Photos

November's Competition

This Month's winner is photos One and Two

Congratulations - to Ali and Pete

Critique

Photo one Street scene

Joint winner

This is a really classy shot It works so well in black-and-white. It was such a good decision to go for this format.It wouldn’t have worked as well in colour or in landscape

Great use of two point perspective to draw in the eye - excellent composition

I love the slightly out of focus buildings, but the clarity of the two figures.

The detail is captured extremely well - right down to the couples clothing and the cobbles which catch the light in the wet street. The rain certainly added to the atmosphere.

Overall an arty but beautiful image.

Photo two The Earth

Joint winner

This is so atmospheric, but in such a different way to photograph one

The natural framing provided by the church gives such a dynamic feel particularly with the organ pipes just peeping out from behind the globe.

There’s a great contrast of the natural element of the Earth and the man-made structure of the church. It’s a kind of story telling which is probably why the artist selected this setting.

The angles of the arches provide the leading lines and the colours give a mystical feel. The colours are beautiful and the detail on this image is incredibly well captured

Just a lovely image overall.

Photo three Trains

This is a striking image.

That spot of red pulls in the eye however it’s the rails that catch attention and lead us to the distant train and a little splash of autumn colour.

It’s an interesting photo.

The focus throughout is good - not always easy to achieve with a multi faceted subject.

There’s lots to look at and those three signals look almost ethereal poking out of the steam.

It’s a busy composition but it works really well and gives the viewer a choice of what to focus on.

Photo four Durham Castle

This is a really lovely photograph of Durham Castle

What stands out here is the light that gives such vibrancy to the scene.

The blue sky and rich gold of the Castle buildings give really good contrast and lift the image.

I like the central positioning of the trees. This breaks up what could’ve been a standard composition. Maybe lifting out the notice board would have been useful.

There’s clear detail and a nice angle - overall this is a good piece of work.

So that’s it

If some of this seems a little bit garbled you can put it down to the cold, but I hope my selection makes sense to the team

I do hope that you all have a lovely Christmas and a very happy New Year

All the very best

Jan

Judge Jan

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