Weekly Competition #123 - Freedom Competition
| Title | Weekly Competition #123 - Freedom |
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| Judge | Belinda B. | Closing Date | 15/11/2009 | 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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Thinking about the 20th Anniversary of the Berlin Wall 'coming down' has triggered the idea for this week's competition.rnrnI appreciate that it is not a particularly easy topic, but I hope that you find it a stimulating one.rnrnOne minor point, I don't like going to bed late on a Sunday evening so entries after 9.00pm next Sunday may possibly lose points! |
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Photographs uploaded to the Weekly Competition #123 - Freedom competition.
Posted 09/11/2009 - 10:47
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Done, but please check I reinstated the last line correctly, as there was a slight accidental click of the mouse!
Best regards, John
Posted 16/11/2009 - 06:37
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Thank you all for entering – a good selection of photos and, from my perspective, a manageable number!
First – the usual disclaimer that what follows are just my personal thoughts and I hope that nobody will be upset and perhaps a few might agree with some of what I have said !
As I had hoped – a variety of ideas in interpreting the ‘FREEDOM’ theme. Not surprisingly, strong identification of the price that freedom sometimes exacts, balanced by the exuberance of flight and speed in the animal world and opportunities for personal freedom of one sort or another.
Dr Mhuni – Freedom of Expression (where it all began)
Well done for getting in first with this very apt image for ‘freedom’. I’m sure you all know that 5th century Athens is considered the birthplace of democracy and many great thinkers and writers have agreed that ‘freedom of expression’ is a basic foundation of democracy.
This is a nice sharp photograph with good depth and I like the B&W treatment. I think colour would have been distracting. I wonder if the figure in the foreground – man with a mobile – was posed? Or was it a lucky exposition of the journey from ‘where it all began’ to modern day communications? Although some will say that mobiles restrict freedom!
I wonder if this quite wide-ranging photo could be improved by cropping down the edge of the large, white building to provide a tighter image that still conveys your core ideas – the ancient & modern, so to speak.?
flat4 – Reaching for freedom
I had hoped (and expected) to see some bird entries and here one is, second entry.
Given that even Venice can be grey and cold looking, the use of B&W works well to reinforce the damp chill.
I like the upturned hand, which almost conveys the idea of releasing the seagulls into freedom but, in reality, they probably just thought there was some food on offer.
It might have been worth shooting at a higher ISO in order to achieve a greater depth of field at the same shutter speed.
Dwight-Morton – SPIDERMAN
I can understand why you couldn’t resist this fun shot but to my mind this character looks a bit too crumpled and baggy to be the real Spiderman, so perhaps it’s an imposter?
Aficionados of superheroes will undoubtedly see freedom from the usual chains of human existence – especially gravity! What look like ropes suspending Spiderman are a bit too obvious and mundane but I suppose we can imagine they are spider webs! Thanks too for the informative link.
This is an example where the background might have been put into B&W, punching up the colours of SPIDERMAN himself.
Iam1of2 – Making a break for it
Well, the grass really is greener on the other side in this case.
This is a nice picture, blended earthy colours and well done for anticipating the deer’s leap for freedom. It’s a shame that the second fence prevents a clear view of the animal’s forelegs.
I’m not sure what time of day this was taken but it looks like daytime? Unless farmed, it would be unusual to see deer this close to a lot of human habitation in broad daylight in England. We have lots of deer in Hampshire but usually only seen at dawn or dusk, as they are crepuscular. Isn’t that a nice word!? From the Latin meaning ‘twilight’.
I wonder if it would have made a better image if the buildings were cropped out? That would, perhaps, maximise the length of fence (which I like), the idea of wide-open spaces and kept the viewer’s attention on the deer?
Nice one.
davidtrout - Freedom of the City
Lovely sharp picture and the winter sky really is that blue sometimes, isn’t it? The soaring bird is also a good interpretation of the usual more mayoral idea of ‘Freedom of the City’.
I like the way the verticals of the buildings and jib of the crane lead the eye towards the seagull but, for overall composition, perhaps it would ideally be more centre stage, more framed by the tower and the crane, which would create a better composition. But birds can be very disobliging.
Draken – Running free
Such joyous, bounding freedom! I like your photo too!
I’m sure your dog was just having fun, off the leash at last … but in B&W it all looks slightly spectral; the intense black (Hound of the Baskervilles-like) against the misty woods. There’s a great impression of speed (even though not quite sharp, of course!)
Nice.
