OcUK Photo Comp - Season Ten : Round Eleven - "Dark" RESULTS

[ichabod crane]

OcUK Photo Comp - Season Ten : Round Eleven - "Dark" RESULTS

WINNER: GSXRMovistar

Total scores for the round

Photographer    Tech    Theme  Impact  Total
--------------------------------------------
GSXRMovistar	21	21	21	63
Wedge		21	19	18	58
AliHitchen	18	20	18	56
ishamy		20	13	20	53
Guitarman0	17	18	16	51
Docaroo		16	18	16	50
Dunky		17	17	15	49
prUnE		17	17	15	49
Dinomania	16	17	16	49
englishpremier	16	16	17	49
sillyswede	17	16	15	48
rpn		16	14	13	43
feriso		16	12	13	41
Clown		12	13	11	36
Seraph		12	13	10	35

Technical marks

Photographer    Tech    Theme  Impact  Total
-------------------------------------------
GSXRMovistar	21	21	21	63
Wedge		21	19	18	58
ishamy		20	13	20	53
AliHitchen	18	20	18	56
Guitarman0	17	18	16	51
Dunky		17	17	15	49
prUnE		17	17	15	49
sillyswede	17	16	15	48
Docaroo		16	18	16	50
Dinomania	16	17	16	49
englishpremier	16	16	17	49
rpn		16	14	13	43
feriso		16	12	13	41
Clown		12	13	11	36
Seraph		12	13	10	35

Theme marks

Photographer    Tech    Theme  Impact  Total
---------------------------------------------

GSXRMovistar	21	21	21	63
AliHitchen	18	20	18	56
Wedge		21	19	18	58
Guitarman0	17	18	16	51
Docaroo		16	18	16	50
Dunky		17	17	15	49
prUnE		17	17	15	49
Dinomania	16	17	16	49
sillyswede	17	16	15	48
englishpremier	16	16	17	49
rpn		16	14	13	43
ishamy		20	13	20	53
Clown		12	13	11	36
Seraph		12	13	10	35
feriso		16	12	13	41

Impact marks

Photographer    Tech    Theme  Impact  Total
--------------------------------------------
GSXRMovistar	21	21	21	63
ishamy		20	13	20	53
Wedge		21	19	18	58
AliHitchen	18	20	18	56
englishpremier	16	16	17	49
Guitarman0	17	18	16	51
Docaroo		16	18	16	50
Dinomania	16	17	16	49
Dunky		17	17	15	49
prUnE		17	17	15	49
sillyswede	17	16	15	48
rpn		16	14	13	43
feriso		16	12	13	41
Clown		12	13	11	36
Seraph		12	13	10	35

Results are sorted in four different ways:
1. Total scores: Total, Technical, Theme
2. Technical scores: Technical, Theme, Impact
3. Theme scores: Theme, Technical, Impact
4. Impact scores: Impact, Technical, Theme
OcUK Photo competition results site http://ocukphotocomp.growse.com/

Congratulations GSXRMovistar!
Please forward the new theme to me by email. (hotmail address in trust)

 

[ichabod crane]

AliHitchen
It's very atmospheric, though I'm not entirely sure what the subject matter is. I find the light at the end of the alley quite distracting, and would probably shop that out myself.

Lots of negative space and interesting clutter here. I feel the light at the end of the hall is distracting though.

A nice shot for the theme the only comment is that the light at the end of the corridor gives little intruige and so is distracting from the darkness.

Clown
What are you wanting us to take away from this image? I'm getting a parking sign and a bit of car roof in the foreground.

A tale of two images here. The top 1/3 through the fenceline is brooding and has lots of atmosphere. The bottom 2/3 is plain and almost abstract. Overall it's confused unfortunately.

The background holds more interest than the foreground, but I do like the overall grittiness of it all.

Dinomania
Quite a nice scene for the photo, but I can't say it grabs me. I do like the very isolated feel that the dark gives, though - you've nailed that.

Very sharp image with a great focal point. Well done.

This works really well for theme, the enclosure of the darkness isolates the focal point nicely.

Docaroo
Good fun image and nice relevance to the theme. It's not going to astound technically or artistically, though …

A great image overall. A pity it's soft in focus though.

A fun image that is a great idea for the theme just a shame it is not in focus.

Dunky
Not really doing it for me. There's nothing at the other end of the bridge to keep our attention and the bridge itself, whilst very blue, would not make me want to put this on my wall.

