December Photo Competition: "Weather"

[snadge]

makes for stormy weather- firky

great use of foreground blur, crop tighter maybe


summer weather-paul russell

do you know him, seems like it, great photo



rockpool reflections-tom_craggs, so tranquil

great entries this month

 

[dirtysanta]

1. Snadge - Entry 3
2. Tort - Waterspout
3. Firky - makes for storm weather

 

[kakuma]

1. stormy weather - firky
2. entry3 snadge
3. english summer - mauvais

fucking excellent pictures

 

[Robster970]

1. Covered - mhendo
2. summer weather - Paul Russell
3. Stormy weather - Firky

 

[chriswill]

1. Entry 3 - Snadge

2. Forsest - reallyoldhippy

3. Covered - mhendo.


All very good this month.

 

[Addy]

1st - Entry 1 : Pingu

2nd - Entry Two : fractionMan

3rd - puddle : wiskey

This would have been my first choice - Entry 3 : snadge
..but i think you went over the top with the photoshoppery (just my opinion like) Still a damn good photo

 

[mauvais]

1. Covered - mhendo

2. Entry 3 - snadge

3. Summer Weather - Paul Russell

Sorry, I don't think I can do the adding up this time as I've only got sporadic internet access for the next two weeks or so. If you want to use the sheet from last time though, feel free.

 

[snadge]

This would have been my first choice - Entry 3 : snadge
..but i think you went over the top with the photoshoppery (just my opinion like) Still a damn good photo

I agree but I'm useless at photoshop, I'm still learning the prog, I can only get better.

 

[deep_thought]

1. Entry 1 - Pingu

2. Standing Water - DG55

3. Snowy beach 1 - andrewdroid

 

[dlx1]

1st Sunlight - Barking_Mad
2nd Leicester Square - salaryman
3rd Fair Storm - atomik (ukhippy.com draws the eye away from main focus. Make smaller )

 

[sovietpop]

With so many excellent photos, once again its hard making a choice. I went for the ones that gave me an emotional response-

1. forest 'really old hippy' (I love this photo)
2. Sunlight barking mad
3. covered mhendo


but on another day, I might have picked any of the following, lighthouse snadge, siberian train station alef, a very english summer mauvais mangue,someset skim, summerweather paul russell, muddy puddle hiccup
fairstorm atomik, Steam rining from a paper mill kage, standing water d315 & Rain on the West Kirby, promenade .looked good but the big version wouldn't load on to my computer.

excellent entries this month

 

[Here we go]

siberian train station - alef
highbury fields - iemanja
frozen lake - ill-informed

Tough to pick from there were tons of good uns

 

[alef]

1st mhendo covered -- stunning photo, very stylish
2nd atomik Fair Storm -- great lighting and contrast
3rd Here we go four seasons -- like the concept

 

[Biddlybee]

Sorry, I don't think I can do the adding up this time as I've only got sporadic internet access for the next two weeks or so. If you want to use the sheet from last time though, feel free.

I'm not too sure how to use mauvais's sheet, but i'll give the adding up a go if no other takers... voting ends tomorrow at midnight doesn't it?

 

[wiskey]

sky - Robster970

Painter with umbrella - lozmatic

Summer weather - Paul Russell

 

[Biddlybee]

1 Frozen Lake - ill-informed
2 Storm over the River Mersey - disco_dave_2000
3 forest - reallyoldhippy

So many to choose from again! I also really liked dubber dan's welcome home, mhendo's covered and hocus eye's sundown over harbour.

 

[indicate]

1. Covered- mhendo
2. Entry 3 - Snadge
3. Summer Weather - Paul Russell

 

[mhendo]

Some great entries. As usual, i'd like to vote for at least ten pictures, but need to narrow it down to three.

1. Entry 3 - Snadge

I debated a bit over this choice, because i thought that there was a bit much photoshopping in this one. I have nothing against photoshopping, but i just thought that in this case the clouds looked a little too dark for a realistic effect.

Of course, it's possible that i only noticed this because Snadge was honest enough to show us the original, so i felt that i shouldn't penalize such a great photo. Also, as something of a Photoshop novice, i want to know how to use the program with such good effect.

2. Fair Storm - atomik.

I'm a sucker for pictures with bright sunlight in front of a brooding sky.

3. Mist over Mystery Park - disco_dave_2000

Nice mood in this shot.


Great entries everyone.

 

[Biddlybee]

I've been totting up votes as they come in, but my connection is really playing up tonight (can only get online for 30 secs at a time before it goes down ) so is everyone ok if results come in tomorrow morning? Unless someone else fancies a bit of adding

edit: ignore me, having an illiterate day today

 

[snadge]

I've been totting up votes as they come in, but my connection is really playing up tonight (can only get online for 30 secs at a time before it goes down ) so is everyone ok if results come in tomorrow morning? Unless someone else fancies a bit of adding

is tonight at midnight the last votes?

any one posted on general yet about it?

 

[Biddlybee]

is tonight at midnight the last votes?

any one posted on general yet about it?

no it doesn't... just reread the OP, think we're going til the 5th this month it says at the bottom... ignore me

haven't seen anything in general yet.

 

[dlx1]

haven't seen anything in general yet.

elliot job

Done

 

[Hocus Eye.]

My votes are as follows:

1
Entry 3
snadge

2
raindrops on windscreen
deep_thought


3
Snowplough
ill-informed


I changed my mind several times over these votes. There are just so many excellent photographs this month. It was an superb choice of title.

Hocus Eye

 

[dozzer]

1st - Entry 3 - snadge

2nd - Fair Storm - Atomic

3rd - Carry on regardless - BiddlyBee

though I loved so many of them!!

 

[gsv]

1 - Standing Water (DG55)
2 - Rain on the West Kirby promenade (disco_dave_2000)
3 - Somerset (Skim)

And thanks all for giving me a moment to contemmplate beauty


GS(v)

 

[what]

1. Snowy beach ------Andrewdroid
2. Mist over the mystery park ----------Disco Dave 2000
3. Forest --------------Really old Hippy

 

[Dubber Dan]

As always some great entries but I' finally managed to get it down to 3

1. Tort - Water spout
2. Chorlton - Striding Edge becomes Hiding Edge

3. mauvais mangue - A Very English Summer

But a mention to snadge - Entry 3 - for a superb photo but a wee bit too much photoshoppery for me (although much better than I could do, so would be interested in this other forum you get tips from )

 

[tom_craggs]

1) Covered - mhendo - Captures the essence of the competition I think.

2) Mist over the Mystery Park, Wavertree - disco_dave_2000 - Beautiful

3) forest - reallyoldhippy - couldn't not really, fantastic I thought.

I also really liked 'Makes for Stormy Weather' - Firky. Summer Weather and Tort's waterspout were also excellent enteries bearing in mind the subject.

 

[girasol]

I've changed my mind a few times too:

1) Pissing it down in Glastonbury - Firky

2) Leicester Square - salaryman

3) Entry 1 - pingu

'Summer Weather', 'Rockpool Reflections', 'Robin' and 'Frozen Lake' caught my eye too. So did 'Makes for Stormy Weather'.

'Entry 3' by snage is absolutely stunning! (but also agreed about the photoshop comment)

 

[snadge]

although much better than I could do, so would be interested in this other forum you get tips from

The forum is the retouching one on dpreview.com, very helpful people and extremely skilled, some more than others.