Martin's submission notes:
OK Braaaaaz, first again;
Lack of long lens aside, I found it difficult to
get the shots I wanted. Most likely due to
the fact that I watch a lot of sport and I know
that the shots are out there waiting to be
grabbed.
Opportunities were a little thin also.
Image notes;
All cropped, curves,
OK Braaaaaz, first again;
Lack of long lens aside, I found it difficult to
get the shots I wanted. Most likely due to
the fact that I watch a lot of sport and I know
that the shots are out there waiting to be
grabbed.
Opportunities were a little thin also.
Image notes;
All cropped, curves,
- Andrew Walker - desat
- Ball Boy - saturation
- Drench - desat, sharp
- Going Long - nil
- Grubber - contrast, warmed
- Levitate - desat
- Team Bond - nil
- The Strategy - nil
| June 2013 Topic: "Sport" |
| "Andrew Walker" |
| "Ball Boy" |
| "Grubber" |
| "Team Bond" |
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| "Pancake" |
| Other shots Martin submitted |
| "The Strategy" |
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Seans submission notes:
Ok Ok here are my lot – first as usual
Image notes:
Ok Ok here are my lot – first as usual
Image notes:
- Drive, Cropped, contrast, brightness
- Fatherhood, crop (you reckon?)
colour, contrast adjustments
- Putt, Nil
- Goal, cropped and filter for effect
- Visitors, Crop and desat adjustment
- Eyes on the ball – Crop, brightness
- Pancake, crop – brightness
- Targetted – Crop and filter for effect
- Trans Alp, crop, levels, detail
extracted
- Watch Me, crop, levels
- Home stretch, crop, brightness
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| Overall with weighting 7.50/10 |
Sean's Pick - score and comments: "Drenched"
Ok Ok here we go,
Leaving things to the last minute does do one thing and makes you work harder, in your case I can literally see you
running up and down the sideline hunting for keepers.
Good to see your boy out there too these days, something that no doubt I will see more of over the years.
I must say out of all of your shots one has more impact, punch / guts and so accordingly I have to give it to
“Drenched” I don’t mind the over sharpened nature and fringing – its sort of offset by the fast shutter splash action.
It does certainly say Sport to me as it does exhaustion. Well done - I bet you don’t mind this one either.
Other image in order of merit.
Ok Ok here we go,
Leaving things to the last minute does do one thing and makes you work harder, in your case I can literally see you
running up and down the sideline hunting for keepers.
Good to see your boy out there too these days, something that no doubt I will see more of over the years.
I must say out of all of your shots one has more impact, punch / guts and so accordingly I have to give it to
“Drenched” I don’t mind the over sharpened nature and fringing – its sort of offset by the fast shutter splash action.
It does certainly say Sport to me as it does exhaustion. Well done - I bet you don’t mind this one either.
Other image in order of merit.
- Ball Boy, yep this one nearly got it, caught well with great DOF. The kids expression is a classic too as it the
quality of exposure. The other shot in my mind is still better though.
- Grubber, Nice panning with dirty sweaty footy action on show Suitable crop – your close enough here as I love
that mud clog mid air.
- The Strategy, good shot of the boys with a Ginger Megs feel, Good focus and exposure composition off a bit
and perhaps better if taken at eye level.
- Going long, not bad – background would have looked better defocused, ball caught reasonably well with good
focus on the eyes where it counts.
- Levitate, yes you got it but you need to get closer..
- Team bond and Andrew Walker – meh..
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| "Targetted" |
| "Father hood" |
| "Eyes on the ball" |
| "Visitors" |
| "Putt" |
| "Levitate" |
| "Goal" |
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| Overall with weighting 7.75/10 |
Martin's Pick - score and comments: "Drive"
Tossing up this month as to how to assess - whether it be on hitting topic or image worthiness. I decided on image
worthiness as I just couldn't give the gong to the topic leader.
For me, far and away the best shot is "Drive". The composition is freaking superb (had to be a 10), the muted tones
and the subtle contrast of the ball make this a cracker. Worthy of a golfing mag. Of course it is somewhat too social
for me, hence losing some topic score.
Other shots in order of merit:
Others not cutting it for me.
Tossing up this month as to how to assess - whether it be on hitting topic or image worthiness. I decided on image
worthiness as I just couldn't give the gong to the topic leader.
For me, far and away the best shot is "Drive". The composition is freaking superb (had to be a 10), the muted tones
and the subtle contrast of the ball make this a cracker. Worthy of a golfing mag. Of course it is somewhat too social
for me, hence losing some topic score.
Other shots in order of merit:
- Targetted - Not a lot of things I can say here... Grain, timing, comp, footy shorts. Love it.
- Goal - My choice for hitting topic the best. Plenty going on, great lens use, stinks of competition, PP works too.
Why is that Goalie just coming back from a cigarette?
- Watch Me - Hmmmm, I'm thinking that the cropped hand was absolutely necessary? Or maybe you just didn't
get it at shutter time. Kurt and Naomi look fairly hardcore with all the gear.
- Fatherhood - I just bloody well like this. Do a print and leave it at the Clubhouse notice board with a business
card. Gotta get me one of those lenses!!
- Visitors - Likey. Plenty of characters to study. Gotta get me some of those sunnies.
- Pancake - Title loses me. Nice action, curious as to what happens in the following frames. Nice light.
Others not cutting it for me.
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| NEXT MONTH TOPIC: Food photography |
| "Drench" |
| "Going Long" |
| "Drive" |
| Other shots Sean submitted |
| "TransAlp" |
| "Home stretch" |
| "Watch me" |