Competition voting and critique thread

[Steve]

PeteMC – Now where do I recognise this subject from? you have gone for the simple approach and managed to reflect and break up the light into many different colours. The framing slightly off centre allowing the light to spread into the open area of the picture makes this a balanced and pleasing photograph. Your obvious (and known) skill is showing through again but for me and this round, the photograph would have had a bigger impact if you had split the light into one much larger band of a colour and allowed the smaller coloured refractions not to be the main subject. As I keep saying this is all about my interpretation of this theme.

BerraSM – its funny how minds run through ideas and come up with the same solutions. One of the very first subjects that occurred to me for this round was also coloured pens/pencils as you have shot here. The way you have captured this is great, you have created a symmetrical image that could almost (apart from the colours) be a view of a piano keyboard. The lines, DOF and composition are spot on. I would have framed the subject to exclude the first four pens though as the colours of these are too different to the rest for my interpretation of the theme.

Dod – this is one of my favourite entries, another flower but seen here in almost mono tone. Excellently lit and with no distractions from cluttered backgrounds or blown out highlights, this simple but effective picture for me stands up against the best shown here. This is one that I would be pleased to have captured myself and hits the theme subject perfectly.

Kenco1964 – The quality of entries has amazed me and this is no exception. As a macro wildlife shot this is another winner but as a colour shot its certainly vibrant and colourful but contains to many colours for me to rate it amongst the best for this round. For me to critique it I would have to approach it from the macro point of view and say that the angle is great, the focus and detail shows a side of the butterfly that most people will not have seen so close up. You have managed to expose the entire butterfly beautifully, without blowing out any highlights or losing detail in the shadows. The dark, uncluttered background allows focus to stay firmly on the main subject. As I have said another great shot but not really on the mark theme wise for me.

 

[Matt]

thanks for the comments Steve and Stewart, i suppose you want to know how i did it???

camera on a tripod on a table, coloured slinky blu-taced to the lens with a silver stress ball at the base, long shutter, i think 10 secs but might not have been for that shot but most of the trial/error ones were, i blu-taced 2 of the 3 led torches to the tripod legs and played the blue over the slinky while the camera fired....post production was really to bring out the colour as i wanted there to be lots of colour in the shot, clearly it worked!

Thanks to those of you that voted for my picture, i enjoyed taking it and receive any comments greatefully!

I have also been really impressed by the quality of the shots entered, well done to everyone who has taken part, roll on round 2!!

 

[CT]

First off let me say congratulatons to the winners and to everyone for some great shots! 8)

I hate to critique pictures anyway- so much of it is personal opinion.

I thought the butterfly shot was superb. You have to be either very lucky or very patient to get a butterfly head on like that. It succeeded for me as fulfilling the theme and as a brilliant macro shot. Excellent!

I had no problems voting for Peters? - drop of water. Lovely handling of very subtle use of colour, and great composition.

I must be the only person who voted for Dave's shot of the 2 cars in front of the cottage and I nearly didn't. I liked the subdued colours and the way the vibrant red car stood out from them. The lighting was obviously very contrasty which was where a lot of it's appeal lay but it was quite underexposed in the shadow areas which detracted somewhat from what it could have been. I thought I could see what Dave was trying to achieve though and decided it was still worth a vote.

Great work from everyone though. Well done!

 

[petemc]

PeteMC – Now where do I recognise this subject from? you have gone for the simple approach and managed to reflect and break up the light into many different colours. The framing slightly off centre allowing the light to spread into the open area of the picture makes this a balanced and pleasing photograph. Your obvious (and known) skill is showing through again but for me and this round, the photograph would have had a bigger impact if you had split the light into one much larger band of a colour and allowed the smaller coloured refractions not to be the main subject. As I keep saying this is all about my interpretation of this theme.

Thanks mate I just know when I post the other shots I took of this that you'll say "this one would have been better" Ah well. I was definetly inspired by your shots, but I hoped to produce something that was a little different. I don't feel theres much point in someone producing a great shot to simply go out and take the exact same shot. You can't grow from that.

 

[Matt]

i tried to get some shots like that Pete, again inspired by Steves original images, but the kit lens and me were not really well aquainted at that time, the shots i did(or some of them) are in my gallery....

