Nominations for the March Image of the Month (IotM) close at the end of the day on Sunday, March 31. Get your four nominations in!
Very nice selections!!Minimalism rules in this round of the B/W challenge.
First goes to Geek1956 for his mysterious street scene. What are they looking at? Leaves? Ants? Tiny invisible aliens? But draw your eyes away from that for a moment to look at the whole image. It's a classic high contrast b/w. The blacks are deep black, there's still detail in the white wall, the shadows are falling in just the right direction, and the relationship of the two figures to one another is as intriguing as the mystery of what they're looking at. A great catch.
Second goes to younger for "Come on in, we’re open." It's bare and dark, yet warm and inviting, with details still visible in the bright outdoors. It's asymmetrical but balanced, and the arcs of the stools somehow fit with the arcs in the glass over the door. Good eye.
Third goes to Celine Lumiere for "Empty table," which is both like and not like the previous image: bare and artfully framed, but chilly and distressed instead of warm and smooth. And like the previous image, you might glance at the scene and write it off as not worth your time. But if you stop and look and give it a moment.... Good eye again.
Honorable mentions go to JillyG for "A Frosty Morning" and sdimbour for "sunset water".
Thank you very much Ted for your wonderful judging. Congratulations to Geek1956 Kevin for yet another marvellous black and white stunner. Well done to younger Juliana and Celine Lumiere Celine for second and third respectively - two tables and two very different, but atmospheric images. Thank you for my HM and high fives to sdimbour Sandra who joins me on the HM podium. Great work from everyone again throughout the last two weeks. Okay, me and the enigmatic couple are off to the Gallery.Minimalism rules in this round of the B/W challenge.
First goes to Geek1956 for his mysterious street scene. What are they looking at? Leaves? Ants? Tiny invisible aliens? But draw your eyes away from that for a moment to look at the whole image. It's a classic high contrast b/w. The blacks are deep black, there's still detail in the white wall, the shadows are falling in just the right direction, and the relationship of the two figures to one another is as intriguing as the mystery of what they're looking at. A great catch.
Second goes to younger for "Come on in, we’re open." It's bare and dark, yet warm and inviting, with details still visible in the bright outdoors. It's asymmetrical but balanced, and the arcs of the stools somehow fit with the arcs in the glass over the door. Good eye.
Third goes to Celine Lumiere for "Empty table," which is both like and not like the previous image: bare and artfully framed, but chilly and distressed instead of warm and smooth. And like the previous image, you might glance at the scene and write it off as not worth your time. But if you stop and look and give it a moment.... Good eye again.
Honorable mentions go to JillyG for "A Frosty Morning" and sdimbour for "sunset water".
Thanks, everyone!Minimalism rules in this round of the B/W challenge.
First goes to Geek1956 for his mysterious street scene. What are they looking at? Leaves? Ants? Tiny invisible aliens? But draw your eyes away from that for a moment to look at the whole image. It's a classic high contrast b/w. The blacks are deep black, there's still detail in the white wall, the shadows are falling in just the right direction, and the relationship of the two figures to one another is as intriguing as the mystery of what they're looking at. A great catch.
Second goes to younger for "Come on in, we’re open." It's bare and dark, yet warm and inviting, with details still visible in the bright outdoors. It's asymmetrical but balanced, and the arcs of the stools somehow fit with the arcs in the glass over the door. Good eye.
Third goes to Celine Lumiere for "Empty table," which is both like and not like the previous image: bare and artfully framed, but chilly and distressed instead of warm and smooth. And like the previous image, you might glance at the scene and write it off as not worth your time. But if you stop and look and give it a moment.... Good eye again.
Honorable mentions go to JillyG for "A Frosty Morning" and sdimbour for "sunset water".