First place has no redeeming characteristics whatsoever. The dog
is ugly, there is a distracting element in the top right corner,
there is no identifiable plane of focus, the arm in the
forground looks mis shapen, as if it is holding the animal in
place.
Overall, an amateurish snapshot which should have been trashed.
I was taking better pictures than that when I was 5 years old.
Second place is a very nice landscape image. It has a rather
sonber feel to it, but is very restive to look at.
Third place has potential. Unfortunately, it is under exposed by
at least a stop, and the shadows have insufficient detail. It
needs to be cropped differently to remove the expanse of nothing
on the left side. It would have been handled better in black and
white, where the films tonal range would have handled the scene
range. It is monochromatic anyway.
William Robb
----- Original Message -----
From: "David A. Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: May 31, 2001 2:04 AM
Subject: No prizes for second place!
> Hi all,
>
> My local camera shop runs an informal monthly contest on its
website. First
> prize is two rolls of slide film plus your photo displayed on
their homepage. I
> threw a few pictures their way a couple of weeks ago and ended
up in second
> place.
>
> You can check out the images here:
> 1st place:
http://www.photo.co.nz/photo/photo_comp/may01/dog.htm
> 2nd place:
http://www.photo.co.nz/photo/photo_comp/may01/pond.htm
> 3rd place:
http://www.photo.co.nz/photo/photo_comp/may01/bikes.htm
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