Matt i really like that effect you got, very hard to do!!

 

[Steve]

Thanks mate I just know when I post the other shots I took of this that you'll say "this one would have been better" Ah well. I was definetly inspired by your shots, but I hoped to produce something that was a little different. I don't feel theres much point in someone producing a great shot to simply go out and take the exact same shot. You can't grow from that.

I understand and agree 100% but just because you have seen something photographed in a certain way before doesn't mean that you cant do the same. Immitation is the best form of flattery and discounting to shoot in a certain style when it is the best option is not always the right thing to do. :wink:

 

[Steve]

On with my critique..

feeson – This is an intriguing idea and certainly fits my interpretation of the colour theme. You did well to notice and pick out the dolphin shape contained within but I feel the picture is flat and lifeless. There is not enough information there to make it an interesting subject and it’s not abstract enough to work in that way either. I think it is a brave entry and will watch the results with interest to see how it is received.

Dave – I can see where you are going with this shot, the subtle colours of the care and the house blend and are almost the same shade, that brings it firmly into the scope of the theme but your picture doesn’t have any focus point. It’s a nice capture that is interesting and invokes memories of times gone by but amongst the other entries here it is a little overshadowed.

dlh – This is much cleverer than it appears. I actually like your thinking and approach to this, thinking outside of the box has brought you a unique approach to the competition but again I feel the subject matter has let you down slightly. I have been thinking about this for a while and I don’t know what else you could have used as a subject but I still feel this approach could have been used together with a different sign/subject/situation to make a much stronger image. I wish I could offer a little more to guide you but I am struggling a little here. If it comes to me I will let you know.

AndyPandy – like a few others you have submitted a flower shot. You asked me when you submitted your entry if I could go easy on you as you are a beginner and my reply was that I was unable to as the competition was not being judged by myself. I can however tailor my critique to you skill level and offer you these words..firstly you out of everyone here have the most to gain by entering this competition. You are up against some stiff entries from some very talented photographers; they are not going to submit second class work just because it’s a competition without prizes. To be beaten by these other entries carries no shame what so ever and I can assure you that all of the people here had to start somewhere and that their early photography was probably no different to the level that you are currently at. You have thought about the competition theme and picked a subject that fits it well. The picture could have been improved by getting closer to one of the flowers and eliminating much of the foliage. This would also narrow down the number of subjects and draw the eyes of the viewer to just one flower. If your camera has the options, selecting a narrower DOF (by using a smaller F stop or switching to macro mode) would allow you to throw the background out of focus and again increase the viewers focus on the main subject. Try getting closer, using unusual angles and uncluttered backgrounds; make your subject stand out and the picture look more 3 dimensional. Photography is not easy no matter how others may make it seem, if you can learn one of the tips I have offered above then your effort has been rewarded and you can consider yourself a winner. Hopefully this has helped a little and we will see you join in on the forums and the coming rounds on the competition?

 

[Dave]

Well done to Aeryk01 for the winning shot! Bright colours were the way to go.

Thanks to CT for voting for me (and the West Midland Jury gives Dave un poi!) I didn't take the photo for the competition and have no time to take photos at the moment, but figured I'd enter it anyway.

I love not knowing who's photo it is. I thought Pete's was the pepper's. It's the sort of minimalist style he normally goes for.

Anyway, well done everyone who entered.

 

[Steep]

Steve, do us a favour next round, can you leave the picture numbers visible as well as adding the names?

My 3 choices were

1) oddly enough Aeryk01s' pencils, it just screamed colour at me.
2) The black and white shot by dlh, very schindlers list! though I think it would have worked better flipped so that the arrow pointed right.
3) petemcs' multiple spectrums worked very well aganst the darkness of the background.

 

[Steve]

neos – this has me totally confused, great subject simply laid out, great lighting and a plain background but a very strange crop? Now what make this even more confusing for me is that I know you and your photography skill. This has not been done by mistake and yet I can’t see why? I guess it’s arty but ultimately as much as I try to like the shot, it still doesn’t get me excited. Sorry.

