Post by alexr on Jul 17, 2016 14:33:56 GMT
It has been another fascinating week of postings, and the usual tough (but enjoyable) choice.
Honourable mentions this week go to:
Jackscrap's Strangler Fig Tree. I really love the domination of the curtain of the fig tree, looking slightly malevolent, slightly other-worldly, enhanced by the high contrast between almost burnt out light and deep shade. When I first saw the image I thought that I would have deleted or toned down the red plants (?) that you could see through the branches, but on second thoughts they are exactly right, giving a sense of something interesting beyond, that I want to see but can't quite reach.
jjr1770's Flowers Along the Shoreline. What a beautiful fresh pastel breath of spring air. Lovely depth of field, great use of vignette, and wonderful definition of the stems which adds interest, rather than it just being the flower heads. Although the flower heads are indeed lovely with each petal standing distinct. Great composition within the frame, too.
Sydney's Anzac Bridge. I do love photographic images that look abstract, and this is a seriously impressive example of this. Great graduation of colour from top to bottom, lovely symmetry and enough detail left at the bottom to make it clear what the image is of, while leaving the rest of the image purely abstract. I'm not sure I would have left the streetlights in, but you have been right and I would have been wrong.
And so my image of the week this time around goes to Deany's Society Garlic. I have loved seeing Deany post this style of image over the weeks, and watching them develop in complexity and subtlety. This one must surely be the pinnacle with the delicate inclusion of colour, the 3D effect of the curving leaf veins and the added texture from the bokeh. I am not usually a fan of borders, but in this case it fits perfectly and adds to the overall design. So, Deany, can you get better than this? I don't see how but I'm looking forward to what comes next.
Well done to all of the above, and to everyone else that I would have loved to mention. Keep the images coming, they make the IOW Judges' job such a pleasure.
Honourable mentions this week go to:
Jackscrap's Strangler Fig Tree. I really love the domination of the curtain of the fig tree, looking slightly malevolent, slightly other-worldly, enhanced by the high contrast between almost burnt out light and deep shade. When I first saw the image I thought that I would have deleted or toned down the red plants (?) that you could see through the branches, but on second thoughts they are exactly right, giving a sense of something interesting beyond, that I want to see but can't quite reach.
jjr1770's Flowers Along the Shoreline. What a beautiful fresh pastel breath of spring air. Lovely depth of field, great use of vignette, and wonderful definition of the stems which adds interest, rather than it just being the flower heads. Although the flower heads are indeed lovely with each petal standing distinct. Great composition within the frame, too.
Sydney's Anzac Bridge. I do love photographic images that look abstract, and this is a seriously impressive example of this. Great graduation of colour from top to bottom, lovely symmetry and enough detail left at the bottom to make it clear what the image is of, while leaving the rest of the image purely abstract. I'm not sure I would have left the streetlights in, but you have been right and I would have been wrong.
And so my image of the week this time around goes to Deany's Society Garlic. I have loved seeing Deany post this style of image over the weeks, and watching them develop in complexity and subtlety. This one must surely be the pinnacle with the delicate inclusion of colour, the 3D effect of the curving leaf veins and the added texture from the bokeh. I am not usually a fan of borders, but in this case it fits perfectly and adds to the overall design. So, Deany, can you get better than this? I don't see how but I'm looking forward to what comes next.
Well done to all of the above, and to everyone else that I would have loved to mention. Keep the images coming, they make the IOW Judges' job such a pleasure.
