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Weekly Photo Contest, 26 Dec - 2 Jan: Rain and Fog
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I dunno, you wait days for rain and then it comes all at once 
Rainy Night by Hugh Russell, on Flickr
Cheers
Hugh
Rainy Night by Hugh Russell, on Flickr
Cheers
Hugh
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It's not quite 7 AM in Hilo. on 2 January 2016. I'd like the contest to run all day here (here).
I'll announce the results either late this evening (my time) or early tomorrow morning (the 3rd) my time.
I'm going to seem very late to you photographers over near the Prime Meridian.
I'll announce the results either late this evening (my time) or early tomorrow morning (the 3rd) my time.
I'm going to seem very late to you photographers over near the Prime Meridian.
Here are my comments. You UK photographers seemed to like this contest. Surprise!
@glenthompson: Great moody sky, and I liked the foreground’s straight line.
@anotherscotsman: Fine tonal range, and I especially liked the way the first light is blown out, and the others are not. Counter-intuitively, the closer lights are more indistinct.
@Miltz: the subtle colors with white fog worked very well for me. The tree branches with the odd leaf remaining are perfect, as is the single figure.
@Alexander.Of.Oz: great use of color, and the light on the slope is very nice.
@someoldguy: reflections can be tricky, but here they are effective.
@kenoh: the subtle colors on the trunks out in the water add a lot, and I liked the shadows in the foreground as well.
@The Bad Guy: this is The Bad Rain, well-rendered. This is a picture I don’t want to be in, and I admire its style.
@AlexH: very nice work, but as in The Bad Guy’s rain image, this is a road I’d rather not be on. You caught that very nicely.
@pmxperience: I very much like the straight lines and geometry here, and that the wharf simply disappears. Featureless sky.
@oblomow: the blue-green bag is a nice little surprise among the earth tones.
@stillcrazyman: certainly a crazy tree and, like glenthompson’s, a nice straight line to set it off.
@E3BK: something’s getting ready to happen here – nice capture.
@butch10x: I particularly like the striated clouds setting off the rounded, puffy clouds. And, of course, the top of the bridge and the city.
@Indydenny: you nailed that pre- or post-storm yellowish light.
@mfldmike: is there a little ice with that rain? The golden light goes well with the blues.
@Hughmac: I can almost feel the trees dripping on me.
@applefanboy: the sun is nicely captured, and the glow behind the trees is very nice. The ducks are a bonus.
@MacRy: the image in the drops is well-done, as is the color gradation.
Well. This wasn’t easy for me. There were a good half-dozen that I liked very much.
In the end, though:
3rd: anotherscotsman
2nd: pmxperience
1st: Miltz
Honorable Mentions go to Alexander.Of.Oz, someoldguy, and stillcrazyman.
For the “I don’t want to be in this picture” award (my category), it’s a tie between The Bad Guy and AlexH, with maybe a little edge to The Bad Guy's urban slant.
Thank you to everyone who entered.
So, Miltz, you get to choose the next contest -- you have 48 hours. There are stickies that will tell you the routine.
@glenthompson: Great moody sky, and I liked the foreground’s straight line.
@anotherscotsman: Fine tonal range, and I especially liked the way the first light is blown out, and the others are not. Counter-intuitively, the closer lights are more indistinct.
@Miltz: the subtle colors with white fog worked very well for me. The tree branches with the odd leaf remaining are perfect, as is the single figure.
@Alexander.Of.Oz: great use of color, and the light on the slope is very nice.
@someoldguy: reflections can be tricky, but here they are effective.
@kenoh: the subtle colors on the trunks out in the water add a lot, and I liked the shadows in the foreground as well.
@The Bad Guy: this is The Bad Rain, well-rendered. This is a picture I don’t want to be in, and I admire its style.
@AlexH: very nice work, but as in The Bad Guy’s rain image, this is a road I’d rather not be on. You caught that very nicely.
@pmxperience: I very much like the straight lines and geometry here, and that the wharf simply disappears. Featureless sky.
@oblomow: the blue-green bag is a nice little surprise among the earth tones.
@stillcrazyman: certainly a crazy tree and, like glenthompson’s, a nice straight line to set it off.
@E3BK: something’s getting ready to happen here – nice capture.
@butch10x: I particularly like the striated clouds setting off the rounded, puffy clouds. And, of course, the top of the bridge and the city.
@Indydenny: you nailed that pre- or post-storm yellowish light.
@mfldmike: is there a little ice with that rain? The golden light goes well with the blues.
@Hughmac: I can almost feel the trees dripping on me.
@applefanboy: the sun is nicely captured, and the glow behind the trees is very nice. The ducks are a bonus.
@MacRy: the image in the drops is well-done, as is the color gradation.
Well. This wasn’t easy for me. There were a good half-dozen that I liked very much.
In the end, though:
3rd: anotherscotsman
2nd: pmxperience
1st: Miltz
Honorable Mentions go to Alexander.Of.Oz, someoldguy, and stillcrazyman.
For the “I don’t want to be in this picture” award (my category), it’s a tie between The Bad Guy and AlexH, with maybe a little edge to The Bad Guy's urban slant.
Thank you to everyone who entered.
So, Miltz, you get to choose the next contest -- you have 48 hours. There are stickies that will tell you the routine.
Thanks for the great feedback monokakata and thanks for the podium placement - a surprise given the quality of all of the entries. For what it's worth, I was particularly taken by the @The Bad Guy shot even if it didn't have people as the focus!
Cheers and congratulations to Miltz.
Well done everyone, and nice comments @monokakata.
I think it's rained everyday in the UK since you posted this contest!
Still I went with a library foggy shot as I don't like the rain!
I think it's rained everyday in the UK since you posted this contest!
Still I went with a library foggy shot as I don't like the rain!
wow I never thought I'd ever place in this thread. You are all such awesome photogs, I've learned a lot from you all. Thanks so much to @monokakata for the great judging and kind words.
Great contest, and yes, @monokakata it did seem to strike a familiar note for those of us in these wet windswept and storm tossed isles at the north west of Europe. Generous judging and many thanks for the thoughtful feedback, @monokakata.
For obvious reasons, I really liked the contest this week - this is a climate and a look that I can relate to, and some of the shots were terrific.
Loved the chilling fog by @anotherscotsman - I have been out in these sort of bleak, cold and damp fogs; and @Miltz's bleak fog was a deserving winner, not a trace of welcoming warmth anywhere. Others that appealed to me included @Apple fanboy's moody lake, and @Hughmac's dripping night leaves, and the threatening sky submitted by @Indydenny. And the really gloomy and atmospheric piece submitted by @someoldguy was great, too. As was @AlexH's challenging road - not at all nice to navigate and negotiate.
Once again, an excellent contest with some terrific entries.
For obvious reasons, I really liked the contest this week - this is a climate and a look that I can relate to, and some of the shots were terrific.
Loved the chilling fog by @anotherscotsman - I have been out in these sort of bleak, cold and damp fogs; and @Miltz's bleak fog was a deserving winner, not a trace of welcoming warmth anywhere. Others that appealed to me included @Apple fanboy's moody lake, and @Hughmac's dripping night leaves, and the threatening sky submitted by @Indydenny. And the really gloomy and atmospheric piece submitted by @someoldguy was great, too. As was @AlexH's challenging road - not at all nice to navigate and negotiate.
Once again, an excellent contest with some terrific entries.
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