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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 21 |
Jul 18 |
Reply |
Peter, Wise words. |
Jul 29th |
| 21 |
Jul 18 |
Reply |
Nancy, I meant to include an image of the Front Cover of the book for information. |
Jul 28th |
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| 21 |
Jul 18 |
Reply |
Peter, Thank you for your kind words which are much appreciated. It never ceases to amaze me why our judges have to be photographers. Why don't we use artists, writers, poets, historians, teachers, academics, etc to name but a few, all of whom would bring a totally different perspective to the judging process? In the past, we have done just that in my local Camera Club with some success. It is a pity that we don't do more of it as we photographers might learn something as part of that process. |
Jul 28th |
| 21 |
Jul 18 |
Reply |
Susan, I agree. One of the problems with digital imaging is knowing when to stop! |
Jul 28th |
| 21 |
Jul 18 |
Reply |
Peter/Barrie, I like Peter's suggestion of an added element to the right of the trail that ends in the middle. However, care needs to be taken that this is not too central in the frame to reduce the overall visual dynamic. An off-centre placement would be preferable. |
Jul 28th |
| 21 |
Jul 18 |
Reply |
Barrie, I agree with Joan that this is quite different from your usual offerings. Indeed, when I first saw it, my immediate thought was this cannot be one of Barrie's images as there is no Find Edges Filter. |
Jul 28th |
| 21 |
Jul 18 |
Reply |
Peter, As I mentioned to John above, I might try removing the Radial Blur to retain the texture of the hand. |
Jul 28th |
| 21 |
Jul 18 |
Reply |
Thanks Peter. |
Jul 28th |
| 21 |
Jul 18 |
Reply |
Joan, Thank you for your kind words. It is a pity that more don't take the step to bridge the artistic gap between photography and other art forms. |
Jul 28th |
| 21 |
Jul 18 |
Reply |
Joan, Thank you for your comments. I wanted to create an image where the majority of the surface area (ie the hand) was mono and the remaining small area (ie the ring) was in colour. The Radial Gradient was used to emphasize and to draw attention to the wedding ring. |
Jul 28th |
| 21 |
Jul 18 |
Reply |
Susan, I must say that I prefer the non-backlit version. I find this option a little distracting and artificial. |
Jul 26th |
| 21 |
Jul 18 |
Reply |
John, Thank you for your kind words which are much appreciated. Your preference is noted and I might try removing the Radial Blur to retain the texture of the hand. |
Jul 26th |
| 21 |
Jul 18 |
Reply |
Nancy, Congratulations and very well done. You must be absolutely delighted with your 'Best of Show'. |
Jul 25th |
| 21 |
Jul 18 |
Reply |
Nancy, Thank you for your kind words which are much appreciated. I like your notion of moving forward as one into the future. This is quite apposite here as a very good friend of mine for some 30 years (diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in 2017) and myself (diagnosed with Lipo Sarcoma in 2015) have got together in a collaborative project to write a book using poetry and photography to explore the depths of human resilience that would not have been possible without the love and support of others. It is called 'Two Become One' (a title which operates at various levels of understanding) and will be published on 28 October by Troubador Publishing, just in time for Christmas! ISBN 978 1789015 720. We have two other books in process and these are called 'Kaleidescope' and 'The Sound of Butterfly's Wings'. Half of the proceeds from the books will be donated to MND Association and Sarcoma UK. |
Jul 24th |
| 21 |
Jul 18 |
Reply |
Nancy, I like your suggestion of a skier skiing the star trails which would link the two halves of the image nicely. Well done. |
Jul 24th |
| 21 |
Jul 18 |
Reply |
Peter, Such is the joy of photography. There are many genres out there and a myriad ways of looking at the world through the camera lens. The wonderful thing is that they are all correct. My fascination for taking soft-focus images is predicated on the fact that I have an annoying hand tremor which can be a bit of a challenge sometimes and not an endearing quality for a photographer. If you haven't already done so, have a read of my article 'What Do Judges Know' in June PSA Journal. |
Jul 24th |
| 21 |
Jul 18 |
Comment |
Peter, I find that monochrome images can be quite powerful without the distraction of colour as they rely for their success not on colour saturation but more on tonal quality and contrast. This is a good example. I like the way that you have taken an ordinary scene and converted it into something with an added visual dynamic and visual story. Your inclusion of the three spirits works well as it is a compositionally strong number and creates a good visual triangle of interest. However, I would like to have seen them at a further reduced opacity to make them even more transparent and ethereal. The spirit on the left hand side works best for me, is placed in a compositionally strong position and is floating into the frame from left to right. The upper part of that spirit is more ghostly than the lower half and the other two spirits. Interestingly, I see the left hand spirit as female and the other two spirits as male. Perhaps this is to do with their physical postures. |
Jul 18th |
| 21 |
Jul 18 |
Comment |
Nancy, I love your image which is full of feeling, emotion and mood. This has been created by your choice of subject, the full spectrum of colours, the arrangement of elements within the frame and your Photoshop technique. The twirled, kaleidoscope effect has generated a void into/through which the viewer can travel, dream and escape into their own thoughts. It reminds me of a Venetian mask that disguises the identify of the wearer. I would suggest that we don't need all three flowers. Although they do create a good visual triangle of interest, the image is sufficiently powerful not to require all three. I would be happy to retain just the bright yellow flower and to remove the other two. Compositionally, the yellow flower is rather central in the frame which reduces the overall visual dynamic of the picture. Therefore, I would be inclined to crop a little off the right hand edge and perhaps a sliver off the top of the image. Congratulations and very well done. It appeals to this creative photographer who 'doesn't do sharp' ... |
Jul 17th |
| 21 |
Jul 18 |
Comment |
Susan, This is an interesting image which is full of mystery and intrigue. I particularly like the effect that you have created in the parachutes of the dandelion fronds which is not unlike that obtained with the Fractalius filter. Filling half of the frame with a quarter of the dandelion works well and the placement of the moon in the top left quadrant is perfect. I find the addition of the bug a little distracting and for me the image works better without it. I need the image to be visually bounded as the dark background bleeds over out of the frame. The attached alternative version includes a one pixel white stroked line to prevent this. I have also flipped it horizontally to maximize the left-to-right visual flow through the image. |
Jul 17th |
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| 21 |
Jul 18 |
Comment |
John, I prefer the saturated colours and monochrome background of your original version to the monochrome Stained Glass filter effect of the final version. Although I quite like the jigsaw effect against the background, the effect is lost on the dark areas of the three bottles. Peter's alternative version using Find Edges works better for me. |
Jul 17th |
| 21 |
Jul 18 |
Comment |
Barrie, There is a simplicity about this slide sandwich that is quite appealing. I like the way that the two groups of trees are like opposing forces separated by the 'no-mans-land' in between. The time delay on the star trails creates an added dynamic that adds to the visual story. Does it need another element as Susan suggested? I think it probably does to create that extra visual triangle of interest. |
Jul 17th |
| 21 |
Jul 18 |
Comment |
Joan, I liked your original red balloon image and the potential visual story associated with it. Your addition of the blue and white balloons adds to this visual story. Not only is 'three' a compositionally strong number which creates a good visual triangle of interest but also the three colours adds a sense of further National identity to the image. Your techniques have been used very well.
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Jul 7th |
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