That’s it gents, I have covered all the entries in some detail. Some of my comments and critique is harsher than others where I know the people and your skill level. Some of it is rambling gibberish where your work has got me confused but hopefully from that you may be able to see why? Maybe it was your intentions and my ramblings have confirmed your success? I hope that all the members who have joined in this round have found it fun, exciting, interesting and above all, learn something along the way. We have had teething issues but managed to pull through them. The next round will begin as soon as Aeryk01 picks a subject and I can harass a different member of the admin team to volunteer to look after it. I am looking forward to joining in for the next round and hopefully learning a few things along the way.

One last time..a big thanks to everyone that has taken part. [smilie=t:

 

[Steve]

Steve, do us a favour next round, can you leave the picture numbers visible as well as adding the names?

I removed them as the numbers may have been interpreted as the final placings in the results.

Here is a list of the numbers as they were with the name so that you can refer to it, maybe that will help?

1. Silkstone
2. Matt
3. Kimmett
4. Stewart
5. EosD
6. Steep
7. The Edge
8. Aerky01
9. peteMC
10. BerraSM
11. Dod
12. Kenco1964
13. Feeson
14. Dave
15. Dlh
16. AndyPandy
17. Neos

 

[Steep]

It's ok, I worked it out from the filenames, just being lazy

 

[petemc]

thanks for the comments Steve and Stewart, i suppose you want to know how i did it???

camera on a tripod on a table, coloured slinky blu-taced to the lens with a silver stress ball at the base, long shutter, i think 10 secs but might not have been for that shot but most of the trial/error ones were, i blu-taced 2 of the 3 led torches to the tripod legs and played the blue over the slinky while the camera fired....post production was really to bring out the colour as i wanted there to be lots of colour in the shot, clearly it worked!

Thanks to those of you that voted for my picture, i enjoyed taking it and receive any comments greatefully!

I have also been really impressed by the quality of the shots entered, well done to everyone who has taken part, roll on round 2!!

It is a really brilliant shot. I couldn't work out how you did it at all. Really creative, excellent work mate.

 

[neos]

Well done Aeryk01s and all the others, and thanks steve for your critique. Perhaps i should explain why i cropped my pepper shot te way i good. I spent a good ten minutes going through the fruit and veg in tesco trying to get a good set of three peppers that has smooth skins and didn't have deformed stalks. the trio i finally picked was spot on cosmetically, but not only wouldn't they stand up, the red was substantiallly taller than the other two. so i decided to truncate them. Of course this meant I had to crop them. In my mind, i felt this was artistically acceptable, considering i had planned a shadowy arch over the them on the black background.

Looking forward to the next one now

 

[Steep]

neos, blutac is your friend

 

[silkstone]

Well, I think it's truly wonderful that the first round has inspired so many terrific shots. Perhaps I should explain my entry...

It started off as a slide of an Icelandic church, taken in 1986, and was processed (somewhat heavily!) using the Topography filter in PSP. As an example of Pop Art I quite like it, but TBH it doesn't look much like a photograph and I don't blame anyone for being puzzled. The original isn't a bad shot, but is nowhere near as colourful.

Rightly or wrongly, I tend to judge photos by the 'would I hang them on my wall' criterion. It may be a very clever or challenging photo/painting - perhaps of a can of tomato soup - but I wouldn't really want to look at it all the time. Just call me picky, if you like.

The photo that passes this test the more I look at it is Stewart's. I don't think I voted for this in first place, but maybe I should have. It's simple but very effective. Aeryk's is a worthy winner but I don't think I'd want to stare at it for too long, and Pete's reflections off a CD is a great shot but again the novelty could wear off after a while. If I wanted a nice warm colour scheme to a room, I could have Stewart's as the whole of one wall and it would work. :wink:

Just rambling again I guess. :wink:

 

[The Edge]

the Edge – This shot I like and dislike equally, the heart shape and vibrant main colour set against a completely black background works very well. The focus is spot on as is the exposure but the bit that distracts and ruins the picture for me are the yellow wavy lines going from just under the centre off to the right, just above on the same side and the much smaller but still visible bits off to the top left hand side. I can’t work out if these are reflections from the plasma ball itself or something possibly behind your shooting point? Unfortunately my eyes are drawn to these points and they are just to distracting for me to enjoy the picture. It is so much better than the normal round plasma ball pictures that are often shown though.