Johnriley – Freedom Hard Won
A powerful reminder of deadly resistance in war. I like the way the lighting emphasises the muzzle of the gun (although the rest of it lacks detail) and the scattering of yellowing documentation – tools of the trade.
I can’t read the text in the paper very well – my French not being up to it – and I probably therefore underestimate the value of what it says. Looking at this solely as an overall image I wonder if this photo could have been differently balanced, reducing the void in the centre left?
The wiring on the extreme left is intriguing: an old telephone, morse code equipment or, more sinister, explosives? It might have contributed better to the image if more centred but perhaps this was taken in a museum and exhibits couldn’t be moved at will?
An alternative might have been to crop the photograph differently, losing about 25% of the left hand side and so reducing the void. This would entirely omit the wiring, of course but the photograph might, to my mind, be better balanced in terms of overall composition?
Darlene –The Poppy
A striking and unusual representation of the iconic blood red poppy. The soft fuzzy image is well taken; you can almost feel the softness of the material. Is that a reflection of you taking your photograph, right in the centre?
Assuming this was taken using a tripod, I would have opted for a higher f number and experimented with various types of artificial lighting.
JudithAnn – Oh, the Cost of My Freedom
This is a very good image indeed; a reminder of all those who fought and died on the Western Front and elsewhere - at Ypres, on the Somme, at Vimy Ridge, at Passchendale, at Gallipoli ….
The heavy graining and fading around the edges speak eloquently of the years that have passed since the end of the Great War. It is like old newspaper cuttings; old, sepia photographs and is set off by the very crisp red poppy crosses. The scattered poppies around the memorial are a nice detail.
bforbes – The Open Road
A very open road and (thankfully) no traffic!
The highway certainly draws the eye towards the Rockies but I think I would have cropped an inch off the bottom of the photograph. The road at the bottom doesn’t add anything to the overall image but a base line drawn where the edges of the road meet the edges of the photograph would, I think, have created a satisfying triangle; symmetry in the midst of wild places!.
Marekwk - Fly
Lovely shapes and colours in those clouds – well taken, presumably through a plane window – difficult!. Is that a vapour trail of another aeroplane near the top, right hand side? It’s so distant from the main point of the image that I think it’s a bit distracting and doesn’t add anything much, so I would have cropped it.
Kissmekate – By the sea
Here’s a pretty girl and another nicely different interpretation of ‘freedom’. Looking at the date when this was taken (New Years Day) I can only suppose it was taken somewhere in the southern hemisphere and your model wasn’t just being brave! However, thinking about it a bit more, I wonder if the date on the camera is wrong? Anyway, to capture her on tiptoe, standing on sharp rocks was well done.
Shame the sea isn’t quite level, which could have been easily straightened up in PS without compromising the uprightness of the subject and not quite sharp around the rocks.
Overall, though, good cool, light colours and composition, although sun on her face would have been even better.
Tickhiller – Freedom of sky & sea
As I’m sure you are only too aware, this is one of those ’if only’ shots that make wildlife photography so difficult. The colours are good and the slight blurring of the gulls wings in motion adds to the sense of freewheeling movement.
If only the second gull had flown a bit faster and lower you would have had a better composition. The second gull (which is actually sharper and the head stands out well against the hills behind) is barely ‘in’ the shot. Taken a couple of seconds later … who knows?
Ericp – It’s out there
This is a bit of a classic: serene, sharp, beautifully coloured and very, very precisely positioned.
It’s psychologically interesting too: ‘It’s out there’ is a good exploration of being shut in somewhere but with that enclosed view of freedom beyond.
The only slight quibble (and only expert ‘cloning’ on PS might have resolved it) is that the very bottom bar is not parallel to the frame and the rest of the photo. This just impinges slightly on the harmony and symmetry of the rest.
Overall, really nice.
Prieni – Freedom to go, freedom to stay
This is a very beautiful image. The colours are wonderful and the whole conveys a sense of the future as much as freedom achieved 20 years ago when the Wall fell.
I don’t know if it might have been even better had it been taken further back, allowing the lines of the breakwaters to come to the edge of the photograph – but that would diminish the figure on the beach to nothing and it is an important part of the whole.
A very satisfying photograph that you can keep looking at for a long time.
Thoughton – Bid for Freedom
Good to see one for the family album! This is freedom, indeed. The possibilities for a toddler in the freedom of slides and swings and roundabouts.
OK, it’s not a great photo but thanks for submitting it.
