Weekly Competition #134 - Size Contrast Competition

First, let me point out that I am from Slovenia and am not a native English speaker, so please do not be offended if something I wrote bothers you as it surely wasn't meant in that way. From the response I figure it wasn't such an appealing theme afterall?
Well, here are my promised comments by submission order;

Avaliable In All Sizes To Suit by johnriley
I really like the difference in sizes of these two persons. Size of boots, »walking sticks«, difference in height... B & W conversion is good to and all the diagonal lines that lead to one point. Too bad you didn't lover your viewing point so the man's height would be even more pronounced.

The fish catch by Jyrkira
I've spent a lot of time in my childhood fishing with my father, but never caught such a small fish on a blinker hook. I hope it wasn't the only fish that day as I'm sure you would be hungry... In my opinion the composition could be better without the left side with the line in it, so the lure would begin in the upper left corner of the image. Otherwise, I like it.

Be a father by incognitox
This one really caught my eye. Such a beautiful abstract hand portrait. I love the softness of shallow DOF, toning is just right and the composition is perfect. I like the tangled lines and finger curves, the difference in hand size and I almost sense your joy being a father. Superb.

The Herd by i-Berg
Such a beautiful landscape with all the lovely green grass valley and a curved stream cutting it in half. I had to view the image in full size in order to see the herd which is disappearing in the greeness, so I guess the size contrast is quite evident in this one. I would love to visit this scenery some day! Good work!

Canada Geese in the Snow by Dwight Morton
Interesting birds you caught there. I think we don't have a lot of these in our country, especially in this number searching for food. Unfortunately I just don't sense the desired size contrast.

Looking from Ben Moore to Stob Binnein by summiteverest
Wow! Such a beautiful mountain scenery! I love the colours of the skies and all the whiteness of snow. Good diagnonal composition with those tiny people in contrast of enormous mountains. I really love it.

The King and I by davidtrout
I like the colours of this image and difference in size is really obvious. With the selected composition, the King is really pushing the smaller statue out of the image, and the forming diagonal between the heads somehow points that out even more. It really suits the topic.

Size what? by konrads
Huh, the CAT's wheel is almost larger than Hyundai. It suits the topic of this week, but the composition is slightly crowded. It would need some more space to work for me.

Buddhist shrine, worshipper (& decorator) by Dr. Mhuni
This image is really rich in colours, textures and patterns. I like it how the fisheye effect surrounds the buddha statue and how the worshipper almost gets lost in the image.

Elephant with young + Egret by mayday
I really had to stretch my eye to notice the Egret behind the elephants. I lika the matching pose of elephants and their trunks and the size difference between them and the egret. Nice safari capture. Better shooting with camera than the rifle, isn't it .

Little & Large by TOZZA27
Size difference is quite obvious here. I like it, how the bigger wing leads my eye to the smaller plane. Unfortunately light wasn't too good for you and there are several disturbing objects at the edges (which surely cannot be avoided in a museum).

Styrofoam cups by Prieni
Thank you for this educational photo. Depth of 3500 m makes quite some influences on things .


Just the most challenging cube in history. Or two. By nathanever82
I really like the composition and reflection on the surface. Good light and nice deep colours. Would love it even more if you switched colour sides of the front (smaller) cube, so that they would be on the opposite sides... well just an idea .

Just for fun by markblake
Well too bad for the camera shake, as blur is a slight issue here. Even though the capture isn't really what i had in mind for the competition.

One flew over by glyn
Different composition and some added contrast might have worked better with this image as the clouds are formed very interesting. Unfortunately it somehow lacks a story.

Springs by mikew
Good abstract, nice composition and an original idea for the competition. I am sorry for that blueish thingy in the corner.

The Prince & The Princess by Judith Ann
It's a nice family portrait I guess. A child's expression is really nicely captured and (I'm guessing your) dog is very original too. Toning however is not very much to my taste.

Telephoto Wars by Hyram
Title is excellent, composition is good too and the size difference is quite obvious also. Huh, even subjects on the photo are superb. I like it.

Ugly Ducklings by PHOTOWAM64
It isn't quite the size contrast I was looking for in a competition. It seems the swans were posing really well for you.
I do suppose these aren't really ducks... nor are they ugly .

For me it is always a tough job to comment and evaluate photographs, but a final decision has to be made at this point. I hope I didn't offend anyone with my critiques as this surely wasn't my intention.



Honorable mentions:
Telephoto Wars by Hyram,
The Herd by i-Berg

3rd place: The King and I by davittrout
2nd place: Looking from Ben Moore to Stob Binnein by summiteverest
The winner: Be a father by incognitox


Congratulations to the winner!
regards, Luka

Thanks for all your hard work Luka....you had some fanastic photos entries.

Congrats to incognitox and I too could feel your pride and happiness to fatherhood....such a nice expression of love both the photo and the comments!

Hurray to all other winners!! The King and I was stunning, it is what one has come to expect from David!

Luka,

Thank you very much for the HM and for the judging, and well done to all.

Well done Luka, good judging with good comments on all pictures. Also well done to incognitox for an excellent winning shot!

Mike

Excellent winning shot (I bet it was on the shortlist of all of us) and swift and competent judging. Well done Luka.
Congratulations to incognitox!

Prieni

Excellent judging Luka and thank you for my honourable mention - I thought it was time the 110 came out of hiding.

Congratulations to incognitox for the winning entry.

Shame there were not more entries.

Congratulations to Icognitox, I had this moving picture down as the winner as soon as I saw it. It summed up the topic perfectly and also had emotion. I also loved that wonderful mountain scene from Summiteverest.
Luka you did a really fine piece of judging which is much appreciated, many thanks for my 3rd place.
david

Well done Incognitox! Lovely pic, and bang on theme. Excellent judging Luka - your English is excellent, you don't have anything to worry about! Sorry for the lack of entry on my part, I wanted to take a new photo for this but couldn't find any inspiration!

Many thanks for the judging, Luka and congrats to Incognitox - a lovely shot.

Great stuff!
Well done for the judging, thank you very much for your comments, and CONGRATULATIONS to the winner. A beautiful image that really captured the theme

Superb shot and a well deserved winner.

I would like say thank you to Luka for surprising verdict. I am a very happy winner! Many thanks for other users for positive comments. The competition was tough! My favourite one was shot by John Riley! Many thanks once again!

Some lovely shots in this round --- quality not quantity! --- and a well deserved winner which not only fitted the theme and is well taken, but also tugged the heart strings.

My planned shot involved coordinating too many people so I had to let this one pass but, I am sure it wouldn't have made a difference to the winner.

K.

Great one to the winner, well done. Very good judging, thanks