I spent hours in photoshop trying to edit those out and couldn't get it quite right so in the end decided to leave them in. I don't know what they are either - presumably a reflection in the ball as i took six photos and they are in all of them.

Well done to 1st 2nd and 3rd, and hopefully i'll actually take a shot for the competition next time, rather than using one i took a couple of weeks previous

 

[Matt]

Pete.....Thanks for your comments! Much appreciated!

will do a mini Critique shortly, need to eat and stuff first.....

 

[Andypandy]

Hi everybody Andypandy here,

This is my first ever entry to a competition so it is hardly a shock that i did not do very well (deservidly so judging by the standard of the competition). However i am not disheartened but encouraged by the fact that with some hard work and advise/assistance of from the forum members i should be able to achieve a similar standard. I have already learnt some valuable lessons i.e preperation and presentation are as equally as important as the technical aspects of the photograph.
I also hope this encourages people of a similar standard as myself to enter and learn/improve.

Thanks again Andypandy

 

[KenCo]

Firstly congrats to Aeryk01, petemc and EosD. Would briefly like to offer my opinions on all entries but please remember, I am also new to photography and although I may be able to take a photo does not necessarily mean I can see one, nor did I consider just what went into the shot only what pleased my eye, anyway here goes.

Silkstone: Being honest I have to say that this was my first place and although it does look more like a painting than a photo it caught my eye. I pondered over this for sometime but the more I looked the more it came first. I like the lines of colour, the shadows and the simplicity of it. What’s more is, if I seen this for sale on the high street, I’d buy it.

Matt: I liked this and although it is a little to busy with so much to take in, it is very 3d. The smaller droplets creating a feeling of space from the larger ones. I like the way the two major colours are reflected throughout the droplets. The repetitiveness, Very clever. Third place for me

Kimmett: I also liked this, it obviously says colour, the angle is good, I like the crop, even the object in the foreground with the ? Makes you think. Great but once again a little to busy background wise for me. I think this would look stunning with a single colour in the back maybe black and the ? why colour. Very close to getting my vote.

Stewart: believe it or not I just couldn’t think of what this was. At first I thought it may have been coffee beans bouncing up from a drum or something. It was not until I looked through your gallery and saw other examples of similar shots that I realized and being honest I thought some of them were more distinguishable. I had already submitted my votes by then but had one of your other shots been entered I would have given you a vote.

EosD: once again I like, I did not give credit to what actually went into this shot. Very retro and time machine esc. Once again to much going on for me though. Very good and clever but unfortunately just edged out by others.

Steep: good colour and the frame sets this off nicely but just not right for me, I don’t know why, maybe a little to much emphasis on colour and not enough on the actual subject.

The Edge: Another I had to think long on. I like this because of the shape and the outer reflection of the heart gives this a very 3d feel for me. The yellow inside was a little distracting, which I feel let it down ever so slightly. Set against the black background sets it off superbly.

Aeryk01: I had this idea myself as I’m sure some others did. I did like this along with the other pencil shot but between the two I opted for the other. I think the reason being the lack of uniformity in your shot. If the points of the pencils were more a straight edge then I would have opted for this shot but others may not have. The detail on the points of the pencils is very good, the angle at which it was taken and the plain background all + points. Congratulations.

peteMC: I can’t really offer any opinion on this. I don’t know why I did not vote for it, it’s simple, no fuss, nice use of reflective colour and nice background. Sorry.

BerraSM: I did really like this pencil/ felt pen shot. The arch of the inlay with the black fading into the photo. Like I said I preferred this shot to the winning pencil shot but did not vote for either, what do I know? Very well done.

Dod: This is another wonderful shot of what I hope is a snow drop set against the black background. I think maybe the lack of stem is what let this down in my eye. The almost translucent effect is stunning.

Feeson: Sorry this was lost on me. It took me quite some time to actually spot the dolphin. I thought this was some aerial shot at first.

Dave: I love the contrast in the brick work, which made me wonder what the main subject of this photo is. Sadly the rover and Volvo didn’t do it for me.

