Whilst felling very sorry for myself (man flu!!) earlier in the month I managed to submit my entries for this months Mold Camera Club Competition. Once again I hadn't managed to get anything mounted therefore all of my entries were into the projected amateur category.
The three images that I submitted where:
Belly Of The Beast
Life's a ball
Parisian Night
The judge was a lady from the Wrexham Camera Club, and she was a real 'detail' person, picking up on lack of sharpness, blacks not being true black, lack of tones etc. I wished that I had not bothered submitting anything!!
Belly of the beast received quite a good mark (15), apparently this is a fine example of tonal range within a B&W image. This image caused quite a bit of intrigue, nobody could quite figure out if it was a prison or a hospital of some sort. I didn't have the heart to tell them it was a hotel!!!
Life's a ball did not score well (13), the colours on the projector really did look dull. The judge likes the candid approach to the photograph. This again proved to me that if you want to know/control exactly how your image is going to look you have to print and mount. When I have printed this the colours have looked quite vivid.
Parisian Night received great remarks from the judge, apparently this was not the image of someone that should be in the amateur category!! This again grabbed me Third place in the amateur category.
Once again beaten to the top spot by an image from Jonathan Frings; in particular this image. It is a great image though!!
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3 comments:
Hi Marc,
It's nice to know that I'm not alone in thinking that your Paris photo is top notch material.
The colour in particular is very impressive and turns the photo into something really special.
Ian
I think your Parisian night should have won instead that spot coloured umbrella shot.
Thanks for all the comments. The judge was a real stickler for technical details (sharpness, exposure, tonal range) due to the lack of sharpness around me and my wife (due to the long exposure) I was happy to get 3rd with no mention of this!!!
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