A hint of the Norman about that steeple. But not the ecclesiastical building I was expecting when you said you were going to Canterbury.
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B&W RESULT:#28 Black & White Challenge
- Thread starter JillyG
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LOL!!! I'm going there this morning.A hint of the Norman about that steeple. But not the ecclesiastical building I was expecting when you said you were going to Canterbury.
sinnerjohn
IOTM WInner - April 2022
Thanks Jilly, it looks really dark on my computer at work, I'm sure it never looked like that on my ipad last nightLovely editing John.
Mingmarlama
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Done [emoji869]
#snapseed #lightx
sinnerjohn
IOTM WInner - April 2022
The Fly - b/w version snapseed
Old Five Legs.
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- Rog...
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- iPhone 13 Pro
This is a simply stunning iMage John, fantastic focus almost front to back, top to bottom, extremely well done...
Although my OCD is in overdrive with the symmetry break caused by its missing leg...
Mo-Co
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John, that is fantastic! Everything is sharp as a tack.
How are you able to get so close to a fly?
sinnerjohn
IOTM WInner - April 2022
Thanks Rog, much appreciated.This is a simply stunning iMage John, fantastic focus almost front to back, top to bottom, extremely well done...
Although my OCD is in overdrive with the symmetry break caused by its missing leg...
sinnerjohn
IOTM WInner - April 2022
Thank you. It was on a bathroom windowsill so the light was good but diffused through the frosted glass. It was warm so the fly was docile, hopefully not dead! I have a reasonably steady hand and the image is cropped. Just lucky I guess.
Wow, you're doing amazing things with that 6S. This is fantastic.
Luck!??? PAH!
Mingmarlama
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Thnq so much [emoji120]
rizole
It's not even my banana.
Am I still ill? Snapseed.
rizole
It's not even my banana.
M62.
So great!!
This is a simply stunning iMage John, fantastic focus almost front to back, top to bottom, extremely well done...
Although my OCD is in overdrive with the symmetry break caused by its missing leg...
All its legs are there - the middle R is kindof tucked under the wing.
Wow.
Equally stunning in B&W
Another stunner. Very striking image. Are you trying out a new phone/camera?
Mingmarlama
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Nope it's all done with my iPhone. I'm not using anything new, all of my pic are clicked by iPhone 6s and edit most of them from snapseed and enlight.
By the way thnx for the cmt.[emoji4]
When I have to judge a challenge, I open each image in a separate browser tab and then cycle through, tab by tab, over and over, closing tabs here and there until I'm left with just a few for the final decision. Once in a while, the winner grabs me on the first time through, and that's what happened here.
First goes to Larry MotownLarry for "Chloe": A beautiful portrait, soft without being in the least fuzzy or blurred, mainly high-key light but with enough darks to give it shape and interest. I love the pensive, direct gaze, the positioning at the right of the frame, the way the edges of her hat and arm fade into white, and the overall understated, no fuss look. It looks effortless, although I'd guess a fair amount of sweat went into it. Helluva portrait, Larry. You need to enter this somewhere, and you definitely need to print it.
Second goes to sinnerjohn for "The Fly": What's not to like? It's sharp, detailed, and strange, with some ick factor for extras. It may have been a lucky shot, as John said, or not, but so what? Even if luck puts you in the right place at the right time, you still have to make the shot and then (with a shot like this) have enough sense to leave it pretty much alone.
Third goes to rizole for "Bed rock": The image is sharp and contrasty, with dramatic clouds and good detail. But the kicker, for me, came on my second look, when I discovered the reclining figure that makes the image unusual. I know I would have been tempted to mess with localized adjustments to make the figure jump out more, but it's better this way.
And an Honorable Mention goes to Mingmarlama for "Smoky_image": Nice capture of the smoke (not that easy to do), and with the white smoke being off center to the right, my eye is drawn past it to the dark side-lit figure, then further into the shadowy background, then to the bright square in the left background, and from there back to the white smoke again.
First goes to Larry MotownLarry for "Chloe": A beautiful portrait, soft without being in the least fuzzy or blurred, mainly high-key light but with enough darks to give it shape and interest. I love the pensive, direct gaze, the positioning at the right of the frame, the way the edges of her hat and arm fade into white, and the overall understated, no fuss look. It looks effortless, although I'd guess a fair amount of sweat went into it. Helluva portrait, Larry. You need to enter this somewhere, and you definitely need to print it.
Second goes to sinnerjohn for "The Fly": What's not to like? It's sharp, detailed, and strange, with some ick factor for extras. It may have been a lucky shot, as John said, or not, but so what? Even if luck puts you in the right place at the right time, you still have to make the shot and then (with a shot like this) have enough sense to leave it pretty much alone.
Third goes to rizole for "Bed rock": The image is sharp and contrasty, with dramatic clouds and good detail. But the kicker, for me, came on my second look, when I discovered the reclining figure that makes the image unusual. I know I would have been tempted to mess with localized adjustments to make the figure jump out more, but it's better this way.
And an Honorable Mention goes to Mingmarlama for "Smoky_image": Nice capture of the smoke (not that easy to do), and with the white smoke being off center to the right, my eye is drawn past it to the dark side-lit figure, then further into the shadowy background, then to the bright square in the left background, and from there back to the white smoke again.