Dlh: I liked this a lot and very nearly submitted something similar myself, which is why it got second from me.

Andy Pandy: as has already been mentioned a closer shot or cropping out the one dead flower, maybe even a simple pruning before the shot was taken, would have made for a better result. This is also a problem I suffer and with the help and advice from the members on this board I now tend to look at what is going on in the frame (sometimes) before I actually take a shot. It’s a learning process and with feedback you will learn much as there is much to learn.

Neos: had all the peppers been fully in frame this would have been a different picture. It is only this that lets it down. Sorry.

I hope I haven’t offended anyone, these are just my opinions and as I didn’t vote for any of the first three it just goes to prove I know nothing. Very well done to all especially the top three.

 

[effyman]

Well, as I promised Steve, here is my critique of the competition. Hopefully I won't offend anyone, as that is not my intention. I simply would like to offer constructive criticism which will help you grow, as your photographs have helped me grow. BTW, get a drink and something to eat now, this is going to be a long entry

Aeryk: First of all, congratulations! I really liked your photo, as it fit into the theme so well at a basic level. Perfect! I also liked the level of detail that you have shown here. I think it’s great that we can see the fibers of the wood and graphite (?) as well as the texture of the wood barrel. The depth of field you have used here is also excellent, and I don’t think it would have worked as well if it had been larger. Just focusing on that handful of pencils is perfect, and the rest are sufficiently blurred so as to not distract.
Again, great job, and congratulations!

Pete: Wow! I have seen this done a lot lately, and I must say that yours blows them all away. Just focusing on one droplet works perfectly and makes this photo simply elegant. And I also like how the cd isn’t apparent in the photo, just the reflections. One thing I would like to see, however, is a little more light thrown at the subject. I am wondering if that would bring out some more color. Of course this is just my opinion, and the photo is perfect just the way it is. Good job, buddy

EosD: Interesting photo. I figured that this wasn’t a photoshopped image, and I am glad I was right. I think that this fits well into the theme, and I appreciate the amount of effort and thought that you have put into this photograph. I definitely enjoyed your submission

Sikstone: Well, not exactly my cup of tea, but I do appreciate the thought that you have put into this. As Steve said, I would like to see the original, just to see how you arrived at this image. This is a very artsy picture, and while it’s not my thing, I do like it and it is pleasing to my eye. An interesting interpretation Silky

Matt: I really enjoyed this photo since it made me look closely and think about it. It is a great photograph, & you would be hard pressed to improve on it. The more I look at it the more I like it – the dof you used is great, the simplicity is pleasing and last but not least – the border is really cool Awesome entry, Matt.

Kimmett: An interesting photograph, but it doesn’t do much for me. I would like to know what your thought process was behind this though. I think that might help me out a little and be able to critique you better.

Stewart: Very nice I like the simplicity of the photo with just one color and its various shades. To expand on the simplicity idea, I think that the stamens (?) coming out of the color, and in some cases, blending in with the color is perfect. I also like the fact that, on the one hand it is abstract with just the shades and shadows of the color, but on the other, you know that this is a flower, and it is an interesting way of looking at something that is ordinary (edit: ordinary as in something that we all know). I have really enjoyed your interpretation of this theme.

Steep: I like this photo. A lot of what I said for Stewart applies to your entry as well so I won’t repeat myself too much and expand on what I have said. It is abstract, and yet easily identifiable, and a good interpretation of the theme of color – as in a single color.
A very good entry.

 

[effyman]

Edge: I’ve seen this photo of yours before, and I still like it. The one critique I do have is that it may benefit with a little Photoshop work to accentuate the colors a little more. Perhaps if the pinks and blues “popped” a little bit more, it might have been more dramatic. This is just my 2 cents though, and it is still a great photograph, that I would have been proud to call my own.

BerraSM: I like your idea here. It is a more simple display, without a lot of distraction, so that my eye and mind just focus on the color. With this attention to color, however, I noticed that a few of the colors were out of order. There is a light yellow green between the beige and tan that, for me, should have been two spots down next to the darker brown and green. This is, however, just my anal retentiveness showing through and having to have things in order. Of course, it may have been your intention to not have it in order. Good submission.

