If I had to choose a winner among the open gallery entries and even all of the October PUG , it would have been "the cook":
The cook - by J.Schnapper ------------------------- Extremely pleasant and funny for me to watch and I think it would have fitted the "Kitsch" theme too. I looks a bit bright here on my monitor. Whether that kind of advertising helps the restaurant to sell more food may be questioned ;-) Very well done J... The red flower Thawatchai Kongsaktragool ---------------------------------------- It's a bit difficult to judge that close-up flower shot for me after having seen so much excellent results made with macro lenses and other special equipment. Somehow the softness and background rendering is nice and somehow I wished to see a bit more sharpness or detail on the flower here. Sorry, this may not be of any help for you, so just ignore it and keep on shooting and posting here, please! Bumble - Tim Donnel ------------------- Thanks to a true macro lens, we get the sharpness and detail I missed a bit in the red flower shot. But my eyes keep wandering between the bumble and the lower, in focus part of the flower. I think I would like this photo more if the bumble was more "pronounced" here (and the wing not partly cut off)? The photo looks a bit cold on my monitor, does it have a blue cast (look at the fine hair of the bumble)? My summary: I would try again, this is not such a rare object to find :-) Tired - Paolo ------------- Somehow this photo touches me. May it is just the "sleep" or "female factor", but I do like it. The bright spots next to the bag and head and on top of the bench could be toned down a for my taste. Maybe a bit more of (the park?) surrounding would be attractive but I'm not sure about that. Bill Bailey - Kostas Kavoussanakis ---------------------------------- Glad you explained a bit what happens here. Just taking a so so photo of a famous person in "paparazzi style" is not enough for me, there should be some kind of story coming with the photo for my taste .... Sorry Kostas, but I'm sure you do much better on the next PUG, please continue posting! thanks to all who contributed and keep the PUG alive ;-) greetings Markus
