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2020 February Winners
Topic: Black & White Judge: Heide Stover
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BASIC LEVEL ENTRIES
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- FIRST PLACE 9.0 Great idea on this image. Good blacks and whites. Nice expressions on the girls faces. Good focus. The sitting girl looks awkward to me without seeing what she is sitting on. I would have had her standing as well or have the bench she is sitting on visible. I think you could also crop a bit off the top and right side.
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- SECOND PLACE 9.0 To me this is a well-done image. Nice blacks and whites, good center of focus, nice depth of field. I think you could crop off the dark leaves on the bottom left as they distract me a little. This would also de-center the bubble.
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- THIRD PLACE 9.0 I think this is a good type of image for black and white. The depth of field looks good. The grass looks windblown which adds interest to the image for me. The horizon looks slanted to me. I think that could be slightly straightened. The sky is plain, empty. To me the image would be stronger if the sky was cropped down closer to the lighthouse. For me the image is a little flat. It could use some contrast.
ADVANCED LEVEL ENTRIES
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- FIRST PLACE 10.0 Very nicely done image. To me the composition, exposure and depth of field look good. I like the range of blacks, whites, and grays. The windmill and cloud hold my interest.
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- SECOND PLACE 10.0 Beautifully done image with the girl standing on the rock watching the waves. Looks like a foggy day. Depth of field, composition, and exposure all look good to me and the girl and waves hold my interest.
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- THIRD PLACE 9.0 Depth of field, composition, exposure all look good to me. Clouds add interest to the sky. I feel that the windmill could use just a little more room on the left.
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- HM 9.0 I like the depth of field and exposure on this. The clouds do look stormy and add interest to the image. Maybe darken the lower right area of the image as I find that bright area to be a distraction.
MASTERS LEVEL ENTRIES
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- FIRST PLACE 10.0 Good exposure, good depth of field, good composition. I do not see anything I would change on this.
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- SECOND PLACE 10.0 I like the way this turned out in black and white. The depth of field and exposure both look good to me. Maybe try adding a little contrast
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- THIRD PLACE 9.0 Good depth of field and good exposure to me. I think you could crop off the sky as that light area distracts me.
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- HM 9.0 I think this is a wonderful choice for black and white. Good whites, good blacks and good depth of field. The white in the background, top of image, is distracting and could be darkened. Try photographing this at a lower angle.
