Open - PDI - 27-4-2023

A lower-scored competition than last time, I think, making me somewhat prouder of these non-winners than of last time’s wins. Somewhat.

Judge - Nick Bowman

Rubha Hanish | 19/20 | Commended

Piscine II | 19/20 | Commended

I loved your swimming pool photo on Thursday Jim. I'd have had it as my winner. I took the judges point about the swimmer being further to the left but if you had taken it then the yacht wouldn't have been in the other space - so he still wouldn't have been happy.

Best wishes, Peter Baker

Rue Saint Vincent | 18/20

On Piscine II the judge correctly pointed out that having the swimmer in the left-side window would balance better with the boat. He’s right, of course.

Rue Saint Vincent was taken on my phone coming out of a restaurant after a day of lugging around an R5 and three lenses in a backpack…..

Not A Dandelion

A multiple exposure (2-shot) of a close-up dandelion and a medium something-else.

Not that anybody should be particularly taken by it, but I am interested in the way this enables a sort of exposure masking using a MultEx shot as the mask.

Salon du Thé

Hmm. Why when I upload from a phone does it remove all the phone-based edits I am so ashamed of but nevertheless want to keep….?

Saint Malo.