Competition FH Photo Comp #21 JUDGEMENT THREAD

[TdC]

Welcome to the Photocomp number 21 judgement thread! Comp #21's topic was People

Please declare your vote in a clear manner, eg, <user> - <pic number> (seriously)

If there is a need for discussion of any kind other than photo-technical, please use a different thread for that.

Voting may continue until Monday 21:00 CET, or until a clear majority has been reached. In the event of a tie, I will judge.

 

[Gumbo]

A very standard portrait style shot of my daughter taken a couple of weeks ago in fairly low light at the Eden Project in Cornwall. She never normally stays still enough for a photo, but I thought the longish exposure gives it the real soft focus look.

 

[old.user4556]

#1 - Ghosts on the dancefloor

This is one of my shots from my sister's wedding during the ceilidh. I left the shutter open and then bounced the flash; the bloke right in the middle of the shot must have stayed perfectly still the whole time - I found it a bit amusing.

 

[milou]

Isaac - my wife's best friend's son during the New Year.

 

[Tom]

Oh, ok then. Here's a candid shot of something about football, my arse.

 

[Tom]

...and here's a photograph I took a few years back, surreptitiously, of a tired Spaniard on a train leaving Barcelona in the early evening. Shot on film, ISO400 IIRC, quite dark in there so I had to boost it a little.

 

[milou]

Mrs Mil:

 

[tierk]

Taken Dec. 2008. My nephew organised a music event here in Qatar and this young lady was one of the guest DJ's. She wanted to do some modelling for her calender and i just leeched a ride with the pro photographers with here. I ahve fiddled with it a bit on Lightroom.

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[TdC]

ok guys, make with the voting!

 

[old.user4556]

I completely forgot to put my other entries in

 

[Jupitus]

Gumbo for my vote... just straight up and clear

 

[tierk]

Milou's picture of Issac, just does it for me.

 

[Ch3tan]

Hmmm milou's pic is the best, but there is something about big g's ghosts and Tom's old spanish geezer.....

Tom's spanish geezer gets my vote!

 

[old.Tohtori]

Big G ghosties.

 

[DaGaffer]

Big G ghosts

 

[Gumbo]

Big G Ghosts. Although it was a close thing with Tom's old man which imho is a news magazine quality shot, but as mentioned, I think you already entered it in another comp.
I had a plan for another shot, but no time to get it done when conditions suited. I still plan on giving it a stab though and the warmer evenings coming up will help me...

(Thanks for the vote Jup. My effort was literally a snap, rather than a composition so I'm glad someone liked it )

 

[caLLous]

Tom's old man.

As an aside, is there some rule that says you can't enter a pic in multiple competitions if it's suitable for the title? In this instance it's a bootiful photo and just because it's been entered before (if it has - I only latched onto this competiton about 8 months ago) shouldn't detract from the quality of the shot.

 

[Shagrat]

i like milou's

 

[TdC]

i like milou's

which of them?

 

[milou]

I'm going for Gumbo's. (The phrase "Tom's old man" does conjure up a certain image).

 

[pcg79]

i really like the one of mrs milou. its is b.e.a.u-tiful. however, i feel that tom's sleeping spaniard is more appropriate for the topic.

 

[Shagrat]

which of them?

whoops. the one of isaac

 

[old.user4556]

Osssshttt I dunno about this one. I've got two in mind - Milou's Isaac and Tom's old man. Milou's shot is brilliant, technically awesome too, but Tom's candid shot really captures a moment in a (presumably) non-staged way.

Additionally, kudos for shooting film, so it gets my vote! (Ps, constructive criticism, I think it would work in B&W?)

Tom's old man.

 

[Jiggs]

Milou Issac.

I like how the background is done.

 

[Tom]

I like the framing on Tierk's shot, so that gets my vote.

 

[old.user4556]

Oh btw, can i just add to this thread that my EOS 7D has just arrived .

Christ it's good, really good.

 

[caLLous]

Woo you kept that one quiet G. What are you doing (or have you done so far) re: lenses?

 

[old.user4556]

It came with the 15-85mm EF-S USM which is supremely sharp being their latest EF-S mount standard zoom - focus is fast and accurate, build quality is good but not 'L' quality (so it's not weather sealed either). That'll do as my standard walkaround / holiday lens. I've sold my Pentax 17-70mm to get the Sigma 10-20mm in Canon mount (my favourite for landscape) and will invest in the 70-200mm EF f/4 USM L and 50mm EF f/1.4 USM eventually.

 

[milou]

Good stuff. I've only experience the the 70-200 and the 50mm, both of which are great lenses.

 

[TdC]

oops sorry fellows, been away on a course. if I have time (at workies now) I will tally tonight, unless I fail to save the world and the international stocks trade collapses or something :/