an adventure/accident this morning resulting in me returning to the house with two fewer teeth than I left with. I will endevour to get the full results up later today when the drugs(medication) have calmed down.

Wow! The first thing I need to say is well done to all on rising to a very difficult challenge! The judging has not been easy for this competition, but it has been a joy to view the work of some amazingly talented photographers.

1st Place - White Church – AxelLuther
2nd Place – Feather – DrOrloff
3rd Place - Glass of white ?- GaryJohn and Its the Gulseye – Camramadbob

HCs - Mint Imperials – GlynM Wave Breakers – Photobudy – Looking – Geordie01

So sorry to hear about your injuries - and amazed that you have prioritised posting the results when you must have more pressing concerns. Hope everything mends as best it can. Regards Gary

Totally agree and I hope, you don't have to suffer too much/long. A first quick but big thank you right now (also congratulation to the two other podium members) - more later
Axel

Well, here we go with the judging……. With my newly acquired lisp.

White Church – AxelLuther
Nothing like starting the competition on at a high level. Fantastic perspective achieved with the low shooting angle. The recorded detail and the treatment is quite magnificent. Definitely one that I would give pride of place on a wall in my house.

Hellebore under snow – Tyronet2000
A beautiful snow capture with really high contrast black to white. Expertly taken image. In my personal opinion the main group of heads treated to a square box crop works really well.

White Wind – forbes
A wonderful atmospheric capture. The way the fade into the misty distance works gives it real character. I am in two minds as to whether the foreground giving context adds to the image or if a more abstract approach of the turbines alone is stronger. Give it a go and see what you think.

still life 4 – Velimir
Definitely a winter chill shot. A little off theme as to the majority of the image being white. I would love to see it at a higher resolution to get the full impact. Maybe a crop on rule of thirds for the main Character may help.

Frozen pond – Andymat
This one scores high with me as an excellent decorative shot which should be framed and hung. The gorgeous low sun reflection and the amazing detail on the frosting…wow! A real keeper!

Its the Gulseye – Camramadbob
Hitchcock eat your heart out! The capture of expression and the very excellent processing goes together to create a masterpiece! Maybe not everyone’s cup of tea…. But definitely mine. Great!

Bonnie in High Key – Grahamevans
Hello Bonnie! Not sure what the expression is telling us….. what were you doing with her Graham? The contrast in this image would allow a further high key processing which I believe would give a real eye-catching work of art touch to this and make it stand out so much more as a pet capture.

OVER THE CLIFF – Darlene
Oh my vertigo Darlene! I am glad this image wasn’t too large or I may just have fallen into my monitor. A great capture with fantastic detail in difficult conditions.

Worsley Draped In White Dreams – Johnriley
An excellent image well captured and very well treated with the infrared style. A great accomplished shot. Only let down as to theme for this particular competition.

Buried mountains – Aliengrove
Another one of your fantastic aerial shots. The interplay of the light shadow and protruding mountains make this a strong image and a real talking piece. Love It!

Snow calamity – Dannyh
Very strong themed image with a lovely solitary feel/atmosphere. This image has a strange attraction for me…. That special something!

Wedding – Noelcmn
Candid/Unauthorised……. Very often the best shots. If the theme was magnetic smiles this would be a winner. For this theme maybe a tighter crop to increase the percentage of white would give more strength.

Snow Shell – AndrewA
Genius! The tight box crop really works. A strong conversion with retained detail and excellent DoF. Love it!

Mint Imperials – GlynM
Even more genius. I love simple shots/ideas when they are shot with such professionalism. I also love any project that you can eat afterwards. Glad the title was so literal so as I didn’t reach for my book of medical images. GREAT!

In the Snow – Coker
Brrrrrrrrr Brrrrrrr Baaaaa! Well captured winter shot, Great detail retained, The symmetrical composition and the border treatment really gain this image a natural strength.

Glass of white ? – GaryJohn
Make the viewer work! The angle of this shot and the natural feeling shadow make this a minimalist classic. I would also say a good image for other Pentaxians to have a go at, as with this setup the amount of different shots that can become accomplished works of art are plentiful.

