This was the second round of the PDI Trophy Competition at Farnborough Camera Club in the 2023-2024 season on the 2nd November 2023. One image had to be abstract and the second open.
Floating above
While I was on the October 2023 Worldwide Photo Walk I took images of one of the cobbled streets. One of these images was then put into Photoshop and made into multiple layers before being merged to create an abstract image. The version entered into this competition was unfortunately rotated !
Summary of judge’s comments
… Floating above? Above what?
… this on the left is nicely in focus a bit like a moon abstract there, I am not sure what is going on in here
… it is quite disturbing, is there uniformity in any of it? is it too out of focus?
… I am trying to make images out of these but I can’t see any in there , I can’t see in there to hold my attention but it is holding it as I am trying to see an image in there
… that looks like an elephant’s head,
… abstract is in the eyes of the beholder , I can’t see anything
… if this bit wasn’t here maybe that would hold together a bit more
What???
While I was on the October 2023 Worldwide Photo Walk I took images of this couple taking selfies in front of the Radcliffe Camera.
Summary of judge’s comments
… At first I thought he was doing his hair looking at the cell phone but there is obviously something there that he is not too happy about
… everything is in good focus, the depth of field is not too shallow so you’ve got everything in
… pushed to black and white so that the then the colours in the buildings just disappear
… it is an interesting shot , the boots are nice and shiny
… it is a what moment isn’t it?
The scores
There were 15 images in each half of this round in the Advanced Division.
“Floating above” scored 7 and “What???” scored 8.
Abstract:
Open:
The original images
Floating above
What???
Oxford WWPW 2023 TBA