I think that cropping it would improve it as an image. Perhaps to exclude the slide down the left hand edge and closer to your son on the right hand side where there is nothing much happening. Both would provide a bit more focus.
I am also impressed that you sometimes use manual lenses; something that I haven’t done for many a year!
DRM098 – Freedom to Roam
Another take on freedom! The incredible views that the Peak District of England affords are captured well in this image with some history of the Right to Roam movement to boot! The colours are natural and lovely and I really like the fence but would actually like to see more of it, as it leads the eye down the incline to the distant view. If possible, I think this photograph would be better if there were more of the signpost and more of the fence. It would also be good to see the writing on the sign pointing the way.
Mikew - Freedom
This is an interesting photograph. I am not sure of the relevance of the background; obviously the site has been through or is going through different manifestations and the figure in the wheelchair (very sharp indeed) is slightly ambiguous. He has, in one sense, lost freedom but the motorised scooter gives some freedom back to him. Very well observed.
MarjutL – First day out of the city
The colours are lovely – the scarf and the sea grass are very good and the distant rocks creating a dark line on the horizon. If your model had feet and had been running into freedom (running into the picture rather than out of it, i.e. with the model positioned on the left hand ‘one-third’ line) this could have been a contender: composition lets it down a bit. But nice.
Womble – Balloon ride
Up, up and away! A balloon flight really is freedom – if any one hasn’t had a flight, I really recommend it!
This is a nice image, lovely colours and wouldn’t Richard Branson be pleased with you.
Even so, I think it would make a better image with more detail of the basket and a bit of re-balancing to have less sky above and more below.
So now for the results and the special awards :
I have really struggled to separate 1st and 2nd place and, like Dr. Mhuni a few weeks ago, would like to award a joint 1st place but that is not allowed. I think that I finally selected Prieni’s entry because it suggests a future that came out of a very long fight for freedom, which is encouraging for mankind.
1st Place – Prieni – Freedom to go, freedom to stay
2nd Place - JudithAnn – Oh, the Cost of My Freedom*
3rd Place - Ericp – It’s out there
Highly Commended – Dr Mhuni – Freedom of Expression (where it all began)
Originality Award – johnriley – Freedom Hard Won
Humour Award – Dwight-Morton – SPIDERMAN
* I think this is the best photograph that JudithAnn has entered in these competitions (IMHO).
So, over to Prieni for Round 124!
First – the usual disclaimer that what follows are just my personal thoughts and I hope that nobody will be upset and perhaps a few might agree with some of what I have said !
As I had hoped – a variety of ideas in interpreting the ‘FREEDOM’ theme. Not surprisingly, strong identification of the price that freedom sometimes exacts, balanced by the exuberance of flight and speed in the animal world and opportunities for personal freedom of one sort or another.
Dr Mhuni – Freedom of Expression (where it all began)
Well done for getting in first with this very apt image for ‘freedom’. I’m sure you all know that 5th century Athens is considered the birthplace of democracy and many great thinkers and writers have agreed that ‘freedom of expression’ is a basic foundation of democracy.
This is a nice sharp photograph with good depth and I like the B&W treatment. I think colour would have been distracting. I wonder if the figure in the foreground – man with a mobile – was posed? Or was it a lucky exposition of the journey from ‘where it all began’ to modern day communications? Although some will say that mobiles restrict freedom!
I wonder if this quite wide-ranging photo could be improved by cropping down the edge of the large, white building to provide a tighter image that still conveys your core ideas – the ancient & modern, so to speak.?
flat4 – Reaching for freedom
I had hoped (and expected) to see some bird entries and here one is, second entry.
Given that even Venice can be grey and cold looking, the use of B&W works well to reinforce the damp chill.
I like the upturned hand, which almost conveys the idea of releasing the seagulls into freedom but, in reality, they probably just thought there was some food on offer.
It might have been worth shooting at a higher ISO in order to achieve a greater depth of field at the same shutter speed.
Dwight-Morton – SPIDERMAN
I can understand why you couldn’t resist this fun shot but to my mind this character looks a bit too crumpled and baggy to be the real Spiderman, so perhaps it’s an imposter?
Aficionados of superheroes will undoubtedly see freedom from the usual chains of human existence – especially gravity! What look like ropes suspending Spiderman are a bit too obvious and mundane but I suppose we can imagine they are spider webs! Thanks too for the informative link.
This is an example where the background might have been put into B&W, punching up the colours of SPIDERMAN himself.
