B&W RESULT: #258 Black & White Challenge

rizole said:
First I'd like to give myself a HM for a cracking, overly agressive start to the B&W week followed by a classic comic reversal. :drool:

HMS also to terse's birds, WOTANICUS's street photos, (infact good street stuff this week all round, love psmoore's 3 doors,) chineezguy's Lew Castle and deepop's pedestrian walkway.

On the podium this week in 3rd position is sinnerjohn with Josep. Love the framing, the texture and palette of darks and greys. My assumption is this is a gravestone, it might not be, and that gives the picture a poignancy. Even the fact that the name is off the horizontal and looks like the pic was taken to the side and not face on, adds to the feel and quality of the image.

In 2nd position is dscheff with Watch This. A lovely portrait with beautiful, rich, glowing lighting. A real stunner I think. Getting eye contact from a cat is nigh on imposible in my experience but Dobby's(?) gaze gives the sense of real connection with the viewer.

In 1st position is RoseCat with Through a window while sitting in traffic.
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My immediate response to it was a mix of irritation and mild ire. I didn't really look at it and moved on to the next in the thread. It looks like a picture that hasn't downloaded properly with digital aberrations and glitches.

Later, when I saw Jilly say...

I thought I'd missed a pic, went back to look, saw it was this pic and looked at it again with my eyes, not my my knee jerk reactions.

I think this is brilliant. It seems to break many photography and compositional conventions. In that sense it has a bit of a punk aesthetic for me. The sky and wall are in the same tonal range making it look quite flat until you look closer. And I had to look closer, it drew me in. I can't quite resolve the scale or distance in the central details. The tree and harley davision sign perhaps give it away. I like how the sign isn't all there and, repetative divots in the wall and splashing of the paint/render on the wall add to the punkness. Even the sky isn't quite playing ball with a smidge of cloud to break the perfect gradient.
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Congrats RoseCat an intriguing picture indeed. High fives to dscheff, lovely portrait. Yay to the HM's and thank you for your thoughts on dear Joseph's memorial rizole. :thumbs:
 
rizole said:
First I'd like to give myself a HM for a cracking, overly agressive start to the B&W week followed by a classic comic reversal. :drool:

HMS also to terse's birds, WOTANICUS's street photos, (infact good street stuff this week all round, love psmoore's 3 doors,) chineezguy's Lew Castle and deepop's pedestrian walkway.

On the podium this week in 3rd position is sinnerjohn with Josep. Love the framing, the texture and palette of darks and greys. My assumption is this is a gravestone, it might not be, and that gives the picture a poignancy. Even the fact that the name is off the horizontal and looks like the pic was taken to the side and not face on, adds to the feel and quality of the image.

In 2nd position is dscheff with Watch This. A lovely portrait with beautiful, rich, glowing lighting. A real stunner I think. Getting eye contact from a cat is nigh on imposible in my experience but Dobby's(?) gaze gives the sense of real connection with the viewer.

In 1st position is RoseCat with Through a window while sitting in traffic.
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My immediate response to it was a mix of irritation and mild ire. I didn't really look at it and moved on to the next in the thread. It looks like a picture that hasn't downloaded properly with digital aberrations and glitches.

Later, when I saw Jilly say...

I thought I'd missed a pic, went back to look, saw it was this pic and looked at it again with my eyes, not my my knee jerk reactions.

I think this is brilliant. It seems to break many photography and compositional conventions. In that sense it has a bit of a punk aesthetic for me. The sky and wall are in the same tonal range making it look quite flat until you look closer. And I had to look closer, it drew me in. I can't quite resolve the scale or distance in the central details. The tree and harley davision sign perhaps give it away. I like how the sign isn't all there and, repetative divots in the wall and splashing of the paint/render on the wall add to the punkness. Even the sky isn't quite playing ball with a smidge of cloud to break the perfect gradient.
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Oh man…. thank you rizole for such a thoughtful review. :inlove: :notworthy: I’m so stoked that you like this <rather random and off-the-cuff> image. And I really love that the image annoyed you at first glance! :lol: Anyway…. Much appreciated. ❤️

Super congrats to dscheff Jeffrey, sinnerjohn John and the HMs - every one of these is a winner and I’m thrilled to be in such company.
 
sinnerjohn said:
Congrats RoseCat an intriguing picture indeed. High fives to dscheff, lovely portrait. Yay to the HM's and thank you for your thoughts on dear Joseph's memorial rizole. :thumbs:
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terse said:
Yay, RoseCat for the win! Congrats to dscheff, sinnerjohn, and the HMs, too.
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dscheff said:
Wow! Under the wire, so to speak. Congratulations Catherine! SinnerJohn! And all the Honorables! Thank you Rizole. Dobbie used to run away from the camera/phone. Not she sits there and just lets it happen. Lol
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Thank you! :blush:
 
rizole said:
First I'd like to give myself a HM for a cracking, overly agressive start to the B&W week followed by a classic comic reversal. :drool:

HMS also to terse's birds, WOTANICUS's street photos, (infact good street stuff this week all round, love psmoore's 3 doors,) chineezguy's Lew Castle and deepop's pedestrian walkway.

On the podium this week in 3rd position is sinnerjohn with Josep. Love the framing, the texture and palette of darks and greys. My assumption is this is a gravestone, it might not be, and that gives the picture a poignancy. Even the fact that the name is off the horizontal and looks like the pic was taken to the side and not face on, adds to the feel and quality of the image.

In 2nd position is dscheff with Watch This. A lovely portrait with beautiful, rich, glowing lighting. A real stunner I think. Getting eye contact from a cat is nigh on imposible in my experience but Dobby's(?) gaze gives the sense of real connection with the viewer.

In 1st position is RoseCat with Through a window while sitting in traffic.
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My immediate response to it was a mix of irritation and mild ire. I didn't really look at it and moved on to the next in the thread. It looks like a picture that hasn't downloaded properly with digital aberrations and glitches.

Later, when I saw Jilly say...

I thought I'd missed a pic, went back to look, saw it was this pic and looked at it again with my eyes, not my my knee jerk reactions.

I think this is brilliant. It seems to break many photography and compositional conventions. In that sense it has a bit of a punk aesthetic for me. The sky and wall are in the same tonal range making it look quite flat until you look closer. And I had to look closer, it drew me in. I can't quite resolve the scale or distance in the central details. The tree and harley davision sign perhaps give it away. I like how the sign isn't all there and, repetative divots in the wall and splashing of the paint/render on the wall add to the punkness. Even the sky isn't quite playing ball with a smidge of cloud to break the perfect gradient.
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Well done everyone and thanks for the HM's and great comedy into to the judging!
 
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