Photography Competition - Black and White Poll

[bezza]

Cast your vote:

New Wellies

http://www.negativereflections.co.uk/images/first_wellies.jpg
"This is Emily, wearing her new wellies for the first time - and enjoying stomping around the garden!"


Ryde Egret

http://www.negativereflections.co.uk/images/ryde_egret.jpg
"This white little egret was hunting around under the Ryde pier at low tide"


Sunset Over the Rocks

http://www.negativereflections.co.uk/images/sunset_over_the_rocks.jpg
"I went to the west coast hoping for some interesting sunsets due to the volcanic ash but nothing happened. Standard sunset with a few clouds in the sky. Saved image as B&W to improve the scene."


Calm
http://www.negativereflections.co.uk/images/calm.jpg
"My idea was for a black and white desktop wallpaper similar to what comes with a Mac."


Smoke Curlies
http://www.negativereflections.co.uk/images/smoke_curlies.jpg

[I3R0K3N7FEET]

good set here except for the bland lack of colour

[bezza]

good set here except for the bland lack of colour

Says the man with the black and white avatar and the black and white signature :rolleye:

[I3R0K3N7FEET]

i should change my sig :/

[Mungo]

Between the sunset and the Ryde Egret... Went for the bird 'cos of the contrast in tones :thumbs:

[Seanbond]

Sunset Over the Rocks is awesome, anyone got the high res one? it would make a good dual screen wallpaper.

[bezza]

Well there's one image running out into the lead. Anyone want to guess who took it?

[abdidas]

new wellingtons ftw

[bezza]

Bump!

More votes please!! :D

[Charlotte]

I cant decide! I like 3 of them!

[bezza]

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[Charlotte]

Calm ftw! Really like that photo

[Lorem-Ipsum]

Calm ftw! Really like that photo

why thankyou. It makes a good wallpaper on a 17" or 19" screen if you want the fullsize.

[bezza]

why thankyou.

It's meant to be anonymous! :p

[aspdend]

I voted for tthe Egret because I think the framing and focussing is spot on - the others are really good too - well done all!

[Charlotte]

So whens the closing date?

[bezza]

So whens the closing date?

Says at the top:

This poll will close on 15-05-2010 at 05:10 PM

[Charlotte]

Oh yeh! lol I couldnt for the life of me see it :p

[Mechanics Fan]

Very high standard, but the Egret won it for me. :thumbs:

[Lorem-Ipsum]

I really liked the egret as well. Very sharp with great contrast.

[bezza]

And the winner is.......

BlueBox

http://forum.novatech.co.uk/member.php?u=19395

So well done.

Second place overall and winning "active" member is Mr Grapes. Personally, my favourite entry too.

So now need a topic for the next comp! :D

[BlueBox]

Thanks for the votes :)

For the next competition I'd like to suggest "Water".

This will allow the shooter to choose the format of the water - still or running, fresh or saltwater, macro or landscape. Alternatively, go left of field and interpret the theme in a different way. As with the current comp, it will be good if the photographer can say a few words about the photo.

[Mr Grapes]

thanks for the surge in votes :) looked like it was going to be a (black and)whitewash for a while there...
especially pleased as that shot was a last minute change of plan. I was going to use an shot of the needles from my day trip to the fair isle, but the egret jumped out as a perfect candidate as i was doing a quick final pass.
Details on the shot:
Pentax K100D with a manual focus 80-210mm lens (cost me nothing... perma loan from the Father-in-law's film pentax setup that he never uses anymore!)
Quite high ISO (800 from memory) as it was the start of the day and I'd left it there from the previous night.. :( minor adjustments in paint.net to saturation and contrast - not quite fully de-saturated - the colour of the rusty beams still shows a little at the top.
slight crop from original. total of about 10 mins of adjustments. tbh, it didn't need much doing to it.

Congrats to bluebox, that was a worthy contender :) a very striking shot.

[Mr Grapes]

nothing to see here now