Firstly, thanks for giving up your time and submitting some great and interesting images to this challenge, YV asked if i'd offer some thoughts on the images posted and I rather foolishly agreed....only kidding..... It's taken a good couple of hours to run through the images. my comments have tried to take into consideration the limitations of the equipment and the aim of the challenge.
1. ecniv. The cube is the best of the bunch with the edgy composition and textures in terms of the form of the building and the grain in the image.
I kind of like woktastic, but feel you could have made a stronger image if you'd focused solely on the animation.
2. noters. starlings is the more dramatic image, my mind is immediately drawn to Hitchcock's classic. With the movement blur and the moody sky there's a real sense of foreboding. Over there gives me a feeling of isolation, sort of 28days later due to it's harsh grass land foreground and the family silhouetted in the distance with no visible possessions.
3. Cuchulainn. I like input translation out of your set. I'm guessing it's a skylight in a high ceiling with a structure behind it catching the light and throwing some lovely shaped shadows. A more central composition would have helped to increase the image's strength
but i'm not sure of the possibilities with such basic equipment on hand. After that, the archway the clouds give a surreal look of smoke rising from the cathedral(?) with the cobbles making a nice lead in to the frame.
4.Nod. the images aren't named but I find the sea wall image to be the strongest of your set. Nice lead in lines to the centre of the frame with a central lamppost giving a point of focus. Drama in the sky too. I think the railings shot could have been stronger if you'd have moved closer and filled the frame with them. the image would have tank on a Prisoner's pov looking out at what they've been deprived of.
5. Happygolucky. I like the geometrics of image 4(the church) symmetry and replication work well. Image 9 keep my attention for a while trying to work out the products on the self (i must be a bit sad), looks like a branch of Boots?
6.SpikeK6. I love the quizzical nature of the cow image, I can't quite decide if the cow is thinking eh up
he's using FILM, or should I be sticking my horn up his jacksie for being too close ? Nice light on the grinding wheel shot too.
7 stereo_mcg. The landscape shot is the strongest. I'm surprised at the clarity of the hill on the horizon witch gives you something lock onto in the image, nice cloud detail too. I like the colour magenta colour shift on disp018 and the low down perspective with the road makings leading into the image.
8. ChrisR Kenilworth castle for me, I like the odd focus which gives a sort of mild pinhole camera effect. The water leads the eye into the image and gives a nice little refection of the ruin. Followed up by the abby lake image. clouds, reflection and a building
what's not to like ?
9. Byker28i I prefer the 1st image with it's undulating line through the centre of the image yet all the tree tops are a broadly similar height. The sky is more or less equal in volume to the foreground bringing balance and colour contrast.
The dead tree might have been better as a silhouette taken with the sun behind it making it look spooky and dead ???
10. Wail image 6, love the opposing buses and the curve of the road into the frame shame that the arrow on the road naturally throws the eye out of the frame to see where it's pointing to. The phone boxes fit your theme imo and are instantly recognisable as part of British heritage.
11. VirtualAdept image 3 for me, i like the 1/2 and 1/2 balance of light and dark
.blue and green. There could have been a stronger composition on the mangle with the detailing on the ends and the rollers.
12. Toggerman I want to know what the patch of smoke / steam is in the centre of the frame
. is it an apparition ?
Image one reminds me of growing up except it has newer versions of the toys which gives a slightly intriguing juxtaposition to the image
13. Ambermile. vanishing point for me, I'm a sucker for leading lines and that mage is full of them. It's a pity that the puddle wasn't a bit bigger to give a full reflection of the car, composition is a little too central as is imho.
14 .srichards like the "top gear" dark sky at the top of the frame of image one but for me the better image is 2, regardless of it being noisy and a trifle under exposed I like the lines and the reflection of the sky in the window.
15. Yv A wonky horizon in image 1
what were you thinking
it's not quirky !
5 is the strongest for me. Although it's not a boat Capt. Jack will be looking to commandeer any time soon it looks interesting with the rope work going up to the top of the mast.
16. Strappster your last image is the best due to the levels of detail in the art work,the camera has captured well, the jukebox looks great. After that The rat/dog on the building is cool
..don't they have paper to draw on in Bristol though ???
17. Morinaka, love the colours and texture of the leaves in image 3, bags of character in image 4 too.
18. Joxby 1 is great, love the random shapes of the leaves and branches against the sharp hard angles of the building, the colours contrast against each other well too. Image 2 kept my eye for a few mins too with it's detailed reflection in the water and the broken down look of the building, between the two sides of the image theres some strong angles at work. Only narrowly pipped by image one due to the colours. A good strong set
well done.
19. ChrisR
. Not sure of the rules with regards to a 2nd set, but in for a penny eh !
image 4 is the strongest it looks so picturesque. Pipped the archway by a smudge, the parked car spoiled the image a tad.
20.medwaygreen, sounds like you were unfortunate with the camera, this image doesn't do much for me on the whole, but those balls on the pavement could have provided some interesting DoF shots if more frames had of been available to you.
21. Andysnap I like image 3, the straight lines of the handrails lead the eye up and over the curved roof on a roller coaster ride through the image.
Love the moody sky too. The whole set has a good amount of detail.
22.medwaygreen, glad to see you got another camera. London 3 is the strongest with the yellow line leading to the train and the people waiting patiently to board.
23. Ste_Lord the expanse of Loch Lomond with the distant horizon looks great against the cloudy sky coming over. I like the contrast between the sun on the water on the left of the frame and the dark on the right due to black cloud cover. The tractor shot looks like it's going at 50mph due to the foreground blur
..i'm guessing that you were driving past and took it on the move
24. medwaygreen. we meet again
Of this little group I like the silhouetted battersea power station image with the sun flare across the towers and the fluffy clouds to the left. Instantly recognisable structure.
25. Blondie606 image 1 just has the edge over image 2 for me, good levels of detail and overall exposure and a strong line into the centre of the frame. Image 2 has a lovely refection and good levels of detail but the expanse of blown sky lets it down a little.
26.medwaygreen. Wow, you enjoyed this challenge didn't you
London 9 for it's sharp edges and reflections
27. slimbert Checkouts by Cataracts a rare example of his early work if I'm not mistaken
I really like the toning of the tractor shot, I always ponder the story behind how machinery came be discarded and left in such odd states of repair
. where's it's o/s track and what's the seat doing there
.I demand to know :bonk:
28.medwaygreen. London 12 great sky and a couple of world famous land marks, i'd have maybe lost some of the sky and got more people in to highlight the hustle and bustle of the city.
29. posiview image 2 for it's oddness, were you stuck in the lift, i feel like a child peeking through the gap to try and glimpse what lies beyond.
30. medwaygreen, you really are the gift that keeps giving
London 16 for it's good levels of clarity across the Londinium skyline.
31. Medwaygreen
..lets doooo the time warp again
None of these do it for me, the statue of Monty could have been soooo cool with it's textures
32. Medwaygreen. London 22 has got a real world war in colour feel to it, i like it a lot. the central hotspot from the sun and it's flare actually add to the watery light on the image.
33. Jennyb. Nothing to be embarrassed about there sugar image 2 is smashing
I love what I suspect is the early morning mist rising off the field and the sun through the trees. It's a lovely country image. Image 1 just gets the nod over 3 due to the path leading to the centre where it's intersected by what looks like another path. Plenty to keep the eye busy.
34. medwaygreen again
..I feel like I've known you my whole life
London 25, I don't like going to London tbh, but you've managed to show me pretty much all the sights through this thread.
It looks a bit on the wonk though.
