chisel
28th of December 2009 (Mon), 17:41
Challenge #256 - Arches
Arches- rhythm and pattern. I naturally think of gothic arcades, cloisters, pergolas, and niches, but it could be plants, caves, lacework, eyebrows or something you spotted while deep sea diving or perhaps walking on Neptune. Just be sure you have multiple arches in your composition.
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This was tough. So many wonderful photos this week!
Michael Wells, Arches Along the River
Beautiful composition, but the building and water are the strong points, the arched bridge is lost in the shadows. With more contrast it could have been the focal point.
Maureen Souza, Feeding the Geese
I love the composition, the way the direction of the arched underpasses works with the gaze of the boy at the goose, while the pattern of the arches moves across the other way.
Car, Underneath the Arches
I like the contrast of the delicate arches with incredible lace tracery, and the tired blase disinterest of the two people leaning on the wall. The lighting gets lost a bit at the top, and that weakened it a bit.
wd-40, Menai Bridge
Timeless, really conveyed a mood and time, great texture and pattern of the arches and the weathered stone.
tmwag, Pergolas Arches
This captures the theme and concept: Arches- rhythm and pattern. The almost dithered effect of the wet ground mirroring but contrasting the clear surreal park beyond the arches. I keep coming back to this one, discovering more going on.
Boutty, Hall of Arches
This is the type of shot I was initially thinking of, on second viewing the rhythm becomes a bit static, repetitive. It could have used a person, or perhaps an item someone left behind sitting on the floor, to break the static and add mystery or interest.
ahobden, Knights of Old
Very creative subject, but having both the foreground and background out of focus made it visually not as strong as it could have been. If the background was sharper the image would have jumped out at me and grabbed me more.
Kevan_G9, slinky
This could easily have become a mechanical, dull picture, but instead your control of the lighting turned it into a wonderul image. I keep coming back to this one, it's just plain beautiful.
teekay, Default Grosvenor Arch, Utah
I love this shot. It could have been a standard post card/calendar shot but for the perfect placement of the airplain contrail. That makes it unique, adds the mix of ultra modern with extremely ancient, timeless. To come up with a way to judge and pick a winner I had to keep going back to my initial theme: rhythm and pattern. This one has great pattern, but the arches are too varied to have a rhythm, so that gave me my excuse to cut it out of the top three. :)
rpolitsr, Inner yard
A bit too much going on, and the foreground garden confused/distracted and the lighting in the sky is weak. Cropping to eliminate most of the background, but keeping the fountain, the strange and goofy looking monk statue, and the arcade behind would make it a much stronger image.
marie, Maynooth College
Somewhat static, but like rpolitsr's shot, I feel that the right cropping would really help- keep the rock formation, the two girls, the tree and a few of the windows and doorway and it would capture a wonderful mood.
Mike53545, Out of the Snow.
This is really a wonderful photo. My only excuse for holding you back to third place is by leaning on my initial concept of "rhythm and pattern", which would generally need three arches.
CarloY, The Galleria
I like how the circle of the clock turns into a spiral, and then into the pattern of arches. But I'd like to see something a bit more unexpected in the picture for it to really grab me.
oleander, Westminster Bridge
Good composition, but the arches are too dark, so they become secondary to the sky and the bird. I'd like the bridge to pop out at me more.
This was really tough, by the second or third day of the competition I knew I was in trouble! Seven or eight of the fourteen could have been the winner. As I mention above, I had to use my initial words "Arches- rhythm and pattern" as an excuse to chop the list down to these three:
1. tmwag, Pergolas Arches
2. Kevan_G9, slinky
3. Mike53545, Out of the Snow
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Arches- rhythm and pattern. I naturally think of gothic arcades, cloisters, pergolas, and niches, but it could be plants, caves, lacework, eyebrows or something you spotted while deep sea diving or perhaps walking on Neptune. Just be sure you have multiple arches in your composition.
________________________________
This was tough. So many wonderful photos this week!
Michael Wells, Arches Along the River
Beautiful composition, but the building and water are the strong points, the arched bridge is lost in the shadows. With more contrast it could have been the focal point.
