Sean's submission notes:
Ok Ok First as usual & still waiting..
Image notes – tried to explore the characteristics
of glass in this submission.
OK - Where’s my subs, eval and taster!!!!!!!
Ok Ok First as usual & still waiting..
Image notes – tried to explore the characteristics
of glass in this submission.
OK - Where’s my subs, eval and taster!!!!!!!
- Scotched - cropped, contrast, levels
- Tea-fish, cropped, contrast, levels.
- Glass guillotine– contrast, dodged
- Head & Hand, B&W adjusted, cropped
- Before and after - 2 layered exposures
milliseconds apart. Contrast levels,
- Business hours, bi-color filter, contrasted
- Cyclone taped - perspective correction
and cropped, contrast, levels.
| October 2013 Topic: "Glass" |
| "Head & hand" |
| "Business hours" |
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| "Before and after" |
| Other images Sean submitted, click to enlarge |
| "Tea fish" |
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| Overall with weighting 7.85 / 10 |
Sean's Pick - score and comments: CBD
Ok Braz, I started to get worried about you late submissions as the months rolled by. Good to see you
cough them up and accordingly here is your Eval.
I quite liked the mixture of subjects this month with some pulling my attention more than others.
I had to give it to CBD for being compositionally pleasant, on topic & a nice mix of colour that pulls it
altogether. It could do with some minor straightening but ignored that.
In second poll position I had to give it to
Ok Braz, I started to get worried about you late submissions as the months rolled by. Good to see you
cough them up and accordingly here is your Eval.
I quite liked the mixture of subjects this month with some pulling my attention more than others.
I had to give it to CBD for being compositionally pleasant, on topic & a nice mix of colour that pulls it
altogether. It could do with some minor straightening but ignored that.
In second poll position I had to give it to
- RETRO, I really like the lighting and composition here, the border no so much. Not sure what the
object is on the left – I assume its some sort of sci fi drinking glass but not being able to confirm only
confuses the shot for me and well that’s why its second place. I also don’t know if it is a glass
reflection or that I can see through glass at the bottom (also a bit confusing to read?) Looks good
though mate.
- Third is LEDs – mad looking array of lights which had me re looking this image over and over. I am
not sure if the circular object eyes right does much for the overall photo. Good lighting once again
though.
- Chair through Glass, interesting adaptation of lens work here, subject composition could have
been tightened to the right. I love those recycled chairs. Colours add interest.
- Back Row, a peaceful photo with good leading perspective to the alter. Not much glass interest
here for topic – but person adds to the composition very well. Looks a bit over worked with the
saturation.
- Family portrait – another interesting topic link here which is visually striking but a bit to distorted for
my liking.
- Yabby Puja, not sure what I am looking at here bras?
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| NEXT MONTH TOPIC: Flash Photography |
| "Glass guillotine" |
| "Cyclone taped" |
| "Scotched" |
| Other shots Martin submitted - Click to enlarge |
| CBD |
Martin's submission notes:
Ok Hey Braaaaaaz. Been a while
to get these out of the darkroom.
I trust you will score me suitably.
All shots cropped, curves and
colours.
Yabby Puja has had more work
than Shane Warne.
Ok Hey Braaaaaaz. Been a while
to get these out of the darkroom.
I trust you will score me suitably.
All shots cropped, curves and
colours.
Yabby Puja has had more work
than Shane Warne.
| "Retro" |
| "Yabby Puja" |
| "Family Portrait" |
| "Chair through double glazing" |
| "LEDs" |
| "Back Row" |
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| Overall with weighting 7.80 / 10 |
Martin's Pick - score and comments: Scotched
Two standouts for me this month. One which had compelling journalistic interest and the other tearing topic
relevance a new one. I chose the one that gave me the warm fuzzy feeling and went for Scotched. Whilst I
am no fan of Scotch I just imagined what was coming from the decanter was Wild Turkey and things were
just gas.
The four separate glass elements, great use of background static thingy and set atop a glass surface all
hit the mark. If I have to say anything which detracts it is the lean of the glass (naughty naughty) and a little
more DOF may have sharpened the leading edge of the glass, but you may not have wanted that. Likey.
Other images in order of merit:
No need to blat on about the others. Glass guillotine is too weird
Two standouts for me this month. One which had compelling journalistic interest and the other tearing topic
relevance a new one. I chose the one that gave me the warm fuzzy feeling and went for Scotched. Whilst I
am no fan of Scotch I just imagined what was coming from the decanter was Wild Turkey and things were
just gas.
The four separate glass elements, great use of background static thingy and set atop a glass surface all
hit the mark. If I have to say anything which detracts it is the lean of the glass (naughty naughty) and a little
more DOF may have sharpened the leading edge of the glass, but you may not have wanted that. Likey.
Other images in order of merit:
- Head and Hand - Great spotting this one. Macabre. Nice frame. That rearview mirror looks a little
too intact to complete the story maybe.
- Business Hours - Hell nice exposure. The empty carpark in the reflection makes this shot work.
- Tea Fish - I guess I am having trouble working this one out. Probably my ignorance has it down
here. It may be the light which is coercing my judgement here.
- Before and After - The concept is terrific, but the result dosnt really do it for me. I guess you only
get one chance with a shot like this. Go out and get 5 more of those bottles and reshoot braaaaaz.
No need to blat on about the others. Glass guillotine is too weird
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