Lots of colour, light and texture here. I'd edit out the two white lights on the right though as they distract the eye.

A nice shot overall but the bright white of the station lights is ditracting from the overall darkness.

englishpremier
It's OK, but I can’t help but feel for a photo of the church, there's a lot of tree in the frame, and for a photo of a tree, there's a church sticking out the top. They don't work together in this composition.

I find the moon/light very distracting and as the building is lit changing the composition to hide it would make a better choice.

Its difficult to dig out the focal point, is it the tree or the church either way they are creating a negatice composition upon one another.

feriso
No real context for what we're looking at in the image. What are you wanting us to take away?

A good take on the theme showing promise with light and texture. A pity you are losing lots of impact by having only part of the face showing.

Its a nice shot with good lighting and texture to the BW but the lack of context lets it down.

GSXRMovistar
Good portrait - simple but well lit. Like the quirky take on the theme.

Strong pose and composition in your image. A perfect fit for the theme on many levels.

A fantastic portrait, you have captured the subject and theme really well.

Guitarman0
Very empty, but it works well.

Very graphic and the simple elements work well together. I like it.

Simple and effective good composition and lighting for the theme choice, would just prefer to see a more interesting bridge.

ishamy
Not really seeing your link to the theme coming across here. Your sensor appear to have some hot pixels, as well, which you might want to fix in the future. I do like it as a landscape, though for that perhaps the sun is a bit high in the frame.

An interesting take on the theme. It works but lacks impact to keep me coming back for more.

Its a bit btight for the theme of dark even still it is a very atmospheric picture, I thought my screen was on the blink but it seems you have some hot pixels on your sensor.

prUnE
Interesting, but the lit arch ends up feeling rather disembodied.

The image lacks a focus point. It's quite surreal in it's elements but has little impact for me.

For the theme it works well but as an overall image it is lacking any real focus.

rpn
It's obviously taken after dark, but it's not shouting 'dark' to me. The buildings on the left also make it somewhat unbalanced.

A nice long exposure with leading lines drawing through the image. There is not much to keep you coming back in terms of impact though.

Even though it is a nice image its not really dark.

Seraph
Whatever it is that you've got in the foreground there really kills the shot, I'm afraid. In the future we could also do with a larger image for the marking.

I think the framing could be much improved with the moon crescent forming a larger element in the image.

The foreground is clipping the main focus and the telephone pole is even more distracting overall it isnot working to well.

sillyswede
An idea for the theme that I'm surprised didn't come up more. Perhaps a slightly wider view to get a bit more smoke in it?

A good idea but perhaps less smoke overall would form a cleaner and stronger image.

A little PP helps the image mainly just to clone out some of the smoke in the background.

Wedge
Nice photo and well lit. Like it.

Great tone and texture with the separation of subject and background handled expertly.

This works really well for theme, the lighting creates great highlights across the skin and teh dark shadows maintain intrigue.

 

[Wedge]

Argh, thought GSXR might win this one, well done mate. Thx as always judges.

Happy new year one and all

 

[GSXRMovistar]

Argh, thought GSXR might win this one, well done mate.

Thanks

Wow wasn't expecting that as there were some really good entries this month.

Well that's a nice way to close off 2011, many thanks judges this comp has really helped me focus on using the camera this year.

Andy

 

[Wedge]

^also OcUK photog of the year

Congrats

 

[Clown]

Apologies for my weak entry. I found/I'm finding winter really hard.

 

[Guitarman0]

Well done GSXRMovistar!

 

[GSXRMovistar]

Well done GSXRMovistar!

Thanks, was keen on your entry, love how the clean lines lead into total darkness.

 

[feriso]

feriso
No real context for what we're looking at in the image. What are you wanting us to take away?

A good take on the theme showing promise with light and texture. A pity you are losing lots of impact by having only part of the face showing.

Its a nice shot with good lighting and texture to the BW but the lack of context lets it down.

Oh dear, major fail for me there then, I thought it was a good sharp shot and the intention of a close crop was to give a serious/moody look.

Looks like I'm stuffed for the Dec shoot then

 

[ishamy]

Hi there, just remebered I entered this round. Thanks for the C&C chuffed with my result. The photo was actually taken at night, its lit by the moon, so that was my lik to 'Dark' I didn't notice the 'hot pixels' my bad, I can see them now and will need to keep a look out for them in the future.

Thanks again!