Letterbox colour ponies for me. I like Teasels and Silhouette too.

It will be tomorrow.

Gunner

This picture is a bit small and therefore hard to appreciate. Snow always seems to expand the landscape. Here the space is divided up, but I'm afraid I really can't appreciate what I'm viewing at this size, so it would be unfair to comment further.

iBerg

I like the texture of the stone and the wispy sky. The little details such as the cornflowers and the cairn are small and subtle and preserve the sense of space. The composition is of course spot on adding to the theme.

Gareth

Good choice of format and the snow adds to the spaciousness. I like the well spaced bare trees, the extra contrast provided by the snow-free field and and the line of foreground bushes. Very tidy.

Darlene.

An eagle soaring above the Grand Canyon!!!!!!! Job done. The eagle is nice and sharp and the (I guess) wider aperture adds depth. Not fair on the rest really.

GlynM

This is Surrey and not Australia? I didn't realise these distant views and clarity of the air were available. The foreground is a bit scrubby, although such is the nature of heathland. Nice colours and full marks for some effort on a big panorama. Nice.

Steve Everitt

The focus is a maybe a little in front of the bauble or maybe you're just not going to get that clear a reflection from a bauble. So I need the title to help me interpret the photo. I also need to see how many beer cans are involved, plenty I hope. A great interpretation of the theme and a photo to smile at.

Sandinista

Again, a lovely green and pleasant view with excellent clarity in the scene and nice colours. I'm not sure the half and half composition makes the best use of this. A panoramic format slicing off the top leaving an inch of sky leaving an inch and an inch slice off the foreground would I think work wonders.

Tozza

I wish I'd been on this train rather than in that bloody car. The Santa special in the snow - a nice spot. I like the curve in the tracks. For me the subject is maybe a bit too central in the frame and I might be tempted to crop in a little from the upper right. Nice though.


Sorry for the delay. I have been ultra stupid busy and I was not expecting to be judging. I knew Darlene was away and so there would be a delay in setting the new competition.

1st Darlene
2nd Gareth
3rd iBerg

Smile on my face prize: Steve Everitt

Hi folks,

I'm sorry I'm late. I was whisked away on an urgent mission and I've been working 20 hour days for the last week.

The winner is Darlene. I will post comments early next week when I return home and recovered. Darlene is away I believe until the 10th and so there will be a few days delay until the next competition.

Hi Folks,

Sorry for the delay. I am on an urgent mission abroad and have very little time indeed and no computer access (I am at a friend's house to grab a few internet minutes). Results in a few minutes (I made my mind up before entering this thread) but I have no time for comments. Apologies for that but needs must and I will post a detailed review in due course.

For any comments.

I would suppose so. But I'd like to see the photos anyway.

In case anyone has anything to say.

Inspired by a recent hellish, cramped 18 hour journey, I'd like to see pictures with a sense of space, room to breath and to swing the odd cat.

The rules are as always,the picture must be taken between now and 6pm British Time Wednesday January 5 2011, taken on Pentax cameras or the closely related Samsung DSLRs.

Blimey. Thanks Jon. I was just alerted to this as I spent most of yesterday going as slowly as it's possible to go on a motorway. Plus I was expecting chrome fish to walk this one.

Please give me a few hours to unscramble my brain and I'll think of the next theme.