Iam1of2 – Making a break for it
Well, the grass really is greener on the other side in this case.
This is a nice picture, blended earthy colours and well done for anticipating the deer’s leap for freedom. It’s a shame that the second fence prevents a clear view of the animal’s forelegs.
I’m not sure what time of day this was taken but it looks like daytime? Unless farmed, it would be unusual to see deer this close to a lot of human habitation in broad daylight in England. We have lots of deer in Hampshire but usually only seen at dawn or dusk, as they are crepuscular. Isn’t that a nice word!? From the Latin meaning ‘twilight’.
I wonder if it would have made a better image if the buildings were cropped out? That would, perhaps, maximise the length of fence (which I like), the idea of wide-open spaces and kept the viewer’s attention on the deer?
Nice one.
davidtrout - Freedom of the City
Lovely sharp picture and the winter sky really is that blue sometimes, isn’t it? The soaring bird is also a good interpretation of the usual more mayoral idea of ‘Freedom of the City’.
I like the way the verticals of the buildings and jib of the crane lead the eye towards the seagull but, for overall composition, perhaps it would ideally be more centre stage, more framed by the tower and the crane, which would create a better composition. But birds can be very disobliging.
Draken – Running free
Such joyous, bounding freedom! I like your photo too!
I’m sure your dog was just having fun, off the leash at last … but in B&W it all looks slightly spectral; the intense black (Hound of the Baskervilles-like) against the misty woods. There’s a great impression of speed (even though not quite sharp, of course!)
Nice.
Johnriley – Freedom Hard Won
A powerful reminder of deadly resistance in war. I like the way the lighting emphasises the muzzle of the gun (although the rest of it lacks detail) and the scattering of yellowing documentation – tools of the trade.
I can’t read the text in the paper very well – my French not being up to it – and I probably therefore underestimate the value of what it says. Looking at this solely as an overall image I wonder if this photo could have been differently balanced, reducing the void in the centre left?
The wiring on the extreme left is intriguing: an old telephone, morse code equipment or, more sinister, explosives? It might have contributed better to the image if more centred but perhaps this was taken in a museum and exhibits couldn’t be moved at will?
An alternative might have been to crop the photograph differently, losing about 25% of the left hand side and so reducing the void. This would entirely omit the wiring, of course but the photograph might, to my mind, be better balanced in terms of overall composition?
Darlene –The Poppy
A striking and unusual representation of the iconic blood red poppy. The soft fuzzy image is well taken; you can almost feel the softness of the material. Is that a reflection of you taking your photograph, right in the centre?
Assuming this was taken using a tripod, I would have opted for a higher f number and experimented with various types of artificial lighting.
JudithAnn – Oh, the Cost of My Freedom
This is a very good image indeed; a reminder of all those who fought and died on the Western Front and elsewhere - at Ypres, on the Somme, at Vimy Ridge, at Passchendale, at Gallipoli ….
The heavy graining and fading around the edges speak eloquently of the years that have passed since the end of the Great War. It is like old newspaper cuttings; old, sepia photographs and is set off by the very crisp red poppy crosses. The scattered poppies around the memorial are a nice detail.
bforbes – The Open Road
A very open road and (thankfully) no traffic!
The highway certainly draws the eye towards the Rockies but I think I would have cropped an inch off the bottom of the photograph. The road at the bottom doesn’t add anything to the overall image but a base line drawn where the edges of the road meet the edges of the photograph would, I think, have created a satisfying triangle; symmetry in the midst of wild places!.
Marekwk - Fly
Lovely shapes and colours in those clouds – well taken, presumably through a plane window – difficult!. Is that a vapour trail of another aeroplane near the top, right hand side? It’s so distant from the main point of the image that I think it’s a bit distracting and doesn’t add anything much, so I would have cropped it.
Kissmekate – By the sea
Here’s a pretty girl and another nicely different interpretation of ‘freedom’. Looking at the date when this was taken (New Years Day) I can only suppose it was taken somewhere in the southern hemisphere and your model wasn’t just being brave! However, thinking about it a bit more, I wonder if the date on the camera is wrong? Anyway, to capture her on tiptoe, standing on sharp rocks was well done.
Shame the sea isn’t quite level, which could have been easily straightened up in PS without compromising the uprightness of the subject and not quite sharp around the rocks.
Overall, though, good cool, light colours and composition, although sun on her face would have been even better.