Maureen Souza, Feeding the Geese
I love the composition, the way the direction of the arched underpasses works with the gaze of the boy at the goose, while the pattern of the arches moves across the other way.
Car, Underneath the Arches
I like the contrast of the delicate arches with incredible lace tracery, and the tired blase disinterest of the two people leaning on the wall. The lighting gets lost a bit at the top, and that weakened it a bit.
wd-40, Menai Bridge
Timeless, really conveyed a mood and time, great texture and pattern of the arches and the weathered stone.
tmwag, Pergolas Arches
This captures the theme and concept: Arches- rhythm and pattern. The almost dithered effect of the wet ground mirroring but contrasting the clear surreal park beyond the arches. I keep coming back to this one, discovering more going on.
Boutty, Hall of Arches
This is the type of shot I was initially thinking of, on second viewing the rhythm becomes a bit static, repetitive. It could have used a person, or perhaps an item someone left behind sitting on the floor, to break the static and add mystery or interest.
ahobden, Knights of Old
Very creative subject, but having both the foreground and background out of focus made it visually not as strong as it could have been. If the background was sharper the image would have jumped out at me and grabbed me more.
Kevan_G9, slinky
This could easily have become a mechanical, dull picture, but instead your control of the lighting turned it into a wonderul image. I keep coming back to this one, it's just plain beautiful.
teekay, Default Grosvenor Arch, Utah
I love this shot. It could have been a standard post card/calendar shot but for the perfect placement of the airplain contrail. That makes it unique, adds the mix of ultra modern with extremely ancient, timeless. To come up with a way to judge and pick a winner I had to keep going back to my initial theme: rhythm and pattern. This one has great pattern, but the arches are too varied to have a rhythm, so that gave me my excuse to cut it out of the top three. :)
rpolitsr, Inner yard
A bit too much going on, and the foreground garden confused/distracted and the lighting in the sky is weak. Cropping to eliminate most of the background, but keeping the fountain, the strange and goofy looking monk statue, and the arcade behind would make it a much stronger image.
marie, Maynooth College
Somewhat static, but like rpolitsr's shot, I feel that the right cropping would really help- keep the rock formation, the two girls, the tree and a few of the windows and doorway and it would capture a wonderful mood.
Mike53545, Out of the Snow.
This is really a wonderful photo. My only excuse for holding you back to third place is by leaning on my initial concept of "rhythm and pattern", which would generally need three arches.
CarloY, The Galleria
I like how the circle of the clock turns into a spiral, and then into the pattern of arches. But I'd like to see something a bit more unexpected in the picture for it to really grab me.
oleander, Westminster Bridge
Good composition, but the arches are too dark, so they become secondary to the sky and the bird. I'd like the bridge to pop out at me more.
This was really tough, by the second or third day of the competition I knew I was in trouble! Seven or eight of the fourteen could have been the winner. As I mention above, I had to use my initial words "Arches- rhythm and pattern" as an excuse to chop the list down to these three:
1. tmwag, Pergolas Arches
2. Kevan_G9, slinky
3. Mike53545, Out of the Snow
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To submit, click Post Reply and put your Photo Name in the Subject Line. Don't forget your Camera Model.
Post until Monday noon GMT,January 4 2010.
Happy new year!
Photo Submissions
Camera -- Canon G-Series Camera (G1, G2, G3, G5, G6, G7, G9, G10) or Pro 1 only.
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Time -- any on-topic photo taken at any time is eligible, although photos that have won other competitions should NOT be entered.
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Size -- photo must be EXACTLY 800 pixels on the longest side, with NO BORDERS.
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Post-Processing -- do whatever you like and the host will decide if it works.
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Posting --
One photo per photographer in each challenge.
Photo Title in the message subject line.
Camera model.
EXIF data, if you like.
Commenting -- No commenting on photos by anyone, including the photographer. Once the winners are declared, photographers can add comments to their images and everyone is invited to discuss.
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Photo Display -- Photos must appear in this thread to be eligible.
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Posting Starts ... Right after topic is announced.
Posting Stops ... Monday noon GMT
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