Ok, I’m not very happy with you guys! Every single person entering the comp has a valid reason to be in the top 3 images in this one. I’m not even certain I’d pick the same 3 if I looked again this evening but it’s got to be done, so here it is.
No apologies for the length of this, I honestly found every photo to be great and separating this lot was very difficult.
1St PLACE
let’s be friends by
sinnerjohn
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it’s not the sort of image I’d usually go for when against certain other images, but in itself, this is brilliant and I’d be proud to have captured it. These guys are full of character and it’s been captured here. The focus is great too. I’d love to know what process was done to this, drama Or hdr type effect in snapseed perhaps?
you certainly didn’t make it easy for me with the images you put in this challenge.
2nd place
Airline by rizole
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This is one of those proper old school photos as I call it. Possibly minimalistic, as I would call it, makes it clean with great tones. The position or angle, of the plane made me think about the image too
For me a case of less is more.
3rd place
Prayer flags by
RoseCat
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this is one of those that just sits easy on the eye for me. Tones, noise, light are all adding to it and just something very different from the norm where I live. It came into my head that I liked the chaos in this too but I have no idea how to describe that so I’ll just say I love this.
as for mentions where do I start?
rizole you put too many good photos into the same challenge. I really like the tunnel one but then you went and made my job hard by putting the excellent PRISM into the challenge. That’s one of the ones I agonised over. BATHROOM WINDOW BUDDIES was another That could have got there. Thanks for making my job hard lol
JillyG oh god, what do I say? Chaos was superb, and was definitely one of the ones I had to debate over, the Woman holding her hand to her face was simply perfect. It really was a gnats whisker from the top spots.
Starzee this went close ( still in the trees). Looking at it again, I don’t know why I didn’t pick it in the top 3 but I really had to make a decision but the effect was really good. The hi-key suited it perfectly.
sinnerjohn you dont know how close this was, but ONCE MORE AROUND THE BACK could have won this. Again, putting too many comp winners in one challenge just gives me a mega headache. Oh and THE HUMAN ELEMENT, don’t even go there. It could have won, and might well have if I’d kept to my stereotyped people photography, but this was a real corker. you made my life hell in deciding. wait, there’s the bits and bobs one too, the reflection added to it so much and hmmm, it just shot up to my second fav of yours, no 3rd fav, no 2nd fav, bugger it, I need a whiskey!!!,
psmoore the sky in your landscape was brilliant. it was hard not to include this but hope a huge mention is suffice.
terse oh god, another part of the day and you could have won it. Yet another person who made me writhe in agony. The PELICAN FLIGHT was excellent as was cave like but FISHING IN THE FOG, it hurt not to pick it, it really did and on another day I have no doubt it would have been up there ( It was still so close tho)
deepop big mentions to
BOTH SAFE HARBOUR and ACROSS THE BOSPORUS. Yet another two images were worthy of the top spots I think especially considering the dramatic skies. Your vases is another one that appealed with outstanding tones and shadows
jpclicks loved sailboat at sea. living Right on and seeing the sea everyday was probably the only reason this didn’t get into the top 3 ( possibly the same for
terse photo of his trawler thinking about it) but loved the simplistic view with the light on the water making it something special.
im not leaving
WOTANICUS out either cos HOUSEKEEPERS DAY OFF is a potential winner and the sort of image I’d be attracted to straight away. I think that shows along with my record breaking mentions, that this challenge was so difficult AND close.