Winners -weekly challenge 363 Circles 09-16-2016, 02:10 AM
Well, let me start by saying what a great challenge this turned out to be - 30 pictures, all with something to offer. A great range of subjects and interpretations. Some very brief notes on the entries.... tpeace – visually arresting, good colours, circular floatand an arc for the horizon Arjay Bee – great composition with concentric circles, mutedcolour range Hattifnat – lovely bokeh balls, good choice of colourpalette rod_grant a very tasteful restrained colour palette, plentyof circles charliezap –great subject with interesting colours andreflections Vaskebjorn – great idea, might have been better (and safer)to crop in on one or two of the shelving sections. Lovely photo though slowpez – great patterns in this, good choice of monochrome,an image to spend time pondering EBirdy – real impact shot with nice lighting. Such colours! aaacb – good use of colour and tone to really draw you intothe photo tessfully – an ethereal photo full of interesting and subtletones and reflections SpecialK –deceptively simple but with subtle details thatreward a prolonged look, good mono choice DeepThrob -wellcomposed, a subtle interpretation of the theme assa1 – great composition, very intriguing, well seen atpdate - fantastic colour, well spotted djb47 – an unusual subject, nicely realised Clou – great use of light and shadow and interestingcomposition Bruce Clark – plenty of interest and circles venzi3 - fantastic composition, a subtle photo eva - well thought out, very striking image balint – a photo at once brash and subtle- lots of circleshiding I this one ramseybuckeye – lots of circles here, circles within circles,nicely exposed zdr- glorious flare AggieDad -fabulous flower, greatlighting jchorst – great lighting and composition jacamar – fabulous composition with circles a plenty andthat solitary figure geomez – glorious soaring composition that works well inmono mattwoodcock – this works on many levels –circular flowers incircular bundles, nice bokeh ChristianRock – well done for taking a picture just for thechallenge –circles in circles again, lovely colours smf – striking use of colour and an interesting viewpoint noelcmn – very nice lighting and composition
Now to winners. First off, to make my life easier, I discounted some that I didn't think were circular enough, despite their other merits! Still a tough one to judge, but there was one image that stuck in my mind.....
honourable mentions go to Noelcmn, Arjay Bee and mattwoodcock and jacamar (in no particular order) but the winner, enjoying his pint, is balint!
The glass in the photo is of course a circle, but there are others dotted about and the whole picture has great impact. Well done all | |