Dod: This is a beautiful and elegant photograph. I think the lack of any bright color works very well here. The blues and grays are very soothing. One thing I may have done differently, however, would be to reverse the brightness from the stalk/leaf to the flower. For me, I would have rather seen the wilted flower just a little brighter. The stalks brightness draws my eye towards it, rather then to the flower, which I feel should be the emphasis of the photograph. Just an opinion, though.

Kenco: Wow! The detail in your photo is absolutely amazing. I love the fact that you have captured every detail of the insects face and body. However, while I really like the photo, I’m not sure that I think it fits in with the theme of color as well as it could. Perhaps if you were able to just capture his wings, the vibrant color in them would have fit a little better. That said, this is still an amazing photograph. If it were mine, it would be hanging on my wall at 16” x 20” or it would be my computer’s wallpaper, permanently. Beautiful photo, Kenco.

Feeson: This is an interesting photograph, which has made me look at it more than once. At first I saw the dolphin, because you pointed it out (and thank you for that, because I wouldn’t have seen it – I originally thought it was one of those infrared satellite images), but after more careful observation, I began to see other things, such as the variation in the color of the rust, as well as the oily rainbow in the dolphin and the other dark spots. Also the texture of the color is appealing to me. Good job Feeson. Keep it up

Dave: A good photograph, but I would have cropped it quite a bit so that the cars were the main subjects. To me, your photo speaks of old and new. The dull old gray (and blue) car, right next to the new shiny bright red one. The photo tells me that color is the essence of new. I’m not exactly sure how to express my thoughts here, but I keep thinking of new and used, young and old when I look at it. I also keep thinking of photos that I’ve seen of old wrinkly men and their young fresh grandchildren. You should be proud. I feel that a good photograph is one that makes the observer think, and you have done that here.

 

[effyman]

Dlh: As someone else said, the first thing I thought of was Schindler’s List, and as in the movie, this sign is signaling something important: a change in direction. In the movie it was a change in the direction his life was taking, and here this sign is telling me that it is time to change direction as well. Of course is it trying to tell me that I need to go one way as opposed to another, or is it trying to coerce me into obeying it? Should I really be going the other way, in spite of this sign?
Another thought provoking photo. Very good, Dlh.

Andy: You have submitted a good photograph, but I feel that it could be improved upon with just a little bit of work. First I would have cropped most of the image out and just focused in on the one flower near to the center, but I wouldn’t have centered it in the photo. I think that at the third point, as you have it now is a good placement for it. This would have brought all of my attention to it, which at the moment is torn between it, the wilting flower beneath it and the dead one behind it. The other thing that would have helped it out would be a smaller depth of field, so that the flower would have been more isolated from its surroundings. I hope I haven’t put you off with this, and after reading your recent post, I suspect I haven’t. I also hope to see more photos from you Andy.

Neos: I really like your photograph, except for the crop. Now that I have read your response post, I understand why you did it this way, but perhaps there would be a better way of going about it. If it were me, I would have photographed all three separately, on the same simple black background, and then put them together in Photoshop. This way you may have been able to correct for the wobbly veggies as well as gotten them to be closer in size. Of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and as long as you are happy, then that is all that matters.

"That's all folks" Hopefully I haven't put you all to sleep with my rambling , and I hope this all makes sense to everyone. Congratulations again, Aeryk. And congratulations to everybody. I really enjoyed viewing this competition, and hopefully I'll be able to contribute next time. I'll just have to tell my boss to p!&& off. There are more important things in life than work

 

[Dave]

Dave: A good photograph, but I would have cropped it quite a bit so that the cars were the main subjects. To me, your photo speaks of old and new. The dull old gray (and blue) car, right next to the new shiny bright red one. The photo tells me that color is the essence of new. I’m not exactly sure how to express my thoughts here, but I keep thinking of new and used, young and old when I look at it. I also keep thinking of photos that I’ve seen of old wrinkly men and their young fresh grandchildren. You should be proud. I feel that a good photograph is one that makes the observer think, and you have done that here.

/me adds another person to his fan list of three so far.

