"CHALLENGES OF LIFE"

Smooth roads never make good drivers
Smooth seas never make good sailors
Clear Skies never makes good Pilots.
Problem and hassle free Life never makes a strong person
Be Strong enough to accept the challenges of Life
Don't ask Life, "Why Me? . Instead say "Try Me!"


Great participate in this series of challenge, and our group is getting bigger too (Good news)! Let's keep the cloud on ya, and we might getting bigger~ Cheers!

This weeks actually I was busy and headache for whole weeks on my current jobs (E-commerce Marketing). Lucky last minute decision was making to apply a leave for retreat ourself (3 days) at Rawang Templar Park Rainforest Retreat.
Now get a bit refreshed, and moving forward in war zone of work again. Let start the engine!

Oh ya... this week challenge~ I was actually was forgotten of been judgement for this week, and do getting an nice picture for this event too.
Ok... let talk about this week judgement:

robjmitchell - Superb spy shot~ I like this so much~
Technical criteria - 8.2 /10
Exposure Focus/sharpness - 9/10
Depth of field - 8/10
Colour and/or tonal rendition - 8/10
Contrast - 8/10
Lighting - 8/10
Visual and aesthetic criteria - 8/10
Framing and choice of viewpoint - 9/10
Background - 8/10
Design elements and principles - 8/10
Appropriate application of photographic and/or manipulative techniques -7/10
Visual impact - 8/10
Content - 8.4/10
Information - 8/10
Emotion - 8/10
Mood - 9/10
Feeling - 9/10
Relevance - 8/10

Overall - 8.2/10



jcdoss - Overall... I think still is good photo, but the noise. Ermm... perhaps is camera.
Technical criteria - 7.8 /10
Exposure Focus/sharpness - 5/10
Depth of field - 8/10
Colour and/or tonal rendition - 8/10
Contrast - 9/10
Lighting - 9/10
Visual and aesthetic criteria - 8/10
Framing and choice of viewpoint - 9/10
Background - 9/10
Design elements and principles - 7/10
Appropriate application of photographic and/or manipulative techniques -7/10
Visual impact - 8/10
Content - 6.8/10
Information - 7/10
Emotion - 6/10
Mood - 6/10
Feeling - 7/10
Relevance - 8/10

Overall - 7.53/10



patrick9 - Nice~ but normal abit, and what wrong with the car light there? I'm thinking of it too long exposure....
Technical criteria - 7.6 /10
Exposure Focus/sharpness - 8/10
Depth of field - 7/10
Colour and/or tonal rendition - 7/10
Contrast - 8/10
Lighting - 8/10
Visual and aesthetic criteria - 7.8/10
Framing and choice of viewpoint - 8/10
Background - 8/10
Design elements and principles - 8/10
Appropriate application of photographic and/or manipulative techniques -7/10
Visual impact - 8/10
Content - 7.6/10
Information - 9/10
Emotion - 8/10
Mood - 6/10
Feeling - 7/10
Relevance - 8/10

Overall - 7.67/10



mtux - Hey~ My favourite food~! "Satay"... I like this shot, it create tempting to have a test. Yummy~
Technical criteria - 8.6 /10
Exposure Focus/sharpness - 9/10
Depth of field - 8/10
Colour and/or tonal rendition - 8/10
Contrast - 9/10
Lighting - 9/10
Visual and aesthetic criteria - 7.6/10
Framing and choice of viewpoint - 7/10
Background - 7/10
Design elements and principles - 8/10
Appropriate application of photographic and/or manipulative techniques -7/10
Visual impact - 8/10
Content - 8/10
Information - 7/10
Emotion - 8/10
Mood - 9/10
Feeling - 8/10
Relevance - 8/10

Overall - 8.07/10



bill2849 - ermm... Sorry this picture not speak to me again.
Technical criteria - 7/10
Exposure Focus/sharpness - 7/10
Depth of field - 7/10
Colour and/or tonal rendition - 6/10
Contrast - 8/10
Lighting - 7/10
Visual and aesthetic criteria - 6.4/10
Framing and choice of viewpoint - 5/10
Background - 6/10
Design elements and principles - 7/10
Appropriate application of photographic and/or manipulative techniques -7/10
Visual impact - 7/10
Content - 6.4/10
Information - 6/10
Emotion - 6/10
Mood - 6/10
Feeling - 6/10
Relevance - 8/10

Overall - 6.6/10



noelcmn - Arr... a cool air blowing me~
Technical criteria - 6.6 /10
Exposure Focus/sharpness - 8/10
Depth of field - 6/10
Colour and/or tonal rendition - 6/10
Contrast - 6/10
Lighting - 7/10
Visual and aesthetic criteria - 6.8/10
Framing and choice of viewpoint - 7/10
Background - 6/10
Design elements and principles - 7/10
Appropriate application of photographic and/or manipulative techniques -7/10
Visual impact - 7/10
Content - 6.8/10
Information - 7/10
Emotion - 6/10
Mood - 6/10
Feeling - 7/10
Relevance - 8/10

Overall - 6.73/10



ramseybuckeye - a nice city~ Colour and contrast it look nice~
Technical criteria - 8 /10
Exposure Focus/sharpness - 8/10
Depth of field - 8/10
Colour and/or tonal rendition -8/10
Contrast - 8/10
Lighting - 8/10
Visual and aesthetic criteria - 7.6/10
Framing and choice of viewpoint - 8/10
Background - 8/10
Design elements and principles - 7/10
Appropriate application of photographic and/or manipulative techniques -7/10
Visual impact - 8/10
Content - 7.4/10
Information - 8/10
Emotion - 7/10
Mood - 7/10
Feeling - 7/10
Relevance - 8/10

Overall - 7.67/10


- to be continue - busy with my baby now.. sorry ya... later i will continue again....

