Atherton & District Amateur Photographic Society

Hi Folks,

Been trying to think of something a bit different for a subject.

In the end I came up with "Modern Life". By this I mean an aspect of everyone's lives today - new technology, the rushed pace of modern life, fast food, modern environments........etc etc

Deadline for entries is midnight 15th March. Good luck to all.

After rush hour Grand Central.

My shot was taken at a live BBC recording of an episode of the Hairy Bikers series "Mum Knows Best", the manic pace of the action displays the pace of modern day life.
Eric

My Penthouse Pool

Modern Life:

IMG_3214 by KEASLA, on Flickr

Global Rainbow -A modern lighting display featuring a projection of the spectrum of the seven colours of the rainbow by Yvette Mattern.

This is my entry, due to modern life the way it is, I haven't even had chance to look through my archive for something that fits the subject, let alone get out and take something specifically for it. Oh, I missed the deadline as well.

ISO50 - F4 - 1/125 sec

Black Friday:

Many thanks for entering.

stelee - Grand central
I like the feeling of bustle and business in this one. The building is lit well, plenty of detail and lots going on. I think I would have liked to have seen some of the figures blurred in motion to add some dymamism.

yatchsman - Mum knows best
This is a nice shot of the 2 main presenters of the show. It does look busy and hectic, the crowd, the cameraman doing his job, which I feel is an important element. To isolate and give greater importance to the presenters, maybe some blur on the crowd, or some desaturation of the crowd would help.

Janice - penthouse
I like the cool blues and the hot pinks, reminds me somewhat of Hockney's Californian images. It's a shame the sky wasn't playing when you took these, but then you can do nothing about the weather. the composition hangs together well too.

John - modern life
Well yes we have very technological items in our living rooms now; tv's, computers, etc. I like the idea of the tv blaring away in the corner and not being watched anymore these days, has it had it's day in the present form?

Keasla - computer innards
I really like the colours and the shapes of the internal guts of the machine, this was the kind of image I envisaged when I set this topic. However, I am at a bit of a loss to understand why half the image is black nothingness. I feel if the workings are the interest then they should take up more of the frame.

bazzasmeg - Global Rainbow
Didn't get a chance myself to see this "live" as it where, but a good image. Yes this is modern art - beamed out to a wider audience. I like the reflection in the water and the hint of the surrounds.

Philip - Black Friday
Well I like your comments!

Quite a small pool of images then, but I think the winner should be......

bazzasmeg with Global Rainbow... however if keasla had used the frame more effectively I would have chosen that image.

Over to you Bazzasmeg to set and judge the next comp.

Thanks Pammie,

I will post the next comp subject very soon.

TTFN, Bazza