Tickhiller – Freedom of sky & sea
As I’m sure you are only too aware, this is one of those ’if only’ shots that make wildlife photography so difficult. The colours are good and the slight blurring of the gulls wings in motion adds to the sense of freewheeling movement.
If only the second gull had flown a bit faster and lower you would have had a better composition. The second gull (which is actually sharper and the head stands out well against the hills behind) is barely ‘in’ the shot. Taken a couple of seconds later … who knows?
Ericp – It’s out there
This is a bit of a classic: serene, sharp, beautifully coloured and very, very precisely positioned.
It’s psychologically interesting too: ‘It’s out there’ is a good exploration of being shut in somewhere but with that enclosed view of freedom beyond.
The only slight quibble (and only expert ‘cloning’ on PS might have resolved it) is that the very bottom bar is not parallel to the frame and the rest of the photo. This just impinges slightly on the harmony and symmetry of the rest.
Overall, really nice.
Prieni – Freedom to go, freedom to stay
This is a very beautiful image. The colours are wonderful and the whole conveys a sense of the future as much as freedom achieved 20 years ago when the Wall fell.
I don’t know if it might have been even better had it been taken further back, allowing the lines of the breakwaters to come to the edge of the photograph – but that would diminish the figure on the beach to nothing and it is an important part of the whole.
A very satisfying photograph that you can keep looking at for a long time.
Thoughton – Bid for Freedom
Good to see one for the family album! This is freedom, indeed. The possibilities for a toddler in the freedom of slides and swings and roundabouts.
OK, it’s not a great photo but thanks for submitting it.
I think that cropping it would improve it as an image. Perhaps to exclude the slide down the left hand edge and closer to your son on the right hand side where there is nothing much happening. Both would provide a bit more focus.
I am also impressed that you sometimes use manual lenses; something that I haven’t done for many a year!
DRM098 – Freedom to Roam
Another take on freedom! The incredible views that the Peak District of England affords are captured well in this image with some history of the Right to Roam movement to boot! The colours are natural and lovely and I really like the fence but would actually like to see more of it, as it leads the eye down the incline to the distant view. If possible, I think this photograph would be better if there were more of the signpost and more of the fence. It would also be good to see the writing on the sign pointing the way.
Mikew - Freedom
This is an interesting photograph. I am not sure of the relevance of the background; obviously the site has been through or is going through different manifestations and the figure in the wheelchair (very sharp indeed) is slightly ambiguous. He has, in one sense, lost freedom but the motorised scooter gives some freedom back to him. Very well observed.
MarjutL – First day out of the city
The colours are lovely – the scarf and the sea grass are very good and the distant rocks creating a dark line on the horizon. If your model had feet and had been running into freedom (running into the picture rather than out of it, i.e. with the model positioned on the left hand ‘one-third’ line) this could have been a contender: composition lets it down a bit. But nice.
Womble – Balloon ride
Up, up and away! A balloon flight really is freedom – if any one hasn’t had a flight, I really recommend it!
This is a nice image, lovely colours and wouldn’t Richard Branson be pleased with you.
Even so, I think it would make a better image with more detail of the basket and a bit of re-balancing to have less sky above and more below.
So now for the results and the special awards :
I have really struggled to separate 1st and 2nd place and, like Dr. Mhuni a few weeks ago, would like to award a joint 1st place but that is not allowed. I think that I finally selected Prieni’s entry because it suggests a future that came out of a very long fight for freedom, which is encouraging for mankind.
1st Place – Prieni – Freedom to go, freedom to stay
2nd Place - JudithAnn – Oh, the Cost of My Freedom*
3rd Place - Ericp – It’s out there
Highly Commended – Dr Mhuni – Freedom of Expression (where it all began)
Originality Award – johnriley – Freedom Hard Won
Humour Award – Dwight-Morton – SPIDERMAN
* I think this is the best photograph that JudithAnn has entered in these competitions (IMHO).
So, over to Prieni for Round 124!
Posted 16/11/2009 - 07:17
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Good judging Belinda and very well put comments. An excellent winning photograph although for me it wasn't obviously on topic but a lovely photograph. JudthAnn's was also a favourite nicely thought out and presented.
Well done all.
Mike
Well done all.
Mike
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Posted 16/11/2009 - 08:45
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Thank you very much, Belinda. Good job I didn't get together a convincing entry from the bits of Berlin Wall that I have (damn hard concrete that was and difficult to get decent bits out with hammer and chisel in early 1990).
