you are master in catching the eyes.

I believe you, JudithAnn. The place would have been yours !
But I cant take it away from Gartmore any more.

There was last moment letter to you about confirming the date.
I suspected, that there is something wrong.
I guess we are living in different time zones and you were not there any more to answer....


(And I believe Elscotto. )

The results posted.
I should have announced my first idea: "weather"

I had to give up two pics that I liked most.
And ..oeh....

Hope the next comp will be more lucky

The excitement of the first days has cooled down.

First of all special thanks for all those, who entered competition for the first time ! I feel honoured!
Keep going! You are good!

What I am not so glad about is missing exif !
I must remember you all, that the idea of this competition is to take the photo within two weeks after announcing the theme.
And the exif data should be included !
As there are so many photos that actually do not follow the rules, I give my comments to all.
I hope I can sum up my thoughts in a reasonable way.
BTW I feel like an egg teaching hen while judging! So please forgive me that I am NOT so much skilled ...


PaulyRichard - Ciaroscuro (better heading than concave steps)
Love it ! Simple and brilliant !
Deleted from here because of date taken: 22.March 2009
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulyrichard/3388460268/

Elscotto - country boy
Lovely. Free. Downt worry, be happy
Like the grain and also warm tones.
exif, date?

Darlene - Shadow Tricks! (first shadow lover - if I remember right )
Glad, that you succeeded posting !
A nicely balanced fun pic with interesting PP work! Looks like graphic-art or pencil drawing.
Its good that there is always sb with merry approach.
Good idea!
honest answer by e-mail: date taken around 1. July

JudithAnn Daydreaming...
WOW ! What an eyes! Shadows! Great portrait!
Nothing to say, I like it! There is feeling in the pic !
Honest answer to my question: Everyone can see exif on the original photo in the gallery.
Its pain to say: 22. July. Only a day! And the prize....

Telstar
You have found an interesting object! I like the rythm of shadows, I like the diagonals.
I like it as a pic of street ! Shadows being one part of it.
I made several crops, even croping only the upper right quarter.
Liked the row of shadows to start with the full-black one and yellow less dominating.
The yellow line is of the same importance as the shadows at the moment.
Maybe B&W ? Lower viewpoit? I was not there, I do not know, but I feel wish to look for sth.
exif available in flickr, date taken: 28. july

Mikew

You have turned this metal "whatever it is " to a piece of art ! Created wonderful shadows!
So soft and melting into each other. Excellent !

Special thanks for exif

gartmore
A bit surrealistic, especially the people walking as if on sth high. The scene is almost like modern theatre
The lights, sharpness - professional. You have caught the moment with the white shirts passing.
Oh, I have looked it so long already ! hmmm. Forgive me, maybe I would cut away about (the right post) 1/6 from right and also some from bottom. It would make it more compact.
And of course, thanks for the exif !

JohnRiley
Good to see a colorful shadow pic! A nice scenery with lovely color-contrasts!
Exif is included, thanks....BUT !!!! 2005?



... the results.... Oh NO ! You have made it so difficult for me ! Its real pain.
My sure favourite is Ciarouscuro !
JudithAnn is my next favourite.
3. Mikew or Gartmore ? very hard to decide!
Special prize to Darlene for interesting approach and PP.

The real results (as I have to follow the rules!):
1. Gartmore
2. Mikew (Close to the first but you are busy with another comp anyway )
3. Telstar
nothing else left.....

Hei Amin !

Enter the weekly comp with some of your smoke pics, win it, and then announce the new theme: water drops or bubbles etc



PS. Like the rose.

I like the colors !
somehow it seemes to me that the focus is more on the branch than on the bird.

PS. What is the lense ?

Tere tulemast !


Translation: "welcome"

Tried more as well. But then the lines are not repeating each other any more. The edge brings some similarity (line) to the bottom as well.
One more possibility might be consentrate to the upper half of pic - without riders at all. Just lines ! But this would bee another pic - too far from original.
BTW some levels job too...just a bit

tried to say it with words...mmmm too many words.




The most annoying was this thing on the upper edge....

I guess there will be tons of people photographing....
Of course its nice to be polite, but...
Cant see any reason for not allowing it !

The difference is when you want to go to the places where public is generally not allowed to go. Then permission is needed. And you need to know the "rules".

At least it is so here...