lol...I wanna vote for hevans!
Anyways...OK, slightly late review, but hey, I was very busy…I had to put a load of candles out with my King Charles Spaniel…
see if you can figure out why before you finish reading the review…
Also a brief review cos the sun is shining and there’s cold stella in the fridge, I have an appointment with the garden…
stevebedder…light and dark…very good work involved here, and fit’s the brief a treat…just a slight shame about the “ordinary” background (no offence to your back garden intended) I dunno, maybe I want the moon on a stick but the background is just a tad ordinary, like, if you’d taken your patio doors out into the countryside maybe.
But the “light” work is impressive. I figure it’ll be a contender on that score alone.
angus57...open and closed book…this has Sunday Times and V+A museum garden tools written all over it., Hmmm, lifestyle photography. Washed down with a glass of cab sav, yeah.
A really strong composition, even though its just a picture of a couple of books. I don’t know why but this works well I think.
jinky…You need hands…OK, I’m more of a tea leaf reading tarot card mumbo jumbo complete cobblers nonsense type myself…but I’ll read your palms if I must. This has a very humorous quality, chunky hard graft honest-as-the-day-is-long feel to it. I can see a significant portion of the votes heading your way, though fortunately you are unlikely to meet a tall handsome stranger.
Great detail and contrast in your grubby palms and I really like the bold chunky font which seems to echo the chunkiness of your honest hard working hands.
Erm yes, I think that’s right.
Who pressed the shutter?
MarkD…ends of the earth…is this the bit of open heath-land on the road between Lepe and Beaulieau?
Looks like it anyway. Or is it the bit near Furzey gardens, near that big stone whatever its called.
North and South works well for the OPPOSITES theme…
But Southampton and Nomansland I figure are one and the same. I like the rural feel here and I have an affection for the area…so points scored for effort. The sign stands out very well from the background and good Depth of field too.
Makes me wanna go visit and drink loads of ringwoods 49’er.
MPelley…opposite way up. As Yaz once said “the only way is up”
But she was wrong…just ask Derby and Birmingham.
FIt’s the brief well…Its actually a really good shot and I have to admit, I prefer it the “right way up”
These shots of reflections Really need a mirror-like stillness on the water for them to work effectively upside down…In my humble op anyway/
Now can I put my monitor back the right way please.
shelf…the village bike…currently floundering in 15th place prior to a much anticipated late rush of well deserved votes…if only for the delicate work involved in suspending a small model from the guttering with cotton.
Pure quality.
Ah, Sturmey Archer.
Toggle chain…that’s something you don’t hear anymore.
Fiona Lewis…she sells sea shells…another Little and Large effort. Super choice. A nice composition, of the kind oft seen on greeting cards in rural craft shops, next to the little shop selling cream teas and buns.
I like buns.
I also like the rustic colours and texture in this shot. Very effective indeed.
Maybe just cropped a little too tightly on the left side/
veggiesosage…pretty Poly,,,,yup, ever hear the one about two budgies sitting on a Perch, and one sez to the other “hmmm, can you smell fish?”
Or the two fish in a tank and one sez to the other…”how do you drive this thing?
Or the two cannibals eating a clown and one sez “Does this taste funny to you?”
But I digress, as is my customary wont.
Super bold colours and the way you’ve captured this, it does look like there’s a real dialogue going on between the two….so bonus points for the fluffy cutesey vibe. Any shot of animals that conveys some kind of “human” properties always seem to work.
Like this one.
Wattsy…Dead or Alive…you spin me right round baby, right round.
What can I say,,,bula bula, this is stunning. Terrific light, fantastic texture in the wood.
The long shadow of the creature a very effective, erm…effect.
Ace processing, very well done for sure.
GMOKDC…young and old…as mick jagger once sang on the awesome LOOKING THROUGH THE PAST DARKLY album…“blow away dandelion”
Wasn’t sure about this at first but the more I see it, the more it works, the contrast between the dandelion clock and the big bold bright flower really stands out. And well done for the angle…how are your knees btw?
Dave Cornwell…shopping city paradiso. So much for a day out mugging people…WHERE IS EVERYONE?
This works really well as a metaphor for retail down-turn, economic decline and the watering down of societies moral code in general.
Aye, yup, that’d be about right guv.
I’m struggling a little to see the OPPOSITES theme here…but that could be a reflection on my own intrapersonal head space rather than this composition.
