Weekly Competition #201 - Man-made Competition

Wow so many entries in the end thanks every one so much so here goes

Wheels of power

I like the composition and the positioning of the wind turbines that you draw attention to, nice framing. I was wondering if you had more height and with that zoom you could have filled the frame with the wheel and had the turbines in spoke. Nice use of the theme and aims 

T-55 medium tank

Nice angle like the bush growing in front of the tank a nice sense of things past

Man- made (but finished by a women)

Thanks for making me smile great picture and a different take on the theme well done

Water tower

Nice and straight, lovely that it’s so level and nice contrast between the older and newer looking parts of the structure

The dome and the red-t-shirt

Lovely composition and great use of the “fish-eye” I spotted the red t-shirt before I’d even read the title adds some lovely colour to the mostly white picture. Lovely shot

It’s good to talk

Mark I think you achieved your aim I here I like the composition and darker tower nice angle and effect

The Net

Wow! I love everything about this one the colours composition the blurred cars street lights just a great photo really creative, this one caught my eye straight away

Harnessing the energy

Another one that caught my eye super idea lovely coloured sky and I really like the silhouettes, not only the wind turbine but the people as well

Man made the wheel

I like the way you’ve composed this with the shadows and angle, nice work

Pylon

Absolutely intriguing an every day object from a very usual angle, top marks for creativity and well taken


Man made man

I like the reflections from the dusty mirror and good use of the fore-ground with chisels etc to draw the eye in. Nice picture

Piston rods

Nice “crop” and I like the contrast between the two different metal tones well taken perfect lighting and nice shadow detail

Anniversary

Good city view although doesn’t seem so sharp? (May just be my monitor) I like that you’ve got the light right in the centre and the atmosphere of the picture

Red and white

Nice idea and very colourful great to have the repeating patterns

Gravestones

Ha ha Mudge are you into recycling then! . I do like all the green tones and the slightly wonky Celtic cross. I think you’ve framed it right with the tree one side and the distant crosses on the other. Good picture I like it

Light

And great use of it I really like the feeling of this, and use of the chair in the foreground. Were you tempted to nip in there and move the chair on the right?!

Fallen Arches

Nice shadows and quality of light you can tell it as taken in the “golden hour”

From Stone Age to digital

Good use of the theme here and well composed to get both wall and mast in the shot from an interesting perspective

My camera’s eye

A nice interpretation of the theme I really like the reflections and night time light

On the cut

I like the perspective and angle from which you’ve shot. Its nice to have it diagonal in the frame makes it that much more interesting, and great colours



St James and St Pauls church

Wow what a sky superb colours and tones and lovely old church building, perfect composition I like this one a lot

Spiral Staircase Vatican museum

This stood out for me a really nice perspective and good vision to spot. Well captured concentric circles lead the viewer into the picture. Very well done

West Pier

Lovely light and interesting subject like the “sunset streaks” on the water. The picture has a brooding atmosphere for me

Man-made to destroy men

Great use of the theme and creative titling thank you. Well done on a perfectly exposed shot

Man-made

Lovely use of the flame gives the picture a real sense of atmosphere which it wouldn’t have without it. I really like this one and it was definitely in the running.

Towering above

Great picture, good angle, nice exposure not much to say I liked it good work 

Man’s 20th century expertise

Nice to have the information boards and other parts of the room in the shot it gives it a different feel, good detail in the picture for what I imagine was low-ish lighting, thanks for your entry and support

Human trace

Thanks for your entry it’s great to see pictures not shot with DSLR’s as well. I like the thought and the subjects in this picture. Maybe think about your composition a little it would have been better to have the bottom of the car in the picture and not the wires on the top. I like this and am looking forward to seeing some more.

WOW! I logged on earlier to see what I could do for next week and I won! Thrilled. Very unexpected. Thanks Danny I appreciate your appreciation. Well done to all the the other entries- I judged them for fun earlier (minus my own entry of course!) and Stopher won with the Wind Turbine.

I will have to think about the subject for this week and post it up later. Me ,Judging!?! blimey!

Thank you for the judging , loved the Spiral Staircase, Vatican Museum. Lot of good entries. waitng for new subject.

Congratulations to japers45 and many thanks to dannyh for the competition

Any more placings or just the winner :

Congratulations to japers45 and great judging its very hard to do that job i dont know why i enter at times lol well done

Congrats to japers45...it was close, but that was my winner too! Thanks to dannyh for the competition.

Thank you for your work Danny....Do you have a second place....a third or any highly commended???? Always fun to see, as it tells us more about how the judge saw it all!

Congrats to you Jaspers45...fantastic shot!!!

JA

Well done all! And to our host (Dan) as well - this turned out very well IMO. Good choice, and congratulations to our winner.

I didnt really have a 2nd or 3rd place but more of a winners circle and these were the others that stood out for me:

The dome and the red-t-shirt

The Net

Harnessing the energy

Pylon

St James and St Pauls church

Man-made