Judge: Ricky Wilson (yes our Ricky who was a member of our club)
You find people everywhere.
Open
Set Subject
| Huge thank to Ricky Wislon for critiquing our images | ||
| Image of the Month: Wayne Stronach for Waitangi Day | ||
| Title | Rating | Comments |
| C GRADE - Set | ||
| Friends together | M | A moment well caught, fly on the wall style, makes me wonder what they’re chatting about. |
| The Happy Day | A | If only we could see the brides face, light isn’t great but of course that’s unavoidable in these situations |
| Waitangi Day | H | Perfect. Emotion fully on display, sharp, well lit, If I’d shot this myself I’d have been more than happy with it |
| Young Environmentalists | M | Well lit, beautiful scenery, and most of the subjects looking, if only the person third from right was looking |
| B GRADE - Set | ||
| Boy 0n Train | M | Lovely photo, basically perfect except I think it’s just a bit too warm, the skin tones have too much of an orange cast. |
| Boy and sister on beach. | NA | Unfortunately this is not accepted, picture is rather bad quality, I’m assuming it was taken on a phone with digital zoom used. |
| Inter-planetary pushbiking | A | Nothing particularly special. A posed shot of someone with someone else’s art. |
| Love is in the air ... | M | Fits the brief, I think it would be better if there was more contrast. |
| Pride Parade WOW factor | M | Nicely composed, and good background blur. |
| Putting your all into the game | A | Looks a little underexposed on my screen, I’d have cropped from the right a bit the player on the right isn’t adding anything to it |
| SteamPunk Sisters | A | Needed a slightly faster shutter speed, subject on the left is out of focus due to motion blur. Rest of the image is good |
| Summer in the Sounds | A | Nothing particularly special, but it does fit the brief. |
| The Good Samaritan | M | Only thing that could have improved this is I can’t stop looking at the woman in the background with the completely missing head. |
| Wanna Kiss | A | Well separated from the background, composition is a bit off, you have heaps of room on the right, but have cut off a bit of the subjects head on the left. |
| A GRADE - Set | ||
| Anzac | NA | colours are a bit dull, not particularly sharp, and I can’t see the gentleman’s eyes because of his eyeglasses |
| Australia vs Argentina 0-1 | M | You’ve captured the fun of the day very well here quite a wide image, but tells a good story in the tense game of tug of war |
| Cheers | A | Nicely lit I’m assuming with direct flash, I’d crop a bit off the left hand side to balance it out |
| Cool Kid | A | These kind of pictures are very easy to get at a cycling event, more emotion, more of a story would have been nice here, is this the start of the race? The end? Sharp and well composed, but as it’s nothing particularly special. |
| Dressed up for Seagull Racing | M | Interesting subject for sure, well caught. I would like to see a little bit more of the craft they’re piloting though. |
| Grand Parade | M | Cute pic, I wish you’d focused a bit more on wee lad in the front, he has the most interesting expression, shutter speed could have been a bit quicker as there’s some motion blur |
| Improvised Rain Hats | H | Very cool. Love it, good expressions, story is clear. |
| Lesley | M | Clear and sharp, good composition and light. Merit. |
| My Old Tramping Mate | M | Would be better with a boost in contrast, good composition, and makes me want to know what this image is about. Merit. |
| Swinging | M | A happy moment captured well. |
| symmetry in motion | A | Nice colours and light, Would have been better if we could have seen their faces, and if you hadn’t cropped the top of the monument out |
| The Animated Bride | H | Captures the happiness of a wedding day well, clearly shows what’s going on and leaves no guessing to the viewer. |
| The Perils of Tramping! | M | So clever, well caught. Made me laugh. |
| The Pig Hunter | M | Sharp, well lit, good background blur. Merit. |
| Waiting for Dad | H | Very cute, nicely composed, good light, enough going on in the background to know where this is, but not distracting |
| Watchful | M | Lovely light, I’d suggest cropping in a bit more from the top, and from the right to bring more emphasis on the subject |
| X X X | M | A Colourful, happy image, I’d suggest cropping from the left a bit |
| A GRADE - Open | ||
| Birds Nest Fungi | M | Nicely composed, and good light, no harsh shadows. |
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