Forum Competition #106 - COLD

[Tracey McGovern]

Hi All

Here is the new topic: COLD

This could be anything ranging from the weather, a place, a look on someone's face, a colour or anything else which would make you feel cold just by looking at the picture.

Closing date: Midnight on Wednesday 24th April.

Tracey

[yachtsman1]

Another from my archives, taken looking over Semerwater the largest Yorkshire Dales lake. Converted to mono & HDR'd.
Eric

Winter Over Semerwater by E & MS, on Flickr

[Stu B]

Winter Wonderland.

Winter Wonderland by Stu115, on Flickr

[bazzasmeg]

My entry for this month.

[GERRYG]

Winters day at Mosses Gate

Mosses Gate

MOSSES GATE.jpg (224.77 KiB) Viewed 10306 times

[Janice Freeman]

On Frozen Pond.jpg (192.41 KiB) Viewed 10296 times

[John Harwood]

This is a wintry sunset view of a friends farm house.


Rolands House by J.harwood, on Flickr

[John]

Ice Lake, shot in Norway:

021-Ice-Lake-800.jpg (211.6 KiB) Viewed 10233 times

[Ian Yarwood]

My humble entry, taken a few years ago on Ainsdale beach. A shell trapped in ice.

[Paul Jones]

Closing date: Midnight on Wednesday 24th April.

Competition now closed and ready for judging

[Tracey McGovern]

Thanks Paul, I'll post the results tomorrow night.

Tracey

[Tracey McGovern]

Hi All

Sorry for the delay with this, been packing for my trip to Scotland, hope the weather turns out better than the weather in your images....

Right, on to the judging:

Yachtsman
I like the sky in this mono image, the cloud detail is great, very dramatic against the rolling hills and countryside, you can just about make out the bits of snow on the hills in the background. I'm not too keen on the wooden post and wires in the foreground, they are taking my eye away from the lovely landscape.

StuB
The two jettys form good leading lines into the image, drawing the eyes to the snow capped mountains across the lake. The cool colours enhance the feeling of cold. The image is nicely exposed although some detail under the jettys are lost in the darkness.

Bazzasmeg
Yes, this fits the brief of 'cold', lots of snow covering everything, looks like Pendle Hill in the background. The lighting is also good, coming in from the right, looks like the sun is setting.

GerryG
Brrrrrrrrr - yes, this definitely fits the brief. A nicely composed image with the 2 people and flying ducks coming towards you. The lake is covered in ice and that blizzard is great, don't think I would be brave enough to take pictures out on a day like that.

Janice F
Another great shot that fits the brief. The lake or river has definitely iced over with branches stuck in the ice. I like how the frozen water curves round to lead your eye right into the image.

John Harwood
A letter box image of a setting sun at the end of a frosty day and despite the warm colours in the sky, you can see it had been a cold day with lots of ice and snow covering the land and buildings. There appears to be a halo around the buildings though which I find a little distracting, but I do like the composition and colours.

John
A simple image, almost abstract with hardly any colour at all. Another image which definitely fits the brief.

Ian Yarwood
I close up image of ice formations showing the different shape and textures the ice makes. I know the shell is meant to be a feature but unfortunately I find it a little distracting and would probably have preferred the image without it, sorry.

Now for the results...........

3rd Place - John Harwood
2nd Place - Stu B
1st Place - Gerry G

Over to you now Gerry for the next subject.

[John]

Well done gerry, it would have been mu choice as well. Thanks for the judging Tracey.

[Janice Freeman]

Nice one Gerry - a winner all the way. Well judged and once again some lovely images.

Jan