OMG.... yesterday night i was fall slept after busy with baby. Now let continue...



jheu02 - your picture is way too dark...if this able to get assist by torchlight, i think it will be much better.
Technical criteria - 6 /10
Exposure Focus/sharpness - 7/10
Depth of field - 7/10
Colour and/or tonal rendition -6/10
Contrast - 5/10
Lighting - 5/10
Visual and aesthetic criteria - 7/10
Framing and choice of viewpoint - 7/10
Background - 7/10
Design elements and principles - 7/10
Appropriate application of photographic and/or manipulative techniques -7/10
Visual impact - 7/10
Content - 6.6/10
Information - 6/10
Emotion - 6/10
Mood - 6/10
Feeling - 7/10
Relevance - 8/10

Overall - 6.53/10



boozary - wow... awesome! I like the scene, lighting, traffic and the bridge
Technical criteria - 8.2 /10
Exposure Focus/sharpness - 9/10
Depth of field - 8/10
Colour and/or tonal rendition -8/10
Contrast - 8/10
Lighting - 8/10
Visual and aesthetic criteria - 8.4/10
Framing and choice of viewpoint - 9/10
Background - 9/10
Design elements and principles - 8/10
Appropriate application of photographic and/or manipulative techniques -8/10
Visual impact - 8/10
Content - 8/10
Information - 8/10
Emotion - 8/10
Mood - 8/10
Feeling - 8/10
Relevance - 8/10

Overall - 8.2/10


now is time of result~
honourable mentions: ramseybuckeye & patrick9 - Keep this up!
3rd place: mtux - When you want to buy me Satay? Lol...

Arggg... it hard to choose between robjmitchell & boozary. I prefer this 2 as winner, but challenge rules... only 1 can be selected... Then base on my taste, i choose robjmitchell as 2nd and boozary as 1st... how you all think?
2nd place: robjmitchell - You photo is real awesome! Let come back again this week challenge.

This week winner is boozary

[noelcmn]

And there I was wondering what that message about life was all about! Good on ya, and even better on your baby!

[scomatic]

as usual... anyone here would like to rate and comment on my picture taken at Rawang Templar Park Rainforest Retreat for this challenge with my wife camera Canon 700D with Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 lens. ƒ/4.0 15.0 mm 62sec ss ISO100 with editing of brightness, contrast and using with blue filter.

[patrick9]

Thanks for the time spent on judging this weeks challenge Scomatic.
Nice shot Boozary and congratulations on the win. Congratulations as well to Mtux on 3rd and robjmitchell on second. I enjoyed all the entries

[mtux]

Wooha, Thanks again for a sharp and detailed judgment David (scomatic).
I guess having your favorite snack in the shot was a cheat code for me to get the third place over all the great entries of this week.

Congrats to Boozary for such a fantastic black and white shot and winning the challenge. Now you are the judge.
Also congrats to robjmitchell, it was one of the best cat shots I've seen so far. and I'm not a cat lover person at all.

Nice shot of an explosion David.

[boozary]

WOW, Thank you for your professional judging and comments Scomatic

and thank you for selecting my picture as winner and me for judge

[scomatic]

ermm... no one is judging my photo?

[noelcmn]

Just waiting for your baby to settle down
Congratulations Boozary- good shot that one. Congratulations too Robmitchell and Mtux., Thanks must go to our judge for a fine judging exercise.
Lovely photo too Scomatic-excellent PP. I like it.

[ramseybuckeye]

Boozary, congratulation, that was definitely my pick for the win here. Well done Rob & mtux too. David, great job on the judging, (thorough too!)

As far as the photo shot with the Canon, not bad technically, but the composition does nothing for me.

[boozary]

as usual... anyone here would like to rate and comment on my picture taken at Rawang Templar Park Rainforest Retreat for this challenge with my wife camera Canon 700D with Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 lens. ƒ/4.0 15.0 mm 62sec ss ISO100 with editing of brightness, contrast and using with blue filter.

it has nice PP and good sepiatone on mountains, thanks for posting scomatic

[boozary]

Thank you all for your congrats

[patrick9]

ermm... no one is judging my photo?

I think a shorter shutter speed to help keep the stars a bit more round , along with removing the line of light just below the center horizon would help this shot. IMHO.
That said I do like the shot

[robjmitchell]

Congrats Boozary, Thats a cracking photo, way better than my Kitty photo IMO!
Thanks for judging Scomatic, Thats a scary amount of detail!

[scomatic]

thanks for advised...
Fuh... i just got a little free time here...

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weird.... why the photo of mine appear at top page?