Hi Martin,
Shadow - Love the simplicity and blueness of it.
Beautiful - #2 for me, it's an Alpine Chocolate bar wrapper scene. I bet that could do well on Stock.
Shadow ... Oh nice find
Beautiful ... both v. nice but the first looks wonky, I could be an illusion.
Edit ... the first being the one with the water.
I like your shadow shot, but I'm not sure if I like the blue tinge. Have you tried setting the white balance so that the window frames are white?
The version of beautiful with the offending spot cloned out is amazing, great details in the mountains!
both hard shots are great ideas. i prefer the not so hard one. the only thing that bothers me is the chair in the background. Hard hat is a cool idea on something mundane. very clever.
It's funny how when one takes a picture it requires someone else to point out the glaringly obvious; you are right about the chair.
Ah I see it now ... well done.The ant carried this fly around
Ah is see it now ... well done.
Well captured, as you say strange behaviour, I was wondering what was going on when I first saw it.
That's one HARD critter that ant there! Two themes in one
hart - the hard hat for me, great photo with a bit of humour!
creatures - wow, what a photo, archive or not
Hi Martin, like you catching up.
Juxaposition, it fits with the explanation, colour balance looks wrong. Why would someone buy such a small coffee maker.
To make espresso for one
Oval, nice colours and detail, oval of the bottle top is a nice contrast with the straight lines behind it.
Straight, different take on theme, lots of details in the leather and laces. does look like its all acock but that does not distract from the image as a whole.
Unattractive, nice Image, lots of detail in the compass, not sure on the link to the unattractive theme as I'm sure the south Pole has lots going for it.
The compass finds the South Pole unattractive hence it's pointing away
Shadow, not much wrong with the image, only the crop at the top / left may be better.
Beautiful, 2 nice images, 1st does not seem level and right hand side is unbalanced, cropping that last mountain out may help. 2nd one has dust spot. Nicer colours and contrast.
Low, I take your comments as fitting the theme.
Match, spooning dogs, a good match on theme.
Music, love the eye contact and grain in the image.
Hard, you have a well used hammer there doing its job. Hard Hat, love the idea.
Creature, fits the theme and well done for getting the shot.
Pete.
more than a while ago sort of defeats the object of the challenge