Chat:'RED' w/e comp 10th -13th May

[hssutton]

Sorry for the delay on commenting, have spent most of my PC time reistalling backups after my weekend crash.

Up's, to be quite honest I'm not quite sure what to make of this, as it's not my cup of tea. For originality I must give 10 out of 10. Not sure I agree with Jeff re. the cherry, it would have been in the wrong place but a nice red strawberry would have been nice.

Downs. Well you can never beat a well photographed red rose and this one was out of the top draw, so well done Dave.

Harry

[DigiDiva]

OK, here ups, downs etc.

Thanks to Bill McGilligan for my vote. I think he has voted for me before but I have no idea who he is. He doesn't post on here. Maybe he felt sorry for me lol. I wanted to try something totally out of my comfort zone and as I said earlier it would either be loved or hated. Someone has offered to buy a print of it it for a canvas , so thats great for me!

Up's - Jeff's Strawberry - I felt this needed a like saturation boost to bring out the colours.

Down's - HS Suttons Red Water - having done this recently myself, I appreciate how hard it is to create a crisp, sharp shot, so well done.

[2Beers]

Dont know enough to comment on ups and downs but for me the Rose stood out by a country mile whereas the strawberrys were a bit lacking in standout colour and the red seats although an interesting shot didn't really do anything for me

[wotcars]

Grz Dave on the win great focus

ups Red seat nice shot fitted the theme well but I perfered you shot with more seats in

down Growing wild sorry i went for the b&w with colour pop , Great shot nice idea just the wireers in the background i find distracting

my shot I was trying to find a red telephone box with an intresting back ground couldnt find one plenty off modern glass ones , I did find one but a mini bus was parked in front of it all week end

[deena]

Well done Dave on a great win. Beautiful subject and beautifully captured. Loved the composition too. It got my vote from the start?

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Wotcars Remember : loved the processing nice idea to 'pop' the red. I might have gone for a tighter crop so that the poppies dominated the shot a little more Still an interesting shot.

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Kerbside's Strawberry: Mouthwatering shot but I feel it's a touch over exposed. I may have played around with the dof on this one too.

Thanks to DD, GUY1970, kerbside and ogri1st for your votes. I didn't even notice the wires in the background I'll clone them out now

[wavemachine]

Thanks Deena, Alex, Andrew and Harry.

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