Certainly an interesting shot though. I like the urban clean lines and the sense of desertion.
irebel…pirats love……Well well well! What have we here, shiver me timbers, a Pirate duck,
And a blatant attempt to influence the voting…Faaantastic. A great idea which means you will not have to walk the plank this week…though you are free to spank it at your leisure.
I’ve never seen a black pirate duck before so this has come as a bit of an eye-opener for me. I suppose the OPPOSITE theme is reflected in the sweet little yellow duck being the focus of amorous attention of the cut throat Captain Blackduckbeard duck.
Very Clever work.
Maybe just a tiny bit too much cropped from the right hand side.
But ducks rule…you get many extra points.
TringleWP…walk, don’t walk…another classic bit of work from the house of Tringle.
Reading / not reading. And I’m going to use my gag about her being upset again…yes, she looks almost beside herself…haha, lol, how I larfed. that’s my gag of the day.
Terrific editing and super composition…also great summer light and colours.
And no Teddy?
you know this could become like the Eurovision song contest…
You might need to a “my little horse” on it to avoid winning all the time.
Joni…swan song…they sure are ugly ducklings. Young / old / big / little…works on all the right levels/
The best place I ever found for shooting swans is the HALFWAY HOUSE public house in Rickmansworth. They have a river running at the bottom of the garden, overhanging trees so you get great reflections off the dark water, and the sun is mostly behind you.
And they also sell beer…a great place for a bevy and afternoon duck shoot…also seem to be lots of dragon flies too.
Anyways, yup, the sun///its just on the wrong side \I think, you’ve shot the Dark Side of the Duck.
Also I think swan / duck shots work best either with them facing you, coming toward you or going sideways…here they seem to be going away from you out of the shot.
I’m not an expert, there’s a few great “duck-shooters” on the forum who will know better. for sure there'll be one or two looking at the baby going "piggy back" and go "aaaaaw, how cute"
cute is always cool.
Nice effort though/ stick at it, roll up your jeans and wade to the other side.
moonlustie…hedge your bets…I see you need to trim your bush…love the great contrast of the green and yellow…quite effective.
I just wonder if a more abstract close up, face on , shot from right in front of the trees might work better, I dunno. The road and wall are sort of surplus to requirements and the sky seems a funny colour.
Very well spotted though, and a good idea. The right time of day too with the sun being where it was.
adesw…light and dark….but not as in chocolate. Has a dark dangerous feel to it, like most urban stair-wells seem to these days. Does what it sez on the tin, very dungeonesque too. (is there such a word? There is now.
For me this is a good idea but the bars being 2off-vertical doesn’t work. But then I like things to be straight.
Oldboy…old and new…Break out the oil of ulay baby…nice and simple composition, very effective…great contrasting colours too. This’ll get some votes/...good detail on the main leaves...a useful and effective DOF
JerryWSL…opposite sides. The Newport youth team. Looks like a Donegal kit actually.
Fit’s the bill, very bright and bold.
I like how you’ve shot them “headless” to emphasise the opposing colours of their kit, smart thinking.
Who won?
Oh yeah…sack the grounds man too…I’ve never seen so many daisies on a pitch.
afidler…take off / landing, Badminton anyone?
A horse, a horse, my kingdom for thirty pieces of silver and twenty Bensons…I think this is a slightly more, erm …unusual take on the theme and I like it a lot. WELL PLANNED OUT…Great processing and a bright bold image. Strong natural light is spot on…Slight shame about the people behind the head of the horse that’s landing. But not much you could realistically do about that I guess. One of my favourites this week though.
But Pressage …heywhat’s that all about.
bodsao…opposites…its the real thing. As said in the CHAT,,,great processing (as is usually the case) OK with A JD…just for the taste of it…the red can stands out a treat and looks like its floating in space in front of the gradient, which is nice!…but sadly this then distracts from the diet / white can which is a sort of bit lost, not standing out enough. Maybe a less severe angle, more straighter if you know what I mean,,, would bring it to the fore a bit more.
Not sure…I do after all…NOT make any money out of product photography.
ogga lily…young and old…some feet, yup, that’d be right…four of them.
Might get a cutesy “aw how sweet” vote. Not from me, I’m saving my deciding vote for myself after a boost in the poll sometime tomorrow morning, for it is written
It’s a bit of a so so shot though it fit’s the brief…I’ve seen much better stuff from you before though, so I’ve got my cranky “could do better” head on…
Oh yeah…
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…because he’s a snuffer dog.
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