A little late this month, so I'll wade straight in... Angels in America Richard Seaman A very simple image, virtually impossible to achieve! The two aircraft form almost perfect symmetry. Well done Richard.
High Adrenalin Dan Mills This shot of the Lethal Weapon ride reminds me of a huge spider with a hundred people stuck to its belly. Interesting shapes. Schloss Chalottenburg Joseph Tainter Beautiful composition, worth the wait. Waterfall Marek Kronberg Very nice composition, pleasing image. Nice frame too ;-) Creels Facit A wonderful picture that I couldn't stop looking at. A dream-like quality, almost alien. Very atmospheric. The receding piles of netting remind me of a mountain landscape with tonal gradation. Absolutely love it! Boat at Old harbor Ed Keeney Another super shot. How many times have we photographed old wooden tubs sitting on the sand? How many turn out well? This lovely study of a marine environment confirms Ed's abilities. Well done. Excellent scan BTW. Sturgeon River Martin Mielke Well executed landscape of rushing water in a forest setting, all frozen white. It's easy to forget the extra resolve required to achieve shots like this. Martin has done well and produced a nice picture. View from Goulding's Annsan An archetypal image it may be, but that does not detract from the eye that was needed to get this beautiful shot of high plains buttes and dawn sky, with a really nice composition. A charming image, Ann. Thanks. Fall Patriotism Ray Ford Pleasing composition (with autumn tree, fence/wall, US flag) with stunning colour. Nice picture. Michigan Splendor Ken Waller I guess I'm a sucker for colourful trees. This has more: a nice abstract composition and excellent framing, well captured. Comet Ikeya-Zhang Antti-Pekka Virjonen Shots like this I assumed were always made with a camera bolted onto the end of a mountain-top telescope big enough to spot a Klingon's verrucas while he was on holiday enslaving a planet on the far side of the Delta Quadrant. The technical expertise that made this stunning shot humbles me, and I take my hat off (for there are many) to Antti-Pekka for achieving it. Awesome. Riverside Solitude Amita Guha Very pleasing study of shape and form on a wooden walkway overlooking water at the East River (NY). The lighting has given the shot a real edge, providing a wonderful shadow that forms the mainstay of the picture which I take to be an undulating bench? Texture, form, composition all spot on. Really nice work from Amita. Rock, Water William Robb With a title like that, all that's need is the whisky :-) Now, I like Ansel Adams, which means I like sharp monochrome landscapes with all the materials that the Earth has to offer. William has fulfilled the criteria nicely - those rocks look sharp enough to cut yourself on, the water soft enough to soothe the wound. Consider yourself commended ;-) Excellent! Old and New Gianfranco Can't remember a gallery where Gianfranco has failed to catch my attention. Here, he has used a landscape and performed a real tease. At first glimpse, a distant cityscape gives way to the hustle and bustle of an old Italian conurbation. But there's something that keeps getting in the way. What appears to be a foreground silhouette of a narrow church spire in fact turns out to be a main road, Roman of course, leading the eye straight toward the skyscrapers. Fascinating! Black Sky Over Paris Jaume Lahuerta Another fine landscape, this time with the world-famous Tour Eiffel as the centre-piece. Jaume has used Photoshop to great advantage, and produced a charming work that pleases. Superb. After the Fall ERN Reed Eleanor has done really well to capture this oft-seen, but rarely recorded moment between parent and child. Most of us know what this feels like, and to get the emotions onto film and provide a real taste of the moment, a real atmosphere, is no easy task. I can't think how anyone could better this - well done! My runner up this month. Good work. Gippos on Acid Abi Clarkson I had to look several times at this shot. The group of musicians are straight out of the wild west: a band of Irish immigrants perhaps, traversing their way across the wilderness in search of a new life. But what's this? One wields an electric guitar and sits next to a stack of amps and speakers big enough to please a crowd at the largest venue. Stark contrast in this monochrome image with unsettling elements deserve remark. Weird and disturbing. :-) Thanks. Tree Swallows Kathleen Leickly Kath, I only counted two? (GROAN) Full of vibrant energy - nice shot! Canna Lily Ray Allen Not one usually to stop and look at pics of flowers, this shot caught my eye. Wonderful pattern on the petals and Ray has used a very pleasing composition, with a dark background to accentuate the bloom, which has an interesting shape in itself. Charming shot. Tulip Duo Bill Gekas Stunning colour and composition. Can't stop looking at this prize-winning image. The shapes of the tulips, on their sides, reminds me of something out of a sci-fi film, something completely alien about it. Glorious red bulbs, they look like a dissection of the human body, showing bright red muscle. The subtle green lances emanating from the spheres are quite remarkable. To me this is not a shot of flowers, it's photography at its best. Testing, challenging, beautiful. Easily my pic of the month! Congrats, Bill. (...and I said I don't like flowers!) A Colorful Garden Thibault Grouas Another great flower shot. Very pleasing composition, the shadows of the tulips on the white-washed wall makes the picture. Very well observed. Ambience Toni Lankerd Nice still-life of the inside of a Quebec cafe with subtle tones and hues. Very pleasing atmosphere that has been very well recorded. That's it for this month. I am continually amazed at how all the PUG shots are always of a very high standard. Thanks to all who submitted and give hope to the rest of us! Well done everyone. 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