[smilie=t:

 

[silkstone]

Silkstone: Being honest I have to say that this was my first place and although it does look more like a painting than a photo it caught my eye. I pondered over this for sometime but the more I looked the more it came first. I like the lines of colour, the shadows and the simplicity of it. What’s more is, if I seen this for sale on the high street, I’d buy it.

I love you!

 

[KenCo]

I thought the butterfly shot was superb. You have to be either very lucky or very patient to get a butterfly head on like that. It succeeded for me as fulfilling the theme and as a brilliant macro shot. Excellent!

Thanks CT. I did spend a few hours one day but managed to get a lot of shots, i suppose i am lucky just because the garden gets full of butterflies.
Steady on Silkstone ops:

 

[Matt]

heres my thoughts, no offence intended!

Aeryk01
For me its a great shot, screams colour, nicely composed and the detail is really good. well done, a deserved winner...

Petemc
Good shot, nice idea, i have played with this idea myself, i tried to get a prism effect, spent hours searching for one and eventually made one, but it just didnt work....really impressed by the shot, maybe better if the point of focus was the front of the drop rather than to one side..

EosD
Goddam genius boy


Silkstone
I want to see the original, i'm not struck with the effect, though it is an interesting image

Matt
Really like this, its a fantastic idea, and its very engaging, i just stare at it for ages....

Kimmet
Another interesting idea, though i think the question mark becomes the focal point and not the colours, worth playing around with i think, the shot itself is well taken though

Stewart
One of the best shots i think, very graceful looking, well done

Steep
I like this too, the colour is great, the lines of the flower pull you around the picture, nice.

The Edge
another nice shot, not really fitting the theme but good nonetheless, great shame about the light playing on the glass

BerraSM
Another good idea well executed, i looked at doing something similar also but couldnt get it how i wanted, might have tried a different angle but still a good shot

Dod
Good shot this one, i had this down as perhaps PeteMC, certainly a very good image.

Kenco1964
I like this too, HUGE butterfly, well captured, you must have been climbing all over it!!

Feeson
I can see the Dolphin and i like the idea, but its not grabbing me, sorry

Dave
Might have done with being closer, its ok but its not reaching out to me like some of the others have...sorry again

Dlh
Surprised this didnt do better really, its a nice idea, perhaps slightly different composition would have helped, place the arrow on a third line intersection

AndyPandy
I would have got a macro of the rose head, great colours but they are a bit lost with the wide angle, good thinking but you could have done much more with it, hopefully we can bring a more creative edge to your shots...

Neos
gah get some blu-tac!!! could have been excellent

Good luck to everyone for round 2, the standard has really been set from round 1, lets keep it up!

 

[The Edge]

The Edge
another nice shot, not really fitting the theme but good nonetheless, great shame about the light playing on the glass

Huh?? :?

Is it not colourful??

 

[KenCo]

Kenco: Wow! The detail in your photo is absolutely amazing. I love the fact that you have captured every detail of the insects face and body. However, while I really like the photo, I’m not sure that I think it fits in with the theme of color as well as it could. Perhaps if you were able to just capture his wings, the vibrant color in them would have fit a little better. That said, this is still an amazing photograph. If it were mine, it would be hanging on my wall at 16” x 20” or it would be my computer’s wallpaper, permanently. Beautiful photo, Kenco.
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Thank you really appreciated.

Kenco1964
I like this too, HUGE butterfly, well captured, you must have been climbing all over it!!

Just a little.
Ken.

 

[Matt]

The Edge
another nice shot, not really fitting the theme but good nonetheless, great shame about the light playing on the glass

Huh?? :?

Is it not colourful??

Well it is, but on first glance it doesnt say 'colour', it says 'light' or 'electricity' or 'shapes' you get the idea though, lol

the problem with themes is its purely subjective, to someone else my shot might say curves rather than colour....

 

[petemc]

Pete.....Thanks for your comments! Much appreciated!

No probs mate, great shot

Thanks to everyone who commented on my pic

 

[stewart]

hi guys just like to say thanks to all those who took time to comment on my entry and look forward to the next round, cheers

 

[dod]

Dod
Good shot this one, i had this down as perhaps PeteMC, certainly a very good image.

Thanks for all the critiques guys. That one though I take as a huge compliment. If I ever get near Pete's standards I'll be well chuffed