Lomo decision (no judges)

Gaffer

Gaffer

Gaffer

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I have been struggling to pick the best frame to enter for this month's competition.

For now, I have settled on number one because the "for a laugh" pose says "lomo" to me. Technically the focus is spot on, the jaudy colours in the background are OOF at f1.8, without using the distinctly non-lomo f1.2 that I happened to have at my disposal. The humour in the shot should give some points for impact.


#1
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But should I have picked a different one?

Number 2 is a mildly humorous street scene, wildly over-processed.

#2
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Number 3 has bucketloads of impact and crazy half-tone over-processing. It was shot out the sunroof - in the spirit of shot-from-the-hip

#3
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Number 4, a market scene. Impact? I think so. Technical? Mostly in the PP to cope with the huge contrast between dark outside and very bright inside. Lomo? I'm not sure.

#4
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And number 5, just because it was a fun snap.

#5
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Number 6 is very close fish-eye. Is this Lomo?
#6
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Have I picked the right one?

Opinions of non-judges most welcome.

Andrew
 
I think you should go with 3. Reasons are that theme is 1/3rd of the total marks and this shot alone has bucket loads of impact and is good technically. Lomo is going to be very hard for the judges to be critical in my opinion as it's an everyday and everyman style.
 
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Gaffer said:
That's a pretty strong consensus. I'll change it back to 3.

#1 isn't a forced smile. Stefan was deliberately making a goofy face.

Thanks y'all.

Andrew
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Thats basically what I meant, he purposely made a goofy smile and then you shot it. I know nothing about lomo but I would have fault it would be better as a candid capture
 
I love the cluttered shop. Although that's because I love looking through that sort of photo to see what's in it :D
 
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