Nice shots, especially the last three for me. The second last, being a sunset, is a shoe-in for PPG Seriously, though, nice imaginative set, "poncey" is very nice too...

Cropping has chopped off the lambs tail, so cloning is probably the better option. Those blue numbers need to go, too.....

Street shots don't seem to do very well...I have had 3 out of 4 rejected recently, including two of my favourites (which I posted on the other PPG thread.) I am not sure I am going to bother with PPG any more.....I'll wait and see how thelateste batch do, but it seems bland pictures of buildings do very well, while street phorography is frowned upon..

Apologies for the late posting, I haver just got off a 16 hr flight to Houston! Thanks to all who entered, it was very interesting to see some different takes on processing this shot.
A quick run-down of my thoughts on each entry.

Mannesty: I like this version, the colours look right, but I feel it could be a bit brighter, especially the snow.

Thoughton: You've got the WB just right, the snow looks nice and bright without being burned out, and the darker patch bottom left has some nice detail in it. This actually looks very similar to a version I did of this shot.

Dr Orloff: Nice to see a mono version of the picture, but overall it is very dark, with no detail at all in the botton left.

geordie01: Good detail, but the WB does not look quite right, there is a reddish tinge over the whole picture.

Prieni: You have managed to get more detail out of the picture than I thought was there. The method you used seems quite complicated, and I don't have Silkypix or CorelPaint, but maybe I will have to give them a try! The picture also looks very sharp.

CoDa: Another mono, with a bit more detail than Dr orloff's version, but I am not overly keen on the amount of noise in the picture.

Thanks for entering your versions, it has been both interesting and informative! I will put my top three here, but all the have merit, and it is very interesting to see different takes on the same image.

So, in reverse order:
3rd favourite Mannesty
2nd fvourite Thoughton,

and the winner: Prieni.

So, over to you Prieni, and hopefully you can provide a shot that attracts a few more entries than mine!!

The red and the rust work really well against the grey sky. The converging verticals however IMO make the structure look wrong. It could do with the verticals adjusted either using perspective adjustment or if you have Photoshop using the skew tool, though I doubt you have enough space on the right hand side to do that. I think the picture would also look better with more of the legs of the structure in the frame, and a bit less sky. The platform itself is too close to the bottom of the picture, I would also clone out that contrail. If you have the opportunity to shoot this again I think it's worth another visit, as I do really like the red and the rust against the sky.

Excellent judging, congrats to Utopia Poppy and Sandanista! Both great shots, I also liked darkskies entry very much. Thanks for the third place, though you are right about rickshaw doors: I thought if arches were allowed then doors without actual doors ( if that makes sense) would be too, but I am perfectly happy to give up my third place if not....the picture was a very last minute entry after some failed attempts to take a shot specifically for the comp.

Rickshaw




Driver through the door of his rickshaw, Chennai, India

Taken 07/04/11
K7 and Sigma 18-250mm
ISO 800
f5.6
1/6 sec

I bought mine at the same time I got a 50mm f1.4, and I use the Sigma far more often, great focal length, semi-macro, and great results.

Don't see much wrong with that, perhaps the stamen could be less central, but it looks great as it is. I have the same lens, it's one of my favorites.

Enjoyed that, thanks for the link from me too