Stone Face – Jim-w
Scary! I like it! The over treatment of this shot makes it ideally to theme. I always have a soft spot for Zombie women!

Best Friend – ölkky
Whos afraid of the big bad wolf. A nice composition and a well captured expression. I would like to have the full exif to inform me further. Nice shot.

Close Shave – Nicesparky
He’s looking at you kid. Excellent idea and capture. Maybe you could extend this project to include some work with mirror reflections….. and maybe a cut-throat razor for maximum impact.

Wave Breakers - Photobudy
Minimalist, great percentage of white space, wonderful contrast, fantastic composition, amazing perspective, excellent treatment….. only slightly jealous!

Looking – Geordie01
Shouldn’t work in black and white, Wrong Season, wrong weather, wrong apparel, wrong letterbox crop, wrong viewpoint…….. it’s just all wrong! BUT MY GOD IT WORKS! Wonderful classic well styled image!

Trekking – Paulb531
I didn’t notice you taking my photograph. It really captures the moment and so many scenes throughout the UK at present. The one single point of HV gives it real impact. Very strong to theme.

Feather – DrOrloff
CLASSIC! Everyone try this at home and you will appreciate the skill in doing it this well!

A Clear Cut Case of Cat & Mice – Drofmit
I love it…. Whats the story? Probably different for each viewer. Well spotted and captured in difficult situation. I must admit you have given me an idea for a similar shot but taken at a lower angle to try and gain a DoF fall off to add to perspective.

Dover soul – Simonarron
Just a little weak to theme for this comp. But a well captured image in what I guess were quite overcast conditions. It would be pushing it for resolution with this image but to make it strong for this competition a white ship against the white cliffs would be spot on!

a yorkshire lad – Japers45
How now bro… white cow. Bang on for theme…. Very white and definitely a great deat of captured detail a work to be proud of!

1st Place - White Church – AxelLuther

2nd Place – Feather – DrOrloff

3rd Place - Glass of white ?- GaryJohn and Its the Gulseye – Camramadbob

HCs - Mint Imperials – GlynM Wave Breakers – Photobudy – Looking – Geordie01 Snow Shell – AndrewA

Many thanks John for another great competition. A very good subject open to a broad interpretation, a very well done set of comments and excellent, but probably difficult, judging.

Thanks also for the HC. The mint imperials are down to about half the original amount now and we are still eating them .

Congratulations to AxelLuther for the brilliantly perceived and executed winning shot, DrOfloff for making perfection look so simple, GaryJohn plus Camramadbob for joint third, my fellow HCs and everyone else for another brilliant set of images.

I hope John you are well on the way to recovering from your escapade.

Glyn

Hope you getting better John.

A great competition with deserving winners. Thanks for the comments John, I'll give your suggestion a go.

Hi John - amazing that even with your bad injury you gave us such detailed and professional comments on our entries. I found this topic very special (I structured the Gallery on my private homepage also by colors and to see a collection of pictures dominated by one color is always very special to me). There were some great entries and it was very interesting and inspiring to browse through the collection.

Well I hope you are all white VBC. Thanks for a really good competition, a fine subject with a great variety of shots. Well done Axel, I remember that series of shots well, really outstanding. Two very fine 3rd places as well, I don't what I'm doing in the coveted second.

Hope you are feeling all white now? Sorry just could not resist...

Thanbks for a great compo this week! Well done to the winners.

Thanks John for the comp and judging and well done to places and hc's. Hope you feel better soon

Jim.

Well done to the podiums and HC's , some great shots there. Hope you are recovering well VBC!

Great competition...
very difficult to find the "white" image...
thought I had loads...
until I looked again at them.
The real story behind the "Cat and Mouse" shot...
I was out photographing animal tracks and signs for our "Aigronne Valley Wildlife" blog...
our cat walked round the tree and across the mouse track...
probably about eight hours after the mouse had passed that way!!
So I just had to take the picture...