May Photo Challenge - Comments & "John West" Rejects

[Photo Challenge]

Post your comments on the May Photo Challenge Entries (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?p=716614#post716614) here.

Do you have any "rejects", post them here too !
Have fun !

[sheeny]

:shrug:

You've lost me Leon... I can't find anyone named Mike yet in the competition. Did you get the wrong thread?

Al.

[leon]

All fixed Al, sorry. :rolleyes:

Leon :thumbsup:

[sheeny]

Ah it's Ok mate. I was interested to have a look at the pics to see what you were referring to.

:)

Al.

[firstlight]

Going to be a pretty interesting competition if Mike, Huayun or Chris pit in entries, together with the ones already there. The bar is set high as it is.

[leon]

Lovely shot Chris, ;) it is any wonder these fishermen/women get washed away, or are you supposed to be in that shot as i can see two rods and one person. :shrug: :lol:

Leon :thumbsup:

[Omaroo]

Thanks Leon :)

Looks dangerous doesn't it. Two groups washed off their perches just this month. Quite frankly crazy! :screwy:

[DavidTrap]

Chris - I thought a better title for your pic would be, "Tired of Living" - the above just confirms my thoughts!!!

Some impressive entries thus far. I might have been a bit too confident in my own abilities when I chose this topic - humbled, yet again!!!

DT

[leon]

It will be interesting Tony, but we have some fine photographers on this site, not just three, who have every chance of knocking em off.

Leon

[Octane]

Tony, David and Leon,

I've never won any of these and I don't think I ever will. So, no worries there. :)

Well, not until anonymous entries are ever re-introduced, and, that's not going to happen. :P

H

[leon]

Chris you can put in what you like mate, and by the way I don't mind your entry, see how many shades of blue are in there, nice calm image.

Leon

[hotspur]

That's a great image @omaroo,really well framed.
Well done on the great capture,I feel the wave angle
gives great depth of field along with the rocks in fore
ground.

I love fishing,but would never fish on rocks like that:eyepop:
Should be some really fine images in this topic this
month,some very nice ones so far.Thanks Leon for
comment.

Cheers C

[Omaroo]

Thanks Chris. :thumbsup: It was actually a photo I literally "snapped" at the end of the morning shoot last weekend. No planning, just an instant reaction to a situation.

Some good photos this month everyone :)

[Nico13]

Didn't realize just how many sea side shots I had until I looked and it made it so hard to choose so here's a couple more to look at just because we can.

[firstlight]

I was just referring at some of the other seascapes in some of the threads and I realise that when I put in an entry, it will be to make up the numbers :). Just so many great shots and already there are some pretty speckkie shots... it will be a hard decision when it comes time to vote.

Humayun, I don't think that anonymous voting would make a difference... I have been lucky enough to win a few times, and Anne-Louise has cracked it a few times as well... of course we believe that we put in a great entry and deserve the win... I have been really happy with some of my shots... but the rest are just fillers... I'm cool with that.

Having said that, whatever entry is put in will need to be something out of the box, because there are some pretty special shots already.

[firstlight]

Wow Ken, your Apostle shots are cool and the rusty dredger was something that called out to me from the thumbnails, but no. 7 did it for me, with the foot frozen and surrounded by motion. No 8 was my second pick but a fair way back.

[sheeny]

I agree. There's a lot of variation in people's tastes. Some obviously take into account "how on topic" the shot is and others don't. Some obviously judge on technical aspects of the shot while others obviously don't. If it was a serious competition it would have formalised judging criteria and guideline and probably authorised/trained judges.

It's just a bit of fun.:) There are a lot of very good photographers in this forum (like you H!;)) who don't participate in the comps, which I find sad. It shouldn't be taken too seriously IMHO.

:)

Al.

[bartman]

Just the other photos of the same area.
Bartman

[Nico13]

Thanks Tony,
Yeh I must admit the little girl running in the wet sand was almost my first choice as well.
The dredger you mentioned is actually the wreck of the Ozone passenger Paddle Wheeler just inside Port Phillip heads at Indented Heads and what you're looking at through the wheel is Melbourne skyline.
I doesn't really matter though like Al says, I just get a kick out of taking and showing my shots and hope others enjoy them as well and we get to see some great shots that each do as well. :)

Ken.

[Nico13]

Love the water Bart, the colour is great. :thumbsup: There's something about watching the waves that a lot of people like, you can sit and watch them for hours if you had the time.

Ken.

[bartman]

Thanks Ken, My sister and her partner were not feeling well throughout the whole trip (They didn't spew though....).
I was outside most of the time and loved every wave, surge, tilt, pitch and spray.
I tried to get the colours right in PS......but think I might have missed the green a bit.....aquamarine green that is.....
But it's a seascape none the less :)
Cheers
Bartman

[gary]

Some really fabulous images again this month. :thumbsup:

Such a diverse treatment of the theme is great to see.

[firstlight]

I agree Gary... LOTS of great images. Going to very difficult to to get a short list under 8 so far.

[Octane]

Steve,

You're a badass photographer, even with a mobile phone. Beautiful stuff, mate.

H

[gary]

Is it just me, because when I look at each of this months entries, I wish I was on
holiday somewhere? :shrug: :lol:

Fabulous participation rate. And I wouldn't be surprised if we saw another couple of
last minute entries come in. :thumbsup:

[Nico13]

Mmmm Holidays somewhere on the beach :question: now that's a great idea:thumbsup:

But hey its just as well we have this little picture thing going at the moment, I mean at leas t we can see the sea if you know what I mean.

Ken.

[rcheshire]

Some rejects - same area near Torquay Vic.

[firstlight]

Hi Ken,

Really great and diverse range of shots here. My favourites are the rusting dredger and the child running on the beach. Love the wqy the foot is sharp while the rest of the body has motion blur. Either one would have got my vote if they were entered. They were my faves in this thread until Iceman posted his series.

[oosh]

Damn! Seascapes are probably my biggest passion in life and I sign up to IIS 2 days after it's all over... :) So many awesome images, congratulations... to everyone really - loved looking through the entries thread :)

[gary]

Hi Jason,

Welcome to IceInSpace :welcome:

Pity you just missed it but in a few days time the winner will announce the theme
for June.

I took a quick look at some of the beautiful images on your web site and we certainly
all look forward to you posting some of your images here.

Best Regards

Gary Kopff
Mt Kuring-Gai NSW

[bartman]

:hi::gday:Welcome Jason!
Looking forward to your contributions in the future!
Bartman

[oosh]

Thanks guys! :) I'm a total astronomy newbie, but I'm loving this place already. Look forward to sharing!

[iceman]

:welcome: Jason, love the photos on your website!

[oosh]

Hey thanks Mike! I think I stumbled across the work on your Red Bubble site the other day too - very nice work - seascapes & astro :)