Sony Landscape - 2019 Open competition Shortlist

[weltweit]

Sony Landscape - 2019 Open competition Shortlist
Landscape - 2019 Open competition Shortlist

And links to a number of other competitions.

 

[editor]

Some great pics there but they all look like they've been through a good Photoshop polishing.

 

[weltweit]

Some great pics there but they all look like they've been through a good Photoshop polishing.

Interesting you say that, I was going to add to the OP that I was a little underwhelmed but I am not sure why.

 

[editor]

Interesting you say that, I was going to add to the OP that I was a little underwhelmed but I am not sure why.

I can appreciate the awesome craftsmanship but I prefer my pics less tweaked!

 

[Stanley Edwards]

Only viewing on a small phone. I don't see much PS in any of the first gallery.

--// second bunch all PS like 2 seperate shows.

 

[weltweit]

I prefer the portraits here:
Portraiture - 2019 Open competition Shortlist

 

[weltweit]

Only viewing on a small phone. I don't see much PS in any of the first gallery.

What do you think of the Landscape Images Stan?

 

[Stanley Edwards]

What do you think of the Landscape Images Stan?

Unmoved TBH. On a bit of a depression wobble this evening. I will cast judgement tomorrow.

 

[editor]

I prefer the portraits here:
Portraiture - 2019 Open competition Shortlist

Yeah the portraits are miles better.

 

[Stanley Edwards]

If I ever see another photograph of a black person going about their daily business in front of a bullet scared wall I shall ensure the competition sponsor never receives a Penny from me.

 

[weltweit]

If I ever see another photograph of a black person going about their daily business in front of a bullet scared wall I shall ensure the competition sponsor never receives a Penny from me.

Where did you find that?

 

[Stanley Edwards]

Where did you find that?

In many forms in many competitions through the years.

 

[Stanley Edwards]

What do you think of the Landscape Images Stan?

There you go. After a bowl of chocolate sponge roll and hot custard I feel ready to judge.

I find the use of PS here insensitive to the nature of natural, or man-made environments in most images.

The digger in the forest is hauntingly beautiful mind. I love it. A sleeping machine

 

[FridgeMagnet]

They all look like CGI to me. (Not saying that they _are_, but they _look_ like it.)

 

[wiskey]

The only landscape one that gave me any emotional response was the last one of the orange tent and the mountain. The rest look too polished as editor says.

 

[wiskey]

Yes, the portraits are much more evocative that first one is really nice

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I don’t think I like what seems to be the latest style in landscape photography, though also I’ve come to find photos not in a context a bit empty.

I did like last year’s winner: 1st Place, "Ex-voto" by Alys Tomlinson Some of those are “landscapes” but they’re part of a whole. (As usual they work better in person than on a phone.)

 

[skyscraper101]

These photos are so incredibly manipulated by software its pointless.

 

[Stanley Edwards]

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I did like last year’s winner: 1st Place, "Ex-voto" by Alys Tomlinson Some of those are “landscapes” but they’re part of a whole. (As usual they work better in person than on a phone.)

They are so obviously shot on film MF or, LF at first glance. If you are using LF film you really don't want a computer getting anywhere near the negative, or finished print. Film really is a different medium showing very different results when used at this level.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

They are so obviously shot on film MF or, LF at first glance. If you are using LF film you really don't want a computer getting anywhere near the negative, or finished print. Film really is a different medium showing very different results when used at this level.

Yeah, they were shot on 4x5. I saw the prints full size at Somerset House last year - it was one of the highlights for me and I was happy she’d won.