Photo Comp May 2014 - 'Atmosphere'

[RiK]

If still in time i'll go with this one taken Monday at the beach

Nearly 5 hours left of the 25th here in the UK so plenty of time for a few more entries yet!

[RiK]

And we're done..

Shortlist please Dvorak!

[RiK]

sorry for the delay but yakyak was down yesterday evening. At least for me it was...
Anyway, here's the shortlist.


nyarla: Untitled #2

I love this one. You might nearly sense the presence of some underlying harmonics or golden ratios, yet the composition tilts into total unbalance.
There's a smooth distribution of greys - but a good third of the image is nothing but crushed black, sharply contrasted with a blown-out white detail.
That together with something that feels like a lurking but not apparent symbolism hidden right under the surface structure makes for a vibrant sense of
uneasy tension. Quite fascinating to see how blatant violations of standard photography textbook rules can create such a dense atmosphere.





OnlyIntruder: Into the Woods

A wide angle capturing a movement of view in just one static image. A very balanced composition of high and middle frequencies, of shadows and light.
Entangled tree branches normally let me crack cheap jokes ("How many Black Metal Band logos can you spot?") - but this one is really lovely.




Whiteball: The Moon

Could not other than to put this onto the shortlist: that's exactly the pale moon I watched through my dad's field glasses when I was a kid.
What an alien ... thing.



sdetoni: Te Miro

Panorama Sphere App stuff may be something we'll have seen too much too often pretty soon - but, hey, this here IS the Shire.

D.

[RiK]

Pretty convincing win for OnlyIntruder this month. Well done!

PM me a new topic and lets crack on with June :-)