Prieni
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Posted 16/11/2009 - 08:52
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Thanks for the excellent judging Belinda and congratulations to Ralf on an exceptionally fine photo, I thought that would be the winner as soon as I saw it. You are right about JudithAnn's entry, she's had a couple of stunners lately and its only a matter of time before she finds she has to judge one of these competitions.
david
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Posted 16/11/2009 - 09:12
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Excellent. Great winner, fast result and a very detailed and thoughtful assessment.
Best regards, John
Posted 16/11/2009 - 09:53
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Congratulations Prieni! Well-deserved Excellent judging too Brenda, many thanks.
I like all the winners, plus DavidTrout's and Mhuni's. You're definitely spot on about JudithAnn, I said just last week that her blue jay image was the best I've seen from her, and now she comes out with something even better!
I like all the winners, plus DavidTrout's and Mhuni's. You're definitely spot on about JudithAnn, I said just last week that her blue jay image was the best I've seen from her, and now she comes out with something even better!
Tim
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Posted 16/11/2009 - 11:12
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I agree a well deserved winner. Thank you Belinda for the excellent judging and comments. I see what you mean with your suggested crop.
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Posted 16/11/2009 - 12:05
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Congrates to the winner Prieni and 2nd place JudithAnn Awsome!!! Well done Ericp...Great judging Belinda...Our poppy is worn on Nov.11 by all Canadains in great respect for our freedom...
Posted 16/11/2009 - 14:42
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Congrats Prieni, I think it's a cracker as I've said elsewhere, but...
It doesn't express "freedom" to me, it may personally to Prieni, but any photo that needs an explanation attached isn't truly on topic.
Just my view of course & I am not trying to belittle the judgement. In fact, plaudits go to Belinda for a comprehensive judgement & feedback comments.
It doesn't express "freedom" to me, it may personally to Prieni, but any photo that needs an explanation attached isn't truly on topic.
Just my view of course & I am not trying to belittle the judgement. In fact, plaudits go to Belinda for a comprehensive judgement & feedback comments.
Posted 16/11/2009 - 14:57
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Bob, that's absolutely true. I did hesitate a bit in giving a title to the shot, but I find it easier in judging when you have a title to refer to.
It is when looking out to the sea that I get a sense of freedom and I think that this is not uncommon with people.
You might feel different and if that is the case then, yes, this shot does not express freedom for you. Fair enough.
The range of entries does reflect this range of what expresses freedom for different people. And that diversity is a good thing!
If it is all a bit foggy it might help in this weeks round
Prieni
It is when looking out to the sea that I get a sense of freedom and I think that this is not uncommon with people.
You might feel different and if that is the case then, yes, this shot does not express freedom for you. Fair enough.
The range of entries does reflect this range of what expresses freedom for different people. And that diversity is a good thing!
If it is all a bit foggy it might help in this weeks round
Prieni
How inappropriate to call this planet earth when it is quite clearly Ocean. - Arthur C. Clarke
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Posted 16/11/2009 - 17:08
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Congrats to you Prieni and to all the other winners!
Wow...I am honoured! Thank you all for the compliments! The colours in my pictures are done using the filters on the K-M camera. It is nice that my peers can see my work improving...as I have shared many times, I take each competitions as my weekly and bi-weekly assignments. It makes for lots of pratice and pratice makes us better.
I await the next assignment!
Wow...I am honoured! Thank you all for the compliments! The colours in my pictures are done using the filters on the K-M camera. It is nice that my peers can see my work improving...as I have shared many times, I take each competitions as my weekly and bi-weekly assignments. It makes for lots of pratice and pratice makes us better.
I await the next assignment!
Posted 16/11/2009 - 17:46
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Prieni wrote:
............It is when looking out to the sea that I get a sense of freedom and I think that this is not uncommon with people.
Absolutely right - the sea always means freedom to me. ............It is when looking out to the sea that I get a sense of freedom and I think that this is not uncommon with people.
When we take our boat out, all worries etc. are forgotten and we are in our own little world, with the feeling that we can go anywhere
Belinda B.
Posted 16/11/2009 - 18:15
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Belinda
Many thanks taking so much time to comment on each picture. The positive criticism is much appreciated.
David
Many thanks taking so much time to comment on each picture. The positive criticism is much appreciated.
David
K20D, Pentax 18-55AL II, Pentax-A 28mm f2.8, Pentax-M 50mm f1.7 (fabulous lens!), Pentax-m 100mm f4, Domiplan 50mm 2.8 M42, Lydith 30mm 3.5 M42 (10 blade iris!).
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