Winter Apple

Needs a bird, though I like having framed it so it implies that one just left.

Frost

IR Colour-swap Rec

<720nm cut, with recolour rather than desaturation. Hmm!

Robertson House

More IR experimentation. 850nm cut. Through a dirty window.

Berberis

Infrared trial. 850nm cut. Midday sun!

Scape - Print 1-12-2022

Autumn Morning | 17/20

I managed to submit three images to this that stretched the definition of a landscape really; partly intentionally and partly because I had no regular landscapes to submit. Autumn Morning did best, but lost points due to being somewhat dark. Very irritating since I knew this when I picked it up from the shop. On-screen it is great (to my mind). I need to learn about processing for print.

(Wedge Wood scored the same, but suffered due to my insistence on taking images that are tricky to parse…!)

Judge: David Steele

Wedge Wood | 17/20

Going Underground | 16/20

Bass Belle 10-Miler (Gallery)

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RPS Macro Night 10/11/22

Chandelier v2

Hmm. Not sure now. I like the cleanness of v1, but v2 feels bolder and Christmassier….

Chandelier v1

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First thoughts - Move the dining table, and bring all three shadows into the frame. Place shadows at 10:30, 2.00 and 7.00. Christmas card?

Autumn Morning

(Competition result - 17/20)

Going Underground East Mersea

Thwarted by rain and grumpiness due to arriving before dawn to observe it happen behind a mile of cloud.

(Competition result - 16/20)

Monochrome Print 3-11-2022

My second competition. Came third with Happiness which scored 20/20 (I can’t find the other results.) It got into the local paper; which was nice. Just as well I renamed it for entry from “Pig In Shit”.

Judge was very complementary about Cockpit, but unhappy about the small area of blown highlights. Turns out that’s bad. You live and learn. That’s why you submit stuff isn’t it? He didn’t hate on the lost shadows though…. Contamination was an odd submission but I like the mystery surrounding it.

Judge: Jim Bennet

Happiness | 20/20

Cockpit | Forget the score

Contamination | Forget the score

Moe's Tavern

First visit so really just wondering if anything can be done here. I mean, surely there’s scope here for huge creativity….. But….. It’s almost as if it’s easier to create something when the environment doesn’t say THIS so strongly.