OK peeps let's do this. Not so many entries this week, but some good ones in there nonetheless.
Don't go getting your panties in a wad if you don't like the critique as it is only one man's opinion as ever.
pmxperience - Right up my alley and just what I had in mind when I created the contest. Lovely gritty feel to it and lots of interest in the shot. Good work.
Hughmac - He looks marginally happier than I do when I have to do the outside hoovering. Way too saturated for my tastes I'm afraid.
deep diver - I feel like this would have worked better in B&W and maybe with a shallower depth of field to focus on the couple.
Apple fanboy - Yeah that plays right into my other fear "Heights". Never get me doing that in a million years. For me it needs more saturation to bring out the blue sky and the orange of the planes.
Indydenny - Yeah I like that. Feels almost voyeuristic in nature with the over the shoulder shot and the severe vignette.
Kenoh - Again, that's the kind of shot I had in mind. Nice look of concentration on the guy's face and B&W suits it really well. Nicely done.
AlexH - That looks like hard work. Poor bugger! I like my street shots and this fits the bill nicely. You know me though - I'd vignette that bad boy.
Robotti - If I hadn't seen your work before I would have put money on that being a stock shot stolen from the internet. I don't mean that in a bad way at all. It's that good! Great job.
oblomow - That looks claustrophobic and unpleasant. Nicely captured.
Right then on to the winners:
3rd place - Kenoh - I like this a lot. It's almost like the shot I was going to use to illustrate what I meant.
2nd place - Robotti - It was really hard to choose between you and the winner as they were both so good. In the end you got second place because the winner was more my taste. Doesn't take away from the fact that your shot is a belter though. If anything, it's a bit too perfect and staged. There's a backhanded compliment if ever I heard one
1st place - pmxperience - Lovely street shot that fitted the brief perfectly and pushed all of my "photo like" buttons. Great photo Charles.
On to the next one........
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